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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
6
The store showcases new coats trimmed with fur and made from Scotch mixtures, plaids, velvet, and glove skin. They promise complete warmth and light weight, inviting shoppers to try on the stylish options, with prices starting from a listed range.
A store offers adaptable styles and a range from nineteen dollars and ninety five cents to eighty five dollars. Garments feature velour de laine velvets velveteens gabardines and broadcloths. New York sources promise instant fore most style to shoppers as moderate priced suits emerge.
Miss Kath erine Hoban, expert corsetière, is meeting many ladies daily. In recent days she has explained to hundreds the superior merits of H and W brassieres corset waists and maternity corsets.
Ladies Madeira embroidered Shamrock Handkerchiefs sold in boxes of three for 73 cents each, a value of $1 per box. The offer positions three handkerchiefs as a ready Christmas gift, highlighting the box as a complete set at a bargain price.
Ladies' all linen bordered handkerchiefs with embroidered corners offered in boxes of one quarter dozen. Priced at 75 cents per box in a special sale.
Durable lisle linen handkerchiefs offered in a box for 75 cents, marketed as strong value for men. Limited stock likely prompts quick purchases at this price point.
Former New Haven president Charles Mellen testified as a government witness in the Sherman antitrust trial against eleven former board members. He traced early railroad rivalries in New England, described through routes and through traffic, and explained competition among lines twenty five years ago. The defense pressed to limit evidence to acts within the statute of limitations, but the judge overruled.
Athens Ga October 20 special Gunby Jordan head of the Eagle Phoenix Cotton mills Columbus advocates establishing a new cabinet post secretary of industries He urged a united effort by all trade bodies to press this department He spoke on Some Lessons of the Hour citing commercial gains for the United States from the present war.
Mrs Sue Ellis Norris 76 a Gate City resident for fifty years died Thursday morning at her home 641 Highland avenue. She is survived by son William A Norris and three daughters Mrs R M Lockhart and Misses Nannie N and Bae H Norris. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Seven men on trial for conspiracy to defraud the government in moonshine manufacture pleaded guilty in Fort Smith Arkansas with sentence due tomorrow. Among those pleading guilty were John L. Casper Kansas City head of the conspiracy and George Hartman also of Kansas City.
F A Belsham will speak at the newly organized Bible class at the YWCA this morning at ten oclock, discussing topics from the book of Genesis. The class is drawing attention and attracting many from outside the YWCA membership.
Boston 26 progressives object to an American history used in grammar schools. They say the book labels the party as progressive Republican and claims it was organized mainly by dissatisfied Republicans. Authors named: James A Woodburn of Indiana University and Professor T J Moran of Purdue University.
Tifton Georgia October 20 Special Tift county won first prize for the best county exhibit at the Georgia Florida fair in Valdosta. The county also took several special prizes not listed yet. Attendees praised the stock exhibit as the finest seen. Large crowds attended the fair today and the exhibit will be enlarged for the State fair next week.
Robert Barnett age 87 died Wednesday at a private hospital residing 132 Love street. Survived by wife two daughters Maude Ruth one son Robert four brothers and four sisters. W E Wilson age 76 died Wednesday at home near Riverside survived by five daughters three sons one sister and one brother. H C Fuller age 38 died Wednesday at 210 Murphy avenue body sent to Greenberg Bond chapel survived by one son and three daughters. Amanda Wright age 60 died Wednesday at a local hotel body sent to Poole chapel survived by one son and one daughter.
In Columbus Georgia on October 20 a Black man named Will Johnson was found guilty in city court of stealing twenty tails from a Greek lunch stand. Ottis Hess then used a dollar twenty for pig ears, leading to larceny after trust as the Greek lost the meat and coins.
Washington reports that despite President Wilson's stated opposition to a federal suffrage amendment, Mrs. Robert N. M. Baker has asked for an engagement with the president to present a San Francisco women voters convention committee advocating federal action. The group is en route east with no White House comment on New Jersey’s suffrage defeat.
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy to comfort expectant mothers during childbirth. It presents the arrival of the stork as a symbol of birth and claims the product relieves nerves and muscle tension, enabling natural expansion.
Boston, October 20. Lawrence Lowell and Charles W. Bilot rejected military drill in grammar schools. Lowell said drills are useless for soldiers and drafting youths is wrong. he urged officer training instead and college cooperation. Eliot argued drill is poor physical exercise and the army spirit undermines American independence.
Governors of the federal reserve banks convened in Minneapolis on October 20 for a three day session. Officials announced that no disclosures would be made until the conclusion of the gathering.
London reports that Mrs Burnyest, German wife of former Whitehaven Liberal MP William J. D. Burnyest, was arrested on espionage charges. The couple own a seaside house near Whitehaven raided after a German submarine guided by signals from the coast was linked to the region.
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