27 Oct 1901
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1901
Page
1
Our millinery parlors have drawn enthusiastic crowds all week as artists craft the swellest hats in the South. A vast trimmed hat selection, bird and plume effects, and a wide range of shapes and colors greet visitors. Third floor displays a line surpassing prior seasons with a special Monday sale offering ready-to-wear hats at 59 and 79 cents.
A big store promotes its Glove Section with Monarch Kid and Royal Pique walking gloves. Monarch Kid 7 clasp glace kid sells worldwide at 2 dollars, Royal Pique at 1.50, other 2 clasp glace kid styles at 1.50 and 1.00. Also new chiffon neck rucies lace collars and boleros plus chiffon ceilings and automobile ties offered at sale prices.
A crowded ad lists bargain fabrics and textiles including flannelettes in Persian patterns and French flannel effects at per yard. Bleached domestic fabrics, percales, and heavy twilled canvas offered at low prices. Household items include ready made bleached sheets and pillowcases, with prices per unit. Also advertised are ladies gloves and all wool fabrics at reduced prices for a Monday sale.
Made of best quality sponged and shrunk Venetian cloth jackets and skirts trimmed with stitched satin bands. Jacket is double breasted tight fitting and satin lined. Suit worth 22.50 now 15.75. Also velvet finish broadcloth suit silk lined with silk drop skirt priced lower from 40.00 to 28.75 on Monday sale.
A fragment notes carpets laid and lined with special terms for carrot fills, dedicating the entire fourth floor to floor coverings curtains and draperies. While terse, it implies a focus on home furnishings and related terms in a retail setting.
A local store offers 35 open stock dinner ware patterns including Haviland Ching Vienna English and American porcelain. Purchases range from a full set to single pieces with new imported porcelain and several special prices. Featured items include cups and saucers, oatmeal bowls, 100 pieces of china, hand painted vases, and Royal Vienna plaques with sale prices and new designs.
A parlor of heavily discounted linen and damask items dominates this sale notice with 72 inch damask table coverings, 65 inch napkins, and 11-4 blankets. Prices range from 50 cents to several dollars, highlighting yard goods, napkins, towels, and hosiery. Strong entities include Linen Saloa, Tesh Linen Damask, California Blankets, and Ladies Linen embroidery pieces, all framed as Monday specials with significant per-unit savings.
Bargains offered Monday include ladies gowns with braid and pearl buttons, dressing lacques in air wool Eiderdown, fur collarettes with tails, 60 pieces French flannels all wool, mens Percale shirts with cuffs, bedspreads Marseilles crochet designs, sofa pillows in satin, Cambric and Swiss embroideries with edgings, white wool underwear and Latin Liberty ribbons, all at discounted prices.
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