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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1926
Page
22
Commencing today and continuing all week, the event eclipses past parties as the Anniversary Sale becomes an institution. The message thanks the public for 25 years of patronage and promises unprecedented prices across departments during the 30th Birthday Sale.
Bridgeport shoppers see Queen Quality Bread Flour advertised as the town’s favorite brand. The notice promotes barrels and sacks in cotton and paper, listing quantities from one to eight barrels or sacks with the lowest prices of the year.
Tuesday specials list lean smoked shoulders corned spare ribs and Dixie Brand bacon. Porterhouse and sirloin cuts priced at 22 cents per pound and 18 cents for lean options with 15 cents and 24 cents shown for various items. Limited details available from fragment.
Local retailer promotes unusually low prices on paper sacks and barrels in cotton products. Sale runs through the week with emphasis on extreme value for general merchandise.
Del Monte canned fruits and vegetables with multiple sizes and prices. Sliced pineapple, peaches, cherries, pears, pineapple, ketchup, apricots, blackberries, raspberries, asparagus, sugar peas, tomatoes listed by No 1 No 2 and 214 sized tins with per unit and dozen prices. Vegetables are cut 20 percent below list.
A cluttered sale listing outlines various pantry items with prices: five tablespoons of a product at 19 cents, non seed raisins 10 cents per full weight, maple syrup 29 cents, Gold Dust cleaner, broken walnuts 59 cents, Walter Baker chocolate 19 cents, cocoa 14 cents, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes two packs 19 cents, bulk oats and yellow meal, matches and safety matches priced, Marmalade 25 cents per three jars, French Laundry Soap six bars 39 cents, Gibbs tomato catsup 19 cents, and broken macaroni and spaghetti among the offers.
Local ad lists Solidpack Tomatoes and Del Monte Asparagus Tips with prices from 10 to 25 cents a can. Includes Caroline Brand Corn White Lima Beans Baltimore Spinach Early June Peas Cut Green Beans Hawaiian Sliced Pineapple California Peaches Vinegar and Our Best Coffee deals with bulk pricing and specials.
A list of Finger Lake canned fruits vegetables with prices for various items including Sweet Wrinkled Peas at 27c per can or 3 for 69c, No 2 Green Beans 21c per can, Golden Ban can 17c, Pumpkin 17c, White Corn 15c, Blue Label Strawberries 35c, Ketchup 22c large bottle, Sugar 25th bags 1.65, and New York State Pea Beans 3 lbs for 25c. several brand variants noted.
A list of Blue Label canned goods with assorted prices including Blue Label Chili Sauce Tomatoes Peas Corn and vegetables. Items show prices per can or dozen with sizes ranging No. 2 and No. 3 tins and various weight specifications.
Tuesday sale offers fresh sea foods and vegetables. Bargains include Long Island Baldwin apples, Greenings, caped cranberries, Boston lettuce, fancy carrots, kale, and mushrooms with prices listed in pecks and pounds. Local market highlights emphasize hand picked items and special Tuesday pricing.
Bakery specials announce grapefruit 35c per dozen three dozen for 1.00 four for 25c. Home made bread large loaves 9c. Snowflake biscuits. Home made pies all kinds 29c each regular pies 35c-40c. Discounted items limited to Tuesday.
Canned fish sale features Nancy Crab Meat large cans 69 cents and medium cans 38 cents two for 75 cents Clover Leaf Salmon offers large cans 39 cents and small 22 to 65 cents. American Sardines four cans for 25 cents French Sardines 18 cents and 3 for 50 cents Soused Mackerel 22 cents per can Blue Tuna Tunafish 20 to 38 cents per can.
Sunshine Biscuit Co. Beechnut products on sale with price highlights: Beechnut Ketchup 18 to 25 cents per bottle, Beechnut Chili Sauce 25 to 35 cents, Beechnut Pork and Beans two cans for 25 cents, Beechnut Spaghetti two cans for 25 cents, Jam Jelly and Preserves in sale, Anniversary Special Milk Crackers one pound package 20 cents.
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