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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
8
Saturday and Sunday gatherings feature Ira and Pearl Graham in Kokomo with numerous relatives visiting nearby towns. Notes of guests include Ed Roferty, J. O. Pearcy, Rosa Seaward, Dalton Turley becoming a Marion interurban conductor, and local shopping ads from Galveston and Kokomo. One injury reported as Everet Gore sustained a broken finger from a horse kick.
A list of textile items and dress fabrics with heavily reduced prices. Items include belts, embroidery, dress shields, collars, lace, linens, lawns, muslins, and ginghams in multiple grades and colors. Prices range from a few cents to a few dozen cents, indicating a clearance sale or wholesale discount.
Thousands of yards of all wool dress goods and silks offered at deep discounts. Figures show substantial reductions from regular prices with items including 25 pieces of 50c goods for 29c, 65c to 75c suitings at 38c, 52-inch cravonette at 1.19, 48-inch serges and cheviots at 85c, satin messalines 48c, silk pongee 5c, black taffeta 79c, and assorted odds and ends from 59c to 1.00.
Local carpet department touts low sale prices to make homes cheerful. Offers Brussells rugs from $6.95 to 10.50, Axminster and Wilton rugs, velvet and ingrains, floor cloths, and Nottingham lace curtains with deep discounts. All items advertised at reduced prices with nothing held back.
A department store announces an all stock price-reducing event for shoes with deep discounts on ladies oxfords pumps and strap shoes. The sale emphasizes immediate purchase to maximize savings and promises no exclusions.
Silk Week at the Ready Made department offers heavy discounts across four lots of silk dresses and silk suits. Lot 1 priced $7.95 for former $12.50 to $16.50 pieces, Lot 2 $9.85 for $17.50 to $22.50, Lot 3 $13.75 for $22.50 to $27.50, Lot 4 $19.45 for $30 to $40 costumes. Wool tailors and jackets also discounted.
An old advertisement enumerates various fabric and linen discounts. Indigo prints, muslin, unbleached sheeting, damask and damas bloom to 75 cents per yard or per item, with prices for towels napkins toweling and damask ranges noted. Numerous 3 to 95 cent marks show bulk sale emphasis.
A sale describes low prices on lawn and crepe fabrics. It lists quality cottons and linens with marked reductions such as 5c lawns 12c batiste 15c organdie 22c linen suiting 15c to 29c and India linens down to 4c to 7c, emphasizing value and abundance.
A sale feature highlights fashion waists with dutch necks and embroidery effects at low prices. Items include a 1 dollar India linen waist at 45 cents, a $2 value at 95 cents, and a $3 to $5 range waists around 2.45 dollars, plus matching muslin skirts and corset covers offered at deep discounts.
All styles of summer hats offered at half value with drastic price cuts. Hurry to save on $2.50 trimmed hats now 95c and $3.75 trimmed hats at 1.95, plus $5.00 trimmed hats for 2.95 and $7.50 trimmed hats at 3.95. Children’s Mexican hats 50c and 1.50 styles now 39c and 75c.
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