Local Textile and Garment Sale Prices Snapshot
A fragmented ad lists numerous fabric, quilt and clothing items with marked-down prices. Items include crochet quilts Marsilles patterns at 98 cents, cotton blankets at 42 cents per pair, ladies handkerchiefs at 3 cents each, fine dress ginghams at 4 shillings 5 cents per yard, Turkish fabrics at 4 cents, outing flannel at 6 cents per yard, ribbed cotton hose at 124 cents, and shirts at various low prices. children’s rackets offered at half price.
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Hye
W. F. Peters
Hope Street
Butterick’s Patterns
Lewando
Autumn Gardens and City Street Scene in The Bristol Phenix
A vivid account contrasts bustling city crowds flooding streets at five o'clock with a calm retreat into Boston’s Public Gardens. The piece details autumn color in the park, shrub beds, and statues, followed by notes on advertising history, horticultural promotions, hailstone theories, Egyptian cosmetics, and a note on chameleons changing color before storms.
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Emerson
Japan
Washington
Arlington Street
Engraved Stationery Services Offered for Cards and Invitations
We offer copper plate or steel engraved work including visiting cards business cards wedding invitations announcements reception cards and other fine mercantile engraving. Bring your plate or we can supply one if you have none.
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Wardwell Lumber CO
Boston
Hope ST
Bristol, R. I
Warren
T. T. Allan
Juice Street
Cornelius Har
Warren, B. I. Ington
Prop
Robath
Bristol
Frances J. Manchester
William O Manchester
Brieto
Ph.nix
Herbert F. Bennett
Bristol Phenix
The
Phoenix
Boston Public Gardens
Fundamental Advertising
Nath'l C. Fower, Jr
Nath'l C. Fowler, Jr
Tribune Building
New York
Messrs. Wm. Elliott & Sons
Seedaman
Dey St
N. Y
M. Sanna-Solaro
Sanna-Svluro
St. Louis Republic
Pyramida
Ww. Ee
Boston Shoe Store
J. P. McLauchlin
I. B. Munro
Fox Hill
Charles E. Cole
Cook St
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