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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1915
Page
6
Despite bad weather, shoppers flocked to a Michaels remodeling sale. Customers were invited to choose from lace mats, a lunch set, or a table cover and take half price, cutting the difference on each item.
Bargain offer for pillow tops made of batiste with lace edge and inserting. Normally priced at 25 cents or more, the entire lot is advertised at 10 cents each.
A newspaper ad promotes a sale of all silk hosiery in black white and colored shades from regular stock. It states values up to 2.00 per pair and urges buyers to stock up for months ahead with a sale price listed as a bargain.
A local ad notes a drop in tan silk hosiery demand but urges buyers, especially wearers of tan shoes, to seize 125 pairs formerly priced at $100 each. The offer lets customers take as many as they want at 59 cents per pair.
About 25 dozen colored and fancy silk top socks for infants and children offered for quick sale at 12 cents a pair. The items, regular 25 and 35 cent value, will be closed out as they do not improve with age.
A local store highlights a surge in sales of dresses priced at 4.98 dollars. In response, managers added many better dresses to the same $4.98 displays to meet rising demand.
A seller promotes two lots of neckwear featuring the latest collar styles and claims no old collars are included. The items are marketed as fashionable, affordable options for current trends.
A table of 40 inch wide voiles described as new and popular with stripes and figures. Normally sold at 25c 35c and 45c per yard, the sale offers them at 23c per yard.
A large display features new cloth colored poplins and other cottons at deep discounts. Plain new cloths priced at 2c per yard, figured cloths at 38c, Irish poplins not below 25c, other poplins up to 50c per yard, with a special table at 18c per yard.
A local advertisement promotes 25 percent reductions on the entire stock of celleloid toilet articles and accessories. Shoppers are urged to choose items and deduct 1 to 4 from the regular price, with a note that colors and white sets can be completed as Christmas gifts.
A table of leather hand bags from our big stock offers odds and ends in good shape and excellent quality. Formerly priced at 1.50 to 2.75, remodeling sale price 98c.
From regular stock of J. J. Crepe I de Chine come about fifteen colors of crepe silk. 40 inches wide and equal to any store’s $1.75 quality. Lot offered at $1.29.
A shop advertises half-price on any finished embroidered piece from pillows and center pieces to gowns kimonos dressing sacques underwear and more. New goods arrive each season as they close out stock.
A sale of elevated waists including chiffons nets laces and silks offered from a premium stock. Waists are lightly massed from display and priced together at 1.48 dollars for the lot.
Seventeen Silk Princess Slips formerly selling at five dollars each are offered in a mixed size lot. A big bargain offers the entire selection for two dollars forty eight cents. Choose from the full assortment while they last.
A limited stock of muslin underwear sets from the June Bride sale remains slightly soiled on display. Priced originally at 25.00 to 32.50 per set, these will wash clean and offer bargain value.
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