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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
3
Local department store advertises 25 percent savings on staple and seasonable goods. Claims unmatched values in South Georgia and urges shoppers to visit before purchasing to see the deals.
Fancy colored Lawns and Dimities offered at 6c to 15c, with Batistes and Sea Island Percales in stock. Pink, blue, red and black Dress Goods advertised for skirts and shirts, with stripe and hemstitch effects. Limited quantities. cheap prices claimed for latest fabrics.
A local ad touts linen and towel specials in an in store department. Featured items include 60 inch Turkey Red Table Damask at 15c, fancy Turkey Red at 24c, Bleached Table Linen with raised flowers at 19c, large cotton towels 10c per pair, and large linen towels at 19c per pair.
Shoe offer details from a store listing heavy clearance prices. It notes wholesale pricing on ladies Dongola shoes and slippers, men’s leather shoes and brogans, and special bargains on old ladies’ shoes. The ad emphasizes large stock, broad sizes, and prices far below typical costs.
Clothing items including crash linen suits and pants are advertised at deeply reduced prices. The sale highlights 850 crash linen suits and men’s wear with prices ranging from about $1.50 to $4.00, plus galvanized pails, enamelware, glassware, and assorted kitchen items at marked-down rates.
Local shop advertises men’s wear with deep discounts on summer shirts Balbriggan undershirts and drawers. Items include shirts at 68 cents 76 cent value 1.00 goods 68c 19c undershirts 25c drawers and night robes 48c.
Advertising text promotes tinware and house furnishing items with large discounts. Lists includes coffee pots milk pans milk cups milk buckets wash basins tin dippers pie plates dish pans and galvanized foot tubs with prices shown as low as a few cents. Multiple spellings and filler characters suggest a truncated historical sale notice from a newspaper page.
Old timey catalog page lists pennies and dollars prices on goods. Items include aluminum thimbles, cigars two for a nickel, slate pencils, hooks and eyes, toothpaste, sewing thread, buttons, hair pins, bay rum, perfume, envelopes, school tablets, Webster’s dictionary, a large family Bible, umbrellas, corsets, undervests, and black stockings with multiple price points.
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