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Newspaper
Connersville Times
Location
Connersville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1902
Page
8
The store promotes a post Christmas closeout of winter goods in Connersville. They claim to sacrifice profit to clear stock, offering cloaks suits skirts millinery shoes and underwear at cost or below to rapidly reduce inventory. Thousands of dollars in value advertised as loss sale.
Fragmentary sale notice lists garments such as cords dresses and linings with prices 50c 75c and 1.00 reduced to 35c 48c and 6c per item 15c percaline linings offered at bargain rates.
A local sale advertises fascinators at 35 cents and 1 cent for 1 smaller item. Large opera shawls priced at 1.50 and 2.00 now offered at reduced rates. Extra large silk shawls listed as 3.00 but closing out.
Large heavy blankets priced around 75 cents to 4.25 with discounts. Extra size comforts offered at 1.75 to 1.98, twisted cotton blankets 2.50, all wool blankets 3.25, home made comforts around 1.65, high value shrunk blankets 4.25. Showcases begin.
Readable text shows a local sale listing various tailor made suits and skirts with prices ranging from four to thirty dollars. The ad highlights all wool materials, late styles, and deep discounts on men’s and women’s apparel during a clearance event.
Catalog blurb announces heavy boy’s knee pants at 19 cents and all wool pants at 1.00. Wool suits in two price tiers 1.19 and 2.98, with better all wool suits offered at 2.98.
An advertising snippet lists dressing sacques priced at 1.50, 1.75, and 2.00 dollars with a note of 450 very fine silk trimmed sacques offered for 2.98 dollars.
A fragmented list of bargain items with prices, including cotton bats, men's gloves, dress bindings, envelopes, talcum powder, toothbrushes, soaps, cashmere bouquets, baby sets, handkerchiefs, embroidery items, and decorative pillow and cushion tops with cents and dollar amounts. Names, dates, or brands are largely absent or unclear.
A fragmented local item mentions a linen crash sale with prices 8c 10c and 57 cents. It notes quantities and a small market event but the details are unclear. The source preserves a brief cashier-like line about a crash and pricing.
A sale offers 500 picture books priced between 5 and 25e and 200 cloth bound volumes valued around 2de. Banks will auction 50 of the finest titles, with a top lot valued at 140. The event promises strong sellers and quality bindings.
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