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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
3
Readable sale items include gentlemen’s white lawn hem handkerchiefs priced at 1 cent and colored lawn hem handkerchiefs at 1 cent. Needles offered for 5 cents and knitting cotton de ball. Ja face powder large boxes listed.
The Steininger Mercantile Co announces limited cash only sales on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays in July. No charges, no credit, no delivery on approval.
A local ad lists a spot cash sale with Mason fruit jars at 65 cents per dozen, 4 gallon jars at 85 cents, 2 quart glass pitchers at 18 cents each, glass butter dishes, tumblers at 18 cents per set, jelly glasses 35 cents per dozen, 10 piece decorated toilet sets for 2.25, glass syrup pitchers 8 cents, stand lamps 22 cents, lantern globes 7 cents, white granite steak dishes 45 cents, nappies 8 cents and up, and glass preserve and pickle dishes at 1 cent each.
A strict cash sale offers towels and damask linens with prices per item or yard. Bleached towels cost 7 cents per yard, all linen damask towels range from 8 to 20 cents per item depending on size, Turkey red table damask is 23 cents per yard, Turkey red doylies 25 cents per dozen, and fig challies drop from 6 to 4 cents.
Miss Cochran of Mitchell county visits the city, while Miss Mamie Cutter of Macon stays with Miss Ellen Cutter on Broughton street. Master Ralph Graves returns from a two week Atlanta trip. A Pine Level neighborhood barbecue and reunion is planned for next Saturday. A July 15 picnic at Alaga is announced with a promise of a large dinner and good times.
Jacksonville visitor Mrs Knight visits Bainbridge relatives. Moonlight picnic at Fort Hughes hosted by Mr and Mrs Sam Hawes. Scott family returns to Bainbridge from Moultrie. Deserted father T J McDonald leaves two children in Moultrie. Beulah Haygood and Miss Perry of Camilla visit. Empire Garden Mid-Summer Fair tickets received. Local printing offers bedrock prices for election tickets. Miss Mattie Wiggins returns to Tallahassee after treatment. Col A L Townsend enjoys Gulf Coast with family. Plant System offers July 6 excursion to Brunswick and St Simons, fare 3 75. Pocket book found. owner to claim by proving property. Willie Bishop opening new shop after study at Macon. Reporting of political chatter and upcoming candidacy for Clerk of the Superior Court C W Wimberley noted. Miss Mattie Ingram to Athens for Southern Female College course. Death of Geo W Bruce. funeral at city cemetery. Two young Bainbridge residents Mr Charles Williams and Miss Bessie Mitchell wed in quiet ceremony.
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