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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1915
Page
3
The BIG STORE advertises the season’s top values across every department. It notes that manufacturers have raised prices in the last thirty days and cautions that further increases are expected while offering the latest goods at seasonally low prices.
One hundred heavy fleeced Flannellett Bath Robes priced 1.98 each. Silk Poplin Dresses 5.00, normally 8.50. Kimonas from 1.00 to 2.50. Woolen Skirts 3.50, down from 5.00. Silk Petticoats 1.50, regular 2.50. House Dresses 98c and 1.50 varieties. 200 Rain Coats and coats for ladies misses children from 5.00 to 45.00. Buy early for winter wear.
One hundred suits in varied styles and fabrics including poplin granite pebble cheviott and all wool. Misses and ladies sizes offered with discounts for early buyers. Prices range from 11.98 to 25.00 with savings up to 7.50 on select lots. New velvet and fur trimmed arrivals also featured.
For Children, Misses, Boys and Ladies, all colors and grades. Buy early, prices are advancing.
New shipment includes Corset Covers at 25c and 50c, Ladies Teddys at 50c, drawers from 25c to 1.00, gowns, and sleeping garments for children. Beeves offers Munsing Knit Underwear with Corset Covers, Union Suits, Shirts, Pants and Teddies. Munsingwear touted as best, while supplies last.
We bought stock early and will sell at old prices, despite a 25 percent replacement cost. Early buyers gain from a 25 cent per dollar saving on a varied stock.
Wooltex offers complete stock in latest styles and fabrics in black and colors. A Wooltex stamp signifies quality akin to Sterling on silver. Visit our store for a ready-to-wear sale this week.
Local retailer advertises 500 One Piece Dresses in wool twill serge at $5.00, silk and serge blends from $7.50 to $25.00, and silk satin gowns from $10.00 to $50.00. Also featuring coats suits house dresses kimonas corsets stockings gloves and belts in assorted sizes.
A department offers Stylish Stouts a special line of tailored suits for women. The shop promotes fitted options to match taste and style for stout figures.
In this department are new weaves plain and fancy poplins granite cloths serges and ladies cloths in Greene prune russian green african brown belgian blue navy and black. Special line of stripes plaids fancies and mixtures for skirts waists dresses and wrappers priced 35c to 2.50 per yard.
Silk Special offers 15 pieces in 15 shades of 40 inch pure silk at 1.00 per yard. One lot silk and eins at per yard. One lot silk stripes in 12 shades offered at 39c. Plaid and Silks, Solid Taffetas and Latin Lenox in colors like African town etc. Prune Belgian Navy. Bluid arrears and evening shades. Peewee.
Special sale of silk poplins features 40 inch fabric in 25 pieces. Regular prices of 1.25 and 1.50 per yard drop to 1.00 per yard, offering a discounted option for shoppers.
Davison-Nicholson Co's dress goods and trimming stock touted as the best ever shown in Athens. The trimming selection includes laces insertions all overs tinsels chiffons crepe de chine georgette crepe fur braid trimmings in all widths and colors with new trimming buttons ornaments and feather boas.
A local retailer touts belts bags purses hair ornaments jewelry ribbons ceilings gloves stockings and handkerchiefs with handkerchiefs priced from one cent to one dollar. Special 5c 10c and 15c lots offered along with a new shipment of toilet articles and soaps billed as the best in the city.
One hundred pieces wide heavy Torchon Lace regular 25c value now 10c per yard. New shipment of umbrellas for ladies and men 1.00 to 5.00 each. Special lot umbrellas 1.00 each worth 1.25. New trunks suit cases and bags. One lot cases 50c each and useful suit cases 75c to 15.00.
A local textile dealer advertises indigo blue percals 81-2c and 100 pieces high grade percales 100.1 100 pieces high ginghams 10c, 32 inches wide in new plaids. 1,000 yards Kidy Cloth remnants at 2-1-2c, Shirting Madras 15c, mercerized finish cheviots 10c, Devonshire Cloths and 15c cotton corduroy, Velvets and Velvet teens in multiple shades.
New shipment of wool flannels flannellettes and outings for underwear and sleepwear. Ten cents for best smoothest and heaviest flannellettes in white and colors. Also new stock of cotton flannels cambrics nainsook long cloths sheets pillow cases and white quilts.
Advertises a new shipment of linen and Mercerized Cotton table linens napkins towels and sheetings with art linens. Warns prices are rising and urges immediate purchase to save money. Mentions wartime impact on linen manufacture.
The article extols hats as key to ladies wear and notes Davison Nicholson Co milliners design and sell hats from $2.00 to $50.00. It emphasizes hat design matching the wearer to preserve the overall effect of a dress.
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