{Old Ads} The Place To Buy Your Shirts

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This is from The Charleston daily news (Charleston, S.C.), October 13, 1869. I found the paper on loc.gov Don't forget the place I actually chose this one because it stood out to me when I saw a preview of the paper. It sort of made me think of an old mirror, but upon closer inspection, it made me think of something more modern. Probably, oh, I don't know late 90's? I would see people using signs, characters and numbers as a line break, or to frame text. If you ever received chain letters / newsletters via email in the 90's than you know what I mean. Something like this: $$[][]$$pPpP! I mean, not that exactly.. Anyway, all the S's to frame the ad just caught my attention. What do you suppose 'furnishing goods' in this ad means? Almost forgot to include the picture