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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
6
A large crowd braved Monday weather to shop a Michael’s remodeling sale with half price on a selection of linens. Shoppers can choose items such as cluny lace mats lunch sets table covers and similar pieces at 50 percent off the listed price.
Neat pillow tops made of batiste and trimmed with lace edge and inserting offered at 10 cents each, a bargain compared with usual 25 cents and up.
A catalog note proclaims a sale of all silk hosiery in black white and colors from regular stock. Items worth up to 2.00 per pair are offered at a reduced sale price to lay in a supply for months to come.
Tan silk hosiery sale shows strong interest from customers as 125 pairs were offered at a drastic reduction from 100 dollars per pair. Shoppers can take as many as they want at the reduced price, appealing to those still wearing tan shoes.
About 25 dozen colored and fancy top silk sox for infants and children offered at 12 cents a pair. These regular 25 and 35 cent sox will be closed out quickly as they do not improve with age and cannot be kept for another season.
The store highlights added dresses to the $4.98 racks. A large number of affordable dresses are now on display at the same price, with strong customer interest noted in this price tier.
Two lots of neckwear advertised as the latest designs with no old collars. Choice of 35c collars for 18c and 65c to 75c collars for 38c.
A rare sale offers two lots of shirting silks with strong value. Lot 1 presents a wide selection at 35c per yard, down from 50c. Lot 2 features high grade silks, 1 yard wide, patterns valued at 1.25 to 1.50, now 79c per yard.
A table of voiles forty inches wide offers new goods in stripes and figures. Previously priced at 25c 35c and 45c per yard, the sale lowers the price to 23c per yard for this limited opportunity.
A sale offers new cloth colored poplins and other cottons at deep discounts. Plain new cloths reach 25c, figured at 38c, Irish poplins at 25c minimum, with other yards valued up to 50c. Special table price 18c per yard.
A local sale offers men's and ladies' fancy handle umbrellas at half price. Items that normally cost 10 to 12.50 dollars are now available for 5 and 6.25 dollars.
A local store advertises 25 percent off its entire stock of celleloid toilet articles and accessories. Shoppers can select any article and deduct 1 to 4 from the regular price, with emphasis on completing color and white sets as ideal Christmas gifts.
Readable lots of leather hand bags from our big stock are offered at 98 cents each. Previously priced from $1 50 to $2 75, the bags are in good shape and excellent quality as odd lots from the main stock.
From regular stock J. J. Crepe de Chine silks in about fifteen colors. Fabrics are 40 inches wide and comparable to $1.75 quality. Offered as a lot at $1.29, a substantial sacrifice for buyers seeking value.
Store offers finished embroidered stock at exactly half price. Items include pillows center pieces gowns kimonos dressing sacques underwear and various articles. New goods arrive each season but stock must be cleared with the half price lot choice.
A broad selection of silk waists in awning stripe designs所 offered at 98 cents each. The note invites buyers to judge the value for themselves and highlights the season's fashion trend.
About 75 assorted lingerie waists in all sizes and a remarkable variety, waists in the lot that are perfect in style and others slightly mussed. They are marked $2.75 to $6.50, take your choice at half price.
Lot No 2 presents the remaining stock of hats with steep cuts. Hats priced up to 2.50 4.50 5.50 7.50 and 12.50 are offered as choice at reduced rates. Bargain buyers tempted by formerly 22.50 hats at 1.48 will find wide range of trims and sizes.
Local sale lists children’s hats priced across ranges from one dollar to up to nine fifty. Items include hats priced at 1.00, 1.75 to 2.75, 3.50 to 5.50, and 6.50 to 9.50, appealing to shoppers seeking affordable headwear.
Store offers a massed stock of top grade waists including colored chiffons nets laces and silks. Damaged only by display they present a select lot of waists at the price of 1.48 dollars for the lot.
Seventeen Silk Princess Slips formerly selling at five dollars each are offered in a mixed size lot. A large bargain totals two hundred forty eight dollars for the entire group with buyer to choose from the full assortment.
A few display sets from the June Bride sale are offered at half price due to slight soil. Each set, originally marked 25 to 32.50 dollars, will come clean in the wash.
A seller advertises a large lot of linen initial handkerchiefs with mixed initials. Most are usable, priced at 15 cents each, and eight are being closed out at that rate.
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