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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1914
Page
9
The shop presents a large display of exclusive hat models as a fall millinery specialty. Trained milliners offer ready trimmed hats from 12.50 to 0.95 for English Long Cloth belts, promoting their high standard and custom hat service in Athens.
Our stock includes the season’s reigning fabrics, carefully selected after official fashion dictates. This house offers a complete display of the best dress goods, chosen with diligence to ensure buyers gain ideas and value from the latest styles.
The Wayne Knit hose are claimed as the best on the market with a complete stock of silk lisle and cotton hosiery from 25c to 2.50 per pair. Pony stockings for children are priced at 25c per pair and said to outwear competing items. The store offers a guarantee of perfection in every respect rather than a six month guarantee.
The notice urges real action to become a prize winner with your effort counted. It mentions an offer of extra votes through October 10 and the advantage of scoring points over competitors by winning an extra prize ballot. It calls on friends to assist the campaign when they can do the most good.
A 1914 contest in Athens Banner offers 600000 extra ballots in Districts One and Two plus 75000 extra votes on ten dollar clubs for subscriptions to the Daily and Weekly Banner. The offer runs through October 10 1914 with prizes of 300000 200000 and 100000 votes for top three contestants in each district, plus regular subscription votes and a 1 year weekly ballot option. Names and addresses of competing subscribers appear in the notice.
Mrs. W. M. Patten of 565 College Ave Athens endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble once again in 1914 stating lasting relief and continued confidence. The ad also promotes Sloan's Liniment for lumbago and general rheumatic pains with a money back guarantee and 25 cent price.
A letter from Mrs. Martin Harvie of Plover Iowa describes a 13 year old girl with weakness and amenorrhea who improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims many letters praise the remedy and offers confidential written advice from the company.
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