11 Mar 1902
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
1
An extensive discount sale lists varied dress fabrics, garments, and accessories from multiple departments. Names and brands appear in a dense catalog style, noting discounted items across ladies wear, millinery, shirts, coats, and undergarments with prices and quantities interspersed.
Bargain note warns prices rise due to 20 percent duty on plain black lusters and figured varieties. Lists various prices in old pence and shillings, urging readers these items can no longer be bought at the old price. Mentions specific patterns and quantities, with limited remaining stock.
An OCR fragment notes aprons for sale or inventory. Mentions 250 dark blue galabee working aprons, a 120 large linen cooking apron, an apron fall wes with bibs, 10Ld Su Kaira large waite munlin apron, and an inerion edge 104d.
Fragmentary ad copy describes hats and trims with prices in a discontinued style. Mentions White Jumbo Germa and Girly Coureak Beraw Hata in unclear quantities, with price references around 39 each and reductions noted. Source text is garbled but preserves sale context and millinery items.
The store advertises remaining stock of ladies blouses including Silk Blouses and Black Linen Holland Blouses. Items are slightly soiled or weed-d and priced to clear over the next warm week or two. Includes Hark Set Kwauie Blouses and assorted figures.
Marketable sale note touts value in boots with emphasis on honest prices and a local shop. Promotes a crew headed by Trulloh and another partner inviting customers to visit for best boot deals and durable footwear. The copy highlights no cardboard or split leather and mentions low Dane prices.
Store reports a heavy overstock of crockery and glassware with crates arriving directly from manufacturers. It offers large discounts to reduce stock and make room for new goods, including dinner tea and chamber sets, fancy tea pots, sugar bowls, butter dishes, water bottles, mugs, pickle jars, vegetable and meat dishes in various patterns.
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