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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1911
Page
2
Society items from Athens cover local friendships, upcoming events, and notices. From rowing with a neighbor to a charity ice cream sale supporting a church parsonage, the column lists engagements, teaching appointments, and travel plans of residents and visitors, with mentions of area clubs, universities, and social gatherings.
Our allotment of 150 000 pure silk Hull umbrellas with silver mounted handles is offered during September at 5.00 each, reduced from 7.50. This is presented as the best make on the market with an unusually low price and limited availability, urging immediate inspection to secure a bargain before selling out.
Mrs D W McGregor and Miss Jessie McGregor return from a pleasant trip to New York and Washington with other stops. Gainesville visitor Mr Ruben Jackson stays with his mother Mrs W B Jackson in the city. Miss Obie Stevens of Carlton and Miss Lizzie Oma Black of Atlanta visit friends in town. Hoyt Williams returns to Atlanta. Grace Thomas of Jersey visits Bertha Thomas on the Boulevard. University Herald poem The Wild Waves. Household tips: laundering a cotton crepe waist and delicate handkerchiefs with starch for shape and crispness, including practical steps and drying methods.
Music shop Langston Music House at 187 Clayton St Athens Ga advertises repair tuning and regulation of all musical instruments. All work guaranteed and orders will receive prompt attention from the shop with contact details listed including P O Box 171 and phone 1006.
P. N. Chilms advertises Chilms Cafe at the Commercial Hotel area providing ice cream to private families and cafes day or night. Fresh candies are made daily and a full line of cigars and cigarettes is available. The best soda water in the city is served. call 685.
Local insurance ad touts Lightning Clause and urges customers to add it to policies. It extols Dr King’s New Discovery for lung and throat ailments, noting cures for coughs and respiratory conditions and claiming weight gain from the remedy with trial bottles available locally.
Mrs. M I Basford of Poolesville Maryland endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy with perfect success and notes it is available for sale by all dealers.
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