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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
6
The store adopts a one price policy with plain figures and no bargaining. To reduce heavy stocks for the new season, prices are cut deeply on trustworthy merchandise, ensuring every patron receives the same discount even during special sales.
The advertisement lists various silk fabrics with sale prices per yard and piece. Items include Plain and Fancy Silks 75¢, Colored Satins 49¢, 18 inch Colored Messaline, Colored Taffetas 39¢ to 50¢, and Waisting Silks 79¢ to $1.25, in colors Navy Pink White Canary Gray Figured Stripes Plaids.
Store notes detail cash sales only during the Big Reorganization Sale with no approvals. Garments requiring alterations incur a fee. Public shopping suspended all day Friday to reorganize stock for the Saturday sale starting January 25. Party Boxes priced at 75 cents and 50 cents for children’s assorted color boxes with fittings.
Blanket sale offers full size cotton blankets from 2.25 to 4 dollars and wool blankets from 5.95 to 15 dollars. Includes gray wool nap and all wool gray plaid options at various sale prices.
The catalog lists discounts on house dresses and fabrics including 20 percent off and sale prices for prints, ginghams, waistings, oil cloth, and children's wear. Items feature light and dark outings, patterns like plaid checks and striped dress ginghams, and options in cotton, wool, and mercerized materials with prices noted.
Men s heavy wool sweaters in gray tan or maroon sold at 3 95 from old stock valued at five dollars before the war. The items are described as bargains with market value more than double current prices.
A display of wool garments on the second floor includes wool knit shawls caps toques infant's wool sacks leggins and related items with prices listed. A children's book titled Black Drawer Leggina is mentioned.
A small lot of women's and Misses' Serge dresses priced at 2.50, originally 5.00 to 7.50, and Georgette waists from 5.95 to 9.00, with wool knit sweaters and slip on waists also reduced. Limited supply, customers urged to select early to secure size and style.
A sale offers 25 percent off infants and children's wool knit caps tams toques moods sweaters and scarf sets. Readable items include caps tams toques moods sweaters and scarf sets for young wearers.
A very important sale offers reduced prices on women's tailored suits coats dresses and millinery. Garments match the store's high quality workmanship and style though only one or two of a kind. Alterations will be modestly charged and no garments sent on approval.
Advertises reduced prices on tailored suits from $15 to $59 with set sale prices and two special lots described as well tailored but out of season. One lot offers 17 garments originally up to $26 at $4.95, another 12 garments up to $35 at $6.50.
A newspaper ad lists numerous women's coats with reduced prices from 16.00 to 100.00 and notes three special low price lots. It advertises Misses and children's coats, with values up to 20.00 and sale prices as low as 1.95, highlighting bargain opportunities on winter outerwear.
Store promotes deep discounts with silk dresses from 15 to 25 dollars and georgette options, serge dresses reduced to about 18 to 25 dollars, one special for black and colored serge dresses. skirts also marked down by 25 percent.
Bargain event features Lot No 1 at 15c with fur trimmings and multiple neckwear items including silk and lace collars at 25c. Lot No 2 offers Be Neckwear lace net silk gloves and kid gloves with prices from 79c to $1.25, plus dress goods silks and various fabrics at sale prices including gray plaid suitings striped wool and gray checked wool waistings and stripped skirts.
Bargain priced hosiery under 1.50 and padded vests at 98c lead a textile sale. Cotton hose 12 12c infant and child hosiery featured, plus wool pants and vests at reduced rates. Millinery specials include Velvet Trimmed Hats and Velvet Tams with deep discounts. Various fabrics and sale prices listed across garments.
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