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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
5
A jumble of late New Year sales and notices from Veale Knight's and Perry's, with discounts on furs, handkerchiefs, collars, and coats. Local events include church activities, a guard of honor of volunteers, a barber shop hours update, a basketball game at the church gym, and notices of residents visiting or traveling.
Seasonal effort to clear stock with substantial reductions on various Conte and Conte style coats. 10.00 to 22.50 original pricing slashed to 8.00 13.50 18.00 20.00 and 22.50, featuring giraen, refined to waist, broadcloth, and lined options in multiple lengths and fabrics.
A local ad announces several ladies fur coats at reduced prices. It highlights three Brodcloth coats with fur collars and lining, priced around 15 to 20 dollars, plus black coated items and fir lined conte for better grades. The dealer emphasizes closeout prices and a general sale on all fur coats.
A local store advertises ladies coats in various colors and sizes at deep discounts. Misses and junior conte models reduce from 12.50 to 6.00 and 5.00, with remaining milnes junior conte at 8.00 and larger sizes at 10.00. Some coats originally priced 12.50 and 15.00 now offered at 10.00.
A local ad announces 27-inch Comet Outings on sale with a reduced per yard price. It highlights the wide range of patterns in 100 colored cuttings and promotes low yard prices for all outings.
Several Misses coats and suits priced to move, with a mix of fabrics and sizes. Coats range from two to six years and include wool and velvet options at steep discounts. suits for girls and young women show notable reductions across sizes, with many items receding to low dollars as a closeout in the next 18 days.
An advertisement notes skirts in stock offered at a discount of 10 percent for an 18 day sale. It references tailored ladies skirts with promotional terms and reduced prices, aimed at clearing stock. Local shop promotes specific skirt stock and timing for the sale.
Store offers women wool dresses at one third off regular price amid scarce cloth and style variety. Limited silk blacks also discounted from previous prices, with remaining stock emphasized as a final clean-out event.
This season ending sale offers Brook Mink and Opossum items at half price plus reductions on Fox Scarfs Muffs and related furs. Prices listed include 750, 360, 350, 250, 295, 108, 500, 350 and 8 percent off children’s furs as stock is moved within 18 days.
A local advertises a discount sale with white waists priced around 8c to 1.00, noting past Christmas week stock and poor quality. It highlights black Mercer Petticoats with full flounces, several priced from 1.90 to 2.75, plus Eppo Petticoats in leatherbroom fabrics and mohair tops, all at reduced prices. Also promotes dress goods, linens, napkins, towels, sheets, and general store discounts.
All lace curtains once sold at Gile are closing out. White Nottingham curtains in two patterns drop from 21.35 to 1.00. Remaining white Nottingham curtains fall from 1.98 to 1.98 per pair. About two pairs of 24 yard Nottingham curtains remain at regular 50 cents grade.
A garbled notice discusses couch covers portieres and silk dress patterns. It mentions a web address and a vague advantage in buying, implying a trade or purchase but the text is incomplete and unclear. No concrete names, dates, or locations are recoverable.
Readable bits describe a sale of children's knit underwear and hose. Items include two pairs for a small price, fleece underwear, and ladies knit underskirts with discounts. Several garbled phrases reference weights, per pair prices, and discount offers on undergarments.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a daylight store sale at Vaughan's with a yard apace for tie, a roughen shop offering blotten and rubbers, and Bastions Brothers public seating mentioned. The text is unreadable in places but indicates promotional items and shop specifics in a historic market listing.
Venice and Knit W. Fones of Morrisville arrived in the city on business. Mrs M Proulx has been in bed nine weeks and her condition has worsened.
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