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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
5
Auction notice announces a sale of the entire sample line from a large Pennsylvania umbrella maker. Lot No. 1 includes 9250 to $5 umbrellas and parasol styles, all different, covered in heavy taffeta silk with silk cases, gold and sterling silver mounted handles. Average purchase price 50 cents on the dollar. Each umbrella sells for $1.80.
Several umbrellas and parasols with twilled silk cases described for ladies and gentlemen. Prices range from 42.00 to 250.00 with most items at 1.25. Many handles are trimmed with gold or silver mountings and none priced under 2.00. Most of the stock is the regular 2.50 grade. no two are alike.
Two cases of ladies ribbed summer undervests with tape neck and shoulders, very elastic offered at a special sale price. Previously not sold for less than 12 1/2 cents each. the sale price displayed as 180 per unit.
An aged newspaper ad lists women's muslin undergarments with discounted prices. Includes chemises in muslin and nainsook with lace, beading, embroidery, and hemstitched or ruffle details. Marked down from regular values to fractions of a dollar, with multiple price points and sizing.
Advertises Ladies corset covers in muslin at 25c to 98c with various styles and trims. Notes items are in good quality muslin, slightly soiled, and currently offered far below regular prices. Includes sizes from small to extra, with hemstitched necks and lace beading.
Ladies drawers offered in soft muslin and fine nainsook with lace, beads, and ribbon trims. Prices range from 25c to 50c per pair, with a $1.50 option featuring handkerchief flounces and decorative embroidery, reflecting strong value for the period.
Advertises ladies gowns in muslin with hemstitched tuck yokes at 50 to 60 cents, nainsook gowns with embroidery yoke and bead trims at 98 cents, valuing up to $3. Also features muslin skirts with embroidery and tucks and muslin shirts with deep embroidery flounces, all offered at bargain prices around $1.25 to $1.26.
New lot of Valence lace offered at a single price per yard. The catalog notes this lot adds to a February supply totaling more lace than stores typically sell in two years. A customer purchased 350 yards, and nearly every edging piece can be matched with its inserting, described as a strong bargain. Regularly 8 to 20 cents per yard, now sold on one table at a fixed rate.
Monday morning sale announces another case of Fruit Loom and Barker bleaching available for two days only. The offer runs Monday and Tuesday priced per yard with 8% discount and 3-4c per yard.
Nineteen hundred yards printed batiste figured lawns and colored muslins in new patterns. Full regular width and worth in the regular way 10c per yard. Here for Monday and Tuesday at per yard.
Smooth sheer India Linon cloth offered at 100 yards per unit with regular width. Weekend sale event highlights value with price noted as 180 per value unit and cent-based wording. Customers urged to shop Monday and Tuesday for discounts and stock.
Advertises smooth soft Sea Island fabric with a fine weave offered at 5 cents per yard. Notes sale limited to two thousand yards in this lot with Monday and Tuesday timing.
Ladies fine feather weight silk plated hose with high spliced heels and toes sold regularly at 98 cents. Available Monday and Tuesday at a per pair price of 50 cents.
Five sizes from 16 to 24 Ligne offered at 8 cents per dozen for Monday and Tuesday. Seem to compare with some 10¢ grades. Not more than 10 dozen available to any single customer at the per dozen price.
Fine black taffeta silk, yard wide, heavy rustle guaranteed. Never before sold for less than 1.25. Special sale at 88 cents per yard for Monday and Tuesday only. Quantity limited.
A local advertisement touts Persian lawns at 18 1-2 cents per yard as an exceptional bargain. It notes a full width sheer fabric that would be worth 19 to 20 cents in normal times, offered for two days on Monday and Tuesday at the stated yard price.
Linen width 50 inches suited for skirts suits and waists. Product labeled as fine quality and guaranteed. Provided with garbled schedule text mentioning days Monday and Tuesday and vague venues or vendors.
Ladies’ night gowns of muslin are offered at fifty cents each with high necks, delicate embroidery and lace. Gowns are described as full and similar to those sold for four times the price. Sale runs Monday and Tuesday with reduced pricing.
The cotton market recovered part of the previous day’s losses with gains of 2 to 8 points in American futures as Liverpool and New York markets turned firmer late. New Orleans opened lower but closed higher by 2 to 4 points from Tuesday’s last, with middling unchanged at 103-80. Local spot sales surpassed 100 bales at 10 cents for good middling, though offerings remained limited and quotations held from Tuesday.
In Americus Georgia on April 8 the local cotton market was quoted as steady. Reports from Savannah and New Orleans on April 8 and April 6 show spots middling at 10 cents. Liverpool closing steady with upland middling at 5.68.
Dr W W Simmons of Weston has lived on the same farm in Georgia for over forty years and before that resided in Stewart County. He once saw the legislature carve out a new county from Stewart, proposing the name Kinchafoonee then Webster after a creek near Preston. He notes he has long subscribed to the Times Recorder, as has J J Dickson nearby who subscribed even before the paper began.
A Savannah banquet featured Governor Smith occupying seat number 23. The report notes unclear political chatter about a possible Presidential ticket and mentions a quip about swallowing a lemon, with a fleeting reference to the Washington Post.
Legal ad announces sale before courthouse door in Americus Sumter County Georgia on the first Tuesday, listing terms of sale and involved parties in a standard public auction notice. The sparse fragment implies real estate collateral sale and statutory process.
In May during legal hours of sale, the Ice Plant structure and related machinery and fixtures formerly owned by the Southern Ice and Cold Storage Co. and now by Thomas B. Mitchell are to be offered, including ammonia systems, boilers, tanks, and piping. The parcel covers plant components, pipelines, and water lines on the West side of Avenue near Cotton Avenue, plus related land and a park property. Also listed are separate Sheriff's sales in Americus for properties including lots and a house on Davenport Street with specific boundary details and prior mortgage judgments.
An entry describes property to be sold at the courthouse door in Americus Sumter County Georgia on the first Tuesday in May between legal hours. The undivided one fourth interest in inter ganky Georgia is listed with parcel references and acreage as part of the whole tract.
Legal notices from Georgia counties announce hearings for guardianship of Mamie Murray at 10 am on first Monday in April 1908. Administrator Frank P. Harrold seeks discharge for Miss L Cotton estate. Arnold Godwin estate to receive permanent admin to J B Logan. Webster County notices cite discharge of estates of D B Harrell and R W King. All require show cause by dates in May 1908.
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