Christmas Time at Wheatley Store Opens Holiday Stock
GEO D WHEATLEY announces the holiday stock reveal with a festive, comprehensive display. The store emphasizes readiness, breadth, and customer service to meet demand during the yit buying season.
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
7
Handkerchiefs and Menswear Bargain Sales This Christmas
The store touts a wide holiday sale with deeply discounted handkerchiefs and men’s furnishings. Embroidered ladies handkerchiefs and decorative pieces are featured at 103 cents each, while a larger lot offers two for 50 cents per piece. Men’s underwear, shirts, collars, cuffs, suspenders, and nightshirts are displayed in attractive lines with strong prices and sales volume expected.
Hosiery Fashion Catalog Fragments and Styles
Fragmented catalog text lists varied hosiery and socks items including onyx black ribbed cotton blends, ladies and children’s hose, seamless hose, ribbed and heavy weave styles, quarter and pair counts, and brand-like names such as Calvin albriggan and Howe. It appears as a garbled OCR page detailing multiple colorways and sizes without coherent context.
Genta Lansdowne Adverts Kids Gloves and Mittens Sale
Advertising copy outlines Glove styles and prices including Kid Gloves at 150 per dozen, extra heavy buckskin mittens, plain and embroidered kids models, black and color options, many pairs warranted. Includes sizes for men women and children with varied embroidery and back designs.
Boers Positions Impregnable Amid South Africa Actions
General Methuen reports an artillery duel at Modder River as Boer lines along Tugela and Modder rivers tighten. Indian princes offer service to Britain, Gwalior madrasah offers staff aid, and Crete's leaders volunteer for the war. Cape Town bulletin notes Magersfontein fire, cavalry recon, and heavy rains, with Gatacre and French reporting no change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methuen
Modder River
Indian Pring
South Africa
Loxpon
Tugela
Modder
Roberts
Boemfontein
Kimberley
Nizan
Hyderabad
Lord Corson
Calcutta
Madrasah
Gwalior
General Roberts
France
de Mange
Athens
War Office
Cape Town
Magersfontein
Easley
Dodson's Pharmacy advertises hot water bottles deals
Dodson's Pharmacy prompts readers to report unsatisfactory service and promises to make it right. The ad lists hot water bottles priced at 75 cents for 1 quart, with other small bottle sizes priced at 100, 125, and 150, though the exact units are unclear due to OCR errors. The tone invites customer satisfaction and guarantees.
Fountain Syringe Trade Ad Describes Medical Irrigation Gear
An old advertisement markets fountain syringes labeled Leader and Triumph with rapid flow and multiple rubber pipes. It touts features like extra large tubing, screw fittings, and six foot rubber tubing, priced around 175 dollars, packed in polished wool cases for vaginal and rectal irrigation use.
Florida Central and Peninsular stockholders approve consolidation
Jacksonville Florida December 28 A meeting of the stockholders of the Florida Central and Peninsular railroad company authorized the consolidation with the South Bound Railway to form the Florida Central and Peninsular Consolidated Railway Company. The move is seen as a step toward joining the Seaboard Air Line, with minority stockholders led by the Dutch syndicate opposing the plan. New York attorney Thomas Sim warned of pending federal suits to block consolidations involving Ryan interests with Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. & P. Stockhold
Jacksonville
Fin
Florida Central and Peninsulan Railroad Company
Florida Central and Peninentar Consolidated Rail Way Company
Seaboard Air Line
New York
Homas Sim
Federal
North
Virginia
Ryan
Seaboard
Honest Hair Brushes Offer The Real Value
An ad promises durable brushes with stiff bristles that stay firm when wet. It touts a wide range of prices from 25c to 200 dollars, claiming customers get true value for their money.
Razor Sale Guarantee and Full Shaving Stock
We offer razors with quality and price guaranteed. If unsatisfactory, you may choose a replacement or refund. Prices range from 100 to 309 dollars. We also stock razor straps shaving brushes mugs and soaps.
Believed To Be A Firebug Augusta Man Is Arrested
Augusta Ga Dec 23 A sensational item in Augusta fire records reports the arrest of W O Stoy on the charge of setting fire to Perkins Manufacturing. Circumstantial evidence and Stoy's prior fire history are noted. Relatives had him placed in an asylum previously, and current remarks suggest attempts to show lunacy again. Stoy, described as clever when sober, is said to enjoy railway excursions and to have a drinking problem that leads to arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Luonchartan
Avavsta
W. O. Stoy
Perkins Manufacturing Company
Stoy
Elis Street
Pedigo & Lyons
Face Powder Ad Offers Best Powders for Women
An advertisement extols face powder as indispensable for women and touts a complete stock of leading makes. It emphasizes affordability and availability, urging readers that only the best powders should be used with no alternative seen as suitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wevell
Scared to Life and the Dr Pierce Cure Legend
Terrible fire near an ailing Terre Haute woman breaks her long bed confinement, a dramatic revival for Fannie Smith. The piece argues a reserve natural force can revive the sick, cites consumption cases, and endorses Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as restoring health when doctors give up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Smith
Terre Haute
Sully
Dr. Pierce
David Wartsenluft
Pierce
Golden Medical
E.G
Desragar
R. v Piers
Golden Medical Discovery
J. D. Finney
Eny
Amelia, Alleghany Co
N.C
Spicer
Bascough
Savannah Fire Destroys Lindsay & Morgan Building
Fire at Lindsay and Morgan furniture store on Barnard Street caused extensive damage. Flames reached the fourth floor as smoke hampered crews. several nearby stores flooded and one man injured amid rapid evacuations and water backups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Inet
Lindsay & Morgan
Broughton and
Bar ‘Nard Streets
Secon
Hames
Sreven
Broughton Street
Wina
Daniel Hogan
Sorosa Barnard
Tots
Iiei
Novus
German Steamer Bandesrath Seized by British
A German steamer Bandesrath of 1819 tons sailing from Hamburg to Tanga East Africa was captured as a prize and sent to Durban. Three German officers and 20 men aboard wore kooki and planned to join the Boer forces, while British officials say trade with foreign vessels should face minimal disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonrxzo
Bowry
Bandesrath
Africa
Britis
General Buller to Advance on Ladysmith
Reports from Loxpow dated December 80 say a Ladysmith sortie and Boer capture claims are unconfirmed Kaffir gossip. British activity appears to rise, with naval guns in daily practice. Dorban dispatch predicts Ladysmith relief near June 7, and Buller may press another assault on Inbanne mountain.Cape Town discontent over war risk premiums by Irish insurers. Government accepts 128 Ceylon volunteers and offers from Tidian Princes for horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladysmith
Chisveley
Biera
Dorban
Buller
Inblane
Cape Town
Ceylon
British Lose One Hundred In December sortie at Mafeking
Advices from Pretoria dated December 27 report a British sortie from Mafeking on December 16 attacking a Boer fort with cannon. The clash reached the fort walls. British losses were about 100 killed and wounded, while Boers suffered two killed and seven wounded. Captains Kirkwood and Grantell were captured near Odenso and sent to Pretoria. South African medical students arrived in Pretoria with five tons of stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matske Dienstrous
Badens Powrll
Manguex
Delagoa Bay
Pretoria
Thas
Mafeking
Osptaina Kirkwood
Grentell
Odenso
Ladyemith
Edinburgh
Detagostay
Modder
Value of Korriga Coins and Mint Output Decline
Washington reports show three month declines in silver value and silver coinage as mint officials plan to adjust values for all foreign merchandise exported to Wall Street starting January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
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