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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
3
Shop offers 25 cent reduction per dollar on men and boys clothing including suits pants coats and capes until January 1. Ladies skirts jackets and coats included though stock is limited. Also dry goods notions hats shoes and toys advertised as seasonable and high quality with emphasis on leather shoes as value.
For a limited time the store offers a free paper of COATS Sewing Needles on Mondays to customers who spend 25 cents or more. Each paper contains 25 mixed needles and 7 large darning and quilting needles of best quality. Ask for the needles when you visit.
The column highlights Christmas displays at local shops and millinery, mentions rainfall measurement and heat requests, notes a critique from the Albany Herald on the Sweetest Girl in Dixie exhibit, and records parish and civic items. It cites a laundry note, a storekeeper quip about knives, the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia convention in Augusta on February 12 1908, and social moves by Mr WB McDaniel of Dundee and a moving pictures exhibit supporting a church rebuilding fund.
Twelve visitors from Savannah arrive at the Fordham House near W. E. Smith's Attapulgus plantation and stay overnight. Mr. Smith's son transports them to Attapulgus next day. they are described as well behaved. Waned secondhand bags and burlap paid freight by Richmond ay Co. Richmond Va.
A civic-tinged note urges parents to keep sons under 16 at home after dark to curb reckless youth. It contrasts such concerns with Alderman Gurley eyeing service to the Lord and selling dry goods cheap for cash and certificates as the new City Parliament begins.
Doan's Kidney Pills are advertised as a cure for kidney complaints, backache, urinary disorders, and related symptoms. A testimonial from John Harris of Augusta Georgia claims both he and his wife were cured of backache after using the remedy, which is sold by all dealers for 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co as sole US agents.
The store pledges a money back guarantee on any item that does not match its representation. Customers may return the article and receive a full refund without question.
Fresh fish and oysters from the Gulf offered in any quantity with delivery on request. Orders taken by dealer Stegal at the corner of Broad and Water streets.
An account recalls a white missionary preacher addressing a colored congregation with a deacon leading a prayer. The language calls for divine guidance and a burning commitment to gospel truth, framing a scene of religious exhortation and communal hijinks.
The note describes measures to block whisky consignments under fictitious names to avoid detection. It states that the company has long operated a business moving loaded jugs out of various towns and that this practice will be reversed with jugs now being shipped in.
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