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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
3
A local advertisement announces a large sale of factory remnants and odds and ends. The event begins Tuesday September 4 and ends Tuesday night September 1, offering reduced prices and surplus items to attract shoppers.
Mill ends are fabric pieces that fall short of length or have minor weaving flaws yet share the same quality and style as full items. They come from surplus stocks with no profit margin due to slight imperfections, offered at loom cost despite being fresh from the looms.
Remnants in men's furnishings include cotton ribbed knit underwear regular 500 quality for 890. Extra cotton ribbed underwear regular 650 quality for 48c. Men's 260 suspenders eleven dozen in the lot for 4c. Red and blue handkerchiefs large size for 4c. Gray or blue cotton hose and black cotton hose 150 goods for 10c.
Mill End Sale offers 270 suits at Athena with discounts from 20 to 48 1 3 percent for seven days. Our dependable suits were already low and now present a fall wardrobe opportunity at very reduced Mill Bod prices.
Fifteen dozen men s fancy dress shirts with patterns and all sizes regular 76 0 and 1 kind at 420. Remnants in men s and boys sweaters with many at 1 98 and 390. Broken ends in linen and rubber colors. Boys suits ages 4 to 17 years heavily discounted from 7 20 to 2 60. Men s straw hats and children s hats half price. Ladies millinery half price and children s fall caps at 280.
Large stock of Men and Boys, Women and Children footwear priced to clear. Men's work shoes drop from 2.50 to 1.95, Men's dress shoes from 3 to 2.25, Ladies oxfords as low as 0.80, Children's shoes at 1.58 from 3.25 in odd lots and broken ends.
Specials announce 126 pairs of large cotton blankets in regular Bho size with Mill End Price 1.19 for 580 large Comforta both sides alike at 1.75 regular price. Jaco curtains at bold Hod price per pair 390. Ladies and Children's Muglin underwear from spring and summer blocks greatly reduced in this Mill Had Sale.
A fragment lists Mill End Price reductions on fabrics and textiles including India Linen White Duck Fancy Voiles Dress Cloths Checked Organtics and Madras Chelsea items with various price notes. The garbled ad text mentions color patterns and regular prices with mill end sale wording.
Readable catalog notes mill end prices across fabrics and notions. Items include embroidery, Valencienne Laces, Sowing Machine Oil, writing tablets, Pearl Buttons, handkerchiefs, ribbons, drapery fabric, merchanized items, and Tonzledown patterns all advertised at Mill End Prices.
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