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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1889
Page
8
A long vintage sale notice lists hundreds of fabrics and dry goods with prices and quantities. It highlights 1200 yards of fancy cashmeres and brocade dress materials, 1300 yards of bleaching, and various standards like silk flowers and lace goods. The notice notes limited hours from 7 to 11, urging early purchases to avoid stockouts.
Nine dozen wool Jersey ribbed undershirts and drawers offered at value five dollars per suit. Colors white scarlet and natural. Readability suggests a local sale item promoted in a corner store advertisement.
An early Monday sale invites customers to pick from a limited stock of fine wool jersey undershirts at $1 each, offered at a fraction of value. The vendor warns rivals may quickly exhaust stock and urges shoppers to act fast for 2 color and size options.
Local notice lists buyers and sellers with names such as Anson Geri Kenney and J. Alexander. It promotes highest market price paid in cash for cotton seed by W. P.ings at the railroad depot in Ga. and dates nearby.
The Mobile and Ohio train near Buckatunna Mississippi was robbed by two masked men and a third accomplice. They took $2,500 to $2,700 from the express messenger and left $7,000 in silver unclaimed. Rube Burrows is suspected as leader, with authorities pursuing a posse and offering a $3,000 reward.
In a crowded scene a cousin’s quiet suspicion grows as Mr. Maxwell, a long-absent friend, returns. The narrator, eager for attention, observes Ellen’s distress, Maxwell’s alien calm, and the family’s guarded reactions, hinting at hidden tensions.
A fragmented Northwest legend recalls a hunt beyond the Rockies where a red bull calf signaled a forbidden buffalo slaughter. An elder warned the tribe the Great Spirit would judge such acts. The red calf disappeared. remains and sightings linger near the Rockies.
A fragmentary excerpt notes an elderly woman with limited means and confidence, recalling a favorite saying about perception. Another woman begins to describe an initial sight toward a shore, but the text trails off.
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