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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1902
Page
3
The dedication recounts Georgia progress from ignorance to knowledge with a cornerstone ceremony at the Lucy Cobb Institute. Dignitaries praise education, quote Lees mottoes, and deposit keepsakes including a Confederate bill and historical documents for future generations.
A list of dress goods and silks promises a vast, varied collection. New weaves and colors, approved by fashion authorities, are represented. A browse of the stock of dress goods silks and dress trimmings will prove interesting and profitable.
The ad promotes the latest lace curtains portieres and draperies. It highlights a new line of window treatments for home interiors with emphasis on style and quality. Availability likely includes various patterns and fabrics for customers decorating living spaces.
The event in Athens featured Grand Officers from Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 23 and the Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy. A cornerstone laid with Masonic rites was followed by music prayers and an elegant Denmark Hall reception for visiting legislators and dignitaries. The Winnie Davis Memorial Hall project progresses toward occupancy for sixty Georgia women within a year.
A Saturday accident during the cornerstone ceremony in Athens caused the fall of a platform. H. H. Burgess, DeKalb County Superior Court clerk, suffered a severe leg injury but is expected to recover in days. Several attendees were bruised by the collapse, blamed on a defective lumber piece. Burgess helped inaugurate the Winnie Davis Memorial fund.
Saturday afternoon near dark Mr J L Caiver a Mt Vernon lodge member living near Athens stepped backward from a street car at Pioneer ball and suffered severe injuries He received quick medical aid and was later sent home though considered badly hurt but not seriously
An old health warning explains how overwork harms kidneys and circulatory health. It links kidney strain to impure blood and symptoms like rapid heartbeat, noting modern science connects urinary trouble to broader constitutional disease.
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