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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1902
Page
6
Special Good Values list a range of textiles and goods with bargain prices including Calicoes Shirting Madras Check Muslins Bleaching White Lawn Sea Island Canton Flannel and 600 Silk Windsor Ties for Boys and Girls at five cents each, pitched as the greatest tie value offered.
Remnants of wool dress goods offered at 65 cents per yard for Whip Cards and 1.00 quality. Lot French Flannel Waist Cloths 35 to 65 cents. Wool Plaids 15 cents per yard. 500 yards assorted wool dress goods at 25 cents with 35 and 50 cent grades. All wool poka dot Henriettas 2 65 cents. Smyrna rugs priced at 1.50 to 2.50 per unit, grades 2.56 and 4.00.
The store slashes prices on remaining stock including ladies and children's wraps. Coats and jackets are marked at fractions of their original values with items like $8.50 and $7.50 offerings, as the shop clears inventory to end the season.
We commence our annual stock taking next week and cut prices to close out odds and ends in every line. Daily arrivals of domestics include bleaching cambrics sheetings sheets and pillow cases. Wool and fresco lined gloves hosiery for school wear handkerchiefs and assorted wool textiles offered at low prices.
Local ad announces a week long sale at Toiet Shop featuring towels white quilts table linens napkins and various soaps. Cosmo Buttermilk Soap priced at 25 cents and Fairy Soap at 25 cents per cake. Tar Soap 25 cents, Vasaline 5 cents, Ammo nia 8 cents, Boys overalls 25 cents. Embroideries and white goods promoted.
Daily goods listing notes available lots of domestics including bleaching cambries sheeting sheets and pillow cases in varied types and quantities for immediate purchase.
A catastrophic dust explosion in Shaft No 2 at Lost Creek Coal Co Iowa killed eleven miners and injured eleven more. Rescue efforts faced heavy fumes and damaged fans delaying entry. Coroner Foohlinger investigates blame while a improvised morgue handles the dead.
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley arrived in Chicago at 7:30 am greeted by a city delegation and crowds along the route from Washington. He and Mrs. Schley stayed at the Auditorium annex, with receptions at the Press and Booster clubs and a Banquet at the Auditorium hosted by the Hamilton club.
A fragmented item mentions Caletoria and Miguatere in a brief context with unclear action or outcome. The readable text references a kind of item or person, but lacks sufficient details to confirm the event, date, or location for a complete summary.
Fire in Mobile's wholesale district early today killed two, including Richard H. Vidmer and Bat Thomas. Several firms suffered heavy losses from Michael & Lyons to Swift & Co, with offices and stocks destroyed or damaged. Firemen injured. causes under investigation.
In Greenville 3 C Greenville 8 C Jan 25 two leading society women clashed over a place in line at a bargain sale in a main dry goods store. A slap was exchanged and a scream rang through the crowded shop as onlookers watched. A friend stepped in to stop the fight. Over 100 women were present and the incident widened local talk due to the women’s social prominence. The combatants included a famed dancer and the wife of a notable businessman.
Ex President Grover Cleveland and a party including Rear Admiral R D Evans and General Anson G Mc Cook arrive at Georgetown D C and plan ten days of hunting at General E P Alexander’s Lower Santee river preserves. Ducks are plentiful and weather is favorable for sport. The same report notes Richmonds American Guild absorbing other southern benevolent groups led by Governor Charles T O Ferrall.
Spartanburg Jan 25 The election of speakers for the annual Wofford college sophomore exhibition was held yesterday. Calhoun society chose Burnett Candler and Cannon. Preston society selected Harden Harmon and Moore. Presiding officer was W V Niver with Grove chief Calhoun society Lawton Turner and Cottingham Preston society Smith Herbert and All bearing duties.
A telegram to Bishop Capers reports the death of Rev. John G. McCullough D D aged 42 in Walhalla after a long illness. McCullough spent his life in mission work in the upper portion of the state.
Chicago clergymen from multiple denominations react to Professor Pearson's attack on Bible miracles. Rabbis, bishops, and ministers debate biblical literalism, with some defending miracles and others calling for critical study. Concerns over influence on believers are voiced as university trustees face scrutiny.
Raleigh Jan 27 General Robert P Hoke principal owner of the Cranberry Iron mine in Mitchell County says ore is rising and a larger mining force will be added. Furnaces leased at Johnson City Tenn will be ready in 90 days producing 100 tons daily. Iron quality compared with Swedish iron is equal for crucible steel.
Sheriff brings Silas McNeely an 18 year old from Bridgeport Alabama to jail in Jacksboro Tennessee on charges of complicity in the murder of Mynatt and Wager Hatmaker ages 11 and 14 and Marlon Wilson age 14. Bodies found near Kilbys mill show bruises suggesting foul play after a dispute over fish.
Brunswick and Birmingham railroad attorneys Twitty Atkinson Dunwody report the railroad commission ruled against the Plant system in the freight dispute. The decision lets Brunswick and Birmingham access water front on Bay street, a major victory for the Brunswick and Birmingham. Halsame from the Northern Wood are in Pyny-Daleam, the certain cure for cough.
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