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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1904
Page
5
Keelys reports a flood of purchases during an advance showing of imported cottons. Prices reflect six month value gains of at least twenty percent, with linen lawn, Baty cloth for infants and ladies, English longcloth, white madras, novelty madras, waists, and India linen among the featured fabrics. Numerous patterns and widths offered at fixed piece and yard prices, emphasizing high quality and fashion appeal for spring purchasing.
A local shop promotes a series of sales on embroideries and shoes. Embroideries include Cambric Nainsook and Swiss with widths from 12 to 14 inches and prices cut from 45 to 65 cents to 35 cents. A later sale offers 1,100 pairs of shoes priced at 2.69, with original tags of 3 to 4 dollars.
All new items in the Dress Trimmings section feature. Fancy Taffetas in diverse designs and colors priced at 75 cents. Foulards in assorted pretty designs also 75 cents. Two center tables display remnants of silks, corduroys, velvets, velveteens and woolens marked for quick clearance at very low prices.
In Decatur a venerable scientist, Dr Nathaniel A Pratt, is celebrated for pioneering southern phosphate developments. His work with sulfuric acid in Charleston and the Charleston fish bed spurred a regional industry, elevating Georgia and South Carolina mining, fertilizer production, and agricultural prosperity.
A huge display highlights more than 100 ladies silk coats in black and white, with long and short skirts, braid and fringe, and options built on the Etonomer. The sale also features broadcloths and Mistrals in blacks, navies, browns, and grays priced from 3.60 to 10.00, plus wide ranges of dress goods and accessories at special values.
A wide clearance sale advertises savings on ribbons laces veiling cotton blankets and shoes from men women and children. It promotes low prices on standard drills sheetings blue denims bed tickings ten-quarter sheetings bleached cases and more with advice to buy now before supply runs out.
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