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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1907
Page
6
A long advertisement details new shipments and discounts on summer wear. It markets shirts waists skirts lace waists silks belts ribbons neckwear and ornaments with prices ranging from a few dollars to seven fifty for various items. It also promotes linen and linen finish fabrics plus a large selection of socks hose and undergarments for women men and children.
Our display of dress goods silks white goods and wash goods is proclaimed the greatest ever seen in Athens with a vast South rivaling collection. The store invites the public to visit this week to explore the stock featuring new dress materials in blacks colors silks organdies batistes chiffons lisle and mercerized fabrics with novelty items and modern silhouettes.
A miscellany of political rumor and candidacy news including Llowell Powers potential Supreme Court links, Crummer's resignation in Kansas, Henry M. Whitney's bid for Massachusetts governor, Chicago Kansas City St Louis and Philadelphia vying for the next Republican convention site, Taggart weighing reelection odds, and Taft family cabinet ties. Also notes on Oklahoma ratification election and Rhode Island’s delayed senator election, plus an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
The Georgia Immigration Association aims to fully establish its work before September when direct immigrant steamship lines from Europe begin. John A. Betjeman leads county groups from Albany and beyond to direct thrifty migrants to suitable Georgia communities, with officials including Hoke Smith and G Gunby Jordan involved in state planning. The effort emphasizes lawful, beneficial settlement and coordination with existing agencies. De Witts Kidney and Bladder Pills are advertised as kidney relief.
Philadelphia May 7 Arrangements are complete to entertain Chand Lavige Members attending the Bo Tio Elks Convention and Reunion in the city during the week of July 15. A first day river trip on the Delaware to Cramp's Navy Yard forts and other points will end at Washington Park for luncheon. The Grand Opera House hosts the Graal Lodge formal with officials welcoming guests. Bands play patriotic airs in Independence Square.
G W Cloyd of Clunk Missouri barely avoided amputation after a crimson bar nicked his thumb four years ago. He refused surgery and used Bucklea's Arnica Salve, which healed the wound. The medicine sells for 25 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Son druggists. Matinee today at 3 PM.
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