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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
14
The notice lists 112 piece dinnerware sets including American French Austrian and English ware. Blue Onion pattern, meat platters, dinner and tea plates, breakfast ware, and multiple price points from 2 to 50 cents. Gold and white cups and saucers and Gold Band Japanese china are included with various piece counts and prices.
Summer drinkware appeal with Colonial Optic Glass offered in multiple shapes and sizes. Prices listed as 60 ct, 40 ct, 25 ct, 75 ct, and 60 ct styles with various low costs, highlighting affordability for ice water lemonade sherbets claret cups.
A local advertisement touts a small but select stock of summer silks at deep discounts. Satin stripe wash silks 36 inches wide drop from 1.00 to 0.89. satin stripe wash crepe 36 inches wide down from 1.75 to 1.29. Jockey Club and gladiator stripes in pongee 36 inches at 0.75. navy blue taffeta yard wide regularly 1.75 now 1.39.
In the Dress Goods Section floor rear, attractively priced suitings include 54 in. Men's Serge in black and navy at 1.54 yd, 54 in. Navy Serge at 1.35 yd, 54 in. Fine Serge at 1.15 yd, 48 in. Fancy Colored Checks all-wool at 1.25 yd, 54 in. All Wool Ottoman black and navy at 1.25 yd, 54 in. Fancy Velour Checks at 1.? yd, 54 in. Two-tone Velour Checks at 1.85 yd, with sale prices indicated for other varieties.
The Art Section offers free services of a teacher of Art Needlework for customers. She attends from 9 o'clock in the morning until closing and will teach intricate stitches and assist in color and material selection.
The May Invitation Sale draws shoppers with low prices and Read quality on summer house furnishings. New residents are invited to explore The D M Read Store and its metropolitan departments offering many lines priced lower than usual. Visit to acquaint and discover bargains across departments.
Bright spring line offerings include White Jap Silks with wide collars at 1.95, Seersuckers with plaid facings at 1.00, and check Ginghams trimmed with white embroidery. Children's dresses, rompers, creepers, and colored dresses for ages 6 months to 6 years shown on the second floor with prices from 0.50 to 1.95 in both white and colored fabrics.
Advertisement describes boys shoes in tan Russia calf and patent leather options. Sizes 9 to 13 with regular price 3.00, and boys shoes for larger sizes 1 to 6 priced at 4.00, now 2.95, built on sturdy lasts for growing feet.
Directory lists the store layout with floor by floor divisions. Main Floor covers jewelry toilet articles ribbons laces embroideries nets trimmings gloves neckwear veils handkerchiefs candy. Upper floors show men s furnishings leather goods dress goods silks linens stationery coats suits dresses millinery lingerie negiges sweaters corsets children s shop dolls novelties shoes rest room tea room Rugs carpets linoleum porch shades Center draperies curtains upholstery fabrics art and denison sections North beds bedding interior decorations hammocks Fourth Floor furniture pictures office equipment baby carriages Basement china cut glass silverware pottery bird baths vases lamps kitchenware trunks bags vacuum cleaners refrigerators gas ranges fireless cookers thermos kits bathroom fixtures basketry Sunshine biscuits.
Listing of soap varieties and personal care items with prices including Trentini Soap Dainty Bloom powder Violetta Soap Palmolive Shaving Cream Evapera Twinplex Razor Strap Sachet Pads Floral Hearts Tourist Cases Sponge Bags Absorbent Cotton Witch Hazel Cream Iron Rust Soap and Laundry Tints for color baths with prices from 2 cts to $3.50.
Velvet rugs feature harmonious colorings including olive brown tan and leafy greens sized 36 by 72 inches ideal for the fireplace threshold and other home spaces. Regular price three dollars each sale price two dollars sixty five cents.
Every woman who considers the curtain question admits the value of Sunfast as an economical drapery. The colors are soft and agreeable and the weave forms graceful folds. Brown green blue and red ordinarily 1.25 now 85 cents this sale. Third floor.
Bright cretonne bedsets in blue pink and yellow appeal to summer rooms. Originally priced at 3.50, now offered at 3.00.
A local sale features silk and linen neglige shirts with soft cuffs at 2.50, Percale shirts with stiff cuffs around 95 cents, soft Percales 60 cents, nightshirts in muslin at 50 and 75 cents, Knitted and cut silk cravats, cotton hose in multiple colors, handkerchiefs 11 and 17 cents, six for 1.00, and a motor glasses line with discounts from 3.50 to 0.50. Main floor display.
Women’s hose in black white tan and other shades offered at three pairs for 1.00. Regularly priced at 1.00, silk lisle stockings in multiple colors featured in sale.
Kitchenware wonderful opportunity to buy many useful kitchen and pantry items at reasonable prices. Earthenware teapots and pottery in many shapes, browns, greens, and florals priced 17 cents to 1 dollar. Gray enameled ware and aluminum ware on sale with various pans and pots all at special low prices.
Bargain sale lists Jacobean Fumed Oak and Golden Oak dining chairs with leather or cane seats. Prices drop from $4.00 to $2.75 and from $49.00 to $25.00 for sets including five chairs and one arm chair. Golden Oak items include four side chairs and two arm chairs at $24.00 to $18.00, with leather sets at $3,509 reduced to $2.50 and other armchairs at $6.75 to $4.75. Odd chairs are also discounted.
A fragment from a newspaper item mentions porch screens and a VADOR cord slide, noted as twice as long as a related reference, with garbled wording indicating an observational or cataloging note and no clear event or outcome.
Pleasant and restful shades offered with Modor safety wind device in green brown and olive. Sizes listed include 2 4 6 8 10 18 feet and prices 75 cents to 1.75 dollars per unit.
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