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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
6
A very thorough comparison of quality assortment and prices highlights the store as the place to buy silverware especially sterling pieces. The stock is complete with many gift suitable objects including lorgnette chains rib bon and metal fob and a noted Simmons make chain and fob popular for style and quality.
Many residents and visitors are listed with brief movements including Cassie Briscoe returning home, Bessie Murphy visiting Atlanta, Kate Wier Winn traveling to Greenville, and Millie Rutherford planning a Asheville trip. Recurring updates note Recitals at Y M C A Ladies Auxiliary and other social events plus several officials and travelers returning from Tate Springs and Augusta.
Notices include engagement of Ola Frances Athan to Omar P. Smith with wedding set for June 14 in Athens. Other items mention Varsity Girl at the opera house, people visiting or staying in town, and social notices about residents from Lynchburg to Greenesboro and Helena to Putnam.
A list of guests registered at the Hotel Imperial includes J. E. Stephens of Augusta Walter Ellis of Mayfield Kentucky J. H. Arrington of St. Louis Alonzo Thompson and wife of Homer Georgia Lawton B. Evans of Augusta John W. Christian and R. J. McCormick of New York W. J. Lawrence T. C. Dunn R. H. Akers C P Callaway W F Smith Jr H E Henry M Boley C J Hollingsworth F J Stockwell Critenbaum G G Reid Chas Lane J T Wright C F Horst Jr Steve Wall Jr Sam C Patterson H S Donnelly J Wilkes W A Holbeck Thos C Swift W V Thomas A T McLaughlin Lampkin City BE Smith City all listed as present.
Items of interest advertise large stock of glazed jardiniers at Huggins China House with prices from 35c to 1.00. It promotes English and American porcelain and a wide range of Haviland and Austrian china sets, plain white options, and a vast display. Also lists tinware, enameledware, glassware, and home goods at Sluggins China House Broad Street.
The Commerce News notes the town builds a thriving school library without outside aid. Prof Stephenson, the superintendent, receives credit for the achievement as the city plans further expansion and greater library access for schools. The piece lauds local effort and community support in growing the collection.
A passage praises the school, noting students access only the library’s one department, books chosen by Mr. Stephenson for needs and adaptability. Professor Stewart of the University calls Commerce Public School the best organized of its grade in the state, a compliment to local education.
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