21 Apr 1895
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1895
Page
1
Spring and summer underwear and shirts offered at deep reductions. Gents' night shirts, silk styles, neckwear, and a wide range of garments priced to clear. Bargains include 59c shirts, 25c neckwear, 39c to 50c bleached fabrics, and imported items like French baller straw hats.
The sale draws growing crowds as competitors question its authenticity. The New York Dry Goods Exchange with over eighty houses and efficient buyers monitors the market and leads at special sales, signaling Bargain givers in the city.
AtyHed for street price reveals Navy and Brown storm serge fabrics. Sixible weaves priced at five cents. Read as a fragment from a historical notice, noting fabric quality and nominal cost.
A department wide markdown lists bargains on ladies velvet capes silk lined at 12.50 down from 20.00 and perforated cloth capes at 8.00, plus crepon skirts 5.75 to 22.50, shirt waists from 1.35 to 4.90, and assorted wrappers and satin styles at reduced prices.
The ad lists solid colored crepon and crinkled ginghams with Jaffray pricing and customer discounts. Items include 8,000 yards of English crinkled gingham at 19c and 8,000 yards French-figured dimities at 15c, plus 8,750 yards fancy fleured crepons at 12½c.
Linen specials list multiple items with large discounts from Jaffray’s. Offers include 72 inch double bleached damask at 75c, damask and towels at reduced prices, 800 marseilles counterpanes at 98c, 19 pieces cream German damask at 45c, 10 chenille table covers and 10 dozen Huck towels at sale prices.
At 75 cents a yard several carpet types were priced with bulk deals this week, including 1 500 yards of all wool extra super Ingram carpet at 45 cents a yard on Monday and Tuesday. Also offered were 2 000 yards two ply Ingram carpet at $3.48 each. Lace curtains were advertised in multiple lots from Nottingham and other firms with various yardages and widths, priced from 60 cents to 1.50 per pair, highlighting substantial savings.
A vintage sale listing offers 50c pure silk women’s vests in white cream pink sky and black with a $125 reference, 59c French Lisle vests, 39c and 10c prices for various items. Strong color and fabric notes emphasize stock variety and value.
A local sale lists one dozen items including ladies gowns chemises drawers skirts and corsets. Prices drop from 1.75 2.00 and 1.00 per garment to 89c 39c with reductions on muslin drawers aprons and corset covers. Embroidered edges and large sizes highlighted as value items.
A dense hosiery sale notice lists many items for women and girls including black seamless stockings, Lisle hose in different thread counts, and kids’ stockings. It emphasizes regular values, price reductions and a Hosiery Department kept up to standard.
A large city footwear shop advertises substantial discounts on a wide range of shoes. Infants’ strap slippers, Misses’ strap slippers, Ladies’ Dongola oxfords, and men’s calf and tan bals are listed with reduced selling prices from the original values. The ad emphasizes a department store scale and daily savings on many styles.
Bargain tables offer 3,000 yards unbleached Canton flannel at 4c, 4,000 yards crepons at 5c, 2,500 yards lawns at 5c, 5,000 yards crepe de chine at 4c, 4,750 yards dimities at 6c, 3,000 yards English percales at 5c, 6,000 yards toile du Nord ginghams at 7 1/4c, 2,500 yards royal pilase crepon at 8c, 3,000 yards striped French batiste at 8 1/4c, and more with Jaffray's higher prices.
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