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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1916
Page
6
Finished mats and centerpieces on a 12 inch table are shown for special sales. Advertised by eating department stores at 1 cent, but 10 cents could yield 200 or 300 sales. The seller aims for 500 to 1,000 units, pricing at 6 cents.
Finished needlework items on Table No E 43 include aprons mats pin cushions caps handbags doll outfits and collars with mused and soiled pieces. Prices range from 2.00 to 4.00 with a sale price of 48c for buyers choice.
Table features covers in various sizes with hemstitch and lace edges in white and colored embroidery. Scarves match the covers and torchen lace trims abound. Priced for bargain banquets, items sell for 50c and up, feast prices never below 38c. Your choice 29c.
Finished art needlecraft items from Ce Royal Society priced to clear. Pillow tops from 3 to 4.50 dollars, laundry bags 3, fudge aprons 3, infant gowns 3 and 4, crepe d chine camisole 3.50, tea aprons 4 and 4.50, shirt waists 6 and 7, child dresses 3.50 and 4, collar sets 4.50, infant kimonos 4, corset bags 4. Some worn, some fresh. all matching stamped pieces sold, price cut to 98c.
This table features stamped combination suits on table C with designs such as scalloped French eyelets and sprays. Despite cotton prices rising, the pamphlet promotes French art needlework as popular and offers selections at 29 cents instead of 38.
Art Needlework Table G lists prices for child kimonos infant gowns dressing sacques and more with discounts showing many items at 2.48 to 9.50. Listings include children's dresses pillow tops boys suits shirt waists baby pillows carriage robes and centerpieces. The sale promises a $2.48 option across varied garments.
A table lists stamped articles from the Royal Cc Society packages with slight envelope tears and contents intact. Items include 50c dressing sacques laundry bags crib covers shirt waists centerpieces in linen burlap children's dresses and tango garters with prices marked 24c.
The advertisement promotes an art needlework table with Royal Society products and discounts. It lists library scarfs priced from 9.50 to 18.00, center pieces at 12.50 to 18.00, bureau sets with scarf and pin cushion at 14.00 and 15.00, and a special pick your choice item at 4.48.
A local ad lists embroidery items with prices of 10c 15c 25c and 50c, plus several remaining pieces priced at 71 2c 121 2c and 25¢, indicating a clearance sale of fabric embroidery goods.
A mass meeting at the Congregation Children of Israel on Hancock Avenue and Jackson Street on Thursday January 27 1916 aims to raise funds for Jewish relief in war torn Europe. Speakers include Dr A M Soule Dr J W Lynch Dr B L Hill Rev Troy Beatty Mayor R O Arnold and others. The effort follows a national appeal from President Wilson and a Carnegie Hall meeting that urged broad support for Bread for the living and Shrouds for the dead.
Advert succients claim Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute for calomel that cleanses a sluggish liver. It promises quicker relief from bilious symptoms and urges returning customers to seek a refund if unsatisfied. Also includes dissolution notices for Sol J Boley Company and Johnson Shoe Company in Athens Georgia dated 1916.
An item notes a public event or column titled Fighting for France associated with Vau idette on Thursday. The fragmentary text suggests a feature or discussion likely tied to wartime themes and local observance.
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