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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
5
Swendrickson's offers a big shirt sale with diverse styles and materials. Over 1,000 Princely shirts in madras and percale, originally 75 cents now 50 cents. Lion Brand collarless shirts with detached cuffs priced at 98 cents.
A seller proclaims unchanging prices since December 18 and defends them as fair and advantageous. The message emphasizes extensive buying power to offer lower prices and punctual service, urging buyers to verify savings and "honorable treatment" with a focus on value. It ends with a pitch for Figured Lawns fast color at 10 yards for 35 cents.
A trade style brief highlights a heavy taffeta silk waist in black with curved collar and corded pattern, priced as a quality value at 7.50 fabrication cost, plus a similar waist for 5. An India lawn pleated waist in white with ten front rows and pleating in back is offered as a cheap special at 1.50.
New skirts reach the market priced about one third below regular, stating the purchase is economical without sacrificing style. The ad highlights Tan Covert Cloth with navy and white braid, blue hues, and belt accessories, offering value at 70c per item.
Don’t blame the boys for clothing wear. Sup pose you buy wool and silk sewed suits like mens. Summer blue serge three piece Vestee suits with real vests for boys, priced from $2.50 to $6.00. Fine cassimers and worsteds also in range.
A Pittsburgh milliner representative contacted Wednesday to display four hat lots. For one Saturday only, hats are offered at about half regular prices SL.50, 2, 2.50 and 3.00, worth 2.50, 3, 4 and 5. Styles are the newest and just trimmed.
Sailor Hats in a wide range of styles tempt shoppers with the newest fashion. Visit the millinery section to see many designs and prices from 25c to 85c and up. Round braids are highlighted.
A local sale promotes men’s underwear with appeals to wives and mothers buying for husbands. It promises forethought and better quality at equal or lower prices. Highlighted items include Haibrigean shirts and drawers, satin-finished Wilcox and Gibb stitching, Scriven’s drill drawers, and Balbriggan options with sizes and price notes, all at deep discounts.
Linen handkerchiefs shown as imperfect with tiny flaws are sold at half price. Lot includes men, women, and children's linen handkerchiefs with various hems and trims. Ladies plain hemmed and embroidered pieces, pure linen items regularly sold higher. Mens fine linen and cambric handkerchiefs offered at bargain compared with other stores.
The Variety offers a wide range of corsets praised for style and comfort. Staff advise choosing the best suited model for your figure and invite customers to visit during the Muslin Underwear Sale featuring fine Cambric lace and insertion trim.
A catalog of travel bags showcases cowhide and alligator styles with brass trimming and linen lining. Prices list various sizes from 10 to 18 inches, including imitations, with noted per size rates and mentions of hand sewing and inlaid frames.
An old newspaper snippet lists telescopes with prices ranging from 50 cents to $1.00 and up to $1.25. Items include models labeled 16 18 20 22 and 50c 60c 70c 85c.
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