16 Mar 1890
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1890
Page
1
The advertisement promotes a spring collection of dress trimmings including braided Zouaves Vandyke points cuits and silver and steel trims in an endless variety with popular prices aimed to attract shoppers.
A bustling dress goods display offers an array of French and German novelties with bold colors, silks, and plaids. Highlights include bordered novelties, Bengaline dress silks, Shanghai silks, and Tennetta blends, with many items priced aggressively to draw early buyers.
A Southern stock note detailing spring muslin underwear and linens offered by Priestley & Co at No 50 Whitehall. Wagons of silk, damask, towels, napkins, tableware, and curtains are advertised with low prices and limited-time deals, plus a new second floor stairway and added retail space. Deals emphasize large selection, quality, and substantial savings for home linens and apparel.
A mixed sale advertisement highlights ladies and children handkerchiefs embroidered with raised designs and bold shoe discounts. It lists numerous ladies and gents shoes, including dongala kid button and French dungala styles, with regular prices and sale reductions across a large stock. Prospective buyers are urged to visit the store for the widest selection and best deals.
The ad markets Ziegler Bros shoes as cheaper than rivals with various styles including Ladies Dongola Kid Button, Oxford Tip, and heel shoes. It touts extended mens fixes, new haberdashery lines, and a large stock of 4-ply fans, silk and wool socks, scarfs, and hosiery at low prices, claiming brand names and patterns to attract shoppers.
An old advertisement lists stamped linens including tudien silk and tray covers 16 to 25 cents, stamped scarfs bureau covers and pillows with rot te or sepaar Fiighx Homestead items, patent facings and round patent stars. It claims prices of 1 to 2 dollars per set for various white linens, robes and embraciers, touting domestic availability and low prices.
A catalog note sells 208 dozen boys waists in fast colors with bark plated front roll collar and perfect fit plus 100 dozen extra fine French percale waists. Claims compare to the best 3c waist in Atlanta. Outing cloth options priced lower than usual 73c.
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