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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
26
A Fort Wayne store advertises a sweeping half price sale claiming record crowds and expanding lines. The notice urges readers to read the prices and profit from the event over the next ten days, highlighting ongoing demand and extended hours.
Discounted suspenders listed with prices 2Bc 38 cents 50 cents and 68e 15 cents. Mention of suspenders going at 12 50c and 25c with limit of not more than two pairs per person. Sparse sale notice mirroring old time newspaper style.
A readable ad lists discounted men s fancy suits with prices ranging from five to thirty five dollars and a twenty percent discount on blues blacks and staples to produce mixed final prices such as a twenty dollar black suit tagged sixteen dollars and other varied figures for the remaining stock.
A local ad offers 100 dozen Black Satine Shirts without union labels at $1.00, with all non union made work shirts priced to move at 50 cents. Buster Brown belts and wash hats and tams also offered at half price.
Local retailer lists boys fancy suits ages 15 to 20 at half price and discounts on blue and black staple suits. Prices shown from five to twenty two dollars with percentages and multiple items including rompers knickerbockers hats and underwear advertised in a brisk sale blurb.
Bargain bin records show light colored outing pants reduced to $3.00 then $1.50 with mid price steps of $4.00 at $2.00 and $5.00 at $2.50 and $6.00 at $3.00. All blue black and staple pants discounted 20 percent storewide.
Storewide sale offers Wayne Knit Half Hose at half price and 25c items. Colored bordered handkerchiefs sell at half price. Traveling bags and suit cases discounted 20 percent.
A historic sale notice lists fancy neckwear at 25 cents and 60 and 75 cent tiles. Shirts priced from 75 cents to one dollar, with caps limited per buyer and a ten percent counting rule. Raincoats discounted twenty percent.
James Sherman accepts Taft nomination and endorses the party platform. He defends protectionism, tariff revision, and labor laws, argues people rule through the party, and praises Roosevelt era policies while urging unified support for Taft Sherman ticket. The Utica event features Root Hitchcock and local celebration with banners and civic ceremonies.
Hot Springs Virginia August 18 Taft wrote regrets at not being able to attend the Sherman notification ceremony in Utica New York The letter expressed regret at missing the event and noted it would be a pleasure to receive the notification from neighbors and friends of the nominating process for vice president
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