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Newspaper
Houston Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1911
Page
5
A distorted sale notice highlights drastic hosiery discounts in Houston, urging swift action. The fragmented text emphasizes careful, energy filled presentation and appeals to customers to reflect the value placed on their purchases.
Dealers note the line includes many wool coat suits valued up to 29.50 with a wide diversity of styles and materials. The range features serge white and color patterns, striped effects, fancy textures, and new short models suited for traveling.
This spring Nemo Corsets promotes a sale with low prices on numerous patterns and cloths. The collection features fabrics like Voiles and Panama, varied models with trim bands, pleats, and covered buttons, priced mostly between 5.50 and 10.00, some slightly soiled or discontinued, aimed at clearing stock in town.
Wide assortment of silks on sale with 24 inch and 27 inch widths in satin, twill, faille, and shantings. includes natural, charcoal, and other colorings. Prices quoted from 79 cents to 98 cents, with many items at 59 cents.
Historic ad notes 40 inch wide white goods with soft lingen efinish and extra fine sial ing for womens dresses. Describes Madras patterns in plain white or striped, under the brand Flaxon as a substitute for finen, highlights finish and repeated washing. Mentions a special Monday yard sale event.
Laundry of fabric specials announces discount yardage on 27 inch Silk and Cotton prints. Includes Silk AA Pontes and Silk Mulls, Chiffons, Corton Voile, 27 inch imported Organdies and Ornaments with various grounds and patterns. Prices offered up to 16 39 8 96 per yard, sale Monday.
Advertising for children’s dresses in white lawns and fancy ginghams, sizes from newborn to four years, offered at 1.98 with accessories and varied necklines. The notice highlights color options and special categories while implying a sale on $2.49 dresses.
Unclear OCR text describes women clothing items with reduced prices. Mentions Petticoats at $1.19 from $1.50 and notes white garments with lace details. Fragmentary wording limits precise details and brands.
Mixed offers feature a $2.49 bonnet assortment and a $189 Cape special. Items described include styles like White Hornets and Duile and Vewneh, with vine patterns and ribbot accents. Caution: OCR errors distort some words.
A fragmented ad offers parasols priced at 2.25 after a 2.98 tag, promising a pretty assortment for summer use. Details are incomplete but highlight bold colors and decorative trims as selling points in a dated shopper-style notice.
An old style advertisement lists 25c and 35c hosiery with prices near 19 cents. It mentions sizes and ribbed patterns like 1x3 and top stripe designs. References to neckties, man’s plain merized items, and suggestive catalog notes appear, though details are garbled. The fragment hints at a retail sale page with multiple hosiery and clothing items.
An advertisement lists multiple embroidery items with 59 to 98 cent prices. It highlights floral and Irish designs, 24 inch Allover Embroideries, and leather lined pieces, touting wide value and color options for potential buyers.
Advertises 50c neckwear now 35c with a selection of lawn and lace collars. Includes round and sailor styles, cotill and bordered designs in black navy and other colors. Mentions plainen Le Col woes and a variety of colors, fabrics, and finishes in a vintage sale format.
A short clipped line mentions prices by dollars and a reference to an electronic device with an "IXTEEN-BUTTON Length" in black and white. It lacks clear nouns or events to derive a full news item.
Heav y of a minute rest and fifty or more hats will be here to greet you tomorrow at this staring redueting. Those who could not purchase their hats before were not so fortunate. tomorrow they have the opportunity of saying Headly halt on their Summer Hats. The collection includes all types of spring shapes trimmed in ribbons Paris street styles and fancies with broad variety of materials.
Readable text advertises fabrics and materials priced at $1.00 and $1.25 per yard. Items include 42 inch Shepherd Chase and Vigouroux fabrics in blue gray and white, Panama serges and mohair weaves with shadow stripe patterns. Special Monday sale at the yard, lists various color combinations and lightweight skirt suitability.
Advertisment promotes Rag Rags at 8.95 instead of 12.50 with a free scarf. It touts replicas of grandmother loom weaving, colonial craft styles, and rustic patterns in varied colors suitable for homes. Limited by Monday sale.
Fragmentary ad text mentions curtain nets offered at low prices with unclear branding and product details. Readable bits reference open mesh nets and discounted rates, but essential names and quantities are missing.
Readable fragments show prices and items including soup and cream, cut glass, sugar sets, celery dishes, powder, and embroidered linens. Mentions center name and date with sales emphasis, but details are garbled and uncertain.
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