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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
4
Thousands of yards of fine goods advertised at former price fill the room. The store emphasizes honest value and invites customers to visit the department to see the savings. The notice frames the business as selling with integrity and right pricing.
Our Millinery department attracts crowds with shrewd buying led by Mr Collier. We employ top trimmers and promise stylish hats. Black Straw Sailors 20¢ to 25¢, Fine Trimmed Sailors 50c, Felt Hats trimmed with plumes and ribbons from $1.
In 1887 the business began with thirteen hundred dollars and after nine years it remains active backed by a motto stressing quick sales and debt recovery. The firm emphasizes low losses, branding itself as a born collector rather than piling on two prices to cover bad debts.
A dated listing advertises various goods including ginghams, outings, undershirts for ladies and men, red table cloths, letter and note paper, white blankets, wool buggy robes, fine dress goods, ladies straw hats, fur trimmed capes, linen shades, paper products, envelopes, and related household items with prices ranging from 5 cents to $5.25. The fragment suggests a general retail catalog entry with emphasis on fabric and textile items.
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