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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1915
Page
7
Palm Beach suits appear with rapid strides as manufacturers showcase a wide range of styles and nobby effects. The display promises prices that demonstrate superior buying power and invites customers to see the latest styles.
We can supply dresses for any event whether formal or informal. Prices are reduced unmercifully and you save ten dollars or more on dress purchases.
Our department offers dainty voile dresses trimmed in lace inserting and hand embroidery for ages 2 to 6 with yokes that attract. We also feature white dresses up to 16 years in soft batiste with lace ribbons and Swiss embroidery priced from 1.25 to 6.50 dollars.
A catalog listing a wide range of children's dresses in plaid and striped ginghams, solid pink, blue chambray, and cotton geepes with swiss blouses. Styles feature long waistlines and short plaited options. Prices range from 75 cents to 2 dollars.
Advertises large and medium colonial tea glasses at 7c each, previously 10c, with plain and etched water glasses at 5c each.
Fifty or more dresses from our stock offered for quick clearance at 4.98. Styles include voiles stripes plaids and embroidery with jumper suspender eton and full flare skirts. Values range from 6.50 to 10.00 with all sizes represented but not for every model. Phone orders not accepted for this lot.
A L Harper and H P M Summerlin serve as secretary and officers in the organization. The marginal note lists their initials and roles, indicating a formal leadership designation within the committee or board.
L P Canning aged 49 died after weeks of illness, out briefly last week, buried yesterday in Gainesville after services at his sister’s home in Athens. He was a partner in Patterson Canning Company, later ran a drug business, active Mason and Odd Fellows, musician in bands and churches, never married, survived by three brothers and two sisters.
The Southern Presbyterian general assembly in Newport News reaffirmed opposition to the liquor traffic and limited support for prohibition to petitions and advice. It upheld the Kansas City assembly’s national prohibition stance, accepted the bills and overtures committee report, and considered Virginia synod protests and Transylvania presbytery pending in committee. The assembly also approved church-based entertainments to raise funds and reviewed Christian education and ministerial relief reports.
A testimonial ad promotes Rheuma as a cure for rheumatism claiming it removes uric acid from blood and supports kidney health. Porter Smith of Dobbin West Virginia reports rapid relief after starting Rheuma, sold by H R Palmer & Sons and other druggists at 50 cents a bottle with a money back guarantee.
Ad touts Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as a universal remedy that can cure old sores and relieve pain. It markets the product in multiple sizes priced at 25 cents, 50 cents, and one dollar.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company prepares for a new cotton oil mill and fertilizer plant to replace the former plant destroyed by fire. Site selection is undecided with two or three alternate locations considered and no determination yet on building at the old site.
Mr W J Francis district cable manager Western Union Cable System Atlanta spent yesterday in Athens making a special visit to the offices of the local manager.
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