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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1919

Page

2

Community Notes From The Plains Run Down By Auto Fatality

Local notes recount visits and dinners at the Plains with residents from Athens Circle Hill and nearby towns. The Mississippi-tinged item covers operations on a child for appendicitis and a fatal auto accident involving Mrs. Sarah J. Temple near Columbus, with family and neighbors sharing come-and-go moments.

John Gabriel D. A. Lewis Circle Hill Lewis Shrieves Hocking F. E. Cook Ulin Merwin Stauffer Columbus Sarah J. Temple

Fall Drive inaugurates push for 5000 new customers

The editorial announces a store wide Fall Drive to expand business by selling newspapers at lower prices, aiming to attract 5000 new customers from the local community through bold discounts and collective effort.

Notable Economy Store Ad Highlights Bargains

A historical shop circular lists discounts on men and boys clothing. Items include shirts at 98 cents, Freeland Over shirts, boys overalls, school trousers, suits reduced, and reduced prices on stockings socks corsets and hats. Also promotional mention of towelings and woolen short ends.

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Fall and Winter Furnishings Sale Highlights

The ad promotes a seasonal furnishings event with discounted bed spreads rugs linoleum and wool blankets. Notable prices include $59.95 rugs to $17.50, $9.95 wool rugs, and blankets and comforts heavily reduced to $3.49 to $4.98, urging quick purchase before limited quantities and post October 1 rug deliveries.

Start of Season Ready-to-Wear Sale Highlights Fall Apparel

A start-of-season sale offers hundreds of coats suits and dresses with marked prices for women misses and juniors. The assortment includes silk dresses coats sport coats and shoes with discounts from $1.00 to under $15.00 and notes new fashion items for men women and children.

Beau tiful week of savings for thrifty shoppers

The store advertises a week of bargains across all departments with overflowing shelves and attractive prices. It urges readers to visit and bring friends to share the economies in every corner of the shop.

New Stock Discounts on Drapery and Ladies Wear

New shipment of trunks and hand bags offered below reorder cost. Short lengths of dress ginghams and per cales at 19 cents. Ladies outing petticoats 59 cents to first 100. Bleached winter union suits 98 cents. Percale cleanup dresses valued at 3 dollars now 1.98. New silk waists nearly sold out, sale price 2.49, special 0.98. Buy winter needs now as reorders will cost more.

America Goodyear Milan

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