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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1913
Page
5
The Banner highlights a new fashion line featuring coats with an upward front tilt achieved by shaped trimming bands. Noted examples include patterns 7810 and 7798 with trims, collars, and peplum effects. Details cover sizes 34 to 42 for coats and 22 to 30 for skirts, yardage needs, and fabrics suited for lighter summer silks and voiles.
An advertisement extols AS combination garments a carset cover and drawers as more comfortable and slimming than separate corset covers or chemises. It notes inexpensive pricing and easy embroidery options with pattern 7415. A second item reports a wheel theft and prompt return to the Postal Telegraph Company.
Mercer University in Macon weighs sixteen candidates for its next president. The eight year dean of Franklin College, Dr Charles M. Snelling, is among those considered by a committee led by Judge J G McCall. A final choice will be announced after formal notification and acceptance. Prof J F Sellars to act as president until then.
Atlanta July 22 Officers and members of the house face charges of neglecting work as new county movements allegedly block the legislature. The piece outlines the debate over Candler and Barrow counties, committee actions, and hopes for an early general appropriations bill, with quotes from lawmakers and county movement advocates.
D W McGregor of Athens died in Dundee Scotland while visiting his ancestral homeland to regain health. A Bible scholar and deacon, he helped build Athens Tabernacle Baptist Church and leaves a wife, daughter Jessie, a granddaughter, two sisters and a brother. He was sixty five and long active in the Woodmen of the World.
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas was cured after spending hundreds on medicine and treatment for indigestion and constipation with only temporary relief. Chamberlains Tablets provided a lasting cure and are for sale by all dealers Ady.
The Banner notes Atl ens stores close at six but many customers including ladies arrive late and delay staff leaving. Shoppers are urged to finish purchases before six and arrive early to ease the end of day routine for salespeople.
Advertisements claim Chamberlain’s Tablets will improve complexion and temper by curing a disordered liver and constipation. The copy urges readers to buy the remedy through all dealers.
Atlanta July 22 The house committee on constitutional amendments weighed two proposed counties Tate and Warner Tate favored and Warner killed Tate would take parts of six North Georgia counties. No new counties have a house show yet.
A Ploride city editor proposes a bold column title for marriages births and deaths. The suggested phrase Bells Yells and Knell echoes a famous biography line Born wooed wed worried dead.
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