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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
3
Petticoats in black and colored appeal to shoppers with a Monday sale. Ladies’ silk skirts come in full fashion and various lengths with prices from five to twelve sixty, offering the right set to enhance any dress.
Local brief lists white wool blankets priced from 3.50 to 8.50 with sales up to 17.50 per pair and cotton comforts offered at 1.00 1.50 and 2.00, suggesting a clearance or catalog style display of textile bargains for shoppers.
The Athens Building Company stockholders reorganized with M G Michael Simon Michael Myer Stern Morris Michael and H E Choate holding a majority. New officers include President M G Michael Secretary Treasurer Simon Michael Directors M Stern H E B Choate Morris Michael. The firm owns the opera house and Clayton street stores and plans a full remodel to create a modern up to date theater rivaling the nation’s best.
Construction begins this morning on a large warehouse adjoining the Aberdeen Linen Mill in the western city section. The mill, prospering, plans the new facility to supplement existing storage, with completion expected in a few weeks. Also noted is an advertisement touting Champlain Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as indigestion relief.
Police captured Crock Thomas and J. W. Anderson Jr after days of pursuit for disorderly conduct also banned as crap shooting. Geo Cook fined $2.76 for quarreling with his wife while Tobe Winfrey faced $3.75 for same offense. An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for cancer and for cuts and burns with local store listings.
Ready-to-Wear Tomorrow launches a busy week with nonstop crowds portraying a thriving fashion market. It offers a wide range of ladies and misses apparel at varied price points from $2.50 to $82.50, including suits skirts waists coats furs and children's sets in a bustling retail scene.
New stock lists include 40 pieces of striped and figured silks for shirt waists at 49 cents per yard. Plaid silks priced 75 cents to 1.25 dollars per yard. 86 inch black taffeta silks offered at 1.00 dollar per yard. 27 inch China silks in black and colored at 49 cents per yard. Complete line of black and colored crepe de chine silks available.
The listing details women's and misses knit underwear including cotton fleeced pieces at 35 to 75 cents, wool undervests and drawers at 75 cents to 1.00, knit corset covers from 25 to 85 cents, union suits from 50 cents to 2.00, and miss equivalents in similar price ranges.
Ingram Wool Carpets offered at 65c and 75c per yard made and laid. Brussel Carpets 75c 85c and 1.00 per yard made and laid. Art Squares priced from 10.00 to 25.00 with various sizes. Mattings ranged from 10.00 to 15.00 per 40 yard roll.
Michael Brothers Co offers new season fabrics with front display of dress goods and luxury men’s fabrics. Scotch Tweeds Blink Cheviots Fancy Mixtures and French Broadcloths headline the new suit fabrics priced from $1.00 to $3.00 a yard. Large selections include Panamas Mahairs Serges and English Homespuns in color ranges at 49c 69c 75c and 85c per yard.
The Reuben's Shirt line for birth through nine years offers infant shirts in cotton and merino. It has delighted thousands of mothers. Prices are 25c 40c 50c and 75c.
Editor Banner reports Judge G C Thomas denies seeking the Western Circuit Superior Court seat. He explains extensive state press links to his name followed friends urging appointment, but he declines to leave his practice or risk family sacrifice for a twelve month unexpired term, despite confidence from bar and supporters.
Clarke and adjoining counties report the cotton crop nearly finished with most fields emptied. Farmers say the yield is shorter than many expect and expect proof in coming weeks. One farmer noted eighty five acres yielding little more than four bales. The piece ends with unclear remarks about graft and Dutch phrasing.
The biology department at the University of Georgia is now well housed in the new Le Conte Hall on campus. Dr. J P Campbell, head of the department, praises the facility as better arranged and more satisfactory for teaching and student progress.
The National Association of Collegiate Alumnae will hold a November session in Atlanta with prominent women attending. On Friday November 24 it will visit Athens for a full day of sessions at Lucy Cobb Institute and the University of Georgia Chapel, featuring speakers Mra M A Lipscomb Abby Leach and Mra A H Tuttle, plus luncheons and a tea. A late afternoon reception precedes departure back to Atlanta.
The Athens and Jefferson Railroad nears construction as the Chamber of Commerce panel reports right of way nearly secured. Only one or two holdouts remain, to be settled soon, with final details to be completed within a week and notice to Mr Baldwin to start work.
Supt Bond and city officials weigh adding simple manual training to the city schools. While funds previously prevented adoption, the trend in leading schools supports the plan. If finances permit next year, a basic course may be provided with gradual expansion later.
Two years ago a girl suffered a pneumonia related awful cough with frequent spells resembling whooping cough. After trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, provided by H. E. retam? the cough stopped and the child recovered, per Mrs Ora Bageard of Brubaker, Illinois.
Athens school teachers plan a May exhibit featuring at least twenty five thousand student works alongside international samples from France Germany England and the north Supt Bond aims to showcase top pieces from every grade to inspire students and impress educators.
The city council will allocate funds for a new year and debate building a Childs Street school. Growth at that end of the city requires two more rooms next year at an estimated seven hundred fifty dollars. A modern ten grade school is proposed within two years, seen as a prudent investment.
Robert Gardner, dubbed the man with the ossified neck, was sentenced in Chicago to life imprisonment for killing Agnes Morrison, his common law wife, last June. Gardner claimed hanging would not kill him and that a trap door drop would not break his neck. Attorney Buckner noted these statements in court, adding a curious angle to the case.
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