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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
2
Saturday bargains list pricing on calicoes, outing flannels, and china silks. Special values include 4c yard calicoes, 10c flannels, 39c 27 inch China silks, 63c bleached damask, and 15c pairs of women and children hose.
A vintage advertisement lists discounted items including Talcum Powder Air Float at 10c per can, Toilet Soap Oatmeal six for 25c, White Wash Skirts $2 to $4 regular price, White Linen Skirts $3.50 to $6 regular price now 1.50, Cocoa Door Mats fiber made at 50c regular price, and Couch Covers 60 inches wide 1.59 sale price.
A dense list of grocery items and prices from a historical market ad. It mentions home phones, various meats such as sugar cured hams and bacon, cheeses, vegetables like potatoes and onions, canned goods, soaps, teas, and coffees with per pound or per peck pricing. Brand names and vendors appear in a dense catalog style.
Promotion lists several olive oil and decorative goods with pricing in various units. Mentions Sir Barlow and a physician court setting in Tugland. Offers quantities and prices such as 250 per gallon, 145 per half gallon, and 40c per pint, presented in a promotional sales style.
City news notes a team of Uoelve men forming from Marion Country Club to challenge the Kekionga Golf Club in an afternoon match. A 40 foot flagpole erected atop the Hotel Anthony reaches 230 feet. Miss Lillan M. Dalton returns from an eastern trip stopping in New Philadelphia Washington and Baltimore. The comptroller invites banker suggestions on bank government limits. Charles F. Bond named special delegate to the American Bankers Association convention in Denver.
An historic advertisement from White Fruit House lists numerous discounted items: flour 53c per sack with limit of three per customer, granulated sugar underpriced at 49c for a ten pound package, sweet potatoes 9c peck, cranberries 1c per quart, cante loupe melons 1c each, juicy beef steaks 1 lb, picnic hams 60 per lb, sweet bacon 146 per lb, cigars eight for 5c, clover leaf liquor 50c quart or 2.00 per gallon, port wine 2.50 quart or 1.00 gallon, Centlivre beer 4.00 per case, temperance beer at 1 case, ostrich plumes sale and a grantite ware sale on the third floor, plus a Farmers notice about egg price. The ad urges customers to place orders, mentions limited stock, and promotes a quick sale.
Marion township opens the new term with Poe school led by principal Lucie Bomers and Jona Ketrow as teacher. Middletown school features Harley Same Thomson and Es Shookman. Enrollment is strong and pupils from other districts are being transported to their respective schools. Local families host visitors from Fort Wayne and Arcadia as residents head to Fort Wayne Fair this week.
A historical notice extols using Puree soap for spotless table linen and white rolls, noting coarse soap breaks cloths quickly. It promotes Easy Task soap as a cheaper alternative at five cents, claiming it cleans without damage and is easy to use for cloth care.
Our store at the Fair Groups is now in running order with a complete grocery stock on the shelves and ample staff. A meat department is added, with a full assortment kept on hand. the concession and Fair Association are pleased with the arrangements and contract execution. Fresh daily deliveries include bread pies cakes and other pastries.
The notice states the store will practice careful business management for all orders, promises prompt filling of orders, and has arranged for outside help next week. It emphasizes consistently right prices and encourages customers to telephone orders, with the promise that staff will handle the rest.
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