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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
8
A colossal sale offers Kirshbam's men and boys clothing at about half price. The ad touts $8.00 all wool suits now $4.98 with first class cut and guaranteed labels. It emphasizes reputation for quality and reliable tailoring and promises durable buttons and tips.
Offer promotes men s suits priced at 5.98 with patterns and skilled workmanship. Lists various suit types including worsted, cassimere and tweed in neat patterns and plain colors. Claims Italian linings and piping and notes typical retail values of 210 or more.
Offer No 3 presents 12 50 men s fine suits at 6 98 price. Kirshbaun s suits emphasize excellence, style and expert tailoring. Choices include striped worsted pineheck sested tweed cheviot homespun and blue serge suits made to retail at 12 or more, now 6 98.
An advertisement for men’s suits from High class Manufacturing Tailors features Ready to wear garments in multiple patterns and fabrics. Prices show $7.98 and $14.00 with bold claims of superior tailoring, Berge Linings and top quality ready to wear apparel. The copy emphasizes perfect fit and workmanship and compares to merchant tailor made clothing.
Local retailer touts men and boys suits made from finest wools at prices far below rival stores. Highlights include mixed suits, worsted suits, English cheviot, clay suits with satin lining and hand made button holes. Suits priced from two to five dollars, with children's suits also on display.
An advertisement touts a line of fine silk front shirts with over two dozen fancy dress shirts in colors and white. It promotes linen collars and neckwear at half price versus competitors, claims best working shirts at 40 percent below rivals, and asserts the same goods sell for double elsewhere.
Local retailer touts Tremont Griffin and Imperial waists with large stock. Highlights Saratoga wrappers for comfort and fit, claims best prices and superior style. Offers shirt waists in many colors and patterns from 23¢, silk versions at $2.19, urging price comparisons to prove value.
Locals note the millinery department’s big business as customers flock to hats priced at a third of competing stores. Selection features quills and flowers with trimmed bats starting from 29¢ and up, reflecting substantial savings during the visit to the shop.
An advertisement extols Underwear and Hosiery items including ladies vests corset covers and skirts with low prices. It claims superior fit and quality and offers a free pair of summer corsets if buyers compare with Borain county corsets to prove value.
A vendor sells numerous fabrics including fancy laurel percales with fast colors and India linen, Poco Swiss lawns, and white woods. The promotion urges buyers to compare widths and values, noting prices claimed lower than rivals and referencing Maslin and Fruit of Loom offerings.
A local ad touts duck skirts at half the price, inviting shoppers to compare with higher priced alternatives and urging customers to buy from the advertiser. The message emphasizes affordability over brand names.
An old shoe advertisement catalog lists men heavy off grain Creoles and Defender shoes with prices around 1.19 to 2.68, featuring fine vilian kid and kangaroo uppers, tan vests, and hand sewn styles. Ladies vesting tops and walking shoes in tan and black are included along with infants and children's footwear at competitive prices.
An old Lorain county storefront advertises a large selection of umbrellas, parasols, and associated goods. It touts low prices on ties, handies, ladies and gents umbrellas, kid gloves, silk mitts, felt shades with rollers, curtain poles, and lace curtains, claiming line breadth and cost savings on many items.
Advertising copy notes bunting in all colors priced per yard and small flags sold by the dozen. It also lists large flags sized 18 by 25 inches priced each. The text reads like a decorative supply notice for event decoration.
A promotional sale lists hats and caps in various colors and styles with low prices, plus alarm clocks, Seth Thomas clocks, and marbleized mantles at bargain rates. Silverware, plated goods, watches, Carlsbad china, and porcelain ware are highlighted with reduced prices and limited time offers.
A catalog listing a wide range of hardware items with prices: knives and forks sets at 78¢ and 41.50, large monkey wrenches, iron and steel waps, irons, axes, corn planter, roasting pans, door locks, patent ice tongs, chisels, auger bits, shoe repairing outfits, braces, planes, saws, compass saws, bolts, rivets, pipe joints, steel traps, rivets, beekeeping shears, spirit levels, wash boilers, pie plates, granite ware, sugar cans, sprinkling cans, Mason jar accessories, and a carload lot of Mason’s supplies. notes include unit prices, per-box items, and quantities where legible.
Local sale advertises 16 ft bamboo poles Bpe jointed rods fangy rods fish hooks and bass double gut lines. Minnow buckets 8 ft reels and silk lines offered with prices noted as lower than other dealers. Bargain hunting anglers urged to inspect assortment and compare.
Local shop advertises a large variety of trunks at deep discounts and the best priced telescopes on the market. They quote trunk bundles from two fifty to four dollars with steep retail splits and promise high quality brass trimmed cases for sale at affordable rates.
The listing surveys numerous instruments and cases including mandolins, guitars, violins, strings, leather bound cases, and accessories. It catalogs cameras, plates, tripods, and window screens with prices, plus a varied firearms section featuring Winchester and Hopkins & Allen rifles, shotguns, and revolvers alongside related ammunition and baseball gloves.
The listing details paints and brushes, best hard wood toothpicks four boxes, a 10 by 14 mirror, an oak frame, shoe blacking in a box, a roll of corrugated carpet paper fifty yards, and related supplies.
A dense sale list of notions and dry goods items with prices. Includes pins, hair pins, hooks and eyes, curds, curlers, toothpicks, brushes, tape measures, powders, vaseline, toothpaste, perfumes, fabrics, bindings, stays, elastics, corset strings, collars, ties, garters, barber soap, Florida water, brushes, straps, purses, bill books, cards, chips, pipes, gum, thermometers, clippers, clothes lines, linens, towels, table linens, ginghams, calicos, pique, ducking, envelopes, foolscap, tablets, paper, books, Bibles, boxes and baskets. Prices in cents and small dollars. wide variety for household and personal use.
The council Thursday moved to grant funds for a county railway project with work starting at North Ambers and extending to Elyria as planned. Foster’s proposal aims to widen Broad Street bridge by ten feet, with girders added, while preventing accidents and extending the creek clearance.
Opinion argues builders seek only repayment via payments and private rights of way. It asserts franchises in Oberlin and Wellington are secured, while question remains what local ore owners along the route will donate. The piece claims property along the line would benefit, urging prompt action to secure an early construction.
Despatch from Linton notes rails laid from Hulls Corners to State Court with delays until overhead bridge over Lake Shore railroad is finished. Completion expected within a month, then track toward this place to be seen. Remaining work will take only a few days, with roughing nearly complete. A report says the line may not be built east of Huron, as eastern extension efforts continue and temporary abandonment is possible.
The project plans a new electric line running to fall under a promoter’s timetable with work starting soon. Gruc will commence Monday with half the ties purchased and teams and equipment already allocated. Private right of way secured for much of the route toward P field avenue. The city council decided this morning to use a girder within the city limits.
E A Phipps of West Bridge Street fell from a cherry tree on Thursday morning and suffered a sprained wrist a broken nose and bruises though the injuries are not serious. Entries for the Elyria Trotting Association meeting near July are progressing with strong support and plenty of entries already received for the local track event.
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