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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1895
Page
4
The store launches today a major forced sale of surplus dry goods stock. Goods arriving since last Wednesday include silks, dress fabrics, linens, towels, cloaks, furs, calico, muslin, ribbons, embroideries, gloves, hosiery and underwear. Entire stock offered at 50 cents on the dollar and less. Early items shown to illustrate pricing.
The ad lists printed China and India silks with merchants prices 45 to 50 cents, fancy taffeta silks, black groat taffeta, and printed India silks once at 1.50 to 2.00, now on sale. Coats and jackets marked down, including 100 cloaks and two lots of misses jackets, with sale prices around 2.50 to 20.00 and storm coats offered by choice.
Bargain fur sale announces over 100 fur capes including Astrakhan whole skins and American seal capes with reduced prices. Regular 15 dollar capes down to 7.50, plus other furs like electric seal otter mink Alaska seal and animal head scarfs offered at about 1 dollar.
A single lot of about twenty Sults dresses offered at prices of 12.00 25.00 and 20.00 with the shopper choosing preferred style.
86 inch camel hair at 25c quality, sale price. 40 inch striped suiting made to sell at 5c, sale price. 54 inch wool suiting priced across 75c, sale price. Novelty suiting same as last week at 50c in broken stock. 40 inch black serge 50c value now 29c to 35c.
Ladies ribbed heavy cotton vests with high neck and long sleeves offered at sale price. Fresco lined vests and pants in natural color with silk finish neck and satin ribbon at sale price. Cotton union suits listed at six oric price with sale price.
A fragmented price listing shows notions for sewing such as cotton, black silk, twist, pins, paper pins, hose supporters, belt attachments, dress shields, shoe polish, curling irons, crimping pins, safety pins, hooks and eyes, pearl buttons. Prices appear at the bottom in cents, indicating a retail catalog snippet.
Vintage advertisement lists Copper bottom wash boilers at 69c and various laundry and household items. Includes Genuine Globe wash boards, wire coat hangers, brooms, pint and quart tin items, large willow hampers, coffee pot, glassware, and water pitchers with prices. Marketed as a general hardware and household goods sale from a period catalog.
A fragmentary ad catalogs various china ware and household goods including dinner and soup plates fruit saucers tea cups and saucers large and small meat platters covered tureens butter dishes sugar bowls cream pitchers and accompanying bath and soap items with prices and notes on condition, mainly sold as a lot or damaged stock.
Readable remnants show a millinery sale offering 300 fancy feathers priced from 50c to 65c each and 200 punches fancy feathers in color ranges from 50c to 1.50, 200 untrimmed hats from 75c to 1.25, 100 trimmed hats from 2.50 to 4, plus children caps and knit caps with sale prices around 10 to 35 cents.
Men's natural wool half hose seamless priced at 25c. Men's all wool seamless Shaker socks offered at 2dc. Ladies all wool seamless black hose ribbed and plain with rib tops at 25c. Ladies seamless fast black hose with spliced heel and toes at lbc. Children's black ribbed hose sizes 5 to 9 14 offered at lic.
Large dry goods stock lists over 3000 muslin undergarments in good order including corset covers priced around 19 cents with sale plans indicated. Embroidery trimmed corset covers priced at 25 cents and gowns in mother Hubbard style retailing with set sale pricing. Drawers feature yoke bands and wide hems with sale pricing noted.
Cataloged sale page lists 36 inch to 64 inch muslins and damasks with regular prices and sale prices. Includes yard wide brown and bleached muslin, 40 inch damask, Turkey red damask, 64 inch bleached damask, honey comb towels, crash toweling, mommie towels, rugs, and jute rugs priced to attract buyers. Key vendors and price points reflect discount emphasis.
Muslin skirts with embroidery and lace trim offered at sale price. Chemise also in good muslin available at 48e 19c.END
Ribbons from sea yard to 2d¢, once sold at 10c to 65c, are now promoted as desirable items. The note signals a wholesale or sale setting with a wide price reduction aimed at attracting buyers. No further details on seller or venue are provided.
Over 400 pairs of lace curtains reach Nottingham Tambourd and Brussels markets. Some bundles contain a single pair while others offer three or four matching pieces.
A sweeping collage of short items recalls suicides in Kokomo and Kokomo area, drownings near Albion and Terre Haute, a missing surgeon in Greencastle, a fatal fall in Greensburg, a court suit over sidewalks, a golden wedding near Muncie, a railroad death at Lafayette, and assorted local incidents from Terre Haute to Richmond.
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