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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1906
Page
1
For years we hold a summer sale to clear summer goods and boost business. The offer includes Good quality Toilet Soap three cakes in a box eight cents per box, Dress Buttons five sizes three cents per dozen, Better quality five cents per dozen, 15 to 20 cents, Fancy Pearl Buttons ten cents per dozen, Safety Pins two cents per dozen, and Very good quality Pins per paper.
A local store offers steep cuts on table linen, damask, towels, and napkins to clear stock. Highlights include 72 inch linen at 1.20 per yard, 68 inch linen at 0.45, bleached damask 0.26, red cloths 0.29, and napkins priced from 1.75 to 3.90 per dozen.
Silk yardage advertised with values such as 79c for yard wide black taffeta and 27 inch Shanghai silk at 4% cents per yard. Japanese corded wash silk checks 20c per yard, 24 inch Shogun pongee 49c, and 19 inch fancy silks 35c from 58c. Exaggeration denied as fair advertising principle.
A fragmented catalog note details remnants and yardage at low prices. Items include 2,000 yards of prints in dark styles at 2 g¢ per yard, 1,200 yards Sea Island remnants, 1,000 yards checks at 74 g¢, and assorted cotton crash lawn and lace stripe options priced around 4c per yard.
Dealers tout heavy stock cleanup with discounts on Organdy and Finished Lawns once 10c items now 5c per yard. Tropical Suitings gray blue tan mixes selling at 5c. 10c Printed Lawns and 12 percent lace stripe Organdies offered. Mercerized embroidered Mulls 5c to 12 1 2 c yard. Pompadour Organdies down from 25 35c to 19c.
A local shoe sale lists wide discounts on men women and children's footwear. Mens lace oxfords patent kid and tan pairs range from 1.40 to 5.50, with many options under 3 dollars. Women and misses canvas and patent oxfords priced from 1.10 to 2.50, plus several sandals and straps at half to two thirds off.
Fragmentary notes show a sale of suits priced by weight with various tag values including two dollar ranges and a low three-digit total. The text references weights, five aside, and specific suit prices.
Store offers deep cuts on ladies ready made skirts to clear inventory before fall. Many items priced under two to five dollars featuring blacks greys browns blues and new season skirts in Mohair Serger and Sicilian fabrics with discounts up to half price.
About 200 men’s shirts and negligee shirts in new condition priced at 50¢ each. Nearly 300 light-weight Balbriggan undershirts 22¢. A mix of pink and blue underwear mostly drawers at 50¢. Elastic seam drawers 41¢ a pair. Sizes up to 17 for shirts.
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