Duncan's Store Launches January Clearance Sale
Duncan's Store announces an immediate Big Clearance with sweeping price cuts across all lines. The notice highlights the best and newest merchandise as part of the sales event.
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
5
Ladies Fine Skirts Sale at Five Dollars
Local store offers ladies skirts priced at five dollars each for quick clearance. Some skirts feature genuine Altman Wolls in black brown and blue and others are all wool Panama, valued up to fifteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altman Wolls
Panama
Suits for Small Boys At $1.50
Advertises boys suits from ages 3 to 16 in all wool worsteds and casimeres. Prices centered at $1.50 per suit, with some varieties previously priced at $5 or $2.50, offering a single low choice per suit.
Apron Ginghams Sold by Yard in Limited Quantities
A short note lists ginghams for apron use sold by the yard with standard gauge and staple colors. Availability limited to under fifty yards per buyer at a stated price per yard.
Bleaching Price and Sale Limit Announced
The notice states bleaching at 4c per yard with a one thousand yard available and a 20 yard limit per buyer. A soft finish is specified for 4c pricing and 7-8 yard width.
Linen Cuffs Sale Two Pairs for Five Cents
Clearance offer on men’s all linen cuffs, some slightly used. Original price 26c per pair, now two pairs for 5c. Limited balance remaining. quick sale.
Mixed Valencienne Laces Lot Description
Val laces at four and one half cents. A mixed batch of Valencienne laces with odd pieces from one dozen yards.
Clearance sale at yard offers laces by the dozen
A fragmented notice notes laces worth from 7 1-2 to 16 cents sold by the dozen. The text mentions a clearance sale at a yard location with price range and quantity details.
Ladies' Net Waists Clearance Sale at 2.98
Ladies' net waists normally four dollars, now offered at 2.98. Made of fine net with silk lining and trim in the latest style, sizes 34 through 42. Limited clearance price applies to each item.
54 Inch Dress Flannel Sale at Forty Nine Cents
Local store advertises 54 inch dress flannel at 49 cents per yard. All colors available with a full range including black. Regular price listed as one dollar per yard, now promoted at 49 cents in this sale.
Sale on Men’s Half Hose Six Pairs for Fifty Cents
Men’s fast black and tan half hose with high spliced heels and toes and double soles in sizes 9 to 11 may be purchased in this sale for six pairs at fifty cents. Regularly selling for five cents per pair, this A grade offer emphasizes quantity at a low price.
Sale of Imperial Long Cloth
Imperial Long Cloth on sale in one case and by the yard. Cloth is soft with a smooth finish and 36 inches wide. Regular price 12 1/2 cents per yard, sale price 8 1/2 cents per yard.
Men's 39c Underwear Sold at 19c Bargain
Twenty dozen heavy ribbed men's underwear offered at 19 cents each after originally 39 cents. All sizes available with elastic design touted for comfort and fit at the garment store location.
Men's White Shirts On Sale At 65 Cents Each
Public sale ad offers men's white shirts priced at 65 cents each from a regular 1.50. Shirts described as white pleated with bosoms of pure linen and available in most sizes except 15 1-2. Some may be slightly soiled.
Ladies' Linen Handkerchiefs Offered In Bulk
Fifty dozen all linen hand kerchiefs offered at a bulk price. Regular size hem stitched kerchiefs advertised as equal to 10c goods, with 22 for 1 dollar. Sale emphasizes value and bulk quantity for Ladies' linen kerchiefs.
Sale of Men's Linen Collars at 50e a Dozen
A vendor advertises three hundred dozen men s linen collars in new styles, guaranteed pure linen, offered at 50e per dozen.
Boys' Heavy Stockings in Largest Sizes 10 Cents
One case of boys heavy ribbed stockings in the largest sizes No 8 9 and 10 on sale. This is the best bargain in hosiery with price for the largest sizes at 10 cents per pair.
Linen lawn sale ad for 36 inch fabric
A brief ad announces Monday and Tuesday sale of ten pieces linen lawn, 36 inches wide with good sheer quality. Limit of 20 yards per buyer at 22 cents per yard.
