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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
4
Friday and Saturday mark the grand finale of the 35th semi annual anniversary sale with special value offers. The dealer promotes charging to account and payment in small sums suited to customers means, emphasizing credit buys equal cash and low sale prices on family wear and home furnishings.
Memorial Day sales offer large discounts on new suits and dresses. Bridgeport store promotes $12.50 to $15.00 ladies suits reduced to $7.98 and $15.00 to $25 tailored suits to $15.00. Also featuring girls' junior suits at $8.98 as part of a 35th anniversary sale with Friday and Saturday specials.
A newspaper note lists washable suits and dresses for women at $1.98 to $4.50, including stripe lawn jumpers, empire and princess styles, with embroidery, lace, and color options. It also advertises ladies suits with jacket and corded or linen details, and a batch of manufacturer sample costumes priced from $15.00, with regular values up to $25.00, valid Friday and Saturday.
Women’s muslin skirts offered in multiple price points with dust ruffles lace edging embroidery ruffles and tucks. Fight-for-friday-saturday specials list skirts at 69c 98c and 1.19 with full flounces dust ruffles and hemstitching. Numerous patterns and sizes advertised as elegant bargains and limited-time offers.
A catalog style ad details men's youth and boys wool suits in cheviots and cashmeres with serge or sateen linings, priced from 12.95 to 9.95 for top coats and 2.69 to 2.79 for boys suits. Specials valid Friday and Saturday.
Large assortment of shirts ties hosiery and undergarments with Friday and Saturday specials. Madras chambray and percale shirts with cuffs attached white or striped patterns. Garments include geen shirts gauze underwear and ribbed underwear with reduced prices. Hosiery and fancy colors offered at low rates.
The current warm weather boosts demand for washable boys suits with a large stock and low prices. Specials include Madras striped suits, chellots and duck fabrics in blue, tan, white, and stripes, with trims and emblems, offered Friday and Saturday at prices from 49c to 2.95.
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