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Newspaper
Lowell Daily Courier
Location
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
7
The store launches a major merchandise push with a Clean Sweep Sale across all departments. Managers scoured odd lots and seasonable items, offering prices at or below cost to clear inventory before counts. Double stamps promised Thursday through Saturday.
A catalog-style sale lists silver trimmed dressing combs, bag tags, glove menders, pocket knives, match safes, shaving brushes, baby rattles, manicure sets, and assorted silver topped items with prices ranging from 25c to $5.50. Various items include pins trays, blotters, tea ball holders, violet holders, and art nouveau trays.
A West Section sale lists boxed ladies garters at 69 cents a pair, and various discounts on needle books, French gilt novelties, salts and perfume bottles, scissors, dress shields, thread spools, skirt holders, dress stays, collars, and button hole twist, as offerings in the left aisle.
Linen dept offers pattern cloths at 1.98 each or 2.49 for imperfect lots, 24x4 yard pattern covers at 2.98, a 90 inch damask at 0.98 a yard, towels from 19 to 39 cents, dinner napkins at 2.75 a dozen, and linen pillow cases at 0.39. Palmer St Lest Aisle.
Century old sale ad lists Eternal City joint editions and Shakespeare works at reduced prices. Various series including Redpath History and Dickens volumes mark deep discounts with prices ranging from 10 to 5 dollars, with many titles under a dollar. Centre Aisle Palmer St.
Leather goods offered at various prices from 75 cents to $3 per item across multiple sections. Items include sewing cases, glov e cases, medicine cases, covered flasks, handkerchief cases, salad books, golf score books, music rolls, traveling mirrors, envelope holders, blotters, opera glass holders, twine holders, desk calendars, pen wipers, and stamp boxes with numerous discount prices and notes on per item cost. Right Aisle.
Ladies neckwear sale offers Coque Feather Boas two yards long in white and grey for $1 each, Liberty Silk Scarfs white and black at 75 cents, Maslin de Soie Stocks at Tic, Taffeta Silk Stocks 50 cents, and Nainsook cam bric edges at 12% and 1 cent per yard.
Children's white lawn aprons reduced from 50c and up, now 15c to 75c with many low prices. Ladies white lawn aprons cut to 15c 19c 38c 50c 75c. Afternoon or ten aprons offered at 38c to 1 and 2 dollars, reduced from higher fronts. All linen handkerchiefs with narrow hems 10c. East Section Centre Aisle.
Stationery advertisement lists Initial Paper 19c per box, 29c for 50c Initial Paper, Fancy Boxes 39c, Old English Seals 10c each, Tablets 50c and 3c for 5c tablets, includes 10c tablets in any size.
A local ad lists umbrellas at steep discounts including men silk models from Gloria and All Silk in 26 and 28 inch sizes with slight imperfections. Prices drop to 98c and 49c for various Gloria silk options and a batch of 24 inch children umbrellas.
Bargain sale on Merrimack Street basement housewares with discounted baskets, glass milk bottles, window shades, porcelain cups, tea sets, washing items, and kitchenware. Prices range from a few cents to under two dollars, including wicker baskets, sifters, wringers, and irons.
The ad lists discounts on negligee shirts Madras Oxford and MatoPolan from 98c to 1.50, broken lots of colored bosom shirts 1 to 1.50, remaining 25c four in hands and neckwear, extra size Outing Flannel Night Shirts Tic to 1, 30 dozen Shan knit seconds 50c, fancy cashmere 25c, imperial four in hands 25c to 1, heavy wool underwear 38c, heavy jersey ribbed shirts 38c, and boys all wool sweaters 89c to 1.50. East Section Left Aisle.
The advertisement lists numerous women and children's undergarments with discounted prices. Heavy fleece and cotton combination suits, silk and wool blends, all wool vests and pants, Jersey wool pieces, camel hair sets, and black ribbed hose are shown with original and sale prices. Some items include wool, shrinkage warranties, and varied sizes.
The ad promotes Chinese and Japanese calendars at several prices from 19th century items to 50c. It offers fruit cushions, tinted table covers, stamped and cut work doilies, hand embroidered doilies and embroidery linen at discounts. Sofa pillows drop from 2.25 to 15 dollars to half price or less. Pyrography blanks reduced by one third.
All our golf gloves formerly 38c to 50c now 25c per pair. Plain gloves 39c. Ladies mittens 23c. Kid gloves $1 to $1.75 now 59c. Silk mittens 50c. Boys wool gloves 38c. 25c gloves and mittens 19c. West Section North Aisle.
Bargain department lists 90 dozen boys and children's wool underwear in natural and camel hair sizes 18 to 34 priced 40c to 55c. Also 40 dozen misses fleece vests and pants 25c. 8 dozen black petti coats 49c. 15 dozen corset covers 15c. Boys shirts 25c and knee pants 29c. Cassimeres duroys 45c, scotch mixtures 29c. miscellaneous suspenders 5c.
Newspaper ad lists linen items and remnants for sale. Fringed linen table covers in white with red borders priced at 1 dollar value or 0.75 each. Turkey red covers 10 by 4 and 12 by 4 offered at 75 or 98 cents, soiled and to close at 50 cents each. Linen damask 58 to 60 inch wide bleached or unbleached 50 cents a yard, Union Linen Damask cream 58 inch wide 19 cents per yard. Twisted toilet crash, apron ginghams blue and brown checks, wool thibet broadcloths remnants at discounted prices.
A garbled textile ad lists prices for Dwight Anchor fabrics and remnants including pillow casing, sheeting, and pillow tubing. The text mentions 9x4 and 10x4 sheets, bleached cotton and cambric remnants, with varied per yard prices, but many words are garbled. The fragment resembles a historical newspaper retail listing for textiles.
A local sale offers 200 pairs of 11 by 4 inch Santa Maria blankets of fine wool, clean and perfect valued at $3 each. Also listed are bed spreads priced at $2 to $4, and an extra large batch with silkolene fabrics marked at $1.45 each to clear excess stock.
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