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Newspaper
Brenham Daily Banner
Location
Brenham, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1902
Page
4
Local notes describe Maifest activities, vendor stalls, and crowds around the City Retail Co. Promotions feature five tents and ice cream soda, with various residents shopping and socializing. Report mentions trains, weather, and community sightings across Whitoxn and nearby towns.
List of White India Lawn fabrics including very sheer extra fine quality regular 20 cent grade by the yard and inch values. Mentions White India Victoria Lawn and White French Organdy, with various prices and measurements. Also notes White Check Damask and White Mercerized Madras with described weights and finishes.
A catalog fragment lists colored wash goods including laces and silks such as Satin trig, Chiffon, and Liberty linens, with prices per yard or piece. Also offered are table linens, napkins, towels, and various cotton and linen household textiles with multiple grade levels and color options.
The notice lists varied fabric items including calico ginghams aprons and dresses with values such as 6 wt, 1-2 ets and 27 ets. It mentions Zephyr Gingham, Madeas Cloth, and Moya' Mhirta with assorted counts and prices, plus showtine and stock items like Lonsdale blenchy 726 and brown domestic fabrics.
Fragmentary ad lists color options red Vie, blarke and white and Weve from 75 ets. ty 8200. Mentions kid and patent kid items with small price cues, hinting at a colonial huey lve style catalog entry.
Promotional listing of table linen, napkins and towels with various widths and prices. Includes yard rates and per dozen or unit pricing, noting Turkey Red tablecloths and assorted items.
An old classified style notice lists men and boys garments including Genta low-out patent kid shoes and cloth tops. Items mention ongoing shows, sizes up to 81.00 to 82.50 in Tinw laden tone. Prices around 31 to 82.50 with references to Oxford, wale, and BAS in a jumble of garbled text.
A garbled OCR passage mentions the New York Store Grand Moi and various shop names like The Gness and Teistremn's Drag Store. It references druggists, perfumes, sales, and lurid hints of an advertising page with numerous misread terms and scattered phrases about pricing and stock.
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