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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1915
Page
6
A vintage storefront urges readers to prepare for June, highlighting summer silks, wash goods, muslins, hosiery, underwear, dresses, skirts, and shirtwaists. The ad promises fair dealing and a wide selection to please eye and purse as graduates and brides approach June events.
A local shop advertises summer laces in white and ecru from 2 to 40 inches wide priced 10c to 2.00 the yard. Filet laces 2 to 27 inches wide cost 25c to 2.50 a yard. Silk laces and nets in white and ecru range 50c to 5.00 a yard. Baby Irish laces 1-2 to 4 inches wide sell 15c to 1.10 a yard. All over silk shaddow laces 36 inches wide sit at 1.25. Transparent embroidery in widths 3 to 40 inches 15c to 1.50 a yard.
A local store promotes a vast wash goods selection with thousands of patterns and low prices. It highlights new black and white stripe voiles, 40 inches wide at 25c, and various fabrics including lace voiles, organdies, dotted rice cloth, nub voiles, linens, ratines, splash voiles, plain voiles, carnation cloth, and fancy crepes priced from 15c to 65c per yard.
Silks for Summer Ours boasts the largest assortment in Athens with prices highlighted. 40-inch crepe de Chine and silk poplin rate $1.25 per yard, 40-inch Pee Wee cloth $1.65, chiffon taffeta $1.25, silk marquesette 65c, silk stripe voile 75c, shirtings from 38c to 59c, extra heavy black chiffon taffeta $1.50, black crepe de Chine $1.50.
This ad advertises exclusive Eaton Crane and Pike stationery as the best choice. Highland linen cards and paper priced at 50c per box, Delft line cards and paper 25c per box, Wryton blue or white paper 22c with 8c envelopes, letter size writing tablets 10c, and other papers and cards up to $1.00.
Great value sale offers embroidered ladies handkerchiefs at 15c each or 2 for 25c with colored edges, plus 10c values at 5c and 2 for 5c for sheer handkerchiefs. Men's full size handkerchiefs are 5c each.
The listing promotes Romanza soaps in various odors at 19c for a box of three cakes, 10c per cake, and extra large tar soap at 5c per cake. Palm Olive soap is 10c per cake or 3 for 25c, with an oatmeal variant at 5c.
Athens residents are invited to shop a large stock of house furnishings offering nets and scrims 10c to 75c per yard, free curtain hanging, Crex rugs, linoleum 60c to 1.50 per yard, and a D N Co vacuum sweeper at 6.50, with telephone demonstrations available.
Athens shop promotes a wide range of traveling goods for vacations including matting hand bags 15 inch sizes 35c each straw bags 1.25 to 3.00 handbags leather and imitation 85c to 10.00 suitcases 75c to 12.50 trunks large to small hat wardrobe roller tray automatic trays 3.50 to 25.00 all guaranteed. Name or initials on bags free of charge.
An old ad touts Vader Porch Shades as windproof and glare reducing with fast color. Shades come in various widths from 2.25 to 6.50 dollars, installed at no extra charge, citing long term customer satisfaction in Athens.
We offer exceptional values in voile and organdie waists in flesh color and plain at $1.25 each.
This week features numerous towel bargains including Huck towels in 36x18 at 10c each or $1.00 per dozen and 22x15 at 5c each or 50c per dozen Turkish towels in sizes 45x20 at 50c and 25c 42x20 at 15c and 18x20 at 10c.
Plain sheets in 81x90 and 90x90 for 75c and 85c. Hemstitched 81x90 at 85c and 90x90 at $1.00. Single bed hemstitched 63x90 at 69c. Pillow cases 45x36 at 25c. Extra special dimity quilts 98c. All items require buttons on shirts waists skirts and dresses. Colors shapes and sizes shown 15c to 85c per dozen.
Advertises odorless moth proof bags big enough for blankets suits or furs. Keeps clothes in perfect condition and sold at 10c each.
Wizard polish supplies gloss without greasy residue and protects fine furniture. Available in 10c 50c 75c and 1.00 sizes. Special value includes Wizard triangle mop and quart for 1.50. Also new light weight Teddy Bear suits for summer at 50c.
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