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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1901
Page
11
A stretched sale advertises walking skirts in multiple colors and fabrics, with prices from 5.00 to 13.98. It touts new shirt waists, black Cheviot skirts, taffeta silk options, and discounted lawn wraps, petticoats, and China silk waists, urging Monday closings and limited quantities.
Our Gand Summer Linen sale begins Monday with deeply cut prices on odd lots. Featured are Linen Sheets, Fire Tablecloths, Dimity Quilts, Napkins, Damask Table Cloths, Lunch Cloths, Doylies, Pillowcases, Traycloths, and assorted muslins and dimities. New French Flannels and silk polka dots arrive for fall and outdoor leisure, with window displays to view.
A fragmented sale note lists assorted items priced in five to twelve cent ranges. Items include safety pins hairpins buttons agate and cotton darning thread, with references to dozen quantities and nickel plating noted among the brief catalog of goods.
In a Nation Department display items include shirt waist cloth, repairs, and a broad range of small goods. The table features 10c to 25c specials on hand bags, pins, brooches, combs, combs, soaps, card cases, purses, and other useful articles.
The Art Department announces a continued sale to clear excess stock before carpenters arrive. Shoppers can find fabric pieces from 12 inch squares to 36 inch hempstitched squares in many designs, including center pieces and hemstitched squares at reduced prices. Pillow tops in various finishes are cut in half with discounts noted.
Reduced stock of Stamped Patterns for Battenburg and Honiton Lace at half price. 20c patterns now 25c patterns now 35c patterns now 50c and 3.00 patterns now. Linen lace braids Renaissance Battenburg lace items offered, previously 75c per dozen yards marked down. Real lace braid discounts listed with prices.
Advertises reductions on silk and cotton drapery fabrics including genuine China silk and Turkish drapery. Claims prices cut from 25 to 35 cents per yard to lower rates, with various fabrics such as Japanese drapery reduced as well.
A string of social events unfolds in Savannah with guests from Americus Atlanta and Augusta. Mr and Mrs Charlesworth Hunter hosted a fish supper at Bannon Lodge for Alice Wheatley Floride Banks and Wheatey. A yacht club bowling party included Ruby Nicholl William McThure Lena Roberts Stella Gandry. Edward Frost hosted Angier of Atlanta at a Isle of Hope fishing supper with Habersham Righton and George Howard. Beaulei n by the Sea hosts a Der Loach party with a large guest list led by Mrs D B Lester as chaperone featuring Ethel Inman Mary Armstrong Juliet Ashurst Margie Clinton Clarice Barksdale Nell Phillips Lucy Hines Eva Wilby and others including E A Robinson W D Glover J T Bretson Hugh Dorsey Van Astor Bachelor Henry Whitcomb Parkhurst Edward A Richmond Ben Yaney and Harley DeLoach. A. R. Lawton enjoyed a euchre party for A M Scully of Pittsburg.
A Savannah society note outlines Madame A Ruppert and her world renowned Face Bleach promising rejuvenated complexions and removal of blemishes with claims of safety. The piece lists agents and featured attendees at a bazaar and social events, including prize winners and multiple gatherings at Tybee and local clubs with numerous social names and dates.
Col umbus society notes Miss Ethel Du Frey Houston, linked to Sam Houston, arrives to stay with sister Mrs Marion Seabrook. The article highlights her three year contract as prima donna contralto with Castle Square Opera Company and recounts her training in New York and early career across major cities. Also covered are social entertainments, local visitors, and upcoming wedding notices involving Columbus residents.
Tickets are on sale to Buffalo for the Pan-American exposition at very low summer rates. Weed summer tourist tickets cover all eastern cities with choice of routes. Savannah steamer options are available and full particulars, rates, schedules, and sailing dates can be had from Central of Georgia agents in Savannah or at major offices.
A large mixed lot of laces and embroideries from Point ds Paris Valenciennes and Cambric Swiss edges offered at half original price. Items range from one to five inches wide with reduced yard rates and special remnant deals. One-third cost on hand-made Torchon Cluny Smyrna laces. Ceiling prices cut, first come, first served.
We offer accordion plaiting by steam on short notice with guaranteed satisfaction. Moderate charges. Sole agents for Kimsey's Long Waist Former. For sale at our notion counter.
Parents weigh school options for September as Georgia Military Academy at College Park Ga markets an ideal environment to develop boys mentally physically socially and morally. The Tallulah Falls railroad offers three daily trains from Atlanta at 7 00 am 12 20 pm and 4 30 pm connecting with Southern Railway to Tallulah Falls, a popular southern resort noted for climate and scenery.
The Wigwam at Indian Spring under H. A. Daniels continues as a popular southern resort with the Tampa orchestra. Numerous arrivals include Ellen Glenn Atlanta W H Sobnson Atlanta E H Jordan Atlanta R ON Fickertt Atlanta Dr Fred Palmer Atlanta and many others from Macon Savannah and Jacksonville. Rows of named guests fill the list from Georgia Alabama Florida and New York with wide attendance at the resort.
A late 19th century trade notice touts The Test of Years with fixed reputation and strong backing. It highlights Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines, claiming widespread use and word of mouth advertising in thousands of homes. The No 9 model is offered for explanation at salesrooms, with contact details implied.
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