Chicago Financial Leaders Predict Strong 1909 Prosperity
Duncan Mercantile Co and Chicago financiers foresee general and lasting prosperity in 1909 as political uncertainty wanes. Farmers' purchasing power rises, offsetting manufacturing slowdown, with gradual improvement expected in all sectors. Ernest A Hamill cites good crops and farmer liquidity as the country’s banking support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ernest A Hamill
Corn
Livy
New Secretary Named for Americus Y M C A
Columbus reports Orville G. Harvey elected general secretary of the Americus Y M C A after resigning as assistant secretary in Columbus. The Americus post follows the completion of a $40 000 building, with local hopes for fundraising to open and sustain operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Orville G. Harvey
Americus Y. M. C. A
Harvey
Columbus Y. M.C. A
The
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
O. R. Harvey
Columbus Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men's Christian Association
Americus
Americas
Association
T. M. Lemley
Water drinking a habit in Alton Illinois
Mrs. Mary Craig explains she gave up water for forty years, calling abstinence a habit like gum chewing or tobacco use. She says she never drinks water, would feel sick if she did, and has avoided illness during the long abstinence while others may view water drinking as habitual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton, Ill
Mary Craig
Chief Feagin Resigns as Police Chief to Become Sheriff
Chief W H Feagin submitted resignation to Chairman George Oliver of the pace commission, effective at midnight tonight. He will move from the police force to become Sheriff Feagin with more than a year left in his term. Lieut Barrow is the only reported applicant for the chief position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Feagin
George Oliver
Pace Commission
Feagin
Sheriff Feagin
Board of Police Commissioners
Fengin
Lieut
Barrow
Colored State Fair may locate in Americus
Prof R R Wright president of the Georgia State College and Colored State Fair Association seeks to locate the Colored State Fair in Americus He presented a proposal to the Mayor and Board of Trade After examining several plots the next Colored State Fair likely to be held in Americus Past Macon fairs were successful and well received by white residents praising the educational aims and conduct of attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R.wright
Georgia State College, Colored
Colored State Fair Association
Board of Trade
Americas
Macon
Employee Hurt by Car Recovers at Home
Allen Bartlett, hurt after being struck by an automobile at Mims corner while clearing Church and Lee streets, is recovering at home with injuries not expected to be serious. The incident was reported by the Kansas City Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Bartlett
Mims Corner
Bartlett
Church and Lee Streets
Cotton market reports small trading and basis shifts
Sales in the local cotton market were small with one basis of 8 1 2 cents for good middling. Only modest arrivals as Christmas spirit pervades trading. Most activity centered on one factor who offered $7 bases. The New York market opened unchanged to 6 points higher. movement was irregular with May closing 3 points lower and January up 8 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Market Report from Americus Georgia
The cotton market in Americus Georgia on December 30 was quiet with quotes for Good Middling at 8 and 11 for indicatives, Middling around 8, Low Middling near 7 1/2 to 7 3/4 as buyers stayed subdued ahead of New York futures. Local traders noted little movement with prices holding steady amid holiday trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
FEW
Social and Personal Notes From Americus Visits
Mr and Mrs W T Burt of Oxford Georgia visit Americus briefly arriving Tuesday. Miss Sarah Burkhalter and Miss Eve Hornsby visit Buena Vista. Dr Collum and Mrs Collum of Herod Georgia visit Americus by auto. Nellie Farguson guest of Mrs R B McNulty on Rees Park arriving from Dawson. Judge and Mrs James A Hixon Mrs R L McLeod and Miss Mary Belle Hixon visit Drena Mrs Bridges of Ellaville Tuesday. Misses Ruth Arrington Susie Belle Payne visit Ellaville en route to relatives. Mrs T Broadfield and Mrs Ethel Broadfield of Huntington shop in the city Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Burt
Oxford, Ga
Americus
Nellie Farguson
R. B.mcnulty
Rees Park
Dawson
James A. Hixon
R. L. McLeod
Mary Belle Hixon
Ena
Bridges
Ellaville
Ruth Arrington
Susie
Belle Payne
Richard W. Johnston Dies After Illness In Macon
Richard Wilsom Johnston son of the late J Marshall Johnston died this morning at his Georgia avenue home after a lingering two year illness. He served as vice president and director of American National and Home Savings Banks and was a director in Lamar Taylor and Raley Drug Company Bibb Manufacturing Company and the Southern States Life Insurance Company of Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Richard Wilsom Johnston
J. Marshall Johnston
Georgia Avenue
American National
Home Savings Banks
Was &Sirector
Lamar, Taylor and Raley Drug Company
Bibb Maufacturing Company
Sovern States Life Insurance Com
Atlanta
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Sarah Burkhalter
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Huntington
Richard W. Soe
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