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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1900
Page
22
Spring According to Our Selling-Time Calendar urges shoppers to buy in advance of warmer days. The store touts silks woolens wash dress goods laces and ribbons, arguing early selection saves time and ensures high quality made to order costumes. Visitors are invited to see the new goods and feel repaid for the effort with charm throughout the store.
Priced 12.50 and 15.00 per pattern and 60c to 1.00 per yard, the catalog offers no twatike suits skirts and combinations in new color blends including embroidered polka dot silk striped and plaid designs. Also featured are plain colored spring suitings Whip cords Homespuns Serges biscuit and reseda shades 42 to 48 inches wide 50c per yard all wool plains for skirts dresses and rainy day wear plus Vanadia Cloths in castor blue red and green.
A new silk selection offers Foulard Silks in floral and geometric patterns at 24 in width priced 4 6 per yard. Wash Silks come in white and colored striped options at 22 in width priced 1.00 per yard. Poilette de Soie half satin finish silks, 22 in wide, priced 1.00 per yard. Liberty Latins in colors including pastel shades, 22 in wide.
Thousands of yards of new wash dress fabrics unveiled with lavish store decor. Highlighted by Satin Striped Zephyrs 48c yd Egyptian Tissue 45c yd Lawns and Dimities from 12 1 2c to 49c American and French Ginghams up to 25c Figured Piques 12 1 2c to 25c Corded Novelties 13c to 25c Madras Cloths 12 1 2c and 19c English Twill RAC to 49c White Piques 15c to 35c Checked Nainsooks 5c to 12 1 2c Batiste Clare 20c to 40c All Linen Cambrics 29c to 1.00 Long Cloth remnants 8 1 2c to 12 1 2c English Nainsook 1.39 to 7.55 per dozen yards Cotton Chiffons Organdies Persian Lawns etc.
A local listing promotes a broad stock of children's and women's underwear and handkerchiefs priced to clear. Items include muslin drawers for 1 to 14 years, cambric drawers, teal muslin sets, parasol style embroidery, gowns from 39c to 75c, skirts with and without waists, and a range of handkerchiefs from 6c to 25c, highlighting substantial discounts.
A thorough artist managed display of fancy work materials and laces in a Whitehall Street shop draws attention. The sale features stamped linens, Battenburg lace, drawn work, sofa pillow covers, ruffles, frames, ribbons, and hair dressing aids with demonstrations and free styling instruction.
In the Curtain Department prices drop on Swiss Muslin Curtains and Drapery items. 40 by 3 yard pairs fall from 1.00 to 0.75, Figured Swiss Muslin 40 by 3 yards drop from 1.25 to 1.00, Dotted and fluted Muslin 3 yard pairs reduced from 1.50 to 1.25, Irish Point and Renaissance borders offer 4 1/2 yard 50 inch curtains at 4.00 from 5.00, Tambour curtains 50 inch by 3.5 yards at 6.50, plus shades and Hartshorn rollers. 42 inch by 6 feet Scotch Dutch shades 0.75, 40 by 6 feet American Holland shades Sec, 36 by 6 feet opaque shades 0.35.
An elegant residence on a large corner lot at Capitol avenue is offered for 3750 dollars. The property includes a jet structure 60 by 29 feet, one of the prettiest on the thoroughfare, with rental income and potential as a cafe investment. Inquiry to G. W. Adair or W P Walthall. showings available by appointment.
A. F. Liebman at 28 Peachtree Street promotes a 126 foot frontage on Marietta Street near Thurmond Street, with a shallow depth but potential high returns. Priced at $2,500 or less than $28 per front foot, appealing to investors in Atlanta dirt.
The speaker notes owning over $2,300 worth of White fonds that could be sold back to the manufacturer at the same prices offered to customers, highlighting the large advance in this class of goods since purchase.
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