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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
6
A jumble of discounted fabrics and textiles lists numerous items with small prices such as 25c handkerchief linen and 25c tissues. It mentions various silks, lawns, seersucker ginghams, and stripes with prices like 39c and 59c, but many words are garbled or repeated.
Advertisement lists several shotguns and rifles with details and prices. Batavia double barrel 12 gauge 30 inches for $20, Hopkins Allen and Shatti hammerless 12 gauge 30 inches for $14.50, Knickerbocker 12 gauge 30 inches for $14.50, Richardson Davenport Ideal 12 gauge 30 inches for $40, rifles starting at $1.50. Buyers invited to inspect the stock.
Local shop promotes a range of shirt waists and ladies tailored waists with special prices from 49c to 2.75. Silk Messaline waists in colors and styles offered from 3.75 to 5.00. Embroidered front shirt waists listed at 1.00 1.17 and 1.29 with specials throughout the line.
An old newspaper item advertises hose for sale, listing 10c gray mixed National U.S. Army hose special four for 25c and all-mercerized hose in all colors at 15c per pair.
Shoe department offers discounted men and boys shoes in pat colt and gun metal oxfords. Prices range from 4.00 to 1.75 with special values of 2.98 3.50 2.19 and 1.98. Boys' blu oxford styles noted at 0.79.
An advertisement lists various pure white linen and mercerized table linen prices. Items include 36 inch wide linen at 39 cents, 29 and 30 cent linens, mercerized table linen at 39 cents, and larger table linens priced from 49 cents to 1.25 dollars with discounts to 89 and 75 cents.
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