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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
3
This season brings large shipments of new fall merchandise and reduced prices in every department. Shoppers are urged to buy now to save money on items they want or need, with a long standing reputation for high grade merchandise at lower prices than elsewhere.
Our buyers in New York have made a special purchase of silk dresses. Ordinarily these dresses sell at 7.50 and 8.50, but close buying enables us to offer them at 3.50. Also a special sale of silk hose and 380 Palm Beach Cloth in solid color and stripes for 10c per yard.
Offer of fabrics for sport coats featuring novelty epongee 42 inches wide at 35c per yard in colors and stripes. Brocaded Faccone 42 inches wide in tan lavender light blue and pink at 49c per yard. Tarlton plaids described as very attractive at 35c per yard.
An advertisement lists fabric yardage with sizes and prices: Special Value in 27 inch bleaching at 5c per yard, 36 inch White Open Work at 15c, 27 inch White Poplin at 15c, 36 inch White Garbadine at 25c per yard.
Readable sale items include half price lightweight summer dresses in crepe muslin voile linen and more. White skirts reduced one fourth and Palm Beach skirts at one fourth off. Spring and summer suits cut to 10.00 silk and wool up to 37.00. Regular sport coats 6.50 for 3.98 and silk sweaters and children’s dresses at reduced prices.
Our 98c shirt waist sale continues through the week with hundreds of women purchasing waists below price. We offer 250 well made stylish waists at 98c each in various materials. none worth less than $1.50, many worth more.
Bargain lace items in 5c sale include imitation torchens vals and round thread 1-3 inches wide worth 10c to 20c. Also 25c Snowberry soap 7 cakes and 10c talcum powder per pound. Fresh shipment of fast color ginghams calicoes madras and Devonshire from 10c to 20c. Back-to-school outfits and fabrics for children advertised.
The ad promotes brocaded ratine coats at 98 cents each, claimed to be less than half value. Describes blue shades with white collars and cuffs, suggested to pair with white skirts, and emphasizes the low price.
We offer 18 inch embroidered flouncings at 48c per yard, down from 85c to $1.00. Also available are Ice Tumblers at 75c per set, Thin Glass Tumblers at 4c each, and eight ounce bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide for 10c. New stock of high grade Cut Glass arrived.
A steel framed canopy nets mosquitoes effectively with a spring lift feature. It fits both iron and wooden beds and elevates the net when not in use, offering an improved August to September protection.
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