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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
5
A sale listing promotes discounts on holiday goods including embroidery, lace, collars, cuffs, pillow shags, bureau scarfs, dolls and more. Items feature 25 cent linen embroidered handkerchiefs and initial handkerchiefs priced at 15 to 17 cents, aimed at ladies and men.
Local notices describe markets, social visits, and community events with many names and places. Highlights include sales at Abbott's, visits to Boston and Burlington, and multiple mentions of relatives traveling and social gatherings in Vermont and New York.
A local store announces a 19 days clearance sale offering all items over five cents at reduced prices. Stock taking begins January 18 with a goal to reduce stock by eight to nine thousand dollars before then, hoping to finish the year strongly and pave the way for spring business.
A bustling save reading describes aprons, skirts, and bedding at low per yard prices. It highlights wide fabric, Percalons, colored muslins, dimities, and linen specials, urging churches to stock apron tables and listing remaining stock in French flannel, Roxbury linens, and pure linen at reduced rates.
A sales notice describes white waistings and various fabrics for children's wear, listing 45 inch Pereian Lawn and other linens with prices per yard. The ad hints a forthcoming “Linen season” and emphasizes affordable yardage and multiple lots for quick purchase. Reliable names and exact figures are partially obscured in the OCR text.
Table Cloths and Napkins offered at reduced prices with many linen items in various sizes and patterns. Vendors advertise discounts on damask napkins, linen tablecloths, napkins, and crash fabrics, highlighting price cuts from several dollars to low figures and urging quick purchase.
A damaged listing describes various textile goods including cotton Huck towels unbleached Damask and linen towels. It notes discounts and reduced yard prices, with several misread phrases about towel types and reductions. The item emphasizes wholesale linen availability and ongoing sale terms with limited clarity.
A midmarket sale lists outing flannel, children's coats, and ladies wear with deep discounts. Prices drop to 89 98 for coats, including Astroclen and grey anteacian styles, plus one-third off a late lot. Also offered are wool drewes, night robes, muslin undergarments, hosiery, and wrapper sets.
The seller promotes a closing-out fur event with discounts across mink, fox, mink scarfs, and popular furs. Offers include Brook Mink, Teabellamm Seairtes, Isabella Goldenm Roar, Opossum Shawl, double Trebetle Fox Scarfs, Scarfa with large tails, Natual Frown Marten, and Mink sets at deep reductions, highlighting substantial markdowns to clear stock.
A garbled sale notice promotes grey blankets, quilts, and bed linens at reduced prices. It references various price points like 1.25 and 1.14, mentions large blankets, bed quilts, and discounted items, urging customers to buy during the sale. The text is fragmented but centers on a clearance of bedding goods.
An ad lists various ladies coats including black and colored options in broadcloth and mixed goods. It notes price cuts from high original values down to 9.90 and 15.00, with mentions of storage quantities and limited remaining stock for early buyers.
Readable portions show fur coat discounts with prices from 22.50 to 2000. Items include ladies seal, pony skin, fur lined coats, and pieces from Kaye and Hinatein of New York. Limited stock offered at reduced, closing-out values.
An old newspaper notice details a large sale on sheets and pillow slips with steep discounts on various sizes and cotton types. Items include 45 by 56 inch pillow slips, 42 by 80 inch pillow slips, 81 by 90 sheets, and 81 by 90 sheets in different cottons such as Harris, Columbia, Ridgewood, Glenwood, and Atlantic. Prices are quoted per yard or per piece with many items marked down from prior higher prices.
Readable fragments show yardwide bleached cotton and pillow cotton offered at low per yard prices. Mentions 42 inch pillow cotton and discounted comforters with decorative embroidery or lining. Contains several garbled phrases from an old ad.
Newspaper style notice shows a curtain sale offering muslins and lace bal sets with reduced prices per yard. The fragment mentions sizes and cash payment, suggesting a clearance of leftover stock. The readable details indicate a local sale event with imperfect OCR.
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