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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1905
Page
2
A bold sales pitch promises a new era at a dry goods store offering ladies furnishings shoes hats and more. Describes the shop as a penny and dollar saving Temple for the masses with up-to-date fall goods and no inferior stock, inviting the public to lay in supplies.
A large closing out sale lists Men and Women all wool underwear at cut prices, including heavy fleeced and ribbed styles. Boots, overshoes, and heavy garments priced to clear, with extensive selection in Graniteware and hardware. Athena store urges hurry before lines break up.
Our stock of caps is the good heavy kind that draws down over the ears. Corduroy in different colors. Regular price 60c, closing out price 40c. Black Broad Cloth new style, 60c caps, closing out price 40c. All our 350 and 25c caps going at 20c.
A retailer advertises heavy duck lined coats in double and single breasted styles in gray and brown with taped seams. Regular price two dollars twenty five cents, closing out price one dollar seventy five cents. Boys line offered at 76 to 100 cents in closing out sale.
A long prospectus of heavy wool socks at 18c and 20c, white and gray closeout at 28c, and drastic discounts on dress goods including black brocaded fabrics, silks, and crepe lace. The ad promotes outings, ladies night gowns, waists, wrappers, blankets, laces, sewing machines at cost, and wide variety of notions with bold closing-out pricing. Multiple named items and price points indicate a general clearing sale with emphasis on value and urgency.
A lively ad extols affordable shoes for men and women including wives mothers and babies. The copy promises honest workmanship and large selection with prices described as “talking out loud,” inviting shoppers to visit The Fair Store.
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