Sale on $1.50 Shirts at 75 Cents Attracts Bargains
Tomorrow more of the $1.50 shirts go on sale at 75 cents and the assortment is large enough to last through a busy selling day. The notice encourages buyers to "get in" for great bargains.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1907
Page
3
Tomorrow more of the $1.50 shirts go on sale at 75 cents and the assortment is large enough to last through a busy selling day. The notice encourages buyers to "get in" for great bargains.
A new line of hosiery goes on sale tomorrow featuring 75¢ and $1.00 fancy hose. The store offers 50¢ choice selections, new lisle patterns with embroidered clocks, plain colors, and mixtures.
The John B Willis Musical Comedy Company performs at the Ponce de Leon Casino all week, delivering a lively summer musical show with rich old farce, strong music, and standout performers led by Walter Villa, Margaret Shannon, Wally Helston, Jacque Bradley, Loretta Marshall, and John B Willis. Two old farces, Sweet Sixteen and Muldoon a Picnic, headline, with new specialties and numbers. At Pastime Theater, Atlanta Hires minstrels debut, featuring Two Men in Black, plus monologue by Howard Harry and a revived Sadie Carl act. Recklaw the biker will headline at St Nicholas Auditorium with a skate race against Georgia champion L. Davies, and a trade carnival on skates with cash prizes Friday.
The second international conference of growers and spinners will meet October 7 8 and 9 at the Piedmont hotel. Over 100 delegates from foreign countries and representatives from major mills in England and the United States are expected. Topics include cotton growing advantages seed selection warehouse and price stability. A rail trip itinerary runs from New York October 3 to 21 with Band Agent M V Richards and Harvie Jordan aiding.
The Southern Store Fixture Company, a Atlanta manufacturing success, reorganizes on a larger scale. A C Gann and F Garvaux purchase full interest and back the enterprise, with L P Weathers as manager and ongoing employment for the current staff. The firm makes show cases and interior display fixtures. Buildings for the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon were accepted after a board meeting, with Architect Alexander Bistr and contractor McKenzie & Co. completing the project.
City Warden Thomas Evans issues statement regarding A L Lanier of 369 Glenwood Avenue. He says Lanier was not poverty stricken during eviction rumors, noting a horse and buggy at Stone Mountain and a Georgia plantation. A temporary shelter was planned until the family could depart to the country with office aid. Atlanta August 24 1907.
In window samples today a line of fine silk and silk finished nainsook underwear is offered at 75 cents and 1.25 dollars per garment. Previous prices were 1.50 dollars and 2.50 dollars. Odd knee length drawers are 50 cents, reduced from 1.00 dollar.
Five dozens of Rumchunda silk neckties now priced at 25 cents, featuring stylish patterns such as dots and figures. Limited stock available as selections move quickly.
The Dykema System Concrete Company, based in this city, has attracted contractors and builders across the region with a material praised by authorities. It claims superior quality and scientifically designed walls that keep interiors cooler in summer and warmer in winter, with vertical and horizontal air movement in the finished product. Offices are at 608 09 Peters Building downtown.
Acting Mayor McDonald approves a city ordinance by the common council prohibiting flirting in public places. It makes it unlawful for men and women to loiter on church steps or doorways for eating candy or peanuts or to loiter on streets or in business places for flirting, with penalties for violations.
Weather forced the postponement of the Atlanta Athletic Club Water Carnival after three attempts. Members and guests had set out in launches, but the storm interrupted the program. The event was rescheduled for Monday afternoon with races and a parade planned for a large turnout.
Friends from the Atlanta Methodist Sunday school who helped build the Decatur Orphans' Home cottage are invited to the dedication next Friday at 10 80 o'clock. The program will include songs and drills by orphans and basket lunches will be served at 12 30 o'clock. The home continues a great work and viewing it will be enjoyable and beneficial.
Warden Moyer of the federal penitentiary near Atlanta has returned from the east after the sudden death of his father Henry Hii in Philadelphia. He says the attorney general has asked the civil service commission to set an early examination date to replace J M Nye, the former horticultural expert, though the appointment is not expected for two months or more.
The first bale of new cotton for the season was bought by Blount and Rowland for 8 cents per pound. It weighed 335 pounds, classified good middling, and was brought in by Thad Syms of Greens Cutbin. The bale arrived a little late compared with past seasons.
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