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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1904
Page
4
The ad proclaims a big annual clearance to clear winter merchandise for spring and summer stock. It promises room, cash for new goods, and broad reductions on many lines to attract buyers. It stresses straightforward store news and a splendid assortment of sectionable merchandise with marked reductions.
Storewide sale announces drastic reductions on winter stock. Shoppers urged to examine offerings, pay low prices, and seize values during the clearance event with first come, first served service and an emphasis on up-to-date, necessary goods.
All wool flannel waist shirts originally priced up to 1.00 per item now offered at 50 cents. Black sateen mercerized waists in all sizes reduced from 1.50 to 1.25 and 1.00 with deep sale cuts. Flannel waists in new colors marked 4.00, 8.75, 3.50 with sale prices. Tulleta silks waist styles listed with sale prices 2.50 for select colors.
Dress goods in all colors offered at low figures with regular price mentions. Celebrated worsted goods 88 inch width available in all colors with steep discounts. Fancy worsteds priced around 60 per yard, patterns included. Limited stock, call and see for yourself.
Snapshot from the hosiery department lists several items with sale prices including Topay Roit and TopsyFRXS hose. Regular prices range from 16 to 130, with sale prices shown per pair. All other stockings are cut in proportion as part of the sale.
Bargain counter display offers vent priced items from Sc, 8$¢ and Ye, aule per unit. Oneita Union Suits in cream and gray fleece lined cotton offered at 85¢. Heavy fleeced pants and vesta priced 60¢ to 60¢, sale prices Be to Be. Misses undergarments range from Sue to Ida and Bbc to Be.
A classified notice advertises American Lady corsets with styles for long waists and short waists discounted from one dollar to forty or fifty cents. Also offers 100 corsets in 6-hook and 4-hook, and a selection of misses and children's coats and jackets cut in one style.
All ladies, boys, and misses shoes cut to low sale prices with items like heavy 35.50 shoes now 2.76 and 3.00, 2.35, 2.25 at 1.00. Men’s fine kid shoes drop from 3.50 to 2.50 and 3.00 to 2.25 and 2.50 to 2.00. Cotton blankets reduced from 0.85 to 0.40, 1.25 for 1.25, 1.00 to 0.65, and all wool blankets down from 5.00 to 3.75 4.50 to 3.60 4.00 to 3.00. Best comforts for 1.00.
Our We Silesia 124g and 15c Silesia fabrics are offered in all colors at 10c. Q6e Silesia drops to 18c and Cam brics to 4c. Near Silke fabrics sold at 5c now 17c. Good values and wide color range.
Advertisement lists laces in all grades including Valencines lace at 2 cents per yard and Torchon lace in pure linen four to six inches wide at reduced rates. Pillow casing lace also advertised at the same price, with materials described as fine and suitable for pillow edging.
One of the largest assortments of embroideries in Athena highlighted. Selected over 500 yards sold for 100 and 120 with sale prices. Embroideries cut down accordingly. Crockery granite ware and tinware reduced 20 percent across the board.
Extensive price cuts on table damask towels and towels and toweling. Notions such as darning and knitting cotton, finishing braids, hair pins and brushes offered at sale prices. French ginghams reduced from standard rates. linen Huck towels and Turkish towels heavily discounted. unbleached and bleached linens cited with sale figures.
The advertisement lists best grade glycerine cakes at 100, mottled castile soap for 5c per cake, two cakes of pure white soap for 1s, Benson's oatmeal soap at 5c, with regular eight for 25c and sale prices 15c per box.
A local sale lists discounts on men s Greece and Fedora hats with prices cut from 1.00 to 0.75 and 2.25 to 1.50, plus hats in all colors. Wool socks and gloves reduced, neckwear at 10c, and boys suits including age 15 to 20 years cut from 10 to 6.50 and Norfolk suits down to 2.60, 2.10, 2.00, 1.85, and 3-piece boys suits heavily reduced.
Overstocked store offers steep discounts on slippers for men and women. Men’s $1.50 lines drop to 1.00, $1.35 to 90c, 75c to 50c. Ladies’ $1.50 to 1.00, $1.35 to 90c, $1.00 to Tic. Dirt cheap for the grade offered.
The Famous Miller Clothing advertises heavy discounts on suits and shirts. Regular prices range up to 15 dollars with sale prices from 3.50 to 11.50, plus fleece lined shirts and drawers reduced from 50 cents to 85 cents and a broader selection of shirts at half price or less.
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