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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1911
Page
8
A Birmingham style business announces fifteen years of honesty as its foundation. The firm claims to be among the state’s greatest mercantile houses in women and children’s merchandise and invites patrons by stressing mutual loss if not chosen.
OCR fragment lists various items and prices including medicine bottles and clothing terms, along with partial product descriptions and stray phrases. The text is garbled with inconsistent capitalization and misspellings, making cohesive meaning or a definite news item unlikely.
An old catalog style notice promotes knitted garments and caps imported from Betmet Ireland. Items include a cape for women and children, aviation caps, and a decorative knitted sepher. Prices are listed in pounds and dollars, with mentions of youth sizing and color options.
Local shop offers Pure Irish linen waists with hand embroidery and Irish lacelet, priced around $1.56 to $1.75. Black silk taffeta and net waists with tuck details and elastic features also showcased, with prices from $1.98 to $2.95 and chiffon options in navy black and brown.
A vintage advertisement proclaims The Maze store offers superior buying facilities and daily service year round. It touts membership in a major buying syndicate and promises low prices on coats suits dresses and auto coats with New York style arrivals at rapid speed.
Period catalog style advertises tailored skirts including 2108 all wool Panama at $345 and 23B-Wiry Worle dress skirt at $5.93. New silks feature 19 inch fancy taffeta in multiple colors, 18 inch fancy messalins, 27 inch jacquards, 24 inch messaline for linings, and 36 inch messaline in navy red brown pink with assorted shades and prices from 5c to $1.60.
A department listing dozens of black silk fabrics with features like black taffeta and duchess satin. Prices show markdowns from $1.00 to $2.00 values, highlighting quality and durability in items such as 36in black taffeta and 36in Latin Duchess.
A local merchant advertises an express shipment of kimonos arriving by freight car and urges quick inspection of new stock. The description highlights long bordered capes and kimonos with full cut, satin trim, and colors including light blue, cordial, lavender, and pink, offered at ten dollars per item.
Poorly formed ad notes a satin waist garment with high lustre and side tucks offered at 100 dollars. The wording is unclear and may contain typos or misspellings.
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