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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1918
Page
7
A local store previews October fashion aimed at women planning winter wardrobes. The display emphasizes plaid skirts in yellow and royal purple with prices from 5.75 to 15.00 and includes taupe, dark blue, white, pink, and Georgette options priced 5.75 to 10.00.
Dark velvet velveteen satin serge and tricolette fabrics define new fall dresses and coats. The display features elegant sleeves trims and fur accents with durable warmth and value from $15 to $75 plus newly arrived tricolette dresses and shipped coats priced up to $96.00.
A wartime appeal asks readers to save peach stones and similar pits to produce charcoal for gas mask manufacture. Collect peaches plums cherries apricots and olive pits and dry them before placing them in the store barrel. Only enumerated items belong in the receptacle to aid the fight against the Hun and enemy gases.
Army officers probing the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant disaster in Morgan at Perth Amboy estimate about fifty dead and 150 injured. Property loss is placed between 15 million and 20 million dollars as investigators continue.
Incomplete district figures show 42,800,000 subscriptions reported to Friday night, about 23 percent of the district quota. Florida reports 22,000,000 and Georgia 5,150,000, not counting 5,000,000 in Atlanta.
Normal Heights Red Cross work rooms at Gilmer Hall on the Normal School campus will be open this afternoon from two to six. Local women are urged to come in and work during those hours. Special orders for cause masks must be filled as soon as possible.
New York reports traffic on all bridges and subways between New York and Brooklyn halted at rush hour by mayor and public service commission after explosions. Authorities warn of possible larger blasts at the Gillespie plant as pedestrians are kept off bridges and residents evacuate lower Broadway buildings.
Three disabled American Expeditionary Forces soldiers from Chateau Thierry will assist in the Liberty Loan drive in the Athens area. Private John McDyer of Louisville Kentucky and Private Koron Tash Jian of Boston Massachusetts, both of the 9th regiment 2nd division, were wounded at Chateau Thierry. McDyer twice and Jian gashed by gas. Private Oscar Teasley from Hartwell was wounded by shell fragments at the front. They join efforts with local officials and professors for campaign events around Comer Arnoldsville and Bethadara Church as scheduled.
Behind Allied lines French poilus emerging from hospitals express deep gratitude to surgeons. An American physician notes French soldiers endure medical treatment with exceptional composure and lasting thanks. King Boris signs decrees demobilizing the Bulgarian army per Sofia dispatch.
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