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Newspaper
Lorain County Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1895
Page
5
The firm announces drastically cut prices on shaped horse blankets, claiming the reductions are so deep that the items cannot be resold at a repeatable price. The notice mentions 28-pound Baker blankets as part of the sale and emphasizes unusually low tags.
Christmas buyers urged to visit for watches diamonds jewelry and silverware with prices from eight dollars to over one hundred. Mantel clocks cut glass and decorative china plus musical instruments offered. Also notes a memorial obituary and local sale ads amid a mixed market listing.
Lorain County items report a busy Elyria scene with church, business, and social notices. Highlights include a missing man warning, a planned new bottling works in East Broad street, holiday sales pitches, theater and concert notices, and updates on local officials and public events.
John Lersch & Co promotes a vast salvage sale of ten thousand dollars worth of merchandise bought under sheriff's sale and bankrupt stock. The ad touts heavily discounted hats, linens, hardware, clothing, furniture, and household items with prices slashed well below typical retail, highlighting a mass of low-cost provisions and durable goods offered to draw in buyers.
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