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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1906
Page
1
A catalog style notice offers 5,000 yards of wash fabrics including Dimities Organdies Embroidered Swisses and Linens at 9 cents a yard. It also promotes a sale of French Organdies and Mercerized fancies discounted from 25 35 cents to 19 cents a yard.
Readable text shows a reference to Michael Bros beerry in Georgia and a mention of a shirt waist suit sale or strike related to skirts and shirt waists. The fragmentary item hints at an local business dispute or fashion item listing without clear dates or outcomes.
Silk Madras and Lawn shirt waist suits in linen and colored fabrics debut in brand new styles. Creations feature perfect fit and modern cuts as prices reduced by twenty five percent from former levels.
Marvelous offerings in white, black, navy and grey skirts in linen lawn Panama voile billiantine and silk. Entire line at a reduction of 5 percent.
Partial OCR text hints at a sale featuring fine hats with prices much lower than usual. The readable fragment notes quick selling of popular hat makes at discounted figures.
Georgia defeated Mercer 4 3 on the campus in front of hundreds. Kendrick homered and McWhorter was hit by a pitch before Erwin delivered a deciding single in the ninth to spark the comeback. Brown and Fielder earned mound duties with several key outs as Georgia rallied in the seventh and ninth.
A public notice touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as essential to counteract cold infections and prevent pneumonia. It claims the remedy cures common ailments promptly and is popular and easy to take, with sales by local merchants H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
Superintendent T J Wooster prepares the University of Georgia Summer School fourth session opening June 26 in Athens. A strong faculty and unified campus classes promise greater scholarship and convenience, with noted national lecturers and teachers from across the state pledging attendance.
A price rundown lists fabrics including 48 inch French lawn at 75 cents per yard and 42 inch batiste at 20 cents per yard. Items span mercerized lingerie mull 35 cents, Persian lawn 10 to 40 cents, and Indian linens 9 to 35 cents per yard.
Widespread talk centers on Dr. R J Willingham of Richmond and the University of Georgia chancellorship. Macon sources doubt his stated noninvolvement while Athenians and Baptist circles weigh whether he would accept a national‑impact post. A direct statement from Dr Willingham is awaited by many Georgians.
Dr J W Hennies of Atlanta has moved to Athens to begin practice after graduating with honors from Atlanta Medical College and earning a pharmaceutical degree at the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons. Born in Augusta, he has eight years in the drug business and comes with many friends welcoming him as a new citizen. Early Risers are advertised for spring cleansing of liver and bowels.
An old advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a thorough digestant that digests what you eat and rests the stomach. It claims a few doses after meals restore digestive organs to full performance, sold by Orr Drug Co.
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