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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1901
Page
8
A brisk offer to readers touts price figures and value, urging action by promising financial gains. The brief notes a promotional tone and hints at limited terms, inviting prospective customers to learn more through a direct call to action.
An OCR fragment from Wien's Clothing announces stock including fanney cassimeres unfinist worsteds and cheviots with ongoing reductions. The text is garbled but implies new items and continued price cuts along a price line with contact numbers.
A vintage classified item lists ladies jackets in various lots with prices from 89 cents to 3.50, noting whites and colored pieces and multiple lots at 1.49 to 2.00. The ad emphasizes proportionate reductions and mentions a vote at the end.
Advert reads inane pricing for overcoats with figures such as 6 50 and 12 89, urging readers to buy now for best value. It presents a jumble of numbers and sizes, claiming line-by-line discounts in a diurnal sale pitch.
Affordable boys wear parade with then current prices. All wool knee pants sizes 4 to 15 years at 3 cents each retail units include 200 pairs and 250 more at 81 25 each now 7Peta. Ten nessee Woolen mills cassimere pants 81 29. Stiff covered bosom shirts 85 cents.
Classified note offers men’s underwear in 25 dot fleece line shirts and drawers at 19 cents each. Ten dozen heavy fleece lined pairs reduced from 50 cents to 39 cents. Better quality garments mentioned with similar cuts.
Advertised prices for bleached table linen and German linen of 64 inch width, 75 et, 60 et quality, plus various Huck towels and damask options. Items include red table linen and white flannels with multiple price points, highlighting value and satisfaction as a sales goal.
An advertisement promotes corsets at low prices with options listed from $1 to $81.50, claiming perfect fit and standard makes across all styles. The banner highlights a limited deal encouraging buyers to take advantage of the affordable selection.
Department reports phenomenal early opening success with vast sales of shapes and trimming materials. Hundreds of cases arrive by express and fright to accompany the sale, offering fresh fetching fashions, prices, and styles to suit everyone. Childrens street hats offered at prices ending in 75, 100, 150, and 175 cents.
Fancy embroidered handkerchiefs offered at 124 ets. Buyers urged to view and purchase a few when seen.
The store presents ladies and misses apparel including tailored suits and cloaks. Fabrics touted as autumn’s best with strong values and bargains. Prices range from $25 and $20 down to $5, with many items reduced.
Local ad offers 100 hats in light and medium colors with new shapes. Regular prices shown as 2 2 50 and 300 now reduced to 1 49, aiming to beat competition.
Frigid weather prompts a Bargain Clinic sale featuring White Red and Grey blankets along with quilts reduced now. Strong deals advertise limited stock and immediate purchase. Local shoppers are urged to act quickly for best selections and savings.
Seasonal offerings advertised for quick swap of womens garments. Emphasizes flannel and silk undergarments with a low price point. Mentions assorted garments with emphasis on quality and affordability. The ad conveys a brisk, promotional tone typical of period retail notices.
Advertising notice from a fur dealer promising high standards and undoubted values despite a market flood of trash. Emphasizes best possible values and exceptionally low prices to attract customers.
An advertisement lists multiple lots of ladies underwear and children and misses undergarments with per garment prices. Items include vest and pants at 19 cents, fleece lined at 39 cents, wool mixed at 67 cents, all wool grey and white at 79 cents, and children’s union suits at 41 cents. High grade merchandise offered cheaply.
A department store advertises deep cuts on fabrics with 20,000 yards of Standard Calicoes at 44 cents, Fruit of Loom and Lonsdale bleaching at 74, Lonsdale 4-4 cambine at 9, Pepperell Sheeting at 19 unc bleached and 22 bleached, Mae Superaremee fabrics at 43 cents, and various quality lines down to 9 cents, promising reduced prices across the board.
Fragmentary OCR lists various items and numbers including cloth patterns and goods with unclear pricing. Readable names hint at vendor cataloging practice and potential inventory codes, but essential details are missing or garbled.
All long-standing glove lines are discounted for the first time. French kid gloves offered at 83 cents, top brands at 1.25 reduced to 1.007, 1.50 grade now 1.29. A group of twenty dozen black and colored kid gloves priced at 65 cents each.
Rich lustrous silks promoted with dramatic pricing and selections. Includes 50 shades Guaranteed Taffetas at 73 cents, Black Taffeta at 88 cents, full 27 inch width, Corduroy at 79 cents, One line Taffeta black at 39 cents, and 40 pieces black silk satin Brocades for waist and skirts at 73 cents.
The catalog touts broad cloth, satin venetians, serge, zibeline and satin finish fabrics in multiple widths and shades. Discounts include Imperial serge 50 inch at 98 cents, satin venetians and waist cloths from 69 to 133 cents, and numerous 40 to 60 inch pieces with prices ranging from 39 to 79 cents. Special lots feature striped waists and homespun skirtings.
Hosiery sale item lists ladies and misses black Hoge hosiery priced at 8 cents per pair for 20 pairs, 15 cents for 25 pairs, and 19 cents for 25 pairs. Described as wool and cotton blends, all with rubian dye and fast color.
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