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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
3
The Daylight Store announces an alteration sale due to basement remodeling by Boston parties. Goods are moved to prevent damage and become sale items. some merchandise may be slightly soiled.
Basement goods offer bleached sheets and lace curtains at deep discounts. Cotton price notes show declines for various mills, including Atlantic, Conestoge, Glenwood, and Notingham options. Domestic stock moves to clear out with pages detailing per pair pricing and remaining stock for curtains and sheets.
A string of cotton yardage entries from multiple brands and sizes lists prices in cents for Paragon, Franconia, Marvel, Heroic, Sampson, Pepperill, KO and Langdon Cotton. Prices range from .10 to .16 cents per unit with various width measurements such as 45 by 46 and 42 by 36.
An old catalog-style note lists hemstitched pillow slips and lace curtains in varied sizes 42 by 36 45 by 36 and 42 by 38 with cotton fabric and prices around 15 22 16 and 21 cents. The entry mentions damaged items and odd pairs, some tumbled or soiled, with markdowns claiming two dollars return for one invested.
The ad promotes tasement department goods including Silkolines at 9¢ per yard and leather rage and dress suit crees at near cost. Wool blankets are heavily discounted with specific prices such as 275 blankets at 4.83, 5.00 blankets at 2.00, 375 at 2.50, 4.00 at 3.00, and 6.50 at 4.34, all to be cleared in a few days.
The advertisement touts lace bedsets, bedspreads, and curtains at deep discounts. It promotes 81,38 Cottage Curtains at 98¢ per pair, various fabrics on a bargain table, half price silks and prints, and yardage deals across many textiles.
A catalog listing coats in varied weights and fabrics with prices from 1.98 to 6.96. Silk, covert, and plain mixed goods coats noted as last season or leaders, many lined and priced below typical selling.
In this lot of skirts we mark down good style pieces to clear. At $1.00 include small wool skirts once valued around $3.00. At $2.08 are mohair panama odd skirts, a few of the same size origin. At $3.98 are blue brown black panama skirts formerly $8.00 and $5.75. At $4.98 a few black chiffon panama skirts once $7.00 and $7.96. At $5.08 are a few Mack skirts in chiffon panama. regular $7.4. At 6.98 are style cloths such as Reja panama and chiffon panalon. previously $10.00 to $11.00.
An ad notes a selection of children dresses in stock with 400 yard fabrics broadcloths priced at 100 per yard. The listing references small sizes and colors including green navy and red with a focus on affordable options from past popular styles. The exact items and quantities are vaguely described in the readable OCR fragment.
A local store advertises a clean up sale on cotton and linen outfits. Suits are offered at four dollars plus change with shirts and waist sets reduced from higher prices to a dollar forty nine.
Statement announces last call on Ladies Wrappers with low quality items on sale. Wrappers offered at 87 cents each, previously 1.25. Percale Wrappers from Sed Island now 98 cents, formerly 1.50. Urges quick finish with limited stock.
Store advertises deep reductions on ladies and misses tailored suits and jackets. Items include navy, grey, and black all wool and cheviot outfits with original prices ranging from 6 to 25 dollars, now offered at about half price. selection limited and sizes vary.
Readable catalog snippet shows black Japanese silk suit size 32 priced at 3.98 after prior 10.00. A second black afita suit is offered at 4.98, labeled end of season sale with original price 15.00.
A sale features White Shirt Waist Suits from $1.49 to $7.00 and Wool Shirt Waist Suits at $3.98, with former prices up to $12.50. Also special Hack Petticoats with adjustable tops at $1.19.
The ad lists children's and ladies rain coats with deep discounts. Coats range from small youth sizes to adult styles in gray and cravenette, with former prices like 5.75 7.08 and 12.50. Many pieces mark down to 1.98 3.04 8.98 and 10.50, highlighting silk rubberized varieties and Hygrad cravanette options.
Leftover white Jap Silk Waists marked down to 2.50 with prior prices 3.00 3.50. Some waists reduced to 2.08 from 5.00 and 3.00. One lot at 3.98 offers odd black waists in styles formerly 3.00 5.50 and 5.75. Best ufeta silk. A few odd lace paints in white and eerie priced at 3.88.
A sale offers all children’s dresses in various colors at half price. Catalog highlights cotton styles suitable for everyday wear, with emphasis on value and selection. Limited quantities may apply and customers are urged to shop early.
Detective narrator recounts reconstructing the Walker murder at Peet's house. He discovers a rifle cartridge and a decanter acting as a sun-focused priming device on the sideboard, pointing to a rhin of ignition by sunlight. The rifle muzzle, window hole, and chalk mark align, and Peet’s cleaning of the rifle explained the fatal shot.
Thirteen women and three men from Muskogee Oklahoma parade into a New York hotel wearing red star buttons promoting "Muskegon cheap gas oil and coal." Led by Jeff W Watts they announce land reforms removal of Indian land restrictions and invite eastern workers to settle there. They joke of meeting Roosevelt and foresee work and prosperity, while other notes touch on political satire and magazine discussions.
A Brooklyn Life item tells of a prominent hotel manager complaining about a foreign singer who keeps guests awake with nightly singing. The artist defends himself as Spittler, the great German bass, asking if the manager knows who he is. The manager urges him to refrain from singing at night.
Kendrick and Co advertise Wilkens Pile Ointment for treatment of piles and related symptoms in Barre Vermont. The notice stresses relief for piles and mentions available treatment options and location.
An old advertisement fragment hints at Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup used for babies. The garbled text references motherhood, remedies, and a long-standing claim of a trusted cure known to generations, though details are obscured by OCR errors.
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