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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1915
Page
4
Prepared for this newspaper by Pictorial Review, the item presents simple dressmaking guidance. It outlines accessible steps for creating a fome dress, with focus on practicality and ease for readers seeking quick sewing projects.
A dirt gray broadcloth one piece dress trimmed with black velvet and braid features a princess front panel and defined waist. The model showcases a rich blend of dull green and silver tones, with velvet belt repetition and plain velvet collar and cuffs. Medium size requires 5 yards of 44 inch material and 1 yard velvet.
The article outlines detailed dressmaking steps for a princess frock including pleating front and back, sewing under-arm and shoulder seams, aligning stay position, matching perforations, joining gores, peplum alignment, belt fitting, and finishing edges. It notes bias binding and collar work, sleeve pleating, cuff seams, and armhole sewing, with a note on corset-like shaping and the fashion sense of erect carriage. Pictorial Review Costume No. 6419, sizes 32 to 44, price 15 cents.
Banner Special Correspondent reports Ed L Brown has severed ties with the Kimball House in Atlanta after years as manager. The Mabry era ended, the Grant estate took over, and Foot Hotel Company now leases the property with Mr Brown stepping away as plans for future work remain undecided. The hotel has seen major improvements and a full overhaul of equipment during recent months.
E G Hudson a Chamblee Georgia merchant endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best for a thorough bowel cleansing with no inconvenience or bad effects. He claims quick relief from indigestion or constipation and a resulting light and energetic feeling. Palmer Sons advertisement.
Lexington Ga Sept 13 The County Sunday School Convention organized at Salem will hold its second session at Vesta on the fourth Saturday and Sunday in September. The Vesta people invite all county Sunday school workers to attend. Prominent workers will be present for an uplifting and entertaining meeting.
oO D Wright of Rosemont Nebraska reports kidney pains and disturbed rest from frequent urination. After medical advice he tried Foley Kidney Pills and a single 50 cent bottle made him well. The ad from H R Palmer & Sons promotes relief of rheumatism and backache with the product.
Atlanta report says Attorney General Walker, in Ducktown area, returns Monday to file a detailed report on copper fumes damage allegations by farmers near the Tennessee line. Petitions seek state action against copper firms for alleged contract violations tied to earlier copper case in federal court.
This summer many persons complain of headaches, back pain, rheumatism, biliousness and constant tiredness. Foley Kidney Pills are pitched as aiding elimination and sleep, with claims of improved well being. H. R. Palmer & Sons, adv.
Carlton Georgia reports the Sarepta Baptist Association will convene in Carlton on Tuesday September 21. The community hopes all appointed messengers attend, correcting an earlier error in Elberton Star.
The Woodruff North Georgia Fair invites spectators to witness French aviator Monseur Andre Houpert perform aerial bombing demonstrations. Hosted with the Young Aeroplane Co. of Kansas City, the show features a fort on the fair grounds and bombs dropped from planes. Dates are October 5 to 9.
A specialist's advice touts an inexpensive method to end all superfluous hair without pain or injury. The ad cites a society woman whose hair growth was eliminated permanently by Mrs. Osgood's Wonder and offers a money back guarantee with every package via H. R. Palmer & Sons or other druggists.
Commerce Ga Sept 13 Mr Jason Hix a well known large planter of Madison county eight miles south of this place sold the remainder of his last years cotton crop to Harmony Grove Mills a few days ago. The lot consisted of 40 bales and while grades were not all first class some stained yet he received 9 1 8 per bale. The lot brought in the neighborhood of two thousand dollars.
A testimonial advert claims Chamberlain's Tablets give quick relief for headaches and liver and digestive ailments. Miss Clara A. Driggs of Elba New York endorses the product as “worth their weight in gold.” Sold by all dealers.
Elberton Ga Sept 13 Ten of the county schools have reserved space at the Farmers Academy fair to be held October 22 and 23 preparations are under way and many schools expect to be represented at the event.
Atlanta reports that H M Stanley of the labor and industrial department says 1915 industrial and textile development in Georgia will be 100 percent above 1914, with new enterprises rising. He notes improvements in old properties, new equipment, prompt corporate tax payments, and more railroad rolling stock, signaling higher business activity than before the European war.
St James News columnist St R R Wentworth praises Foley's Honey and Tar for rapid relief from a severe chest cold. He urges readers to trust this cough and lung medicine as a genuine remedy. H R Palmer & Sons endorses the product in the advertisement.
Jefferson Ga Sept 13 The public is invited to attend a meeting of delegates from all Sunday schools in the district in the Martin Institute on Saturday Sept 18 at 10 am. Live issues on advancing Sunday school work will be discussed in short addresses by speakers with a round table conference as a feature.
Common colds are contagious and boards of health in many cities consider barring children with colds from school. Foley's Honey and Tar is an old family medicine reported to ease coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Parents may give before school opens. H. R. Palmer & Sons. adv
Rev. H. L. Grice of Edwardsville Ala has accepted the call from the Washington Baptist church and will move with his family around September 15. He brings along his wife’s parents. The church, long without a pastor, looks forward to an improved atmosphere and renewed community life with his arrival.
In Winder Georgia on September 13 Uncle Josh ua Sweat displayed an old Joseph Spratt violin said to have been made in 1613. The instrument drew many admirers as witnesses praised its sweet tone claiming later violins cannot compare.
An advertisement claims Health and Happiness depend on a sluggish liver and dull mood. It promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as shifting bile flow and waking the liver to improve mood and bowel activity. A 2g bottle is offered.
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