Telegraphic News From All Points
Mobile health official says no serious sickness in Mobile and no yellow fever. Mexican Veterans meet in Indianapolis with about one hundred of 12 000 survivors present. Anti trust delegates form an organization in Chicago. Secret service seizes Tallahassee scrip in Washington. No new yellow fever cases in New Orleans area. Mississippi City reports one new case. Killing outside feuds in Clay County results in James Lewis's death. Walter Wellman undergoes leg surgery after Polar expedition injury in London. Pope’s audiences suspended due to cold. Mrs Barber and two sons murdered in Texas. New trial sought for Moore in New York blackmail case. John Delegal on trial for deputy sheriff killing in Georgia. Lipton to light Erin with 8 000 electric lamps for Dewey homecoming. Jail inmates escape in Butler. Molineux murder indictment to be dismissed in New York.
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Mobile
Als
Goode
Indianapolis
National Association of Mexican Veterans
State House
Chicago
Sherman House
Washington
Secret Service Bureau
Tallahassee
New Orleans
Mississippi City
Miss
San Antonio
Tex
Joe Barber
Wiley
Levi
Ntastoke County
Pleasanton
New York
William A. E. Moore
Martin Mahan
Textile yardage price list from a mill catalog
A dated advertisement lists fabric prices by grade and type. It includes 8c to 15c yardage featuring Cheviots Zephyr Ginghams Silkine Novelties Crepons Remnants and Calicoes with color ranges and per yard costs. The itemized lines specify styles such as plaids stripes and solid colors and note limited color availability in some cases.
Miscellaneous Textile Specials and Bargains
A varied sale lists Madras Cloth, Manchester Ginghams, Nashua Canton Flannel, Mattress Ticking, Newmarket Pillow Casing, Lace Curtain Scrim, Fine Corded Welt, German All-Wool Opera Flannel, School Boy Jeans, All-Wool Kersey, All-Wool Eiderdown, and Creton Drapery with marked price cuts. Each item shows piece counts or weights and yard or price per yard specifics. Prices range from 3% to 44 cents per yard, with several 10 to 23 cent yard rates.
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Madras
Manchester
P. K
Sponsebieretta Ajo Nlelecele
Textile sale brightens the shop with yardage discounts
At five cents a yard fleeced lined flannel 32 inch wide and heavy Cheviots in striped dark patterns offered. Silkeline 36 inch wide for draperies priced at 100 each. Sea Island Percales five cents with 124² grade Chambray in pink and blue sold by the yard.
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Sea Island
Sea Yard
Bleaching Sold At Special No Brand Price
In a factory move the label was removed to avoid affecting the 9c price. The bleached goods claim to outperform Fruit of the Loom and match Wamsutta quality. One case yard wide, 40 pieces unnamed, some shade variation due to neglect in the bleachery.
Sale Prices for Various Skirt Styles Listed
The notice lists Long Cut Crash Skirts priced at $1.00 each and Black Figured Silk finished Skirts at $2.00 each. Fi Brilliantine Skirts with fancy lining are $3.00, and Handsome Sheath Fitting Serge Skirts with Taf feta Lining are valued at $5.50 per item.
Bargain yardage fabrics offered at seven cents a yard
Advertises fabrics at seven cents per yard including 15c grade Brocaded Black Satteens 32 inches wide 15¢ Mohair and Cashmere blends in several solid colors. Also lists 20c grade Pin Check Brilliantine and 15¢ double width Scotch Plaids in eight designs and three shades.
Notions Bargains Showcased with Low Prices Across Goods
Local store promotes discounts on Pearl Buttons at 4¢ per dozen, 8-ply darning cotton 2¢ per spool, Silk and crochet threads 4¢ per spool, silent imports like Spot thread 2¢ each. Pins, needles, handkerchiefs, gloves and shields offered at frequent cuts, with Kid Gloves 75¢ and various hosiery priced 10¢ per pair.
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Clarks
Clark
Orleans
Avorite
Clarke County Ginnery Now in Operation in Clarke County
Clarke County Ginnery owned by Capt. J. H. Rucker is now in operation near Palmer avenue close to the compress. The plant features modern machinery for fast ginning and packing and charges fifty cents per bale for square bale work and twenty five cents per bale for Lowry Round bale packing.
