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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1917
Page
9
Table No 3 showcases 48c Kimono silks in Navy Ground Rose Tan and Green with floral designs. Also 27 inch Latin Mesalines priced over 75c with colors and popular floral silks featured for Spring and Summer. Choice table items offered as low as 48c, with many not below 75c in other listings.
A compact list previews attainable silk deals with pongee, white satin, China silks, shepherd plaid taffeta, and striped fabrics. Descriptions stress washability, yard widths, and prices around 78 cents to 1.25 dollars, urging buyers to choose quickly before stock runs out.
Table No.5 advertises Crepe de Chine forty inches wide in many colors for street or evening wear, plus silk Poplin, solid color Taffeta, Satin Messalines in 30 plus colors, including White and Black. It promises vast stock and no reservations, pricing Crepe de Chine at 89 cents per yard and silk at 2 of 89 cents?
Table No 6 features Crepe de Chine in 21 colors with evening shades and after the silk sale priced at 1.75 to 2 per yard. It also includes 19 color Taffetas White Navy Black Shirting Crepes Plaid and Striped Taffetas White Moire Fancy Chiffon and more all on sale at 1.28 per yard as first come, first served.
Table No 7 1917 promotes the annual silk sale with a vast collection from Pussy Willow silk folk. Corgette Crepes range $1.75 to $2 while New York Houses asks $2.25. Bengaline and Wash Satins in White and Flesh, Silk Fairies, Charmeuse, Satin Reviera, Poplins, and striped Tafetas are featured in a dramatic sale ending at $1.48 yard.
The table features Pussy Willow Crepes and Pussy Willow Taffetas at 1.68 per yard, with additional Charmeuse Egyptian Crepe Chiffon Taffetas black gross grain and other silks and satins priced well below anticipated season rates. The promotion highlights strong value on silks that would fetch 50 percent more in a standard silk sale.
Table No 9 features silk rolls priced at 1.98 instead of 2.98. Silks start at 3.50 per yard and rise. patterns include solid colors and fancies from Paris Berlin London and New York. Silk sellers for 35 years claim no prior offer matches this, urging early visit as stock sells out quickly.
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