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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
5
Gossip on New York hotels and social life highlights a famed Knickerbocker experience with borrowed finery. The piece mocks press reform efforts, notes balloon rate issues, theater boom, and profiles indulgent tastes, from architecture to etiquette, fashion trends, and lingering humor about elite culture.
New York Age outlines pantie jeans influence and fashion changes for women. It stresses versatile outerwear like capes and the importance of matching linings, with advice on draping and warm, dainty interiors to complement evening wraps and practical street wear.
Snow and cab driver walkout cripple New York City streets as Christmas crowds fight to traverse long blocks. Omnibus and car services lag, while theatre fire scare at Herald Square prompts renewed safety calls. Lincoln Hospital fundraising draws steady support amid controversy over St John chapel fate.
Southern Bell promotes Farmers Line Telephones in Georgia and the South. Farmers within fifteen miles of a town exchange can form local lines linked to a Bell network, gaining city telephony at low cost. Information available from the Atlanta Farmers' Line Department, 72 South Pryor Street, Booklet B.
A brief notice notes a failing remedy sold at W J Smith and Brothers Drug Stores. It warns customers of poor efficacy and promises potential refunds or restitution for affected shoppers. The terse item underscores consumer frustration with a disputed product.
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