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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1901
Page
8
GEO D WHEATLEY offers holiday happiness to shoppers with fair prices and honest prompt service. The store promises continued cheerful gift buying guidance as Christmas approaches, aiming to place gifts into the hands of recipients with dependable customer care.
This sale highlights fitness for gifts and a handsome range of bows, ties, and accessories. Men’s four in hand, bat wing, and duttrfly styles priced at 25c 50c 1 and 1 50. Also 25 dozen Windsor silk ties in solid colors polka dots and figures selling at 25c.
Umbrellas for gifts described as silk gloria cloth with pearl handles and a paragon steel frame, originally valued at $3, offered at $2. The listing notes umbrella quality and price reduction for shoppers seeking affordable accessories.
A local store notes it has ample handkerchiefs on hand and ready to supply the community with gifts. The brief item emphasizes generous stock and availability for all customers.
Fancy ribbon sale offers taffeta and peau de soie ribbons in various widths. Ribbons range from 3 to 5 inches wide with colors all around and prices quoted at 15 to 20 cents for one lot and 25 cents for another.
The notice advertises deep discounts this week on Misses Tailor-Made Suits in gray tan and black with prices cut from 8.50 to 6.50 and 10 to 7.50, plus ladies suits, blankets, table damask, napkins, children's fur muffs, kid gloves, plush lap robes, stockings, all pitched as Xmas gifts from local retailers.
A long list of local and visiting residents spending Christmas in Americus is noted. Names include Ernest Statham of Georgia Tech, Miss Eloise Pickett of Wesleyan College, and Prof Harrold Davenport from the State University faculty, among others returning or visiting relatives and friends for the holidays. The column reads like a social roundup of guests and homecomings around town.
A testimonial from a Maryland resident, D. 8. Mitchell Fulford, describing long illness and bed sores. He tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and was perfectly cured, calling it the best salve on the market and a sure cure for piles and sores. Warns against counterfeits. The ad ends with a quote about loving one’s work and salary.
A brisk Americus roundup notes fresh Huylers candies for Christmas at John K R Hudsons, cotton receipts near banded totals, and bustling jug train crowds signaling prosperity. It cites a cold spell, farm transport toil, looming mules near McGarrah Street, and a dry town facing holiday liquor trade. Local quips praise books of life while a theft and a cheeky reply about the Declaration close the column.
Mrs H New toom of Decatur Alabama recounts how Electric Bitters cured her three year battle with severe indigestion water-brash stomach and bowel dyspepsia. She reports gaining 35 pounds and credits the medicine with restoring appetite and health. Eldridge's drug store sells them for 50 cents guaranteed.
One of the prettiest homes on the old Farlow Lawn property at the corner of Barlow and Farlow streets, now occupied by Mrs. Mc Laughlin, was purchased yesterday by Mr. Frank H. McGee master mechanic of the Fourth division of the Sea board recently returned from Portsmouth. The residence is desirable and Mr. McGee and family will occupy it shortly.
A reader from Winchester Indiana, M.M. Austin, recounts his wife’s illness and how her cure came after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The ad claims relief for stomach and liver troubles and constipation, selling for 25 cents at Eldridge's drug store. Wisdom notes a neighbor’s call to borrow something as a saying about staying away from home.
The retailer promotes holiday shopping with a strict sifting process to ensure trustworthy merchandise. It claims true character comes from helpful service and guarantees satisfaction of Christmas wants for all ages and classes, inviting customers to cut out the list as a memo.
A catalog style listing items for women including dresses waist garments stockings handkerchiefs gloves undergarments silk umbrellas bedspreads table linens patterns and accessories. The items cover fabrics patterns trims lace curtains ribbons fans bags and small household notions reflecting a broad retail display from a historical period.
A suit of clothes or overcoat, a nice pair of trousers or hat, pair of shoes or half dozen shirts. Includes suspenders, necktie, collars, half dozen shirts or handkeps, suits underwear, night robes, Hanani or Crossett shoes, silk umbrella or walking cane. Trunk or satchel, knee trousers, boys overall, travel cap or soft hat.
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