15 Nov 1895
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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
1
Clouds roll over Jackson Georgia as prosperity returns. The store boasts vast stocks bought under value, promises fair prices and liberal terms, and claims no rival can match its magnitude or low prices. It urges customers to compare and warns competitors cannot cope with its value.
The ad promotes a fall millinery launch with Miss Annie Rolph of Baltimore and Miss Blanche Thompson of Wilmington guiding styles and fit. It highlights new stock, affordable capes, checks, sheeting, Sea Island, wool and cotton garments, dress patterns at low prices, silks, velvets, and plaids, urging quick purchases to beat rivals.
Retailer slashes prices to reduce stock offering navy blue turkey red and dark jeans at five cents and dressing gowns or hampers noted as good quality but not mosquito netting with ten percent lower pricing than competitors.
A local ad promotes Featherbone and R and G corsets down to 25c up to 200 dollars in white slate or black. It advertises hosiery silk wool and cotton 5c to 1.00 per pair, heavy ribbed school socks 15c, hair pins 2c, toilet pins 1c, soap 15c per box, children's handkerchiefs 2c, ladies 2c to 100, gents 2c to 75c, ball thread 6 for 5c.
M. G. Barfield and J. & Sams announce a department sale featuring men's suits from 2.50 to 7.50, all wool cheviot 4.00 and worsted 7.50, jeans pants from 0.50 to 0.85, odd pants in new shades, cassimere pants 1.50, boys knee pants and suits with multiple prices, and a second shipment of overcoats in the latest styles and prices.
A supplier lists colored and black fur suitable for cape trimming and Iso white and tan Angora wool for trimming children's eiderdown cloaks.
A local ad promotes red twilled flannel as high quality value. Grey twilled flannel is offered at 15 cents per yard, emphasizing best price for the money.
A catalog of shoes with prices across men women and children. Includes boys brogans 2 to 5 at 90 cents and boys dress shoes 1.15, men brogans 6 to 11 at 1.00, best made 1.25, high cut 1.25 or 1.50, calf bals 1.50. Ladies Dongola 0.75 0.85 1.00 1.25 and 1.50. Kid button 1.00 to 1.50. Heavy shoes polkas 0.75 and glove grain 1.00 1.25. children polkas 0.40 to 0.75 and Misses grain button up to 1.75.
Grocer S J M I Mayo and D G McMichael promote department specials including Globe half patent Flour at 3.75 per barrel, 1100 bushels Texas Rust Proof Oats at 38c per bushel, 50 barrels New York Granulated Sugar at 21 pounds per dollar, assorted coffees, rice, soda, tobacco, matches, sacks, barb wire, fibre chamois in several colors. Emphasizes genuine Fibre Chamois over imitation and urges asking for the genuine article.
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