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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
6
Plans for a new campus agricultural hall are ready and sent to contractors for bids. Hinman Spencer Co of the city is expected to bid, and if awarded will oversee a handsome, well-built structure. Work could start before summer.
A leading Athens merchant urges residents to buy local, citing North Dakota pure food laws and wasted travel costs. The letter praises Judge Charles Hl Brand for efficient court service, notes a new hotel project at the Imperial site, and reports reduced vagrancy with more people employed locally.
A storefront advertises rolls of china matting at a dollar per roll with a promotional price elsewhere and states a lower price available at this location.
Michael Bros Company presents a straightforward recital of items upon their merits. The notice stresses accuracy and factual clarity without embellishment.
Fragmentary sale notice lists parasols with various prices including 100 and 50 in unclear currency. Mentions colored white black and tan items and children’s parasols with prices 125 and 50.
Special sale ad lists White Lawn waists in silk and lace, prices range from $1 to $4, with trims described as beautiful and offered at discounts. Includes white china and lace waist variations with bargain values and reduced prices.
Silks both black and colored show exceptional demand with new arrivals. Prices range from 50c to 1.25 per yard for blackChina silks and crepe de chine. Louisines and fashion checks appear at around 1.00 per yard with taffetas also offered.
Readable lines note dress fabrics and prices. Black Wool Voile 42 inches wide at 1.00 per yard Black Panama 50 inches wide at 1.50 per yard Suk Warp Batiste 40 inches wide at 1.25 per yard Ahined Wool Panama in Cheeks and Plaids at 1.00 per yard Half Drillantines in White Black and colors 38 inches wide at 0.50 per yard.
The store promotes a line of Mercerized Dress Linens in checks and plain colors plus Batistes Dimities Organelle and Mercerized Fancies. Prices are listed per yard with light text describing specials and natural color options.
Special sale of womens fast black gauze hose at 25 cents a pair and lace lisle hose in black and tan at 50 cents. Children's lace lisle black hose 25 cents. Ladies linen handkerchiefs 20 cents. White belts 10 cents, white linen belts 5 cents, silk and leather belts 25 cents to 1 dollar. Bamboo porch screens 1.25 and 2.25 with all sizes.
SUK Skirts priced from 12.50 to 17.50 Veile Skirts from 8.0 to 17.50 Panama Skirts 5.00 to 12.50 Black Silk Petticoats valued 7.09 now 6.00 Black Silk Petticoats 800 grade now 7.50 Colored Silk Petticoats 6.50 to 10.00
We announce telling reductions in our Millinery section. Featured hats for babies boys and girls include Sailor and Tailored styles, dressy turbans, and pattern hats. Prices from 25¢ to 2.50, with many caps and girls hats in strong showing.
The readable fragments mention the dies' Home Journal as a progressive enterprising publication. No clear event date or specific action is established in the preserved text.
Vintage textile ad lists white fabrics with yard prices and discounts. Items include 48 inch White French Lawn at 25 cents per yard and 42 inch White India Lawn at 12 half cents, shifts in quality and grade with various yard prices.
A Southern Railway extension from Franklin North Carolina to Pushwill North Carolina would create a through line from Lula via Tallulah Falls to Knoxville Tennessee, shortening current travel by about one hundred minutes. The plan could bring Athens direct connection to Knoxville and cheaper coal, with discussions on a Charleston line via Rabun Gap to Walhalla. A Athens to Augusta route is proposed as cheaper and less rough, requiring eighty five miles of new road and lower maintenance. Officials and the Chamber of Commerce may pursue this project.
The Farmers Union and Immigration Farmers Union in Georgia passed resolutions opposing European emigration and foreign workers. State Lecturer Day outlined the stance while meetings in Douglasville Carrollton and Athinta discussed future resolutions set for May 15.
Crisfield Maryland May 4 The crab season is on and mild winter favors a rich harvest The industry has grown into a powerful local business with thousands employed in fishing processing and shipping Crabs are harvested carefully and shipped to Philadelphia St Louis Boston and Chicago Crabs are graded culls medium and prime and packed in crates with seaweed for long shipments The trade supports boats factories and farms in a bustling port town with Crabs oysters clams and crab meat trade driving local wealth.
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