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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
5
Advertises batistes and linens on sale at FAVA with items including French Batiste 40 to 45 inches wide, India Linens 40 inches wide at 19 cents per yard, and Linen Lawn 86 inches wide at 25 cents per yard. Regular prices listed and sale period indicated as Monday and Tuesday.
A Monday offer announces a fresh shipment of black taffeta silk priced at five cents per yard, claiming the quality is fine and the lowest price ever known. The ad notes daily value references and presents a limited two day sale with other fabrics mentioned at 88 cents per yard.
Two solid cases present men’s underwear labeled seconds with minor flaws. No obvious defects beyond a drop stitch. Value typically 3% to 50c, now offered Monday and Tuesday at 23c. Includes notes that flaws are unnoticeable and items are still usable.
One case of ladies ribbed vests with tape neck and shoulders is offered at 95 cents per dozen on Monday and Tuesday. The sale limits one dozen per buyer at this price, a drastic reduction from prior prices.
A new shipment of ladies hose in regular 26¢ lace extends to toe. Sale at 19¢ per pair on Monday and Tuesday, discounting the usual 25¢ price.
In a Monday and Tuesday sale offer, vendors advertise one thousand yards of silks including fancy waist silks and plain colors priced at 50c to 75c per yard. The deal promotes the best value seen, claiming that even if worth a cent they are top quality. The ad emphasizes limited sale days and per yard pricing.
In Americus a plain back comb with extension top is offered, matching the performance of 50 cent models. These combs go on sale Monday and Tuesday at 25 cents each, providing a cheap option for shoppers.
Monday morning a sale offers one hundred 10 yard dress patterns of sheer batiste and figured fabric and a black spool silk offer. Each item limited per buyer with caps on quantities and specific sale days Monday and Tuesday.
Fifty dozen men s Guyot suspenders offered in white with fresh patterns. Promotion shows frosh new goods advertised as a special leader on Monday and Tuesday, priced per pair at 19 cents.
Merchants invited to inspect a bulk ribbon stock purchased from a retiring milliner in Americus. Ribbons once sold 35c to 50c are offered at 12 1 2c with guaranteed savings of 30 to 50 percent per yard. Event runs Monday and Tuesday on a large center table.
A newspaper notice announces Monday and Tuesday sale of one case of Ladies' full seamless hose. Sold in sets of five pairs per customer at seven cents per pair. Stock description highlights spliced heels and toes and full regular length.
Monday morning we will place on sale about fifty dozen Misses and Boys heavy bicycle ribbed hose for less than the wholesale prices. Sizes from 9 to 94 percent. Here Monday and Tuesday at per pair. 100.
A local store advertises positively new Persian Lawns priced at 14 percent. Only twenty pieces available at this very low price, with a sale scheduled for Monday and Tuesday and ongoing until sold out.
Accurate copies of high priced skirts made of Volles Panamas and Chiffon in brown black and blue. Waist measures and lengths vary with plain and silk trimmed options. Marketed as better value than $10. Twenty new styles priced at $5.75 each.
Men’s very heavy denim overalls Union Made with waist up to 42 and length up to 36. Priced at 1 dollar per pair, offered for Monday and Tuesday only. Sold globally, per pair.
An all linen sheeting in a smooth grade 90 inches wide sells for 98 cents per yard for Monday and Tuesday only, a price well below the usual 1.25 dollars. The ad emphasizes high quality and unprecedented low price for a limited sale.
A local sale offers finely milled toilet soap at 20 cents per dozen with a minimum purchase of one dozen. Regular six cent cakes are offered at 20 cents per dozen. The promotion runs on Monday and Tuesday.
One case of genuine huckaback towels sizes 18 by 36 inches offered for Monday and Tuesday. Regularly priced at 12 1/2 cents per dozen, now reduced to 98 cents per dozen. Includes plain and colored towels.
The Americus Y M C A building advances toward completion as carpenters and electricians finish interior work. The two-story complex separates boys and men areas with distinct entrances on Church Street and Jackson Street, a shared gym, and planned rental rooms, showers, and a later swimming pool. Total cost exceeds $25,000 for building and lot with furnishings needing about $5,000 more.
Firmer cables boosted opening trade by 6 to 13 points over Tuesday final while prices sagged early below support. Afternoon gains followed rains and news that spinners would not shut down, closing 8 to 13 points above Tuesday final. New Orleans led with 8 to 11 point gains, spots steady with little sales. Liverpool weaker early, then steady, with 2 to 4 points below Tuesday final.
Americus Georgia April 15 We quote the local cotton market as dull with middling around 10.10 yesterday and 10 cents for Savannah spots. New York futures show midling at 10.00, with a quiet steady close. New Orleans spots middling 10 3/16 cents, Liverpool closes steady with midling up 5.50.
Another lot of dress ginghams in over fifty new designs offered for Monday and Tuesday sales. Full regular width and fast colors. Regularly sold for 12 1/2 cents and 16 cents per yard. Affordable pricing for quick sale.
Mr Carter resigns as four year manager of Americus Oil Co to take a similar role with Buckeye Cotton Oil Co in Augusta. Effective May 1 he leaves Americus with regret from friends and business associates after long experience in cotton oil manufacture and by products. He has also traveled with the agricultural train to explain cottonseed meal use in fertilizer.
Peach growers meeting with Roberts Brothers representatives in Americus discussed building a local cannery to handle the Sumter crop. Estimated pack capacity 800 to 1,000 bushels per day, season likely under a month. Specs and culls paid 25 to 50 cents a bushel, with high quality fruit demanded for coming seasons.
An old advertisement claims kidney and bladder disease affect both women and men. It touts Swamp-Root as a remedy with immediate effects and offers samples, urging readers to mail for information and testimonials from users cured.
The auxiliary to the Hospital Association plans a large Easter egg hunt at Rees Park on Saturday afternoon. Bushels of eggs will be used and a small admission fee will benefit the hospital fund.
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