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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
8
The ad lists cut glass bowls and dishes at deep discounts with prices from 98 cents to 32.98 and sets such as 190-piece French china at 25.00, 100-piece Austrian china at 18.50, plus assorted hand painted pieces and decorative ware across special tables for quick selections. It highlights 20c to 50c value items and assorted tableware arranged for fast browsing.
Shaff & Brody dissolves partnership December 1 and sells remaining stock at discounts from 25 to 50 percent. Specials include tailor made suits, fur jackets, coats for children, wide ranges of skirts and dresses, and numerous gift items such as umbrellas, hosiery, and accessories with limited stock and Christmas layaway.
An advertisement lists prices on ladies and men gloves in multiple styles from 35¢ to $1.75 and silk lined options, plus jewelry, watches, belts, pins, scarves, and various rugs and home accessories with deep discounts and special values for the holidays.
Reading catalog notes lace curtains in multiple sizes with values and sale prices, plus holiday reductions on other curtains and ribbons. Also lists fret work, sweepers, music racks, book racks and various ribbon products with discounted prices.
A local ad invites children to visit Giftsland on a vast toy display featuring Hill climbing toys from 98c to 75c, fire engines, rocking horses, wagons, electric engines, and more. It promises 50 extra sales staff to assist, with prices down to 10c and 25c on many items and claims to carry the largest range of toys at these prices.
An ad lists large cotton blankets and wool blankets with various prices and colors. It notes sale pricing from 69 cents to 1.50 per pair or blanket, and mentions French bath robe blankets at 3.00 dollars, with closing discounts.
Readers are offered a wide assortment of fabrics and silks with per yard prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar. The catalog highlights crepe scarf silks satin messaline taffeta and Persian stripe waistings, plus 39 pieces of dress goods and Astrachan cloakings. Special mentions include 1909 line items and new materials like Tusse Royal cloth with importer arrangements.
Shopmen urge customers to shop early before peak rush while assortments remain complete with over a hundred staff available to assist.
Telegraph note announces 150 pieces of Messaline Silks sold at 50 cents on the dollar. Claimed as the finest product of the silk mills, shoppers are invited to secure best values seen.
A diverse display includes napkins, scarfs, damask table linens and lace trimmed pieces from five cents up to five dollars, with bleached and all linen damask options. Also advertised are tailored waists with lace collars and cuffs, net waists, taffeta waists, and silk petticoats with embroidered flounces at various sale prices.
Bargain doll event features dressed and undressed dolls from five dollars down to a tenth of a dollar. Talking dolls and unexpressive dolls include heads and unbreakable varieties. Esquimo dolls and hatter items also advertised at low prices.
The store advertises the only complete book department in town with new Christmas titles. Alger books, Henry and other boy books priced 25c and 35c, various copyright titles at discounts, and a large assortment of girls and infant books with prices down to 10c. The notable edition of Augusta Evans work “St Emp” offered at 20c, reduced from $2.00.
Catalog page lists men's and ladies handkerchiefs with multiple price points from 1c to 50c and sets including boxed 3 for 25c and 2 for 25c. Also features silk mufflers and embroidered Swiss handkerchiefs in special lots priced 25c to 50c. Many items described with limited legible details and odd OCR artifacts.
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