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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
3
In a bold sales pitch the hardware store owner declares a price fight against competitors driven by the McKinley and Dingley tariff shifts. He vows to undersell rivals with a near cost margin and promises the most complete stock outside Atlanta, listing locks, hinges, screws, saws, hammers, and shoe making supplies to lure customers.
The circular promotes a wide range of hardware and pottery items from Trouse Builders Supplies. It advertises 118 piece dinner sets for 12.98 dollars, 56 piece china tea sets for 6.98, glassware, fruit stands, and syrup pitchers with various prices. It also highlights a 10 cent counter, boys wagons, and carriage and nail materials with bulk nail pricing.
The ad touts a stock of stoves and heaters described as best selected for households. It lists several No. 7 models with utensils from 5.48 to 8.49 and a large No. 8 complete at 9.98, highlighting affordability and comfort.
The advertisement touts a complete kitchen range with reservoir and warming closet as the pride of the housewife and an ornament to the kitchen, offered at the lowest possible price.
An advertisement touts durable lines for solid wear and comfort as shoppers prepare for an approaching cold wave. It emphasizes warmth and dependable fabric to endure chilly conditions.
A newspaper blotter lists stove pipes in all sizes and qualities with a joint of stove pipe priced at 10e, inviting buyers to compare options and purchase locally.
Large inventory of harness items including 1 and 2 horse wagons breeching halters bridles halter reins leather and bark collars collar pads and a complete buggy harness priced at 548 Campbell collars breeching and bridles offered at low prices.
Local ad promotes Tron Stone Granite Ware with sets of cups and saucers priced at 47 cents and 25 cents per porcelain dinnerware item. Includes references to dinner plates and a range of ware offered at promotional rates.
A buy note proclaims Tron Stone Granite material as genuine and not imitation porcelain. It emphasizes the bowl and pitcher set priced at 78 cents and asserts the product’s quality.
Decorated chamber set offered in gold and floral pattern with 19 pieces priced at 2.28. Limited details read from ad note.
A catalog-like notice advertises glassware with lamps priced at 20 cents for small pieces 25 cents for larger glass lamps and 85 cents for still larger lamps. It promises a very large assortment of hall and library swinging lamps and parlor lamps richly decorated in artistic shapes.
Tinware items include a 3 piece water set for 1.00 a 2 quart covered bucket and various pans and dippers. The shop advertises a wide range of enamel steel vessels and galvanized basins tubs well buckets oil cans and other galvanized ware for household use.
Reads as an advertisement noting leather and rubber belting in various grades with lace leather stripped and sold by side.
Brief listing notes brass and iron fittings for engines and piping. It states cutting and fitting iron pipes and supplying machinery components.
Machinery Oils No 2 priced around 15 cents. Best red at 20 cents. Best cylinder oil at 38 cents. Harness oil offered at 68 cents.
The advertisement highlights steel wheel barrows and red and white cedar buckets with brass hoops priced at 45c and 22c respectively. It also promotes O G painted buckets at 10c and notes a complete line of country hollow ware with pots skillets lids and extra lids.
A local listing notes a large stock of guns pistols cartridges loaded shells powder and shot caps primers reloading irons wads wad cutters empty shells plus dynamite caps and fuse. The item implies a comprehensive supply for sporting and mining uses.
We are fixed up just right on plows with Boy Dixie stock at 95c and a large Oliver line for 1 and 2 horse teams. Best steel plows on earth from Southern Agricultural Works. Plows repaired with points slides wings wrenches. Replacement parts listed for Oliver chill Chattanooga chill Southern Agricultural steel Boss chill Boy Dixie chill Syracuse chill.
A short ad lists lanterns for 42 cents large globes at low prices social buyers can expect coal vases hods shovels tongs in sets grates and more. Also mentions cheap buggy and wagon whips complete line hoes forks rakes and potato diggers available in a large assortment and various prices.
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