25 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1894
Page
1
The millinery shop promotes a Parisian art theme with designs from global artists. Tomorrow’s sale offers large bargains on spring capes as rising weather affects demand, with 33 percent off prices. Customers are urged to come early.
Readers are offered a vivid catalog of fabrics from vivid novelty pattern suits to wool diagonals. Bargains include priced suits from 12.90 to 75 dollars and a range of small check and novelty suiting materials at deep discounts. A variety of serges and naval blue wools are advertised at rock bottom yard prices.
Advertises various women’s fabrics with figures including Black Figured Tamise at 50 cents per yard, New Crepe Suitings at 50 cents, 46 inch Black Henrietta at 59 cents, 36 inch Black Serge at 49 cents per yard. Local shop on West Street highlights limited stock.
Readable fragments describe a sale offering various silk fabrics and dress silks at deep discounts. Items include figured Luxors, Latins, crepey prints, 27-inch waterproof black silks, wash silks, and striped tafla silks. Prices range from 27 to 75 cents per yard with bold “worth from” claims and promotional spreads.
A compact section highlights new fashion trims including jetted net moire bands moire rules moire and net effects and pangles as fresh design notes for the season, signaling evolving texture and decorative technique choices for garments.
A local sale advertises large quantities of fabric at low prices. Items include 5 006 yards Figured Batiste at 10c, 190 pieces Colored Stripe Dimities at 16c, Imported Dimities at 25c, 3 006 yards Figured Check and Stripe Duck Snitings at 12 1 2c, 5 000 yards Gentine French Zephyr Ginghams at 15c, 5300 new Silks or silk tainghams at 49c, 29 pieces Black Brocaded Satines at 25c, 3 000 yards Satines in colors, 10c to 10c, 6 000 yards Union Linen Lawns, and 10 000 yards French Style Ginghams at 10c.
A large shipment of beige and net-top laces arrives including Point Venice Insertings Guipure de Gene and Point de Ireland. Ten thousand yards of hand made linen laces from one to three inches wide offered at five cents, regular value ten cents. Seven thousand yards two to five inches wide priced at twenty to thirty five cents, sale price one cent tomorrow.
One lot Cambric and Swiss embroideries 3 to 5 inches wide valued 15 to 20c. Another lot 3 to 9 inches wide worth 25 to 50c. Sale tomorrow offers these at 11c and 9c respectively.
A noon advertisement details a linen department sale with bleached satin table damask priced at 67c a yard, Turkey Red damask at 33c, dresser scarfs at 23c, Marseilles counterpanes at 2 each, damask towels as low as 17c and 48c for Huck and Damask towels, 4-4 chenille table covers at 66c, and plain hemstitched linen tray covers at 19c each, all for tomorrow or while supplies last.
A brief newspaper item notes 5,000 yards of white plaid lawns at 12 3/4 cents, 7 percent annual value. Also 50 pieces dotted Swiss priced at 15 cents per yard, marked down from 25 cents. A batch of fine check dimities listed at 15 cents per yard, down from 2 cents.
Hundred dozen gents hemstitched white and colored border handkerchiefs offered at 20c each. Two dozen ladies scalloped embroidered handkerchiefs at half price. One hundred dozen ladies scalloped edge embroidered and plain hemstitched handkerchiefs priced at 5c each. Local sale runs tomorrow.
Ladies 5 hook grace Kid Gloves offered in tans and modes at a sale price of 75 cents per pair, marked down from $1.25. Stock includes 100 dozen pairs. Limited to this selection and pricing.
In Atlanta a large sale features two dozen unlaundered linen shirts at 21c each and Teck Scarfs and Four-in-Hand Ties at 21c. Balbriggan shirts with drawers, Pepperel Mills jeans, night robes, and spring weight underwear are offered at substantial reductions, with Balbriggan shirts priced at 25c.
The millinery parlor praises its skilled designers and moderate prices and notes a delayed order of 100 French Pattern Hats arriving. A liberal discount is offered to encourage continued patronage, with hats open for inspection tomorrow.
A local retailer advertises a sale of 3,000 drummer’s samples of umbrellas and parasols in first class order. The items, from this season’s styles, are offered at social on the dollar.
An old classified fragment lists items for sale with prices and values. Russian leather purses and card cases offered at 25 cents each, children’s gold settings at 25 cents, best English pins with full papers, Corticelli crochet silk, and Rogers’ steel scissors priced around 10 cents per pair.
One lot gowns skirts drawers chemise and corset covers worth 1 to 1.50 a garment, special tomorrow at 75 cents each. Chemise and corset covers valued 75 cents to 1.25, special at 50 cents per garment.
A stock of ladies and gents footwear offered at deep discounts. Ladies Dongola Oxfords with patent tip and various lasts from $1 to $1.50, cloth top Oxfords at $1.50, and Dongola Kid Button Boots $1.39. The best value at $2 for many styles, 1,000 pairs of gents Bat Shoes and Congress, $3. Big sale on ladies hand turned Button Boots $2.19, previously $3 to $3.50.
Local store advertises limited time sales on rolls of Smiths Moquette and Brussels Carpets at reduced yard prices, plus tapestry, inlay, and Smyrna rugs. Lace curtains, chenille portieres, China matting, awnings, curtain poles and drapery work also promoted with installment options and prompt service.
Large stock of imported lisle and silk hose offered at steep basement prices. Deals include 175 dozen ladies lisle hose eight two tone tops, 6 for 1.75, 200 dozen gents tan Half Hose at 19c, 500 dozen misses black hose at bargain tables, 12 dozen gents 4 thread lisle Half Hose for 30c, 175 dozen misses ribbed hose at 2c, 180 dozen gents Shanknit Hose at 1c, and 325 pairs ladies pure thread silk hose at 180 dollars per dozen with limits per customer.
A auction style listing shows discounts on ladies capes, suits, and shirt waists. Items include wool capes from $1.50 to $5.00, broadcloth and silk capes, serge and flannel suits, and lace, percale, and India linen waists with substantial markdowns from former prices.
The advertisement promotes boys clothing with lower prices. It lists all wool knee pants at 50 cents, valued at 1 25, plus all wool suits at 2 40 worth 4 50 and Little Captain suits at 3 50 valued at 6. The hosiery department is identified as the Hosiery Department of Atlanta.
An advertisement depicts a basement store selling goods at drastic discounts, claiming superior prices to all American houses. It lists huge quantities of fabrics, hosiery, shirts, towels, damask, lace lawns, and other textiles offered at unprecedented low prices tomorrow while stocks last. Persistent emphasis on imitator versus promoter rhetoric and “10,000 yards” and “500 dozen” quantities highlights a clearance-style sale in a period-appropriate catalog tone.
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