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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
9
The sale begins at 8 09 Saturday morning with a strict season change rule. All summer goods and oversized assortments are cleared out. Every department promises sensational values and underpriced lots, with many more offerings to be found in store. Read every word for details and come early.
A good sized lot of women s long kimonas in fast color lawns trimmed with braid, priced at 1 25. Also a small lot of long kimonas in fine white lawn with shirred yoke and bands and dark batistes, previously up to 2 00, clear the way sale price 75 Cent.
Footed sherbets of fine crystal glass sold at 1.60 per dozen. 95 dozen hotel tumblers, heavy bottom, worth 1.25 per dozen, on sale. Fine etched glasses in several shapes at 1.50 per dozen. Colonial or Bell shape tumblers, originally 1.00, reduced to sale price.
Sale offer on men’s shirts in Madras checks stripes and plain colors with low prices. Also mentions men’s work shirts, balbrigan shirts, drawers, ribbed union suits, and boys’ balbrigan shirts with sale prices and high original values.
Bleached and unbleached sheeting offered at sale prices around 25 to 30 cents per yard. Large fringed bedspreads and Huck towels promoted at low sale values. Pure silk gloves in mosquetaire style priced cheaply. women’s bleached vests with taped necks and armholes advertised as bargain wear.
Remnants of novelty dress goods wool dress goods in colors and black wash goods table linens white goods percales prints muslins embroideries and more offered at half price. Hundreds of remnants from all lines attract bargain hunters seeking discounts on fabric and fabric related items.
A quirky dialogue piece recounts a long night bearing jokes about sickness and misunderstandings. The note mentions a sick friend and a wife, with banter between Knicker and rs as Harper’s and Buras style quips echo through the fragment.
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