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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1896
Page
1
The department touts a quiet approach to millinery. It notes strong last season’s women’s styles and lower gates this season, attributing success to simply stylish goods, popular prices, and a convincing milliner.
Amoskeag A C A ticking field and a range of goods such as Best Grade Checked Homespun at 5 cents per yard and Indigo Blue Calicoes at 44 cents per yard are advertised. Shirting calico and heavy shirting alternatives are offered with notable markdowns, plus Zephyr Chambray Ginghams now 7 cents.
Silk shirt waist fabrics advertised from 19 cents to 1.25 dollars per yard. Brocade Luxor, all silk, offered at 90 cents per yard. Itemized selection suggests a broad fabric sale at a department or variety shop.
42 inch two toned Brocade dress goods priced at 23 cents per yard. 40 inch silk and wool dress patterns at 49 cents per yard. 40 inch black mansweiling wool dress fabric offered at 33 cents per yard for hot weather, otherwise 50 cents.
Readable text shows a fabric sale listing linen batiste in colored stripes with a price of 33 cents per yard on Monday. Other items mentioned include assorted fabrics at a price 602 or similar.
A local shop announces a new shipment of lightweight coats and vests in various fabrics. It promotes mens pants at bargain prices with 5600 pairs available at 3.50, 400 at 200, and 300 at 75, aiming to clear inventory.
A Middle Georgia retailer touts its broad clothing stock from low to high price, claims superior fit and durability, and asserts strong customer demand proves the ads reflect real value behind the clothing.
Fragment mentions waist sizes 38 to 44 and a price of 5 oo, implying discount pricing at competing retailers. No clear event or names, but highlights bargain footwear or apparel with inconsistent OCR.
Dongola Kid Button 75c Kid Button Needle Toe Pat tip 100 to 1.25 Pongola pat tip heel and spring heel prices up to 200 Full line of Evitt pros Clark Culmary Co's Ladies and Misses fine shoes.
Local ad lists ladies oxfords from 50e to 125e, ladies Kid oxfords 75e to 125e, sandals 75c to 150c, children slippers 50c to 75c, and ladies slippers from 1.00 to 2.00. Rounded prices indicate a broad shoe sale at Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.
The notice states several lots of shoes will be sold at reduced prices following a drop in leather costs, promising closer pricing than competitors. It emphasizes discounted stock still available across multiple lots.
Advertises a full line of straw hats Yeoman Dunlap and Knox shapes in stiff hats. Includes children straw goods and a complete line of ascns underwear collars cuffs neckwear half hose suspenders in the newest styles.
The piece reports excellent cotton and corn conditions after a dry period in the county. It notes farmers keeping up with work, well-prepared lands, and hopes for a bountiful harvest. It also humorously recounts a Jackson woman’s failed see hear mission, babies in Worthville, and a strawberry by Maj. Lane while praising his cultivation practices.
In Jackson two one armed Confederate veterans rode together. Their faces show war talk of the 1860s and their remembered sacrifice. The writer believes a great reward awaits every honest Confederate soldier and lauds their patriotism and devotion to the South.
Reliable reports say capitalists plan a large hotel in Jackson and an electric car line to Indian Spring within three years. Investigators work quietly, offices to be built for J S Fosser and Dr Byron as sidewalks are improved with terra cotta piping. Oak Grove picnic at Flat Shoals, Towaliga river praised, with H C Thaxton giving thanks. Jackson aims for steady growth and improved streets.
An advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as the best liver remedy for a sluggish liver and related ailments. It emphasizes the word REGULATOR, a red Z logo, and insists the product unifies blood and corrects system health under J. H. Zeilin & Co. Philadelphia.
The piece contrasts 793 patents covering new teaching devices with older methods. It notes that traditional tools like the birch ruler or rubber hose are not patented and may be used by any educator, highlighting a clash between innovation and established practice in education.
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