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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
2
J Frank McDermond of Attica Indiana promotes a hot weather sale as summer heat arrives. The store touts large stock, deep discounts, and numerous summer garments including crepe and voile blouses, lace waists, silk lingerie, and informal dresses.
A June bridal gift feature highlights pretty dresses with patient workmanship. It highlights several dress lots priced from 4.98 to 7.98 and notes children dresses at 50 cents to 1.98, suggesting a bridal shop sale atmosphere and budget options.
Bright ad offers lace curtains in white and ecru at special prices and nets and voiles drapery items. Includes carpets rugs linoleum porch furniture and assorted home textiles with reduced rates and multiple small price points.
The advertisement promotes Ladies and Misses hats at reduced prices from $8.50 to $5.00 and various lace sets and collars with special prices. It highlights new collar designs and lightweight trimmings like embroidery voile flouncing and embroided lace collars, with multiple yard and per piece price points.
Local store advertises 1 lot hardwood rockers at $2.48, 1 lot hardwood diners at $6.48, 1 lot iron beds at $2.98, 1 lot reversible mattresses at $4.98, and kitchen cabinets from $4.50 to $25 plus. Emphasizes old reliable store as headquarters for good home furnishings and low prices.
A broad sale listing multiple glove types including long silk Lisle and chamois options with prices from 50 cents to 1.50. Also advertised are petticoats and undergarments in various fabrics with discount prices such as 69 cents to 2 dollars, plus slips and combination suits.
After weeks of busy selling the store announces price reductions on remaining lots of suits. One lot on regular 27.50 values, latest style at special price. Another lot at 25.00 values, latest style, special price. A third lot at 20.00 values, latest style, with final markdown.
Readable fragments show discounted summer wear including Middies Blouses Norfolks and sport coats. Prices indicate closeout discounts from $1.50 to $1.19 and $1.00 with additional notices of voile waists and white Middy waists trimmed in blue.
Lot of sleeping gowns in slipover or V neck styles priced 43c 50c 75c and 98c also corset covers offered at 23c each Enjoy a comfortable night attire selection from the advertised sale in a period catalog tone.
An old time union style ad promotes a single location housing twelve dependable stores offering merchandise at reasonable prices for the people. It emphasizes savings and broad selection in a community friendly format.
Advertises first class service to Turkey Run with round trips priced at one dollar per person on full loads. Also invites picnic parties and promises reasonable rates to all points.
Lost or found notice notes a gold ring set with rubies and pearls. Enquiries directed to this office for return. Also mentions family notices of births and visits including Clauster Keller and Mrs Keller son born Wednesday evening.
Transactions in Fountain County real estate for the past week list deeds filed for record with Douglass and Nelson agents for five percent loans. Several transfers include Harto to Maggie Lily Attica, Howerton to Davis and Small, Bennett to Chamberlain, Pogue to Carpenter, Cates to Strahler, Huber to Hudson, Layton to Troy, Emmons to Small, Justus to Boden, Scribner to Thompson, and others. Kingman library project update notes lumber delivery and carpenters at work. Wm Bowsher and family from Hume Ill visited, M E Ladies Aid to meet Mrs Frank Maris next Thursday.
Harold Orahood reports heavy rain last Friday reduced the cinch bug problem east of the place, destroying nearly all the little disturbances.
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