Linton's Spring Water Offered Free to Readers
Promises pure water from Linton's Spring and offers it free to readers. Emphasizes safety and cleanliness as reason for serving the water without charge.
27 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1916
Page
1
Promises pure water from Linton's Spring and offers it free to readers. Emphasizes safety and cleanliness as reason for serving the water without charge.
An ad extols upholstery and window treatments from rugs to shades. The Department of House Furnishings touts a wide selection of new, attractive items. Shoppers are urged to visit Michael's to save money on purchases.
Local advertise a sale on linen items including Linen Crash Scarfs Centerpieces Pillows and Matched Sets. Prices marked at 50 cents reduced to 29 cents each with emphasis on first arrival and advance price column.
A brief note states plans to trim about 50 trees or bushes in the Monday to Tuesday window. Local crew or officials oversee the work, with attention to safety and neighborhood impact.
We offer a table of white goods including madras muslins batistes and fancies all white and good with no yard under 20c and most at 25s. Choose at 12c. Items won't last ten days. act quickly to secure selection before stock runs out.
White bed spreads in marsellles or cimity weaves offered at $1.50 and up. Prices not advanced. A 10 percent discount is available during the sale for counterpanes.
A linen sale announces four days left with 10 percent reductions on table linens napkins towels sheets pillow cases and sheeting. The promotion emphasizes large savings over 40 percent off regular prices and urges customers to buy now for fall needs.
An advertisement touts art needlework as a stable, enjoyable pastime with profitable returns. The Royal Society offers a diverse range of useful and ornamental pieces, encouraging readers to view samples and make purchases.
Goods bought Monday through Thursday will not appear on your bill until October 1. You won’t find them on your September 1 bill. The message highlights four days left to save on desirable merchandise, promising substantial savings.
Prices shown reflect lower men’s coats and suits with several price levels noted. The list includes various price points from mid teens up to the upper thirties, indicating a sale or clearance context in a department store setting.
A four day sale lists tables of voiles, crepes, silks, and organdies priced at 12c to 29c yard. Regular high prices are slashed with items like fancy voiles, plaid voiles, and devonshire percales offered at 19c to 29c, promising substantial savings and no advance payments. Michael's promotes school fabric selections and broad assortments.
After a vacation away readers are urged to attend a four day sale of waists at half price. New autumn waists arrive daily but are excluded from the sale and 98c waists stay at 98c while other waists are offered at half price.
Advertises 85 lace trimmed scarfs and centerpieces available year round for 75 cents with previous sale prices 58c and 48c. Also lists crochet doilies priced by size from 6 inches to 24 inches, with prices ranging from 8c to 79c.
Four days remain for The Sale of the Season featuring towels centerpieces cushions pillows and ornamental items from Royal Society Art Needlework worked by artists in their line with every piece a gem. Choice half price.
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