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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
3
For years we have been known as the silk house of Athens. This season we sustain our reputation with a stock of the newest silks. A poplin special at 1.19 and new chiffons, satins, roman stripes, silk Nouvelle, black satins, and taffetas. Prices quoted as lower than elsewhere. Use Butterick patterns for best results.
Women seeking refined grooming will find a wide selection of toilet requisites. The list highlights Mme Isebelle facial preparations and face powder praised for smoothness, along with Palm Olive soap, peroxide bath soap, Colgates soaps and toothpaste, powder puffs, small sponges, and a full line of toilet waters with prices noted.
An advertisement touts Wayne Knit Pony Stockings as the only hose for active children. It claims superior wear life compared to rivals and promotes a price of 25 cents per pair.
An ad promoting a large line of serviceable rain coats for children and women made from durable materials that repel water. Prices range from two dollars and fifty cents for children's coats to ten dollars for women's coats, with rain hats priced at fifty and seventy five cents.
The store unveils its fall glove range for children, misses, boys, and ladies. Highlights include ladies double silk loves at 1.00 and automobile gauntlets at 1.75. Buy now while stock lasts.
The Virginian, famed by Dustin Farnum, will headline the Colonial Theatre next Tuesday night October 6 with a top-notch company. Manager Jones Crance reports choice seats at Palmer's Drug Store, call by seven Friday to reserve or risk sale.
Special report from Carnesville Franklin County Georgia notes the Franklin County Superior Court will adjourn to an adjourned session on the fourth Monday in October. Judge Meadow announces the civil docket is large and cannot be finished this week. Solicitor Tom Brown plans to complete the civil business in time for the adjourned term. Judge Meadow then travels to Hartwell to validate bonds. Saturday marks the start of this proceeding.
Liverpool cotton markets show steady demand with 5 000 bales sold including 4 100 American at middling 530d. Imports 800 all American. Chicago wheat and corn prices listed with mixed quotes across the board. notes on New York and New Orleans not quoted and other city middling figures noted.
The will executors and a grandson of the legatee contest a legacy division arguing the plantation has greatly increased in value since Mrs Morris died years ago. Cash totaling 5200 and a farm passed to Mrs Burrus’s children, Mrs Mcintyre and Tobit Burrus, but the caveatrix seeks to set aside the will claiming the 35200 share is not proportional.
An advertisement touts a tonic claimed to purify the body and support stomach and liver health. It promises a powerful effect on the entire system and urges readers to purchase for 250. at their druggist.
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