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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
7
At Bass Bros. Co. in Griffin the trading public sees the season’s greatest saving event. Thousands of dollars are saved on short lengths and close-out lots as factories dispose of stock over the counters. Customers from Butts county crowd the Griffin store to compare prices and quality, explaining the full store rooms and busy trading.
The advertisement proclaims thousands of dollars in savings and a month long mill end sale. It highlights staples from dry goods to clothing and footwear, with winter items offered below production cost due to short lengths and broken lots. J L Bass sourced goods from New York factories for quality selections.
A dry goods sale advertises 500 pairs of red blankets at 25c each, 500 yards Calico by ten-yard lengths at 8 8-4c per yard, 6 000 yards yard-wide Sheeting at 3 8-4c per yard, and various fabrics and notions. It touts low prices, factory purchase costs, and a large selection including Jeans, Dress Goods, Broadcloth, and wares for evenings and brides.
Bargain notice from Knitting Mills at Barnesville describing a large stock of fleece lined union suits for ladies and children, shirts and drawers, and heavy undergarments offered at low prices. Items include ladies and children union suits 25c, fleece lined undervests 15c, children's undervests 10c, boys heavy fleece lined undershirts 25c, gents heavy shirts and drawers 50c, and heavy drill drawers 15c per pair.
Experience shows Winter Shoes are best made to water proof standards. Childrens Shoes 50c 75c and 1. Ladies Shoes 1 125 150 and 1 75. School Shoes 75c 1 and 1 50. Gents Shoes 1 125 150 175 and 2. Drew Selbys Fine Shoes for Ladies bargains in groceries. Coffee sale per peck 1 or 4 a bushel Arbuckles Coffee 10c a pound or ten for 1. Two Soda 5c. 40 lbs Pearl Grits 1. 20 lbs Rice 1. 20 lbs Granulated Sugar 1. 3800 Tobacco boxes 80c a pound. Railroad Maccaboy Stuff in bottles jars low prices. 40 large bars Soap 1. Cream Cheese 1 ld c per lb. Lard and Meat cheap. Syrup 30c gallon. Bran Corn Oats Shorts.
The Griffle Knitting Mill sale undercuts rivals as Bass Brothers Co and Schloss Bros Co promote a new line of stylish clothing. Prices range from $6.50 to $16 for suits, 90c to $6 for boys, and underwear advertised as cheaper than the cheapest.
We list men’s fine shoes in Vic Kid, Box Call and patent leather at 1.50 to 4.00. Furniture prices cut nearly 50 percent, drawing many shoppers as sales grow. The ad claims savings on all lines and rapid sales increases.
Miss Huen and Miss Patterson lead radiant display featuring trimmed hats, ribbons, silks, velvets, laces, and ornaments. Hats priced from 50c with higher lines up to 2.50, services offered to retrim old hats, plus new dress goods, skirts, capes and jackets in stock.
The page parades editorials and items on taxes, municipal corruption, and education, citing figures and names such as Drafted editor Rainey, Gus Tomlin, Col. Ed Butler, and Hearst. It lampoons clergy, bankers, and Southern readership while noting salary hikes, divorce cases, and a jeweler’s window display.
Tax collector J M Gaston outlines the December 1902 rounds for collecting state and county taxes in Butts County. Locations include Fincherville Worthville Indian Spring Flovilla Giles Gunhouse Stark Waltham Elgin Jenkinsburg Towaliga McKibben Cork and Jackson, with books closed by December 20. Also promotes school books and tobacco products.
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