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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
3
A vintage advertisement urges women to use Wine of Cardui for various ailments claiming it makes women more womanly and cures weakness. It urges immediate purchase of a $1 bottle, touting home use, safety, and relief without medical consultation.
The State Normal School closed last Monday signaling the end of the session with fewer than four hundred students returning to their homes. A Sunday sermon in the auditorium by Rev De Brannon of Milledgeville addressed true discipleship. Myron T Scadder of New Paltz delivered the annual address focusing on manual training and the exodus from rural life to cities.
Dr Josiah Strong warns migration and isolation risk degeneration across the country. He argues homes churches and schools must foster practical virtue and civic duty while modern schools must teach life skills like cooking sewing and first aid to prepare children for daily work and responsible leisure.
A long undated clipping praises Paine's Celery Compound for headaches and insomnia as clergymen report relief. It notes remarks by Rev A L Brantley and summaries school events at the State Normal School, including diplomas and memorials for Capt. S D Bradwell.
Local department store announces a sale on the entire blouse waist stock with a 25 percent reduction from former prices. Separate sections for ready-to-wear skirts and related items are advertised as part of the savings event.
A fragment lists sale prices for fabrics including wash chiffons at 50 cents and white organdies. The note mentions white dot Swiss at 25 cents and Persian lawns at two and a half yards per price, indicating a materials advertisement in a local paper.
The Wash Goods Department unveils deep price cuts across fabrics. 124 cent Figured Muslins drop to 10 cents per yard with 75 Imperial Dotted Swiss patterns reduced from 25 cents to 12.5 cents. 15 cent Figured Dimities and Batistes now 12 4 cents a yard. 50 cent Wash Dress Fabrics reduced to 83 cents per yard and 25 cent Mercerized Cotton Foulards cut to 15 cents.
The store announces stock reductions starting tomorrow with silk grenadine and wool dress items among the featured lines. Exceptional styles are offered at new, lower prices aimed to please shoppers' budgets.
A vendor lists decorative fans priced from 50 cents to 3.50 with silver spangled and carved ivory sticks and hand painted designs. Also offered are inexpensive Jap Fans at 6 to 25 cents featuring whimsical motifs.
The first services filled the new Ocone Street Methodist church with Rev. M. H. Eakes and Rev. E. D. Stone delivering remarks on the church’s heritage. Revival plans were announced and Sunday school opened with about 150 attendees in the new building showing strong early enthusiasm.
Eight year old Homer Appling of the city sustained painful injuries when he tripped in the yard and his leg struck the teeth of a garden rake. The wound bled heavily but a local physician said the injury is not seriously damaging. A second item notes a Minnesota man cured of stomach trouble after using Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, with a 25 cent box price cited.
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