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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1890
Page
3
The firm announces a grand slaughter sale to reduce a newly inventoried dry goods stock. Thousands of dollars in white plaids organdies muslins lawns and challies are offered at deep cuts from 4c to 49c per yard with many remnants and special patterns.
Multiple fabrics offered at reduced prices include Evening Shades and ginghAMS. Thousands of choice ginghams priced from 6c to 12c per yard. Elegant Scotch Zephyr ginghams, once 25c per yard, to close at 19c. Limited stock. details not provided.
A brief notice of a sale offering seer-sucker fabrics at 29 cents and yard goods at 64 cents per yard. All patterns described as choice. The terse ad signals a clearance style listing with emphasis on price and assortment.
Retailer announces drastic reductions to clear a large stock of ribbons, vests, mitts, umbrellas, parasols, hosiery, handkerchiefs, laces, and counterpanes. Discounts apply across items including Jersey ribbed vests at 0c, bleached lisle vests at 65c, silk undervests near 674c, ladies hose 26c, mitts 25–35c per pair, and cut prices on miscellaneous goods.
Georgia emerges as an early grape powerhouse with 17 to 18 carloads shipped to Chicago and the West. W B Campbell of Thacker & Co. notes rapid vineyard growth, high shipping prices, and strong demand for Ives seedling and Concord varieties, predicting Atlanta as a future major grape market.
The St Louis weather observer Rev Tri Hicks predicts a stormy August with heat peaks, cooler spells, and periods of rain from the 2nd to 28th, followed by a temperature drop. Expect northwest storms mid month, possible earthquake risk if heat persists, and a trend toward drying as month ends. Also notes Venus activity and urges readers to prepare. John Mott of Gogganaville reports $300 profit from grapes on 2.75 acres.
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