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Clarke County
J. H. Rucker
Capt. Rucker
Georgia
Lowry
Lowry Company
Capt. Ru
Athens Clock Debate and Humorous Insurance Tale
The piece advocates a city clock for Athens, arguing time is money and urging concrete action over talk. It also recounts a hotel lobby anecdote about the Life Insurance president marrying his stenographer after an elevator incident. A short testimonial from Ex-Senator S. Johnson endorses Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic.
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Jefferson, Ga
Receivers’ Land Sale in Athens Park District
By order of Clarke county Superior Court the Athens Park Improvement Company land will be sold October 6 1899 at public outcry. Parcels lie between Prince Avenue and the Boulevard, and between the Boulevard and the G edge. Sale starts at 10 o'clock A M at the Park pavilion near Prince and Park avenues. Cash or one third cash with balance in two equal annual payments eight percent interest on deferred amounts. Shackelford & Shackelford and W S Holman receivers announce.
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Superior Court
Clarke County
Georgia
Athens Park
Shackelford & Shackelford
Broad Street
Athens
Park Pavilion
Prince and Park Avenues
W. 8.Holman
Thos. J. Shackelford
The
Athens Park& Improvement Company
Splinter in Foot Sidelines Athens Factory Superintendent
A small splinter in William Dootson, Athens Factory superintendent, worsened over days causing swelling and inflammation in his foot. He remains in pain and is expected to be off work for several days as doctors monitor the injury.
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William Dootson
William Dootsson
Athens
Lively tasting notes on Japanese dinner curios
A wandering American recalls a Japanese supper featuring melons ices and seafrogs with a covered dish holding wine poured in. After the lid came off the frogs leapt about while guests watched astonished as the lively scene exposed cultural contrasts and culinary curiosities.
Penn Mutual Agency Highlight in Athens
The Penn Mutual Insurance Company advertises strength and assets, noting over 87 million dollars in assets and 176 million in insurance in force. B D Watkins is in charge of the Northeast Georgia agency, located on College Avenue in the Talmadge block in Athens. The article urges calling on Watkins for insurance details and features. It also includes a confined anecdote about cashiers miscollecting small change, quoting a Philadelphia Inquirer story on how minor forgotten cash can add to a cashier’s income unintentionally.
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Penn Mutual Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Penn Mutual
Penix Mutual
Georgia
Athens
B D. Watkins
College Avenue
Talmadge
Watkins
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Athens Beaver canvassing agent Mr W A England
The Banner appoints Mr. W A England as canvasser and agent for the territory outside Athens. Weekly subscribers in arrears should pay him when he presents the account. England will start his route within a few days.
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The
Banner
W. A. England
Athens
England
Dream and health ad blend with old humor in brief clipping
A historical notice blends a Brumby Drug Co medical claim for Planterstein EA drover sia with constipation and liver regulation and a long quoted dream anecdote from a theological seminary president. The Kansas City Times dream episode and a Scots dialogue fragment close the snippet with dated tone.
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Planterstein
Brumby Drug Co
Door that opens haunts the reader with eerie imagery
A fragmented column blends a ghost story excerpt about a door that opens by unseen causes and unsettles a reader. It shifts to advertisements for Dr Tichenor’s Antiseptic and insurance data, then cuts to a testimonial about kidney health and a stray line about nourishment.
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London
Clay County
James
Sam Lewis
Walter Wellman
Wellman
City
Franz Josefland
Rome
Guyton
John Delegal
Springfield
Townsend
McIntosh County
Kenan
W. G. Charlton
Walter Hartridge
Savannan
H D. Twiggs
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock
Admiral Dewey
Thomas
Erin
Butler
Bartow
Roland B. Molineux
McIntyre
Molineux
Tutt
MAX Joseph Mercantile CO
Clayton Street
Postoffice
Ala
Abe Winter
Wheeler Excelsior
Commerce Strest
Skiff
Life Insurance Company
Fiteburg Dispatch
Dootson
MR. B. D. Watkins
Tahaadge
MR. W. A
Castoria
Theological Seminary
Kansas City Times
Janay
Scotia
Clerkenwell
Sandy
Mr. Goblinson
New York Sun
Robt
P. Harty
M. E. Church
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