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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1902
Page
18
Best Quality silks priced at 25c for Monday after selling season 49c items. White plenty and lace skirt patterns 10.00 to 42.50. Silk Brussels Net described as handsome and serviceable, excluding frail kinds. Early shoppers advised due to limited quantities at this price.
A local advertisement promotes varied white goods and prints including colored Batiste at 74¢ per yard and small patterns in red pink blue and black. It advertises fancy Batiste pieces, striped and dotted fabrics, and Mercerized White Madras Cloth with prices from 5¢ to 30¢ per yard, urging shoppers to compare quality and value.
The notice proclaims all waist priced at one dollar cut to fifty cents. White and colored waists, two for one, with lawns, Madras, Percales, ginghams in popular new styles. Embroidery lace trims and varied sizes advertised in a sensational sale.
All wool gray Homespun and Mohair skirts in various cuts priced at 3.50 to 9.50 with signs of handling. Homespun Covert Melton walking skirts, short lengths, white Serge skirts, and moire silk bands. Also wraps, kimonos, and lawn outfits on sale with low Monday prices. White and colored lawns and dimities feature among selections.
Linen sale ad lists all-linen Damask fabrics at 55 cents per yard for 75 cent quality, and double Latin Damask at 1.00 per yard. 36-inch all-linen butchers, waist and shirt wares textiles offered at 20 to 45 cents per yard. Various colors and finishes highlighted with low prices and no exclusions.
A department offers a range of home linens including New York Mills Sheets 90 by 90 inches hemmed at 1.35 a pair. D P 8 Co special brand Sheets heavy quality 5 bc each. Pillow cases 45 by 46 inches 13 cents each. Towels include double weight Union Huck Towels white plain hem satin borders 4 cents each and 38 inch Huck Towels with damask borders 1 3/4 cents each.
New ribbons in vogue include French Taffeta in 34 inches for 15e per yard and finest French Taffeta in 434 inches at 2ge per yard. Liberty Latins and silks feature 434 to 7 inches widths with 33c Liberty Satin Ribbon at 25c per yard and a broad color range, promising value this Monday.
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