29 Aug 1904
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1904
Page
1
A list of menswear items and accessories with prices includes indigo serge suits, worsted sack suits, tweed suits, striped trousers, and a large selection of gentleman’s umbrellas. Prices range from 6d to 1s 2d, with various entries for fabrics and garments. Pyjamas feature prominently among the items offered.
A crowded market week featured cattle, sheep and poultry with vibrant prices. Buyers showed strong demand for meat and dairy, while vegetables and produce sales fluctuated, aided by a large attendance and steady caveat on futures.
Before closing the winter season Tulloh and Co offers exceptional values in various departments for the remainder of the month.
Advertisement lists boot department items with prices including ladies slippers at 1s 1d per pair, solid Balmoral leather boots, boys sabot boots from 2s 6d, gent's calf Balmoral at 5s 6d, and gent's American boots from 10s 6d each, reflecting period retail terms and currency.
A late 19th or early 20th century ad lists dress fabrics including Tweeds Zibrlines and Berges with per yard pricing. Also mentions New Black Etamenes and Rich Black Cordallas, with several items offered at 11d to 28 63 per yard, noting limited stock of black fabrics.
Hosiery advertised with bargain wording for customers at Ordinary Wholesales Prices. Featuring Jadirs Black Cwahmners Hose in rubed or plain, four for 2s 61 Kyorum Sexcut-Children's Cashmere Hose with double tops, in stock including navy three pairs for Le 11d.
Retail ad notes remaining stock of quilts and blankets with various prices and conditions. Items include Warbled Quilts at 74 1d and 81 each, Down Quilts at 18 6d, blue and gray single blankets, and large woolen blankets offered with wear and slight soiling notes. Promotion urges swift purchase while supplies last.
An advert lists a broad selection of underskirts priced from 3s 6d upward with various styles and finishes. It mentions black white and color options in multiple lengths and a line of jewelry items alongside the skirts.
Grocery items and cash price list including dishes cups lamps and china ware with prices in pounds shillings and pence. Prices for white stone cups saucers cages and printed caps noted among miscellaneous tableware and household goods.
Fragmented OCR text notes a Saturday morning scene on Gelong street with a person name Decewsel visiting a friend at a cart and a mention of a batt or riot. Text is garbled and names unclear, offering only a brief glimpse of a local street event.
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