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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
4
The ad promotes a clearout of winter merchandise to make room for spring and summer stock. It promises low prices and marked reductions across many lines to free tied up funds for new seasons. The message emphasizes honesty and the opportunity to buy from a large, affordable assortment.
A long ad proclaims a storewide clearance with drastic price cuts and first come first served offers. It promises winter necessities and up-to-date stock, urging customers to buy now to save money and value the unusual low prices.
Advertises discounts on gray wool cotton blend fabrics and wool items. Includes regular and sale prices for shirts coats and caps. Highlights Greece hats Fed ors and corduroy pants with substantial price cuts. Also lists men’s wool socks at varied bargain rates with mix of wool and cotton options.
Readable lines describe wool flannel waists priced at 50 cents bale and new styles. Black sateen mercerized waists offered in sizes, regular prices 1.25 to 1.50 with sale prices. Flannels in new colors and jet priced 3.50 to 4.00, plus silk options and two-for-2.50 deals.
advertise a sale of various fabrics and goods with wide widths and multiple colors. items include 88 inch width fabric at reduced price, words and patterns offered at low per yard rates, emphasizing limited time and self purchase.
An advertisement lists hosiery items with sale prices and regular prices. Piniem fast black hose from The Topay Knit at 1c regular, sale. Topay 190 regular, sale 3 Tor Bho. Tuudion heavy fleece lined hose at 18 per pair sale 10c. Other stockings offered in proportion.
Mixed lot of ladies underwear on sale with items priced at 50c to 85c. Includes organ gray union, fleece lined cotton pieces, heavy knitted pants and gowns, and assorted trim garments. Stock reduced from original prices with several items offered at 2c to 5c tiers.
The American Lady corsets including long waisted models marked down from 1.00 to 80c and a 5 hook and D hook corneta sold as a snap. Lot 82 good fitter short waisted corset priced at 80c. Also coats and jackets cut in child sizes and misses styles offered at reduced rates.
Textile listing shows Silesia and cambric fabrics with various price points in multiple colors. Advertises bargains and “good values” near a local merchant named Sills, implying a clearance or sale event.
Laces in all grades reduced with 600 yards of various widths offered at 80 per yard for Valencinos lace and de values for Torchon linen lace 4 to 6 inches wide. Pillow Casing lace also listed at de per yard.
We present a large Athena assortment of embroideries in fine grades with over 500 yards selected and sold for 100 and 120 sale price Te. Embroideries cut down accordingly. Crockery reduced 90 percent granite ware 20 percent tinware 20 percent off.
A local ad offers toilet soaps with discounts including 10c for glycerine cakes and 5c for two Mottled Castile cakes. Benson's Oatmeal and White soaps featured with sale bars at 15c. Miller Clothing advertises discounted suits from 15.00 to 3.50. Heavy fleece shirts and drawers cut to 35c, and all wool shirts and drawers priced at 80c.
A local sale lists men's women's and children's shoes with bulk price cuts from $3.50 to $2.50 and $3.00 to $2.25 for fine kid shoes. Comforts and blankets also mark down, including 10 4 cotton blankets from 65c to 40c and all wool blankets from $5.00 to $3.75. Bed sheets from Pepperall bleached fabric drop to 50c and pillow cases to 12.5c each.
Regular price items drop to bargain levels including Lustre Thread 5c spool 2 for, Darning and Knitting Cottons, finishing braids 2 for 5c, pins and hair accessories at low cents, and table damask and towels discounted. Linen and toweling pieces down to a fraction of their former costs with many multi item deals across fabrics and notions.
Advertisement notes a sale on French ginghams with reduced prices. 124g ginghams cut to 8e and 1c fabrics cut to Te, urging customers not to miss the savings.
A local store advertises heavy discounts on neckwear gloves suits and slippers. Men's and boys suits drop from 10 to 40 percent or more with prices cut to 4 1 2 and 5 dollars. Slippers for men and women also deeply discounted to as low as 50 cents.
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