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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
6
The Rorode Dry Goods Company promotes a single low price across all items. The store announces a fall merchandise showing designed to attract trade, claiming every department's display is ready with new goods to lure customers.
Satisfaction guaranteed with money back if you want it. For months plans have been laid for the fall campaign. New goods are arriving by the car load. We invite inspections of the ready stock and promise service now better than ever.
Our experienced buyers have sourced top dress goods from America England Germany and France. The dress goods store of the state offers exclusive styles dependable quality and right prices with a wide range from 10 to 400 per yard. Highlights include Printed French Flannelette 10¢ a yard 27 inch Clan Plaids 12½¢ a yard Novelty and Plain Dress Goods 25 to 50 per yard 35¢ and 40¢ 40 inch Plaids 35¢ a yard Jamestown Worsted Dress Goods 25 35 40 per yard and Fall season plaids cheviots homespuns and rough effects priced 50c to 4.00 a yard.
The Cloak room on the second floor promotes new arrivals with best makers, promising value in materials fit and workmanship. Opening specials include 25 suits at 10 dollars, 25 at 14 50, with values of 12 50 16 50 and 18 dollars respectively.
A local retailer hawks an opening sale of silks and black goods with extensive assortments from top makers. Black Crepons, Venetians, Cheviots, and Prunelles are priced from 85c to 3.50 per yard, plus Taffeta silks in new shades. Featured pieces include Black Satin Duchesse and Black Peau de Sole at varied prices, with emphasis on value and selection.
Largest linen stock offered with dependable goods from top makers. Special values include 200 pieces Cotton Twisted Crash five cents a yard and many all linen or damask items. Towels quilts and table damask featured with season opening prices from five to thirty cents per yard or each.
Early buying enables us to offer Outing Flannels of exceptional quality at very low prices. Light and Dark Outings in several grades are offered at 8c to 14c a yard. Shaker Flannels and Unbleached Canton Flannels are priced 5c to 7c and 4 1 4c to 7c per yard.
Case upon case of standard quality Prints and Ginghams are displayed for selection. Calicos in Indigo Blues Greys Black and White and Fancies 5c a yard. Extra fine apron and dress ginghams a special offering here. Percales 27 inches wide in dark styles 6c a yard. Cretonne draperies 12c a yard regular price. Light ginghams at reduced prices.
Prices on cotton goods rise but cash buyers benefit from vast stock and low mill prices. Unbleached muslin yard goods and bleached muslin offer season openings, soft finishes, and heavy shirtings at reduced rates. Pillow case cotton and ready made sheets sold at lower than material costs.
Direct importers tout Kid Gloves made to order from selected skins with careful fit and durability. They emphasize value by saying a dollar glove can be the best glove in the world for the money, and list offerings in Pique and overseas. Sole agents for Cen timeri Perrin Reynier and Voltaire are noted.
Blanket time is near with foresight rewarding shoppers. The store lists many blanket styles and sizes with prices ranging from 48c to 14 dollars per pair, highlighting all wool options from 2.50 to 14.00 per pair. Unusually low sale prices precede premium all wool blankets.
Shop offers children's colored border handkerchiefs two for 5 cents, hemstitched colored border options at 3 cents each, ladies lawn hemstitched at 4 cents, various 10 cent values, pure linen options at 25 cents, Swiss embroidered styles 15 cents, and men's hemstitched cambric at 6 cents to 7 cents, with a range of linen handkerchiefs available.
A hosiery retailer announces an opening season sale offering two lots of Fancy Hosiery with prices 19c and 25c per pair, plus opening sale prices for Children's Fast Black Hose 10c, Men's Half Hose 15c value, and Women's Seamless Fast Black Hose 12 1 2c per pair, highlighting quality and value. The ad emphasizes a broad assortment and special pricing on items including Women's Full Fashioned Fast Black Hose with high spliced heel.
All that is beautiful and stylish in dress garniture materials is shown here with spangled nets chiffon taffeta and Venice all overs Parisian novelties in laces and trimmings. The largest assortment at the lowest prices invites patrons to visit and admire.
Opening sale specials feature a rapid-growing china and glassware department with a wide range of dinner sets, china types, bric a brac, lamps, and toilet sets. Highlights include 100 piece American china sets for 5.98 and 160 piece sets for 7.98, plus discounts on tumblers and imitation cut glass items.
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