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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
3
Opening sales announce ready embroidery department featuring Namsook Swiss sets and novelty chiffon insets. Special one day sale offers 2500 yards of embroidery edgings and intices from 25 to 50 cents, plus a large selection of undergarments and children's wear at low prices.
Michael Bros Company advertises a wide range of fabrics including Swisses Dimities Nainsooks and Madras. Prices list per yard and per piece for items such as figured pique corded pique check dimity and English long cloth with pieces offered at various rates.
The Tradesman notes strong weekly growth across the South with lumber and mining related firms leading new openings. Texas lumber capitalized at 500000. Oklahoma reports new telephone and two electric companies. several cotton mills and land development firms appear in multiple states including Alabama Georgia Louisiana North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Mississippi Kentucky Virginia Texas and West Virginia.
Mr J M Rogers reports the first January peach blossoms seen in the city with one tree in his orchard blooming in hot weather. He fears some crop loss but expects not a large portion damaged. Also notes Fort Madison overseer August Sherpe praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as effective laxative medicine.
Georgia sends large delegations to the third annual Southern Cotton Association convention in Birmingham January 17 to 18 with executives meeting January 15 and 16 to set officers. Nominees for president and secretary unsettled. M L Johnson leads Georgia. possible candidates from multiple states discussed. Delegates include farmers merchants and editors. notable attendees from Georgia listed.
Washington report says Secretary Shaw has declined to recommend Birmingham as the site for the sub treasury. The certainty of Atlanta's chances is described as good, but Birmingham is not being favored by the administration.
WashingtonJanuary 12 The proposed Republican compromise over the Brownsville inquiry is faltering Senator Foraker refuses Lodge terms and insists on a straight vote on the president’s discharge of the Twenty-fifth Infantry He argues the action may violate law and the Constitution A late Monday vote on the Brownsville resolution is anticipated with still broader calls for unity in Athens.
In the Golden Age from At lata W D Upshaw recounts Vivian Cunningham, inspired by State Normal School leaders, returning to Lowndes to grow education. A two story facility near Hahira rises in a year, with cooking sewing and music departments, led by Miss Parrish, transforming a poor school into a beacon. The piece honors teachers and calls Southland educators to similar work. Plus a brief note on Electric Bitters claimed to cure lame back and kidney trouble.
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