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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
19
Advertises harvest sale prices on Marquisette curtains and a wide range of hosiery. Lists women full fashion silk stockings, fibre silk stockings, and mens lisle half hose with discount prices. Includes children socks and stockin gs with reduced Harvest Sale prices and colors.
Harvest sale notes for household textiles list 27 inch flannel remnants and bleached muslin 36 inch widths with low prices. Includes diapers cloth towels pillow cases couch covers and heavy Turkish towels with multiple discounted prices and malleable quantities.
The store offers coats in all wool mixtures velours and wool plush in rich colors. Styles flare from the shoulders with some belted or fur trimmed designs and a dash of swing. Special at 25 dollars on the second floor.
Velvet hats in all sizes shapes and colors including turbans fur trimmed Continentals with embroidery mushrooms and trimmed ribbons. Dozens of other smart styles available at the special price of 4.98 dollars.
Velvet hats with black crowns and contrasting under brim in velvet arrive in many colorways. High velvet crowns feature fur ornaments and panne details with ostrich banding and Burgundy silver trimming. Purple and brown tan combos showcase exclusive millinery artistry at a popular price.
Harvest sale offers include neckwear three for $1.00 or 35¢ each, white ribbed union suits at 79¢, all wool sweaters at 5.00 or 3.50, and a range of pajamas from 82¢ to 2.39. Magic belts, Boston Garters, and arm bands listed with various sale prices. Shifts to Madras, Percale, and silk shirt lines at reduced rates.
The advertisement lists women’s night gowns in flannelette and petticoats, extra sizes, and color options. It details children’s dresses, middy styles, lace and embroidery trims, and various sale prices. Also featured are babies garments, sweaters, knit sacques, bonnets, and a range of table linens in linen and mercerized fabrics with harvest sale pricing.
Harvest sale features mesh veiling, jewelry including pins and cuff links, and children’s wear. Items include 50c and 25c jewelry, 79c to 89c children’s vests and pants, unbleached union suits, and fleece lined outfits, with various colors and part wool fabrics.
Harvest sale listing meats with prices per pound includes prime rib roast beef at 18 to 24c, chuck rib roast, veal loins at 10 to 18c, veal for pot pie 15c, shoulders to stuff 16c, fresh killed fowl 28c, smoked shoulders 16c, sugar cured ham 25c, sugar cured bacon 25c, porterhouse and round steaks 18c, fresh cut hamburg 25c, home made sausage, and a full line of fresh vegetables.
Sale highlights include large cans of tomatoes two for 25 cents and evaporated milk three for 52.22, 250 baked beans dozen for $1.10, sardines four boxes for 25 cents, macaroni or spaghetti three for 28 cents, flour and cornmeal priced low, assorted beans priced under a dollar per pound, La Touraine coffee at 32 cents per pound, fresh roasted bulk coffee 32 cents and 26 cents per pound, olives bottled 20 cents, fresh peanut butter 13 cents, barley eight cents per pound, and Jello or Tryphosa packs at five cents.
A long advertisement lists blue enamel kettles, tea pots, and water kettles with discounts. Also featured are brooms, medicine cabinets, baby bassinets, Jewel Electric Irons, sweepers, aluminum items, ironing tables, curtain stretchers, scales, garbage cans, and gas radiators with special prices and ranges up to 7.08 dollars. The ad emphasizes special low prices and a variety of house furnishings.
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