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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
7
A local retailer touts massive savings on men’s all wool suits and other garments. The ad claims top quality Kirshbam’s stock, guaranteed not to rip or have buttons fall off, with suits priced at 4.98 after initial 38.00 value, promising market-leading prices and strong reputation.
Offer highlights a wide range of men’s suits from Worsted and Tweed to Serge and Cassimere. It touts Italian linings, expert tailoring, and prices cut from retail 10 to 14 dollars to sale levels from 5.98 to 8.75. Kirshbaun’s branding appears, praising quality and ready to wear perfection.
An expansive catalog advertises department store pricing on shirt waists wrappers and a large men and women clothing selection. It highlights suits from 2.40 to 6.29 and various fabrics with deep discounts versus competitor prices. The ad touts Silk Front Shirts 35c to 4c, Linen Collars 10c, neckwear bargains, working shirts 50 percent below rivals, and a large millinery and buttoned fashion assortment.
A Lorain county retailer advertises extensive discounts on underwear hosiery and white goods plus men’s shoes and luggage. Highlights include ladies vests, skirts, corsets, hose, and garters. men’s leather and kid shoes. curtains, portieres, lace, and umbrellas. Many items priced well below competitors with calls to compare values and samples.
A short ad lists Mason's 1 quart fruit jars with porcelain caps from Ball Bros. at 42 cents per dozen and rubbers per dozen. The message appears as a sale notice for household storage items.
A readable fragment lists hardware goods including porcelain door knobs 19¢, ice tongs 49¢, auger bits, shoe repairing outfits, planes saws and braces, brass tools, boxes of Diamond Mica, tin cups 10¢, wash pans and boilers, Star dinner pails, graniteware dishes, sugar cans, kettle covers, and a labeled flour canister, with various prices noted.
Local druggists offer the Improved Boss product line with a specials price at five dollars for the main item and Windsor malt extract at 25 cents. Ammonia red point bottles and Florida water featured. claims include a single bottle trial with a promise of customer return for a case. Case price quoted as 117 dollars.
Fragmentary ad listing fishing gear and supplies including 16 ft bamboo poles 3 piece jointed rods fancy rods brass reels and various minnows and buckets. Mentions Cincinnati bass swelled hooks double gut dot currency and reference to Hines manufacturing goods at low prices.
A fragmented advertisement touts trunks at four dollars for five dollars and trunks for Regt, plus telescopes and brass trimmed suitcases. It pitches deep discounts, claiming items sell for at least the money, with prices like two dollars for one and three dollar trunks for one barrier, urging readers to buy.
A dense listing of hardware, tools, and sporting gear. Includes screen doors, wire cloth, hinges, window extenders, poultry netting, handles, rubber door slats, and saws. Also features cameras and supplies with several models and prices, rifle and shotgun listings, paint and brushes, brushes, household goods, garments, and a vast array of small hardware items with prices. Notable named items include The Klondike camera and Winchester rifle offerings.
A local shop advertises envelopes two cents and pencil pads, a wide range of tablets from legal to foolscap, three sheets per set, box paper in colors, books including old sleuth novels and others, cloth bound novels and Bibles, ink and paste, ledgers, and office supplies plus willow ware and furniture items like chairs and tubs.
Advertises beat fly nets jamgon at 1.98 and web pars 25 and 36c, All 76 leather balters for 4c, back pads and breast pads, ships and rawhide supplies guaranteed. Large clothes hampers 49e and kitchen lamps with burners and chimney offered.
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