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Newspaper
Cheyenne Daily Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
2
Doors were thrown open Wednesday morning for an Alteration Sale and crowds flocked to buy bargains. The store promises more new bargains on Saturday and urges shoppers to take advantage of this money saving event.
A dramatic sale listing touts drastic markdowns on dresses, skirts, suits, jackets, and shirtswaists. It highlights low prices on gowns, lace and embroidery, and warns that prices are “slaughtered.” The item mentions Barnett’s Pony stockings and offers various折 prices for women’s apparel and accessories.
Local store advertises deep discounts on wash goods, undergarments, gowns, drawers, skirts, and kimonas. Sales include corsets and corselets with many items labeled sale prices, claiming muslin underwear stock is among the best ever shown in Cheyenne.
A period catalog-style ad details a clearance offering gloves in kid silk lisle and cotton, with varied prices from 3 to 3.00 and sale prices on long and short gloves, plus consignments of aprons, ginghams, percal es, linens, toweling, table linens, and accessories, all at deep discounts. It emphasizes remnant counts and bargain pricing across departments.
An old style sale notice promises drastic price cuts on 300 pair ladies Oxfords in patent kid calf and gun metal, 500 pair ladies shoes in all leathers, 250 pair ladies canvas Oxfords, and boys Lion Shoe line with sale prices listed. Window displays urge customers to see prices and let the store show them.
A sale ad touts boys clothing with suit prices at four to seven dollars and emphasizes a wide selection of knee pants. The listing highlights special lots combining items for clearances.
The advertisement touts basement bargains as the season’s best values created by a special quantity purchase. It urges customers to visit and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing all goods marked in plain figures.
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