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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
8
A brief ad outlines a pre inventory sale offering men’s suits and overcoats at various prices including 5.00, 11.25, and 15.00 dollar ranges. Special note mentions a table of broken sized suits with values up to 12 dollars. Auctioned items invite customers to take advantage of the sale.
The sale offers winter merchandise at cut prices including Mens and Boys Clothing Overcoats Shoes Hats Shirts and Gloves Ladies and Children's Cloaks Skirts Furs Millinery Rugs Dress Goods and more. A money raising sale to reduce stock and convert goods into cash with no charges and alterations added.
A local sale offers Ladies Wraps at 7.50 8.90 9.90 and 18.00 equivalents, Coats from 5.95 to 18.00, Children’s Bears in coats at 2.75 3.00, Children’s Coats in assorted colors 1.50 and 0.98, Ladies Skirts 6.50 to 12.50, plus Silk and Heather bloom Petticoats. Fur pieces and muffs discounted 1-4 to 1-3 off.
A catalog of women apparel offers for sale including vests and drawers at 45 to 89 cents per item. Heavy fleeced union suits priced around 39 to 50 cents. Kid gloves in odd sizes offered at 39 cents. Belts offered at 9 to 75 cents. Prices and items reflect a bulk sale advertisement from a historical retailer.
A fragmented catalog entry lists items including dark Outings solids and stripes with rope and 12 1-2 cents value offered at 2 C, light colored Kimona Outings at 7 1ioc quality priced 7C, Riverside Cotton 3 Checks at 4 C, Best Calico, One case White Linen valued at 15¢ with sale price 10¢.
Large assortment wool dress goods in new weaves such as Chevron Stripes Poplins Taffetas Broad cloths and Mohairs cut up to 33 percent off One table of remnants with 1 to 5 yard lengths priced from 1-3 to 1-2 of value 56 inch Wool Suiting value 60c 4 inch Broadcloth value 39c 59c 47c 89c.
Advert tells how brave firefighters suffer burns and use Bucklen Arnica Salve to ease pain and heal skin. It promotes arnica as earth's greatest healer for burns scalds wounds cuts and bruises with instant relief and 25¢ at Johnson Drug Co. Also lists Dr Witt's Little Early Fisers and other patent medicine pitches amid local sales notes.
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