15 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
1
A wide display of black fabrics from 10 cents per yard up includes 40 inch Fern Leaf Satin Brocade, 48 inch English serge, 45 inch black wool, 38 inch Henrietta silk finish, 50 inch storm serve, and more. Also offering Jet Pasadena trimmings, Gimps, velvets, and New Idea patterns at 10 cents each.
Lace Curtains offered at 75 cents per pair. Langdon and Batchellors present Thompson Glove Fitting Corsets the $1.00 kind for 69 cents. Full line of RK. G. and Featherbone Corsets advertised. Featherbone Corset can be returned after four weeks with a full refund if not satisfied with fit or quality.
New York buyers sourced a large Broadway firm for jackets and capes. We offer capes at 5.59, 1.75, and 0.95 to 1000 with soutache braid and beaded trimmings, plus seventy five styles to choose from.
A sale list highlights cut prices on pins and paper products. Envelopes, writing paper, pencils, and tablets are offered at low figures. Personal care items and gloves are advertised with emphasis on French kid gloves and fashionable options.
Local store promotes underselling on blankets counter panes and other house furnishings. Canvas trunks come in 35 inch size priced at 4.00 and 4.50, claim cheaper than ever and invite customers to view before buying.
The shop advertises a wide selection of hats for men youths and boys claiming the largest stock in the area and introducing discounts from buying surplus. It promises leading American brands with warranted goods and notes caps for boys priced from 10 to 50 and mens caps from 15 to Tic.
Advertises men s stiff hats and alpine square top hats in new colors. Gotham Hats offered with refunds if unsatisfied, priced from 40c to 1.00 with listed worths, featuring late colored pearls and light browns and blacks.
A Jackson millinery claims unbeatable style with hats copied from Eastern fashion centers. The shop asserts its modiste studied metropolis trends and created unique patterns after a September opening, asserting no local competition.
Domestics note they did not buy all southern goods but will carry through the year while cotton is cheap at 5 cents. Prices listed include yard wide heavy A A sheet ing at 4 1/4 to 5c, yard wide Trion AAA at 4 3/4c, XIII bales left, 10c drilling now 7c per yard.
An old advertisement notes ginghams offered at four to five cents per yard with a ticking item at 10 yards per customer limit. The fragment implies a sale on dress fabrics and textile goods with quantity restriction.
For a few days a local shop offers the famous Southern Silks at 7e per yard. Shoppers are urged to inspect fabrics for the clear "Southern Silks" label to ensure genuineness.
Sea Island noted at 6 cents per yard for regular quality with 4 3-4 cents per yard quoted. Market listing reflects a modest rate for sea island fabric, indicating steady demand at the stated price points.
The ad touts oil red calico with black figures at 4 1 4 cents per yard, Canton flannels priced five to twenty cents a yard, and jeans with wool pairings offered at 20 cents, markedly cheaper than the 30 cent rate elsewhere.
Expresses wide stock from men’s brogans to ladies shoes with low prices. Lists grain, tobacco, coffee, lard, hams, and groceries at below competition, claiming wholesale to retail pricing. Largest shoe stock between Macon and Atlanta with brands Hathaway Soule Star ringtons and Hamilton Brown.
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