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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
5
Due to high demand for 49c silks, manufacturers supply 700 additional yards and the sale continues Monday March 2. Estimated to sell out in two days, the store promotes new Rajaahs in every staple color at 27 inches wide. Normal stores price is 1 per yard. the sale offers 49c.
A local ad promotes Highland Butchers linen at 13 1 2 cents per yard and lace curtains at 1 38 per pair. It notes the fabric is an imitation linen, colors available, with Monday and Tuesday sale days March 2nd and odd lots of curtains offered below cost to manufacture. Some lots have two to four pairs, each item described as three and a half yards long or two yards wide.
More Fruit and Lonsdale bleaching at 8 3 4c. Another case will be placed on sale at 8 2 4c per yd. No telephone or mail orders. Not more than 10 yards to one buyer. Sale on Monday and Tuesday at the stated price per yard 3 4e.
An ad notes 18 by 36 inch huckaback towels priced at 98 cents per dozen. It lists a cage of genuine towels, sizes 18 by 86 inches, plain and colored, with regular grade at 50c. Available Monday and Tuesday per dozen.
Linen lawn thirty six inches wide offered at half price. Very sheer material, not more than ten yards may be purchased by one buyer. Regular price fifty cents per yard, now twenty five cents per yard. Sale available Monday and Tuesday only.
Another lot of dress ginghams in over fifty new designs with full regular width and fast colors. Regularly sold for 12 1 2c and 15c, now offered here for Monday and Tuesday at 9 3 4c per yard.
An ad offers regular 50e lingerie cloth at 29e per yard. Describes thirty six inches wide and very sheer. Mentions sales on Monday and Tuesday with the price at hand nearby.
A newspaper sale note announces 45 inch waist nets at 49 cents per yard. White and color nets are stocked with full quantities. The sale begins Monday morning March 2 and continues into Tuesday with the same price per yard.
Last week about half the lot of sample boys suits sold. A full run of sizes 6 to 16 remains, including some of the best pieces. Normally selling for at least $3, these sample suits are now offered at $1.25 per suit to move quickly.
A newspaper ad announces a limited sale offering fifty thousand envelopes at one cent per full package of twenty-five. Customers may purchase up to five packages each. The special price applies only on Monday and Tuesday, with the offer stated per package.
A local sale offers one hundred dozen children's full size handkerchiefs for 1 cent each on Monday and Tuesday. These are the higher grade items typically selling 3 to 6 cents, now offered at a fraction of the usual price.
A local ad offers black silk fabric suitable for dresses and petticoats, 86 inches wide. The price is 98 cents per yard, valid only on Monday and Tuesday, with every yard guaranteed.
A local sale features shirts originally worth $1.00 to $1.50 offered at 50c each. Most are stiff bosoms from standard makes such as International Monarch Jos Fowler Paris. Sizes vary with a near complete run, limited to a Monday and Tuesday sale.
Aspirants joined the candidates tally bringing twenty three on the track as more expected. Electrification signs boost local property value while a new central rail link promises traffic growth. The coroner’s office may fade from Sumter politics as twenty seven candidates contend in a tight race amid shifting cotton markets and mixed New York and Liverpool futures.
N L Lamar, a Georgia shoe maker, warns that many African Americans who moved to California face unemployment and high living costs. He urges others to return home, noting he plans to sell property to fund his return if needed. He describes California as inhospitable to Georgia blacks and urges caution for those considering the move.
Thomas Merritt Boone infant son of Mr and Mrs T Harrold Boone aged seven months died yesterday at home in Macon The body will be brought to Americus for interment at Oakgrove Cemetery Funeral service was held at Calvary Episcopal church at 3 30 this afternoon Friends of the family are invited to attend. Washington Post quotes Mr Bryan admitting he has no ear for music but enjoys hearing praises about him.
In Americus on February 20 the local cotton market lists Good Middling at 21 1/2 cents, Middling at 21 1/2 cents, Low Middling at 7 2/3 cents. New York futures closed steady with March 10.22, May 10.41, July 10.47. Savannah and New Orleans show spots around 11 cents. Liverpool closes steady with upland middling at 5.96.
An 19th century style advertisement claims Williams Kidney Pills cure kidney and bladder troubles. It warns of back and side pains and excess urination, touting the product from Williams Manufacturing Company of Cleveland and promoting bold by W A Rempurr.
Central of Georgia announces revised daily times for trains. Train No. 5 departs Americus at 3 p m and reaches Columbus at 6 30 p m. Train No. 6 leaves Columbus at 9 a m and arrives Americus at 11 90 p m. Train No. 19, except Sunday, arrives Columbus at 11 55 a m, instead of 11 68 a m. Train No. 20, except Sunday, will reach Columbus at 7 20 p m. for further information see ticket offices.
Arrangements are under way for a fiddlers contest at the opera house to benefit the City Fire Department. Old melodies will be played by musicians of the old school, with cash and merchandise prizes from local merchants, and entries limited to non violinists. The event will revive long neglected tunes such as Devils Dream and Cotton Eyed Joe, drawing participants from nearby regions.
A Chicago dispatch notes that a number of individuals are deemed insane due to sleep deprivation. The Washington Post asks if authorities should set a legal time limit on fault poker pages as part of the discussion. Chicago News claims idle men are preoccupied with the matter.
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