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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1887
Page
2
Immense holiday stock to be closed out at low prices to make room for new stock. Ladies all wool garments offered at 75 cents to 1.50 with former prices up to 3.00, plus dress goods, bleached fabrics, flannels, and bedding slashed. Corsets advertised from 25 to 50 cents, Warner corsets highlighted, and a full line of Warner's Coraline Health Corsets in stock.
Durham Daily Recorder notes Will C. Thaxton as authorized agent for ads and subscriptions, and urges ads the evening before for next issue. Items cover market stalls, church services, hotel visits, tobacco markets, rail construction, Angiers Avenue, and local society chatter with names like W. H. Shaw, J. W. Cobb, and A. B. Sites, plus community notices and entertaining events.
Local ad text promises special bargains on shoes and invites customers to call for prices and demonstrations, hoping to show products upon request. The wording is garbled but indicates a sales pitch urging direct contact for pricing.
The benevolent orders of Durham plan a hospital of vast importance. Committees will confer with citizens to select a site near the Wooden Mills. The movement meets broad approval and suitable building space has been offered at a reasonable rent.
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