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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
2
Mrs. Goodloe Yancey hosts fifty children for Sidney Turner Yancey's fourth birthday with flowers, a fish pond and a large pink cake. Georgia and Clemson football sponsor dances and a Deestrick Skule rehearsal fills the Colonial, while notes on theatre stars and trips fill the entertainment column.
Advice from the Louisville Courier-Journal urges choosing Blue Ribbon for top vanilla or lemon when shopping. It also notes Dr. Mason provides careful dental work and mentions playful domestic remarks about hats, peanuts, and an automobile, with a sports query about today’s ball game winner.
In Chicago, Penner the poet is now composing verses for soothing powders and talcum products. The scene shifts to light commercial verse as he pens advertisement lines. Richard notes the trend of poets moving into marketing copy.
A mother calls a day nursery for advice about her child. The conversation veers as she speaks with Gottfried Gluber, a florist and tree dealer, asking about her daughter Rose and noting general listlessness.
Our stock was never more complete and the claim holds whether the item is a large stone or a sin. The focus remains on quality and selection as a mark of distinction in our offerings.
A garbled dialogue shows a florist Gluber and speaker Tobe discussing garden items and insults. The scene shifts to grocery items as characters argue about flour prices and shopping quantities, ending with a shopper noting current 35 for $1 pricing and plans for future changes.
A Portland man tells of a shiftless Maine town resident who revels in the name Tobe Carter. He would not work beyond earning enough money to live in idleness for a few days. Tobe entered a village store to buy groceries including a $1 item of flour.
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