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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1903
Page
4
An advertisement page touts holiday wares including shaving mirrors and vessels like Steina ware cups, German inspired designs, and Bohemian magazine free copies. It promotes onyx and brass 400 day clocks offered with holiday purchases, with tickets drawn Christmas Eve for a clock worth $100 wholesale.
An ad highlights a brush stock from top English and French makers. Hair brushes priced at 50c to 76c, nine row pure white bristle bone back, seven row ebony back with white bristles, and a penetrator brush in rosewood. Howard’s offers nine row brushes in solid ebony, Kent’s offers eleven row brushes in solid ebony, with gentlemans brushes in solid ebony back and long bristles.
Wide range of items listed with price cues including nickel plated frames and brass mounted mirrors, described as ornate with embossed celluloid details. The prices hint at modest to premium options, with a final figure around 1000.
An catalog style list describes a wide range of goods from poker sets and playing cards to shaving products. Items include mahogany card sets with chips and boards, various card brands, Star Safety Razor and accessories, shaving brushes and strops, and cologne, with prices noted for many pieces.
A catalog of various whiskies and wines with prices per quart and gallon. Items include Jacob s Private Stock, Hickorynut Mountain, Jacobs Sweet Mash, Rabbitt Foot, California Club Malt, Wise s Irish Whisky, Caledonia Wine Growers Association, and several age specified wines with prices. Also listed are Old Boston Molasses and Old Medford varieties, with volumes and rates.
A vintage advertisement urges early orders for Christmas liquor, boasting direct-from-growers sourcing, avoidance of middlemen profits, and prices lower than any southern house. It highlights two liquor types, urges timely selection, and notes orders should be attended to tomorrow or Tuesday.
The notice lists rye whiskies and prices including 3 Private Stock per quart for 1, gallon 3.90, Special Reserve Rye at 85.00 per 25 gallons, Rob Roy Rye at 2.60, Jacobs No 6 Rye per quart 60c and gallon 226, Monongahela Rye at 2.00.
Readable listing shows various bourbons with prices per quart and gallon. Old Oscar Pepper at 75 cents quart and $3.50 gallon appears, along with Old Crow at 76 cents quart and 82.75 cents gallon and Old Hermitage at $1.00 quart.
A fragmented price list shows various imported ales, lagers, stouts, vermouths, and cocktails with listed portions such as pt and qt. Includes brands like Guinness Stout, Holland cocktails, Geneva, and Schnapps, with prices ranging from 50 cents to 1.00 per unit.
A long critical note on Bishop Spalding’s Glimpses of Truth and related works. It covers Epigrammatic Quotations, naval biographer Admiral Philip, Brereton’s In the Grip of the Mullah, and With the Allies to Pekin. Also reviews on books by Henry, Henty, Sherwood, Galt, and others with emphasis on authors, themes, and publication details.
Our catalogue and mail orders offer a comprehensive liquor list with domestic and imported items. The random quotes show dozens of entries under each heading and promise full listings unmatched by any other liquor house, with same-day mail orders and express delivery during the Xmas rush.
An OCR fragment lists Cognac brandies imported from Jamaica and J. and F. Martell with pricing notes. It shows two star ratings and quantities per quart, including 175 and 2.00 dollars. The text also mentions Bet. 6.00 in an unclear line.
California Wines and Spirits price list displays numerous items with varied bottle and gallon prices. Notable entries include California Sherry from 35¢ per bottle and $1.58 to $2.00 per gallon, California Port and Madeira with wide price ranges, and imported brands such as Leibfraumilch and Zittinger with small-pour costs. The list mixes odd figures, including an inflated $1,860 Madeira and a $100 Madeira per gallon, alongside standard labels like G. M. Mumm & Co. pate and Werner's Extra Dry.
The item shows a misread ad for sale by Jno M Miller Co at 99 Ma Metta street and contains a ragged crime anecdote from New York Tribune describing mock display of thieves, a man fleeing after being taught to pan, and a shooting.
Chicago December 9 Senator William B Allison of Iowa spoke at the Bankers Club on Our Currency System and Our National Finances. He reviewed laws since 1879 and criticized the Bland Allison and Sherman acts while noting profits from coinage and urging parity of silver dollars with gold. He argued for elastic currency but rejected asset currency and said major reforms unlikely this Congress.
In a reflection on advice and habits, the piece recounts a man boiling mereschaum pipe parts in tobacco fines and water to alter color, discusses the spread of dubious tips through social circles, and cites Herodotus and a South Carolina alibi story to illustrate how people offer quick remedies. It also notes several visitors and locals staying at the Kimball hotel, with names like Thomas A. Hopper and Clarence Aviton among others.
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