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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1912
Page
6
A promotional note invites shoppers to enter the large department and enjoy savings on cash purchases. Customers receive a slip earning 3 percent back on totals of five dollars or more, usable across the store. The message promotes value and rewards at the Hershey Store Company in Hershey, Pa.
In the dress goods department shoppers find fabrics for summer dresses and shirtswaists. The assortment includes Messalines 18 in wide in multiple colors at 45c yd, Messaline 59c, silk pongee 27 in wide at 49c, Irish poplins 25c yd, striped wash silks 39c, cordrages 49c, Kobe silks 25c yd, tissues 25c, dress ginghams 10c and 12 1/2c, yard wide percales 12 1/2c, and batiste 12 1/2c with dot, stripe, and floral patterns.
Time to meet spring demand with a wide selection of women's dresses. Gingham options with yoke and Gibson back details priced at 2.19 and 2.98, blue sailor collars at 1.50, linen dresses at 3.25, middy blouses at 4.25, and black white checks at 1.50.
Readable lines describe shirtwaists offered at low prices. White waists with high necks long sleeves and embroidered fronts priced at 59c and 69c. Flaxen waist with sailor collar edged in lace 59c. Mullt waists with lace front long sleeves and pin tuck 1s6.
A garbled ad style text lists miscellaneous goods with various prices and vague descriptions. It references inches measurements and cents, suggesting retail items and discounts, but the readable content is fragmentary and lacks complete item names or context.
A compact list of bargain groceries with price points: glass jelly 12c, bottle 95c, olives 20c or 10c per package, noodles 8c or 10c per package, macaroni 8c or 13c per package, seeded raisins lic or 1 pkg, corn starch 3c, Argo starch 314, laundry soap 6 for 25c.
Listing of Wilton Velvet and Axminster rugs with dimensions 9x12 and 27x60 and 36x72. Prices range from 1.89 to 39.75 with multiple lines showing assorted costs per rug. Availability includes Brussels and Velvet finishes in multiple stock sizes.
Brussels hall and stair carpets offered in 27 inch width with borders priced at 69 and 75 cents per yard. Lower 69 cents option listed with extra border styling, other lot at 75 cents. Prices reflect household textile sale items in a general catalog advertisement.
Linoleums Soon announces housecleaning with linoleum as the top choice for kitchens baths and vestibules. It promises good appearance and lasting service with a full line of printed and inlaid linoleums at exceptionally low prices.
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