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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
4
Our Loom End Sale claims the largest ever stock from mills and a year of record business. It touts odds and ends at half price, with remnants suitable for dresses, waists, comforters, and more, inviting customers to shop for themselves and their children amid abundant bargains.
Readable ad copy lists a loom end sale with cheap fabrics and notions. Items include large boxes of pins, hooks, pearls, silk fibers, shears, and gloves priced at fractions of a dollar. Yardage, handkerchiefs, and decorative notions are offered with dramatic discount signs.
A crowded ad list highlights deep discounts on men's dress and work shirts, underwear, socks, sweaters, suspenders, hats, and more. Many items reduce to under a dollar, with select coats and caps offered at under two dollars. The sale touts Wrights health garments and various fabric weights.
Readable fragments show a sale featuring reduced prices on assorted items. Staples priced about one to two dollars, children and ladies garments offered with deep discounts, and blankets, ribbons, petticoats, and rubbers advertised at under one dollar.
Advertising copy lists heavy discounts on suits and overcoats from 25 to 50 percent off. Mens pants priced around 1.88 to 3.50 with various wool and corduroy coats offered at low loom end prices. Boys knee pants also advertised at reduced loom end prices amid a broad clothing sale.
A large selection of ladies waists skirts and suits at substantial discounts begins Friday January 8 and runs through Saturday January 16 in Story County. Prices include dresses at five dollars and up, pants and odd lot items offered at low prices, with a strong emphasis on saving money during the sale.
A 19th century style price list enumerates dry goods with yardage prices and per dozen rates. Items include outing flannel at various low rates, bleached muslin low price, ginghams, table cloths, linen crash, mercerized cloths, and shirting offered by the yard or dozen with modest discounts.
Short length carpets and rugs advertised with loom end prices. Best all wool offered at 75 cents. Linoleum sold by the running yard with price around 1.98 to 2.60. Large rugs available from 2.00 to 7.00 with savings emphasized.
A small department items rough OCR note describing a fair assortment of ladies coablacks and fancy garments priced up to 1 dollar each and a 5.00 price point indicated.
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