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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
3
A sweeping clearance lists remnants and bargains across textiles and sundries. White lawn remnants and white pique priced to move, 2 for 25 cents on stockings, 35 cent umbrellas, and 10 to 25 cent fabric lots. Millinery and home goods offered at deep discount with many items marked down from higher values.
A full roster of newspapers represented by the Weekly Press Association in Athens, listing editors and wives from papers across Georgia including Telfair News McRae Herald Trion Messenger Rockdale Banner Southeast Georgian New South Douglasville News Summerville Courier-Dispatch Canon Franklin County Press etc. The compiled names cover editors from Dover to West Point and many others, confirming wide state participation in the gathering.
Thousands fill Athens streets for a dazzling display of Japanese lanterns and electric lights. Over five thousand people admire the decorated avenues College Broad and Clayton as stores, parks, and the Confederate monument glow, leaving editors praising the scene as unforgettable and picturesque.
An Atlanta basedBlood Balm Co promotion claims B B B or Botanic Blood Balm can cure stubborn blood poison and skin eruptions. It touts trial bottles free, full directions with each bottle, and telegraphs medicinal advice, listing price one dollar per bottle and six bottles for five dollars. It urges readers to describe troubles for free medical guidance.
Tallulah Falls July 14 reports a tea party hosted by Mrs Rufus Moss for Miss Hardy of Atlante and notes the presence of Athens guests at the Cliff House including Barrett Phidzy John Welch Steve Upson J Oliver H A Hoggins Fitzgerald Green Frank Lipscomb Madame Lastrat Miss Lastrat Mrs Adams and Miss Munday. The piece hints the Athens crowd spends time at the Xhotel and invites readers to ask Mr Lipscomb why.
New York July 16 Albert Dawson sixteen of 80 West One Hundred and Forty sixth street was hit by a Central train while avoiding it and lost an arm near the shoulder. He carried the severed limb to a watchman three blocks away then to a hospital where surgeons said the arm could not be reattached. He cried only at the hospital. Doctors say he will recover.
Doctor Newton Hathaway promotes a new book Manliness, Vigor, Health detailing his nonoperative cures for varicocele, stricture, blood poisoning, rheumatism, ulcers, and kidney troubles. He claims to restore vitality in undertoned men and offers free copies by mail from 24 South Broad Street Atlanta.
Editors and their companions arrived in Athens for a city immersion including park picnic and inspections of the Normal School and State University. Highlights featured a welcome by Mayor Smith, tours of Moore College and Science Hall, a gala banquet, and a parade through illuminated streets before departure to Elberton.
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