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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
3
Comanche Texas merchants announce the Cunningham and Burton stock sale with three carloads of Dry Goods. The store opens Wednesday at 9 a m May 19 offering Calico at 3c and Ginghams at 7c. Shoes hats shirts overalls and gloves priced at deep discounts to clear stock.
Sale offers 75e Middy blouses and white embroidered waists at 2.00 and 1.50, white underskirts at 0.35, silk petticoats 2.50, assorted petticoats 3.95 to 1.35, and house dresses in ginghams and pereales 0.62 to 0.50. Prices emphasize bargain items across multiple lots in a department store listing.
A speaker dismisses political pamphleteers and merchants pushing buying plans, arguing he is not a banker or politician but questions who truly helps farmers. He contrasts circulars that promise big sales with real farming guidance and the distribution of such notices across the country.
A street level advertising pitch urges readers to persuade every county merchant to offer deeply discounted shoes and Stetson hats. The seller promises $5 shoes for $2.50 and $3 to $4 shoes at half price, stressing no price inflation to disguise discounts and inviting purchase directly.
A Comanche County merchant vows no false advertising and offers a suit of clothes to anyone who can prove otherwise. He invites buyers to inspect his stock and brands such as Hamilton Brown dress goods and Edwin Clapp shoes to verify quality.
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