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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
6
A promotional notice touts Kirshbaum's clothing as the best made with a guaranteed label. It advertises heavy discounts on men’s all wool suits priced around 4.8, praising first class cut, Italian lining, and reliable merchant tailor quality. The sale promises substantial savings versus other outlets.
Offer No 2 features a grand assortment of men’s suits including worsted, black and steel clay, Scotch, tweed, and cissimeres in neat patterns and plain colors. Italian linings and Latin piping elevate quality with a retail value of $10 or more. On sale at $5.98.
Offer No 3 12 30 men s fin g suits 6.98 Kirsh baun s suits of excellence. Absolute perfection of style and expert tailoring. Choice of striped worsted pincheck worsted Scotch tweed cheviot homespun blue serge and other ready to wear suits. Prices compare to retail 12.50 and up. Our price 7.98 to 6.08 17 14. Our price 7.98 16.00 choicest suits 3.75. Kirshbaun s finest garments equal to top tailors built for ready wear.
A lengthy advertises a wide clothing sale featuring shirt waists wrappers and ladies wear. It touts low prices on suits, shirts, neckwear and millinery, claiming substantial savings versus competitors. The message highlights vast selections, including Tremont Griffin and Imperial waists, Saratoga wrappers, and cheap linen shirts.
A Lorain County merchant advertises underwear and hosiery with items such as ladies’ vests and ribbed jerseys, sunburnt corsets, white foot hose, and boys’ knee socks. The line compares summer corsets and offers a free pair if a buyer purchases a 35 cent corset elsewhere, inviting customers to compare quality and pay only 9 cents for some goods.
An advertisement lists fancy laure percales with guaranteed fast colors and 4340 Good quality India linen, Swiss lawns with fast colors, and a wide selection of white goods. The ad touts samples to compare values and mentions Fruit of Loom muslin, priced competitively.
Bargain shoppers urged to forsake high prices and visit for white duck skirts and many more items offered at half the cost. Prices advertised as one half of the usual amount entice readers to visit the store for savings.
An advertisement lists numerous men and ladies shoes with prices from 7 cents to 2.69, including Creoles, Hamburg, Willow calf, and Kangaroo styles in tan, vici, and cloth tops. It promotes a complete line for infants and children and claims pricing that outpaces competition.
Local retailer touts a large line of lace curtains and portieres in multiple colors with prices from $2.67 per pair. Also offers fancy handles, umbrella selections, steel rod with china handle, felt shade sets, curtain poles, table cloths, bunting and small and large flags. Emphasizes low prices due to bulk purchasing across Northern Ohio.
Advertising page touts hats at 23¢, black or brown caps, clocks including Seth Thomas and heavy plated sets with low sale prices. Watches from $11.98 to $11.93, Carlsbad china pieces at 10¢, wash bowls and jugs, lamps, Mason jars 42¢ per doz, and other kitchenware at deep discounts.
A fragmented list of hardware goods including clippers, knives and forks, wrenches, irons, axes, planters, roasting pans, locks, chisels, planes, compasses, saws, rivets, screws, stovepipe joints, sheep shears, tinware, wash pans, granite pots, kettles, sugar cans, and flour cans with various prices. The OCR yields scattered product names and prices without a coherent event or narrative.
A cluttered sale listing markets trunks, mandolins, violins, guitars, cases and leather goods alongside telescope and camera gear. It touts prices from under a dollar to about twenty dollars, with hardware like screen doors, window panels, hinges, and garden tools. Firearms and shotguns are offered, plus sport items and film plates, tripods, and bolts of hardware.
A fragmented price list catalogs notions and sewing supplies including hair pins tape soap brushes razors and powders with prices in cents and dollars. It describes a large selection from hair brushes and combs to dress bindings corset strings and embroidery spools plus fabrics towels linens and damask.
This listing advertises a price cut on an American washing machine sold elsewhere from 3.00 to 4.00, now 2.48. It notes an improved Boss model retailed at 5.79, a 25a washboard, a 13 cent large willow clothes basket, and large wooden tubs available at discount.
An old classified notice advertises fishing gear including 16 ft bamboo poles 8 jointed rods tangy rods reels hooks and minnow buckets. It notes low prices and that items range from plain cotton lines to high quality silks sold at about 1 cent under competitors.
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