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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
5
The May Sale has thrilled shoppers for two days and will continue to win eager approval. It succeeded through broad planning smart buying and a shared profit approach. The store invites customers to come on Thursday to enjoy the money saving opportunities it offers.
Mercurized damask table goods offered at May Sale prices with limits per customer. Bleached towels napkins and dish towels advertised with hemmed finishes and various patterns. Bleached sheets bed blankets and diaper cloth listed with May sale values and limited quantities.
An assortment of women and children's stockings and socks in silk, lisle, cotton, and mercerized fibers offered at sale prices. Items include full fashioned silk stockings with high spliced heels, double soles, various colors and patterns, and children’s cotton and mercerized lisle socks with decorative tops.
The advertisement lists women vests in fine ribbed cotton and lisle with sleeve and sleeveless options, union suits in cotton with lace and silk trim, pink bloomers, misses ribbed union suits, and boys athletic union suits all offered at sale prices across all sizes. Names of fabrics and trims include French band lace crocheted yokes silk ribbon and nainsook, with price examples like 15c and 24c.
Beautful camisoles in silk crepe de chine and lace trim offered at 98c to 1.29 value, with hemstitched straps and satin options. Bloomers and corset covers priced from 6c to 52c, plus short petticoats in Crepe with hemstitched ruffles on sale for 1.00.
Plain chambrays in multiple colors for children's dresses and blouses and aprons at May Sale per yard limits 15 yards. Printed calico fast colors striped designs on white grounds also in May Sale per yard with 15 yard limit. Curtain scrims 34 inches wide with hemstitched edge in white cream or Arabian per yard. Huck towels Union linen splendid grade for guest or hand towels in May sale. Turkish towels large heavy unbleached will wash white with hemmed ends. Dish toweling Irish Linen finish Crash Toweling bleached fast color red borders per yard in May Sale.
Children’s drawers of nainsook with embroidery ruffles for ages 2 to 12 offered in the May 22 sale catalog. The item category and price cue imply a juvenile apparel promotion in a local retail listing.
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