Shoe Stock Clearance Slashes Prices by Half
Local retailer declares a shoe stock reduction to free cash tied up, offering shoes at dramatically reduced prices and inviting customers to name their own price, signaling a bold clearance push.
05 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1893
Page
1
Local retailer declares a shoe stock reduction to free cash tied up, offering shoes at dramatically reduced prices and inviting customers to name their own price, signaling a bold clearance push.
RIDDONS announces a large sacrifice sale featuring dress silks, velvets, and 38 to 54 inch hop sackings at deep discounts. items include black silk-warp Henrietta at 1.19, Empress Cloth at 0.59, 4-button dress gloves at 0.69, and ribbons at 0.13 per yard. Also offers boys caps, Derby hats, and various linens with aggressive price cuts to reduce outstanding debt.
A salvage sale advertises heavy discounts on damask table linens, towels, napkins, embroideries, and drapery fabrics. It lists 68 inch bleached table Damask at 59c a yard, satin damask fringed table pieces, towels, and numerous carpets, curtains, and rugs with drastic sacrifice prices and bulk quantities. The pitch emphasizes selling to raise cash with prices slashed across dozens of textile and home goods.
A sale offers 3 000 yards of China silk drapery at a sacrifice price per yard. Gents furnishings include night robes all wool shirts and drawers neckwear four in hands and cuffs with deep discounts. Items range from 50 cents to 2 4 cents each, with wool apparel and linen cuffs heavily reduced.
Local shop discounts Merino under wear and woolen garments. Prices slashed on vests and pants, including fine natural wool, lambs wool, and brown Union Suits with substantial savings. Agents for Dr Jaeger sanitary woolen underwear for men women and children.
Fragmentary notes show a yardage sale at ten yards and a customer purchase at thirteen and a half cents per yard. The garbled text mentions bleaching work and a quantity around ten yards, indicating a small order and pricing from a local supplier.
A local sale lists all wool knit skirts in black and colors at 41.50 value now a dollar each with fake striped skirts at 2.50 and black Brilliantine skirts at 2.98. Blankets and shoes are deeply discounted, with 30 days of heavy price cutting to clear 25 000 dollars worth of shoes and 40 000 dollars of goods.
A brisk sale lists 50 fine eiderdown comforts at 8.50 each and various bundles of bed comforts, dress prints, French Satines, and ginghams on Monday. Prices range from 3 to 12.5 cents a yard with large yardage allocations and marked values.
A local department store advertises a sacrifice sale featuring a pair of shoes on discount. Shoppers are urged to visit the store to view sizes, styles, and price reductions offered during the event.
Local store Highs announces a shoe sale tomorrow offering footwear at prices near auction levels. Shoppers are advised to arrive early as stock may sell quickly.
Promotion promises almost two dollars worth of merchandise for each dollar invested encouraging readers with bold money rhetoric and a direct call to visit for purchase. The ad frames a high value return to entice spending in a simple cash for goods deal.
A crowded discount sale announces drastic price cuts on hats, cloaks, capes, jackets, and daily wear. Hats start at 39c, felt hats and sailors, 75c to $1. coats and capes marked down from $12.50 to $5, and $15 jackets from $25 values. Shoes heavily reduced with ladies boots at $3.49 and $1.97 for children. Limited stock urged to attract brisk buying.
A department sale offers Misses and Children's Dresses at half price from 48c to $1. A stock clearance covers Infants and Children's Cloaks and Lacques at a sec on the dollar. Large sale of Stamped Linens and Dresser Scarfs at 25c each, 700 pieces. Down Pillows at 73c, plush silks sacrificed at $1.19 a yard.
A historic notice announces a bona fide sacrifice sale due to overstocked goods and limited funds. The seller seeks buyers and emphasizes urgent clearance of inventory through reduced prices. Proceeds support ongoing operations.
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