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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
2
Society items highlight women’s group events led by Mrs. Alice Adams and lengthy society chatter. Fashions forecast net waists in cream and black velvet hats with lace brims, plus early winter gowns and small bolero jackets. Many local residents attend church meetings, visits, and family milestones across Athens and neighboring towns.
Local items list visitors and travel among residents. Miss Gussie Moore visits in Milledgeville while Cornelia Moore hosts on Thomas Street. Miss Sarah Hunnicutt travels to Atlanta to visit Mrs Stiles Hopkins. Mrs Dupdee Hunnicutt returns from West Point. Clifford Pratt leaves for Athens to enter the University law department. Miss Myrtis Wayne returns to Monroe after visiting Athens. Miss Fannie Scott back from Milledgeville. E T Treanor and family moving from Milledgeville to Athens, with Sallie Treanor and Pauline McKinley joining for winter. Ral Miller visits Boston Tech after two weeks here. Stiles Hopkins depart for Atlanta after visit. Louise McArthur visiting Mrs P H Mell at Milledge Avenue. Mrs Frank Spivey visiting Mrs John N Booth. Madam Joseph Lustrat visiting daughter in Atlanta. Mrs T H Nickerson to spend Friday in Atlanta.
Madame Paulini, a clairvoyant and palmist, has returned to Athens for a short period. Her office is at 293 Clayton Street West and open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. except Sundays. Advertise your wants.
The Banner presents two quick, effective embroidery patterns for towels and accessories. The cross stitch design fits towels, bags, and bureau scarfs with monograms, while the thousand-flower border suits towels, runners, waists, dresses, and fancy items. Pattern numbers 14393 and 14446 offered to readers for ten cents each.
A panel of U S experts reports Bludwine contains food properties and no harmful ingredients. Doctors from Georgia to New York call it nutritious for sick, convalescing patients and suitable for children. The endorsements stress its wholesome, drug-free nature and pleasant flavor.
A spirited argument surfaces over Bludwine as a candidate to become the national soft drink, with supporters highlighting its unique flavor and potential prominence in national markets.
The Atlanta weather forecast predicts fair and warmer conditions through Wednesday for Atlanta and vicinity. Across Georgia interior warmth continues with fair skies. The report also notes frosts in Asheville Raleigh Chicago and Green Bay and heavy frosts in Pittsburgh and Toledo with low temperatures near 40 in the Welber Lake region and Rockies. Four new state forests in Hawaiʻi bring the total to 97 covering 683 101 acres. About two thirds belong to the territory with the rest private land managed by territorial forest officers.
Trains listed by number operate on the Georgia Railroad in Eastern Time from Athens to Augusta. Services include No 50 at 7 20 a m No 51 at 9 15 a m No 56 2 9 45 a m No 53 at 1 25 p m No 54 at 4 05 p m No 55 at 9 00 p m Trains 50 and 55 run solid between Athens and Augusta.
Makers of small hickory handles seek to reuse waste from mills making hickory spokes and tool handles. The forest service calls on parquetry flooring makers to utilize waste. The U S consul in Aberdeen notes American producers might bid for fish barrel staves as spruce and fir stave prices rise in Sweden and Scotland.
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