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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
3
A ready to wear dress display invites customers to view a magnificent display of stylish dresses this week. The advertisement promotes the idea that a well dressed woman attracts admiration and attention, urging readers to visit and buy.
Silk Dresses offer Charmeuse Crepe Meteor Crepe de Chine Crinkle Crepe Brocaded Charmeuse and Messelines in latest approved styles. Prices range from 7.50 to 30.00 with a large showing between 15.00 and 22.50. Visit today and spend an hour viewing these beautiful models.
A special showing features unique evening gowns in colors maise light blue pink lavender white cream and nile green. Fabrics include Crepe de Chine Crepe Meteor Charmeuse and Shadow Laces with prices from 12.50 to 30.00.
A special showing features coat suits and coats with nobby exclusive models and prices. It highlights sport coats and the latest Paris fad aimed at the young set and promises a large assortment.
A large display of one piece Woolen Dresses arrives in Athens featuring Serges, Wool Crepes, Poplins and more. Styles span varied occasions with prices from $5 to $40, promising value and flattering fits. Shoppers are urged to visit today to see colors and trims up close.
Mrs Hoppe, noted corsettier, is promoted as leader in merica corsets and fitting expert for La Victoire models. The advertisement urges every woman to see Mrs Hoppe to improve figure and beauty lines with proper fitting.
A FAN argues Georgia should play Georgia Tech at Ponce de Leon Park instead of Grant Field to ensure fairness and avoid home-field advantage for Tech. The letter outlines crowding, transport, weather, and seating concerns, urging Georgia to refuse to play under current terms and seek Athens or neutral grounds.
Lawrenceville Georgia October 9 special to the Banner recounts a lifelong romance from Rocky Creek district. A boy and girl who shared schooldays at County Line Academy and chimney corner dances separated by time reunite. John Williams and Calline Mayard wed at their old home, where courtship began forty years earlier.
The Killarney Girls and Rita Rich perform at the Young Women's Christian Association auditorium in Athens on the seventeenth. The program features Irish humor music folklore and Irish costumes with instrumental and vocal pieces. A genuine Irish harp will be used by Miss Rich alongside cellist Miss Stelzl and reader Miss Werno.
Savannah Ga October 8 1913 letter from W B Beauprie on behalf of the Gainesville Midland Railway announces immediate work to widen the gauge of the division to handle added business. The $325 000 needed is provided by current security holders and the company asks merchants and residents along the line for active cooperation to ensure better service and growth potential.
Winterville reports Mr. John T. Pittard, county commission board member, is resting easier after a fall when an elevator collided with a beam on the third floor of Arnold & Abnes. He suffered severe bruising and facial injuries but no broken bones. He remains confined to his room for several days.
The Colonial doors feature Mutt and Jeff in a new musical comedy with a forty-piece company. Also, Annie Russell leads a nine-week English classical plays season at Thirty-ninth Street theater, New York, with Wald Yorke, Percival Stevens, Fred Permain, Murray Kinnell, Pholliott Paget and more. Margaret Andrews and Jim Kinnison are vocalists in the lineup.
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