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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
4
Anniston customers are invited to a great dissolution sale as Mr I C Johnston retires. The entire stock of dry goods notions ladies wear hats shoes clothing and trunks will be sacrificed at prices never before heard of. The store spans 120 by 24 feet across two floors and is full to capacity with bargains. Many items offered below New York wholesale cost. Take advantage and visit early.
An old newspaper snippet notes colored dress goods priced for 36 inch all wool granite cloth with a closing price summary. The brief records the market tone and value for buyers and merchants.
The item list highlights Velvets and Velveteens in 20 and 22 inch sizes with closing out prices, linen pieces, napkins offered at 75 cents to one dollar, and assorted dinner napkins. Emphasis is on quantity 8 dozen lunch napkins and 15 dozen full size dinner napkins.
Local shop advertises a closing out sale on wood fibre lace in white and black with prices from 2c to 69c, silk and linen drops, and various dress fabrics. Items include 24 inch wood fibre lace 0c to 42c, 26 inch flannel 13e, wool flannel 224c, 36 inch shanker flannel 350, and numerous ginghams and outings with prices cited from 5c to 94c.
The ad markets assorted eiderdowns in blues greys tans pinks and white. Extra heavy eiderdown offered at 29 cents with closing prices noted.
Yard wide fine Sea Island and 8a antra haagy sheet ing offered in sizes. 500 pieces standard dress calicoes and solid oil color calicoes from Lonsdale Fruit of the Loom Swan's mill bleached domestics. Prices described as closing out.
A crowded catalog of hairpins pins combs and brushes plus a large fall clothes sale. Items include drilled and gold eyed pins 10c per dozen horn hair pins closing at 7c to 8c each side and back combs 9c to 22c and wigs. Also coats suits trousers hats trunks and womens coats clothes priced to clear with many items at half or less.
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