01 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
1
A fragmentary price list shows wash goods in light colors priced per case and by item. Entries indicate reductions from prior figures with mentions of Jacanets Batestes and linen skirtings, plus other fabric goods now discounted.
Catalog style notice lists discounted shirt waists from 1.00 to 5.00 and satin and sill waists. Belts described as a job lot priced around 35 to 40 cents and wrappers marked down to 1.0. Contains currency and item terms in a fragmented sale alert from a vintage retailer.
In a bold statement the retailer cites unprecedented demand in hosiery and underwear. Strong prices, quality goods, and attentive service are highlighted as keys to the surge.
Local store announces seme annual clearing sale to reduce inventory of wash goods shirt waists and summer items. Traders state they will take a loss to empty stock and avoid packing any goods away.
The store reports satisfactory sales while noting broken lots in men's boys and children's suits needing price cuts to clear space for new stock. Furnishings like shirts collars and hats are moving fast. prices claimed as the lowest.
A fragmentary local notice lists salt per barrel and pricing for tobacco products. It mentions Bos Uncle Jack smoking tobacco, Diamond Cross plug tobacco once 10 cents per pound, Red Cross plug tobacco and Flat Tron plug tobacco with price 80 cents perhaps Famine era. Also notes Calmnie soap and bars of Something Good white soap in small quantities.
The ad promotes The New Store as carrying genuine Groceress Home and Bengal goods with consistent quality and lower prices than inferior products. It claims popular public approval and urges customers to try them so they won’t want any other brand.
A local store advertises Shoes Tots 880 and 1015 for ladies at 4.40 to 2.50, patent leather and oxford styles, 200 to 275 pairs. Men’s shoes include Good Year canvass at 2.00, hand sewn cordovan at 3.00, tan shoes, and oil train price drops. Large selection of work shoes 1.50 to 2.00, plus children's and misses shoes. New ladies skirts described as printless, nicely tailored garments.
Fragment of a 19th century paper notes debates on railroads, taxation, employment, and diplomacy. It highlights tariff and tax disputes, labor unemployment, a proposed St Louis fair allotment, and shifting political endorsements, with remarks on local editors, public figures, and social norms.
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