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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1893
Page
2
An old style notice highlights deep yardage discounts on plaid French yard wide fabrics and sheer imports. Prices range from 6 to 12 cents a yard with limits per customer and many pieces described by type and former price. It promotes a bargain counter and urges early attention for buyers.
Captain O FARR ELL assumes control of the Athens post office with a full corps of assistants and carriers. He appoints J H Reaves as assistant postmaster and money order clerk and lists ward carriers G E O Farroll R E McDorman E P Stone O C Gibson and C H Colson ready to serve. The new Democratic management promises improved service as carriers have census data for their wards.
A reader letter from Albany dated March 11 1886 endorses Atlstock s Plasters as a valuable remedy for various ailments including weak and lame limbs. The note claims speedy relief for friends and recommends the product highly.
On July 1 Maura reports the British ships Edgar and Phaeton arrived with officers and crew of the Victoria after the disaster. Crowds lined the water front while relatives waited to learn details as cutters left port and survivors answered questions aboard the warships.
To any customer buying one dollar and fifty cents, a leather belt features two handsome buckles as the enticing offer described in the advertisement.
A price list shows infant caps starting at 12 cents for Mull Caps and 16 cents each for 40 cent Mull Caps. Fine embroidered Swiss Caps priced at 25 cents and 100 lace caps offered at 40 cents each.
This sale closes out hats at low prices with 5c each for 25 and 35c straw hats, 10c each for 50c straw hats, 15c for children’s trimmed Sailors, 35c for 75c and 100 Hats, 65c for white braid 125 hats, and pattern hats at nominal prices.
Itemized prices for hats include 75 cents for the 150 sample hats 98 cents for the 175 and 200 pattern hats 120 cents for the 250 and 275 pattern hats 1 dollar 50 cents for the 300 pattern hat 40 cents for a fine white Leghorn Flat and 68 cents for an extreme fine braid white Leghorn Flat.
Unbelievable reductions in ribbons and flowers as prices are cut to fractions. Five cent a yard for all shades one to one inch, ten cents for Gro Grains with satin edge, forty cents for double faced five inch heavy ribbon, sixty two cents for the 100 double faced ribbon. Hats priced with free trimming on large orders. All flowers reduced by half.
A small grocery item list shows 17 pounds of granulated sugar at 100, and roasted ground coffee priced at 20 cents a pound for 35 cent grade.
The notice lists prices for coffee five pounds, kerosene ten cents a gallon, extracts ten cents, molasses thirty-five cents per gallon, vinegar best Apple ninety cents, flour Banner brand two sacks for forty four cents, fifty pound sacks eighty eight cents, or three fifty per barrel. Magno ia patent flour at three seventy five per barrel with no extra charge for large quantities.
Advertises a sale offering a free elegant lamp with two dollars ten cents of dry goods and a large framed painting with five dollars of goods. Coupers issued for the amount of each purchase in the dry goods department.
Barnesville Gazette endorses Hon. James H. Blount of Macon for Georgia governor. The editorial argues his 20 years in Congress and integrity fit him to lead, noting Blount’s popularity in Barnesville and local support to enter the race.
A local drugstore advertises long standing sales of Dr King s New Discovery Dr King s New Life Pills Bucklen s Amrica Salve and Electric Bitters. The firm guarantees satisfaction and offers refunds if results are unsatisfactory.
Washington June 29 The president named diplomats and consuls including Elliott M Bowman deputy fourth auditor of the treasury and George B Anderson secretary of legation at Rio de Janeiro with others assigned to Hull Antigua Dundee Smyrna Lyons and more in Europe Asia and the Americas. Two land office posts go to John A Turley examiner of surveys and Frank Powell special agent.
The Pocahontas steamer arrived from Wilmington Del to run on the James River. A Norfolk party will join to travel to Richmond aboard the vessel. Mrs U S Grant and Winnie Davis meet at Cranston on the Hudson read more about vital statistics and lung diseases.
Sumner Racken, who murdered F. M. Francis, was hanged in Waynesboro at 1 30 p m and pronounced dead at 10 42. He offered no words on the scaffold. Separate reports note two other hangings in Morristo and Savannah for similar murders.
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