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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1895

Page

5

Retail clothing trade in Boston 1882 retrospective

Letter to friends thanks for favors and recounts Boston ready to wear trade growth since 1882. Highlights include price based on cost, explicit garment descriptions, money back policy, fit guaranteed, and focus on quality fabrics at low prices. Emphasizes customer loyalty and improving men’s wear fit.

Boston

Overcoats Offered In Finest Boston Line This Season

The message advertises a new season of overcoats with a full Boston assortment in all grades and shades. It highlights Kersey overcoats in black blue and brown, 42 inches long, single breasted, sizes 34 to 44, and promises prices lower than competitors.

Boston Kersey

Beaver and Kersey Overcoats Offer Low Price

An attractive stock of Beaver and Kersey Overcoats in black and blue with Italian lining and mohair sleeves, deep velvet collar. Sizes 34 to 42. Competing coats go for 12.50. we are lower. All wool and fast color. Our price,

Ulsters For Cold Weather Warnings

The speaker urges keeping an Ulster ready for sudden cold snaps and blizzards. In this climate we may swing from mild to severe weather quickly, so it pays to be prepared and not take chances with the warm garment.

Overcoats on sale in various colors and styles

Black and blue Kerseys Meltons and Oxfords lined with cagsimere lasting and worsted. Approved length and all sizes offered in beaver and kersey overcoats single and double breasted satin lined sleeves. Satin silk triple warp serge clay lining. Prices from 12.50 to 25. Overcoats feature double shoulder facing deep satin yoke and plain or lap seams.

Meltons

Black Frieze and Oxfords for Stormy Long Rides

A compact note highlights Black Frieze and Oxford footwear as practical choices for rough weather and long journeys, emphasizing sturdy design and reliable comfort for travelers facing gusty conditions.

Dandy Frieze Ulsters Offered at Sale Price

A line of black Belfast Frieze Ulsters with lap seams raw edges deep collar and heavy cassimere lining runs 50 inches long. Priced for Anywhere else at 15 or 18 dollars, presenting a strong value for buyers seeking durable outerwear.

Belfast

Frieze and Heavy Ulsters Hit Fashion Line

A new line features fine Frieze and heavy Chinchilla Ulsters with shawl and notch collars in black and blue ill wool cassimere lining, promising comfort and durability for fall wear.

West End Conductors Offer Suits Overcoats and Trousers

West End conductors announce a choice stock of suits, overcoats, and trousers made for you. Coats feature multiple pockets, ticking lining, and strong reinforcement. Prices claimed to be the lowest in Boston as usual.

Boston

Suits Offered in Single and Double Breasted Styles

Our leader for business wear presents suits in single and double breasted cuts. Not all wool but durable and often better value than pricier all wool options. Sizes range from 34 to 42.

Rise of a Boston Clothing House Through Growth and Innovation

The firm traces its rise from a small Hanover and Portland street shop in 1889 to a major retailer occupying most of the building after adding a basement in 1892 the second floor in 1894 and leasing the top floor by present year. It credits steady growth, wholesale cost savings, and a focus on good goods at small margins for public approval and expanding trade.

Boston Hanover Portland Streets

All-Wool Black Clay Suits Offer Yeoman Service

The special leader for dress wear offers All-Wool Black Clay Diagonal Suits in single and double-breasted sacks and 3-button frocks. Priced with pride, these garments are trimmed and made to give yeoman service.

Bargains in Worsted Suits and Frocks Displayed

A dealer advertises Cassimere and Worsted Suits sacks and frocks tasting lined sewed with silk up to date in style. Prices shown are 12.50 and 15.00. Also featured are Worsted Suits with latest designs finished like custom make priced at 16 and 18 dollars.

Celebrated Trousers Offered at Bargain Prices

A local ad promote a stock of dark and light hair lines trousers with perfect style and fit guaranteed, priced at three dollars and three fifty. The ad touts the quality and value of these Celebrated Trousers to entice buyers.

Neat Worsted Trousers Now Offered To Buyers

Very neat blue black and brown Worsted Trousers presented as exceptional in style and fit with bargains at $3.00 for Cassimere and Worsted trousers and $4.00 for high grade Worsted and Cassimere trousers. Wide selection includes neat hair lines pin checks and silk mixtures with continuous waistband and pockets.

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