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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
9
The store showcases a wide display of silks for day and evening wear with new weaves and styles. Highlights include pin stripe taffetas, queen's gray, blues, and reseda, with 27 to 36 inch widths and prices from 75 cents to $1.00 per yard. Early selection advised as quantities are limited.
Our east purchase brings in imported black silks at far below regular prices. Foreign made heavy black taffeta silk with pure dye and guaranteed wear. 19 inch width 59c, 23 inch 79c, 26 inch 85c, 36 inch 98c per yard.
The display features light filmy Mousseline and Batiste robes with eyelet Batiste embroidery and all over laces. Exclusive imported and domestic patterns offer white and color options including light blue pink Nile and maize. Skirts show single or double flounces with embroidery pieces. prices range from 8.75 to 40.00 in colors and higher in white up to 37.50.
Columbus February 28 Special. Election day in Muscogee County features two county officer seats with four candidates for tax collector and coroner. Contests include incumbents Whittlesey and Andrews for tax collector and Clements and Terry for coroner. Strict vote buying bans and secret ballots aim to curb fraud as county committee monitors precincts.
Nashville February 26. At a meeting of the Nashville and Chattanooga and St Louis railway board John W Thomas son of the late Major John W Thomas was chosen permanent president and general manager, HT Smith named vice president and general traffic manager, and Wejor EBC Lewis became board chairman. Memorial services for the late president are planned in Nashville with broad attendance anticipated from all railroad departments. Concurrent discussions in Atlanta consider erecting a monument to the late president. Also included is an advertisement extolling the health benefits of charcoal and Stuart’s Charcoal Lozenges as a remedy for stomach gas and breath freshening.
Mrs Cleveland wife of Dr P Cleveland pastor of Wallace Presbyterian church remains ill at the Nelson street home with limited improvement. Don Brinkwell known insurance man has recovered enough to leave the infirmary. Charles Collins of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway was badly injured in a fall from a box car, with a dislocated shoulder and multiple injuries. Charles Coffis, once a traveling man, shows marked improvement and is about among friends. Robert McKinney, Macon News business manager, visited from Central City and drew many friends. Dr F C McDonnell of Kansas City Mo arrived to lead revival services at the Jackson Hill Baptist Church, delivering sermons on the Sovereignty of God and the Conservation of Human Life. Evening and morning services planned with lunch served for workers. Epworth League and Christian Endeavor events announced, including the Sunshine Journal feature and a world-wide Christian Endeavor program.
The Waller Bailard Optical Company advertises bifocal lenses as the best tar and near combination glass, cheaper than rivals, with less blur and fewer changes required. They claim thinner, neater frames and invite customers to see the demonstration at 61 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Leona Saunders dies after burns at home aged 16 months. Her parents Mr and Mrs W I Saunders mourn the loss as funeral plans proceed to Gainesville. Mrs Nancy Pittman aged 47 dies at home and will be interred at Holly Springs with eleven children left to mourn. Miss Annie Sallenber’s funeral held at Swann Hall Chapel with Westview interment. Mrs Sarah J Tuggle’s Clarkston funeral planned with Clarkston cemetery burial. G H Plummer and HF Strickland funerals arranged for local and nearby towns. Irene Nodland funeral at 92 Walnut Street, interment Westview. William A Burwell of Sparta dies at 71 after paralysis. survivors include wife, two daughters, three sons and several grandchildren. Professor SC Patterson dies at Dawson, near Parker, after supper. parishioners note illness since last Saturday.
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription is promoted as a powerful tonic and nervine for weak and sick women. The ad cites testimonials and outlines medicinal roots, glycerine extraction, and non alcohol formulation. It claims relief for leucorrhea, painful periods, prolapse, and nervous disorders with confidential physician consultation free of charge.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Dawson Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon. The remains will be buried in the city cemetery with Masonic ceremonies. The deceased was about sixty years old and survived by a wife and daughter. F R Robert, Albany, Ga, died at home in Albany last night. he was one of Dougherty county’s oldest residents, born in 1832, a South Carolinian by birth. He had lived in this area for nearly fifty years and was highly esteemed. Wasonle Whitehead, Winder, Ga, died suddenly Tuesday morning. he was about seventy years old and a native of Jackson county. He leaves a wife and one daughter. G Hansen, Macon, Ga, died at his home on Holt Avenue in Vineville. he was 48, survived by a wife and eight children. Mrs Elizabeth Adkins, LaGrange, Ga, formerly a resident of Macon, died at her home in LaGrange and will be buried in Smithville tomorrow. widow of T H Adkins and sister to J J Bell of Macon. Betty Adkins, LaGrange, Ga, aunt of Mr C Bell, editor of The LaGrange Pater, died this morning at 2 o’clock after a brief illness. she was 86 and came to LaGrange from Coolidge, Ga, with Editor Bell nearly two years ago.
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