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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1912
Page
5
An advert touts suits and shoes at deep discounts. It promotes blue serge suits from ten to twenty dollars with a $13.50 price tag, plus white handbags and summer white shoes for women and children. It notes sizes and styles, urging readers to inspect in person at the Cannon Street and Main store entrances.
A catalog style listing describes belts, baskets, cups, stockings, vests and union suits priced from 5c to $10. It highlights white belts with buckles, embroidered washable belts, aluminum cups, Puritan paper cups, silk stockings, lisle hosiery, and lightweight vests and union suits in plain or yoke styles. It notes locations on Fourth floor and Left aisle rear.
Soft fine shirts with attached or separate collars offered in white tan cream gray and narrow striped variants. Underwear such as BVDs and balbriggan pieces in various cuts priced from 50 cents to 1.50. Hats range from simple outing styles to trimmed white hats and white black combinations priced 3.50 to 10 on the second floor ornaments decorative options shown.
The notice advertises neck ruffs of maline in black or black and white from $1.50 to $3.50, white or cream Dutch collars at 25 to 50 cents, and motoring veils in varied colors from 85 cents to $2.50. It also promotes croquet sets for all ages with birds-eye maple balls and nickel or dogwood wickets, priced from about $1.25 to $4. Front basement.
The notice lists thin pretty ready to wear dresses in simple lines with lace trim and contrasting fabrics. White pique and lawn models priced from 3 to 7.50, striped voiles and dotted batiste around 6.50, with bold couch hammocks advertised as the most comfortable model from 7.50 to 19, items shown on the third floor.
Describes a light frame carrier bound with material and cloth lining, secured by brass bolt and lock. Noted as roomy enough for all needs of a visit and light enough for a woman to carry, priced at $1.50.
Natural bamboo porch screens measure 8 feet long with 4 to 10 feet widths and sell from 0.75 to 1.75 dollars. Green painted bamboo screens range 0.75 to 1.50 dollars with 8 feet lengths. Aerolux porch screens in wood with fittings and guy ropes run 2.25 to 5.50 dollars in 4 to 10 feet widths. Third floor.
The notice touts Kodak film cameras from six to sixty five dollars and Brownies from one to ten, urging their use for Memorial Day scenes. It also advertises camping tents in sizes from seven feet square to twelve by nine and a half feet with complete setups priced from two to ten dollars, plus tents for children.
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