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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
3
We showcase advance styles in tailor made suits and skirts for ladies. Visit tomorrow for first chance at new suits and see a great line of Sadie’s stock collars and neckwear with extra price concessions for early buyers.
The store showcases fall silk fabrics with dress silks and taffeta in 36 and 27 inch widths. Prices list at one dollar per yard for several varieties including black taffeta and chiffon taffeta silks in modern fall shades. Availability highlights include 27 inch black peau de soie silk and colored cherry tones for wardrobe updates.
Readily available 36 inch Briffiantines Panama Cloths Mohair Serges and Suitings in fall colors and blacks. Prices range from 50 cents to 1.00 per yard. 54 inch Broad Cloth offered in all colors at 1.00 per yard. 54 inch Sicilans in black and colors at 1.00 per yard. 38 inch all wool Cheviot Serge for suits at 0.30 per yard.
House furnishings dealt with include carpets, mattings, rugs, curtains and art squares. Large stock of Ingram Brussel Axminster and Wilton carpets offered at low prices. Wool Ingram carpets 65c to 75c and 75c to $1.00 per yard. Axminster carpets at $1.25 per yard. Art Squares from 10 to 12.50, Brussels 9x12 at 17.50, Axminster 9x12 designs. Mattings priced 10 to 15 per 40 yards.
The Georgia political dispute centers on Judge Hamilton McWhorter and criticism by Hoke Smith. The piece defends McWhorter’s character and service, detailing his early Lexington years, Civil War era stance, and long tenure with the Southern Railway and Georgia institutions. It argues Smith’s rhetoric is unfounded and politically motivated while praising McWhorter’s integrity.
Like finding money health is found by prompt action for coughs colds and chest troubles. W C Barber of Sandy Level Va says he was cured by Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds after other remedies failed. Great sale at H R Palmer Sons and W J Smith Bros drug stores one dollar trial bottle free.
Commissioners flag soft surface rock used between car tracks near the Normal School delaying street paving. Hard quarry rock will be used for final macadamizing, with work underway from Seaboard bridge on the Jefferson road toward the city limits. Curbs to be funded by property owners. county labor to lay them. Next road likely Lumpkin street to Oconee county.
Bennettsville South Carolina resident H A Brown claims Electric Bitters revived his dyspeptic wife after years of torpid liver left her weak. The testimonial notes improved strength and health, with local druggists cited as suppliers.
The Athens cotton market shows a rapid start to the season with opening week receipts more than sixty times those of the previous year's opening. By September 8 receipts exceed twelve hundred bales, daily arrivals surpass three hundred, and prices hold above ten cents though a October dip is expected by some. Weekly summaries show stock on hand and movement for both this and last seasons, including spinner uptake and shipments, highlighting a strong market despite potential price declines.
Lyndon, son of Dr and Mrs E B Lyndon of this city, has declined a full professorship offered by the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg. The institute seeks the best engineers and scientists from across the country, not limited to existing college faculties. Lyndon, a respected New York consulting engineer, valued the honor and salary but chose to remain in his current work.
The Athens Manufacturing Company plans an auxiliary steam power plant to guard against low river power. President Vincent leads installation aimed at at least 175 horsepower, potentially more. The plant will be modern, boosting a mill already noted as progressive and prosperous in the South.
Judge Andrew J. Cobb of the Supreme Court again teaches law and instructs students in the profession. He is part of the Atlanta Young Men's Christian Association law department faculty, alongside H. M. Dorsey, Dr. F G Hodgson, and A. H. Davis.
A Chicago streetcar conductor beaten during a labor riot applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to sores and recoverd quickly. J. Welch of Chicago reports using it in his family with satisfaction. The brief note highlights the salve’s supposed healing effects following the assault.
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