This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
8
An OCR fragment advertises fabrics including Black Lawns 36 to 44 inches wide, fancy striped French Batistes at 20c, Marabout Lawns, lace stripe figured French Lawns, crown lace stripes, Dimities and solid colors with several fabrics offered at low prices.
A miscellaneous clothing sale lists summer coats and men's coats at deep discounts. Items include 75 summer coats at 50 cents, 100 men's odd coats at 350 dollars total, 48 all wool flannel coats, 150 serge coats and vests, and numerous B41 and B1-25 samples priced far below usual. Also offered are wool flannel suits and India gauze undershirts at reduced rates.
A shoe department sale offers Ladies Tan or Black Dongola Oxford ties with coin or opera toes at 85c a pair. Also included are Ladies Kid Skin Oxford Ties reduced from 1.25 to a price not stated. An odd lot of Ladies fine Dongola Kid sample Shoes sizes 3 to 4, some with jot worth 1.75, offered as choice.
Miss Louisa Butler of Upson County drank laudanum to end her life during a personal crisis and died in Thomaston early today. The 22 year old lived with sister Mrs Dave McHargue seven miles north of Thomaston. Despondency from recent illness likely caused the act.
Albert Brightwell of Oglethorpe county has been found guilty of murder by a Crawford coroner's jury. The case involves beating a young black girl to death after she delayed bringing him water on a plantation four miles from Crawford. He is held for trial for the life.
In Newport R I June 28 the new cup defender Columbia again outpointed and outfoot the Defender in a windward two hour race. Both boats carried full sails and jib topsails with a hemp spinnaker but the Columbia showed greater speed even as the breeze fell. The spinnaker was soon taken in after a brief use. The Defender cruised outside Newport during the run. DETECTIVE advertisement follows.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.