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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
7
Preparations for the greatest May Sale of spring coats and suits in Michaels store history. Lowlier styles greater variety and better values with wool serge gabardine poplin and novelty weaves as well as wash suits at reduced prices. Savings of ten dollars or more on suits and skirts. military style coats with braid trimming highlighted. Don’t miss this sale.
Time to look after your summer dresses with Kool clothes. We offer silk taffeta poplin crepes and silks for day and evening wear. May Sale prices save you 5 to 10 dollars per dress on attractive lots.
Lightning Mixers and Egg Beaters offer new shipment of Dorsey cream whippers and egg beaters in pint and quart sizes with prices. During this week's in store demonstration, each mixer purchaser receives a free sanitary milk bottle cover. Ask to see them.
A new shipment of large size peroxide soap is offered for nursery, toilet, or bath use. Each cake is sold for 10 cents, advertised as absolutely pure.
A fragment from a period page notes a focus on clothing for boys with a remark about solving a problem for mothers, attributed to a short quoted phrase Little One.
An official Raoul Foundation bulletin from Atlanta argues tuberculosis can be managed in Georgia climate and offers free literature. James P. Faulkner, new executive secretary, prepared booklets outlining the disease history in Georgia, current conditions, future prospects, treatment and cures, plus guidance on sleeping in the open.
The May regular meeting of the mayor and council is scheduled for 8:30 in the city hall council chamber. Reports will be heard and routine business transacted. An advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment for quick relief from rheumatic pain and related ailments.
The advertisement promotes a May sale on high class millinery with a wide range of fashionable hats priced at 2 3 4 5 dollars and extra models at 7 50 dollars. It emphasizes a big seasonal sale and continuing value at this shopping headquarters.
Manager Finney presents Vita graph Broadway Star Special A Daugh ters Strange Inheritance with Norma Talmage and the hit Done in Wax featuring Wallace Berry. The Colonial orchestra and pipe organ draw praise as a first south instrument. A Metro feature The Cowboy and the Lady with S Miller Kent is planned for Saturday.
The regular meeting at Judge Orr's court house office found the city free of epidemics. Routine business was conducted while the inspection of the big stand pipe at the city hall lot was discussed to determine if cleaning is needed.
A public health warning notes lingering coughs and colds endanger children as hacking disturbs sleep and weakens the body. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is promoted as safe and quick acting for coughs croup and colds, with H. R. Palmer & Sons listed as the advancer.
An itemized price segment notes colonial era pricing with five and ten cent rates. The list runs continuously from 1 until 11 p.m., outlining shop or market pricing during that period.
On May 24 Chancellor D C Barrow has accepted an invitation to deliver the educational address at the Toccoa schools commencement. He will speak at Toccoa on Monday May 24.
The eighth annual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterial of Athens Presbytery opens in Gainesville on May 4 and 5. Distinguished women of the Presbyterian church attend by invitation to discuss vital church work. Guests arrived earlier and were hosted by Mrs. J. W. Barnhill.
New shipment features flowered voiles in 40 inch width. Stores sell pattern fabrics at 35c per yard. our price is 25c for this material.
A local advertisement touts substantial travel gear with trunks and wardrobe options from Indestructo and Likly. Steamer trunks, dress trunks, gentlemen's trunks, and wardrobe trunks priced from 5 to 75 dollars.
Elberton Georgia May 4 Martin Heard Jr son of Will Heard was bitten by a highland moccasin while working in Falling Creek bottoms. A nearby Black worker sucked the poison from the wound and he returned home for care. His foot and ankle swelled but doctors say danger passed. The ad promotes Chamberlains Liniment with testimonials and 25 and 50 cent bottles.
Lawrenceville oil mill plant sold at public outcry to banker W A Cooper for a little over 14000. The two press modern mill cost about 43000. Cooper plans to reorganize and resume operations soon. The mill carried a 13000 bank loan. sale aimed to perfect the bank’s lien. Several local residents attended.
A fragment hints at a wife reconsidering a marriage after years with a man she once viewed as a good catch. The note suggests regret and potential breakup dynamics without specifics.
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