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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
3
A nostalgic vignette recalls children singing a Civil War refrain about the blue flag and Teddy bears in kindergarten. The piece contrasts playful schoolyard imagery with a vivid memory of a hymn-like verse featuring a black servant with a butcher knife, left to depart from his master.
A fragment from a Georgia newspaper blends Browning verse with church and social notices. The First Baptist welcomes a new pastor Dr. Lynch with renovations praised. Upcoming weddings include Mary Lou Yancey to Donald Gillies in Rome and Floyd Blackshear to Clark Rogers in Demorest with detailed ceremony remarks.
A shipment of 150 000 pure silk Hull umbrellas arrives with silver mounted handles and is being sold in September for 5.00 each, down from a real value of 7.50. The ad claims limited supply and urges immediate inspection to secure a guaranteed, handsome umbrella bargain before stock runs out.
A wedding in Clarkesville linked Miss Pauline Burns of Clarkesville and Miss Edith Adams of Demorest with the groom Hinton Blackshear of Augusta. The ceremony at College Avenue featured two child flower bearers Frank Doar and Elizabeth May Phillips and was followed by a reception at the bride’s mother's home.
Misses Melba and Anna Rhodes return from a pleasant visit to friends at Oakwood. Miss Pearl Burpee of Griffin visits grandmother Mrs. Mary Burpee on Clayton street. Mr. W. C. Wingfield and family return from Turnerville after three weeks away. Grace and Mary Hall of Bowman visit sister Mrs. Tiller Huff on Pulaski street and plan to enter Normal School Monday.
Letters from Nancy Howerton Gowan praise Wilsons Freckle Cream for removing freckles and improving complexion. The ad promises refunds if unsatisfied and notes mail order options from Charleston South Carolina.
An official from Western Electric notes that platinum is essential for telephone apparatus contacts due to hardness and non corrosion. Russia’s Ural Mountains remain the primary source, supplying over ninety five percent of global consumption as American finds lag.
Many friends welcomed Reverend J E Mercier back to Athens after several months. He serves as pastor of the Baptist church at Bostwick and has kept in touch with Morgan county parishioners. He was accompanied by Mr. Hugh Wallace of Bostwick.
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