05 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1903
Page
1
A long advertisement lists numerous cut price items in a dry goods and millinery sale. White lawn fabrics, linens, embroidery, wash goods, silks, towels, draperies, damask, corsets, hosiery, hats, ribbons, and lingerie are offered at deep discounts with many items cut to substantial percentages. The note promises hundreds more bargains beyond the listed items.
Readable text describes a closeout sale on ladies skirts and waists with heavy discounts. Percale lawn and dimity waists reduced from 50c to 2c to 9c, white lawn and Madras waists cut to 4c to 9c. Skirts including wool, metallic cloth, and white duck styles marked down to around 1.80 to 3.09.
All furniture will be sold at cut prices on dates of the big sale with special reductions on many items. Wicker rockers drop from eight dollars to three five five, mahogany finish rocker from seven to four ninety five, folding lounge from eleven seventy five to nine forty nine, bedsteads from four to two ninety nine, oak bedroom suite three pieces from thirty two to twenty eight ninety eight, oak chiffoniers from thirteen seventy five to ten thirty nine, and an oak sideboard from sixteen fifty to twelve seventy five.
A broad inventory lists silks and dress goods alongside laces embroideries lawns dimities calicoes domestics and linens. The assortment also includes linens ducks piques ginghams chambrays and numerous drapery fabrics with additional items not fully named due to space.
Bargain sale announces medallion pictures cut to 18c and gilt frame sets at 25c. Handsome styles pictures at 5c to 1.75 plus elegant pictures 1.25. Large collection of high priced pictures to be closed out regardless of price.
A Gent's Furnishings sale features heavy discounts across men and boys apparel with items such as suspenders undershirts and shirts cut to fractions from 25c to 99c and a big lot of odds and ends cleared out to make way for a new department.
The store sells women thin and broken lots of oxfords sandals and high cut shoes from $1 to $3.50, with many styles left in limited quantities. Prices include 95 cents to $1.95 bargain day offers, including Pilgrim Lenape and extra high French heel options. Readership urged to pick quickly before stock runs out.
The advertisement promotes Budd's Baby Shoes from Moloney Bros Rochester with new stock. It lists prices such as 6 percent for $1.00 shoe and options 95c for $1.25 1.40 and 1.75, urging buyers to act before stock runs out.
Offer to clear stock of Bals and Oxford tennis shoes in black and gray rubber sole. Low cut styles 50c to 65c, bargain day price 35c per pair. Boys Grey Canvas shoes with leather bottoms offered at 65c regular price 1.25. Sizes 2 1/2 to 5.
All remaining stock from the $4.50 and $5.00 men’s fine low quarter patent leather and oxford styles goes on sale. The $3.50 line drops to 2.45, and the $2.00-$2.50 range includes fine Nullifiers and Southern ties priced at 1.45 a pair.
We are clearing old pairs of high cut men's shoes at bargain prices. Colonial ties in sizes 8 1 2 to 12 2 priced down from 1 75 to 3 to 95 cents. Roman sandals five and six straps in sizes 8 12 to 11, 12 to 2 offered for 95 cents. Displayed in the temporary Shoe Department upstairs over Dry Goods.
The shoe store announces a farewell sale on August 14 and 15 to clear remnants of low quarter shoes. The stock is reduced and the early buyers will have the best persimmon. The message urges early calls and promises a large selection of remaining pairs.
Advert shows stout men with big coats and shorter pants seeking fitting clothes before stock runs out. Offers include all wool cassimere suits in gray from $7 to $9, gray checked coats at $5.09, with old prices and size to 44 inch waist noted.
An advertisement promotes hats at various prices including 3.00, 2.50, 2.00 and 1.50. It claims sizes available, offers boys straw hats at 0.50, and lists best sellers at 1.50, 1.25 and 1.00 with bargain day pricing.
Local shop advertises a clearance of men coats and vests in serge and Mohair fabrics. Two piece flannel suits offered as cool options with prices ranging from 3.33 to 6.50, plus remaining stock in blue gray tan colors and odd sizes. Yardage of matting offered at 15 cents per yard.
A brief sale note offers discounts on clothing for tall customers. It mentions a neat gray check pattern and lists a regular price of 12.30 dollars.
Men’s linen suits in blue and tan priced per grade. 95c bib for 1775 linen suits, 1.50 for 2, 2.50 for 3. 1.95 for 3 and 3.50 linen suits. 3.35 for 450 and 5 best grade linen suits. Sale emphasizes low prices and varied grades.
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