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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1904
Page
5
A brisk pitch notes a buyer who purchases shoes furniture and clothing in large lots to secure low freight rates from eastern markets. He sells for cash avoiding bookkeeper costs and bad debt losses, not charging customers interest on bad accounts.
An old market ad lists numerous fabrics and textiles with prices in shillings and pence. Items include Red Flannels, MallkSuitings, Black Sattine, Oil Prints, Sulver Gray Calicoes, Summer Calicoes, Shirt Ginghams, Haglemorthi Checks, Best Danville Checks, Granville Hickory, Sea Island cotton, Biltmore Sheetings, and all wool dress goods. Also notes reductions to cost and sales across lawns, muslins, and summer goods.
A brief listing notes a set titled Specials including 20 varda Sheeting and five Loves items described as Yorohon and Valen G2ANe8, along with Cap and 980. The text reads like an inventory note or catalog fragment with unclear full context.
Hardware and furniture stores push a leading department selling tinware and crockery at low prices. Enamel ware washpans 15 to 25¢, coffee pots 18 to 33¢, boilers 24 to 29¢, tins and pails from 10 to 80¢, plates cups and saucers 48 to 87¢, and assorted dishware. Save by buying here rather than elsewhere.
Local retailer touts a large in stock men and boys clothing and ladies skirts with daily increases. Prices show wide discounts on suits, trousers, and shoes including $5.00 black worsted suits and $1.25 ladies solid leather shoes, inviting customers to compare before buying.
Store advertises cheap furniture and household goods with prices like 98¢ second story, $11.78 six piece oak suite, and $2.18 dress shoes. Claims to furnish a home cheaply to start a new household, lists assorted shoes, hats, hosiery, beds, sideboards, mirrors, and linens with bold sales pitches and a wide price range.
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