Fall is a great time to get your autumn and winter wardrobes ready for colder weather and in 1908, Ridgeway merchants had everything you needed. J. H. Shirer & Co. had all the fabrics to make your own clothing: “Beautiful Black Fabrics, Plain and Fancy Serges, Broadcloth, Cheviots, Veiling. Voiles, materials for each and every occasion.” Other J.H. Shirer ads announced that they had “2000 yards of Staple Apron Check Gingham” and sales on men’s autumn and winter coats and suits. If Shirer didn’t have what you wanted, Thomas & Co (successors to F. M. Spragg) had nearly $6000 of “dry goods, notions, shoes, Ladies and Children’s coats, etc.
McCalls Patterns also advertised in the Ridgeway Journal that they had patterns for all the latest styles available for mail order. If you didn’t want to sew your own clothes, Clyde McKern, Merchant Tailor, would make suits to measure for the men and Mrs. Charles Burris was the ladies agent for Chas. A. Stevens & Bros. Of Chicago. She had all the latest style books and fabrics for made-to-order dresses, skirts and suits as well as catalogs for the complete line of ready-to-wear.
After selecting their wardrobes, the ladies might visit Myrtle Elliot, Ridgeway’s milliner, to see the newest styles of hats or to have an old hat re-trimmed. For a finishing touch, O. P. Ragan had “the completest stock of Jewelry ever shown in this town” and would also perform repairs. (From the pages of the Ridgeway Journals from September to November, 1908) After all that, Ridgeway residents were ready to step out in style.
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