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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1912
Page
4
Dry goods and ready-to-wear apparel sale begins Monday July 15 for 10 days. Includes four lots of dresses with discount prices and special bargains on silk coats, rajah pongee cloth of gold shantong fabrics, wash skirts, middy blouses, and more, with material values far above sale prices.
A local store advertises drastic markdowns across millinery and home goods. One fifty middy blouses, half price on all millinery, rugs carpets mattings shades and porch items highlighted as an extraordinary sale designed to reduce stock and profit the wise shopper.
Department store promotes deep markdowns on all garments saying prices are cut regardless of cost. Buyers are promised doubled value on every purchase with emphasis on substantial savings and wide selection.
Directory lists wool coats suits dresses and lingerie with multiple lots and half price closes. Lot 5 offers 50 colored dresses and Lot 6 shows 150 white dresses at half price. Also promotions on cream serge dresses and linen coat suits plus 100 waist sale and 400 dozen linen handkerchiefs at 10c.
Special bargains offer 1000 yards of wash goods worth up to 10c. One lot wash goods valued up to 15c. Wash goods and white goods priced up to 25c. Contains bold deals for shoppers seeking low prices on fabrics.
Readable items include sale prices on poplins foulards marquisettes and voiles up to 35c. Soap, toilet soap, talcum powder, umbrellas and sheets priced with various discounts. Includes yard-wide pajama checks white pique chambray and Galatea-cloth at low figures.
A large shipment arrives with trunks suitcases and hand bags in various sizes styles and prices.
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