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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1908
Page
10
The notice touts a keynote sale with exceptional values and plans to eclipse prior efforts. It emphasizes the best and largest line of muslin underwear offered, promising fullness of style, quality, and compelling prices that meet buyers expectations.
The illustration highlights a White Petticoat in a wide flare pattern with seven lace inserts and a lace edged flounce, finished with a dust ruffle. Prices range from 3.98 to 7.50. Also offered is a Cambric Petticoat trimmed with embroidery and eyelet openwork, priced 1.25 to 3.00.
Plain quality drawers with five inch ruffle and hemstitched tucks offered at 25c 56c 69c 75c and 1 25 in various sizes.
A fabric trim features embroidery with a flounce edge. The flounce begins with a heading of three narrow pin tucks and is priced from 50 cents to 1 dollar 69 cents.
One lot of Ladies' Plain Muslin Corset Covers sizes 34 to 42 sale 9c. One lot of Ladies' Muslin Corset Covers trimmed with torchen lace sizes 38 to 42 sale 13c. Ladies' fine cambrie finished Muslin Corset Covers all sizes special 19c. Ladies' fine cambrie Corset Covers trimmed with insertion and lace special 2c.
Advertises soft cambric waists for girls from 1 to 14 years old. Describes trim with insertion, beading, ribbon and lace edges, offering multiple sizes and a range of colors.
Fine cambric finished muslin underskirts with extra wide 12 inch flounce, hemstitch tucks in clustered design, priced from $1.25 to $2.00.
Textile item described as made of nainsook and fine muslin with embroidery lace and tucks. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars 25 cents.
Describes a high quality white nainsock item featuring a yoke with Valenciennes lace insertions, four rows of ribbon in French beadings between the insertions, and Valenciennes lace edging at neck and armholes. Priced from 50 cents to 2 dollars with additional corset covers offered in a wide assortment of styles.
The new slip on style features white nainsook fabric with three Van Dyke embroidery medallions and Valenciennes lace. Neck edge daintily beaded with washable ribbon, short puff sleeves edged in insertion lace. Prices range from $2.50 to $4.25.
Listing notes fine cambric muslin and nainsook fabric goods with embroidery trims priced from 1.25 to 2.50 dollars.
Advertises beauty products with lace and embroidery trim Umbrella Drawers in soft finished nainsook. Prices range from 50 cents to 2 dollars for the first item and 1 79 to 3 25 dollars for ruffled versions with multiple insertions and matching edges.
Advertisement notes corset covers with lace embroidery in all sizes offered at a 25 cent counter.
We offer every attending lady a complimentary Colored Plate Magazine of Fashions illustrating new spring styles and materials for 1908.
The advertisement showcases an extensive embroidery assortment for the season including flouncings, insertions, edges, and all overs. Swiss and Nainsook embroideries, baby sets, corset cover embroid eries, and wide cambric options are offered at reduced sale prices from 3c to $3.50 per yard.
A wide assortment of fabrics offered with reduced yard prices including White Wash Fabrics 48 inches wide at $1.00, Mull Chiffon 48 inches at 75c, Persian Lawn 48 inches from 39c to 50c, White Batiste 48 inches at 50c, India Linen at multiple low rates. Also waisted fabrics like Mercerized Madras from 25c to 50c, Linen Finish Percale 36 inches at 20c and 30c, and various linens and sheers for waists and dresses. Infants wear fabrics from 10c to 15c, Dimity 25c to 35c, English Nainsook up to 45c, Berkley Long Cloth 15c and 19c, and long cloth bolt at 1.50 per 12 yards. New summer whites with stripes and dots at 50c a yard and chiffons at 50c.
New Square or Fillet Net and round mesh valenciennes appear as this season’s trends. Laces in Val Baby Irish Ven ise Oriental Platt Normandy Val priced to 1.00 a yard. Torchon Lace trim for muslin to be sewn at a yard. Cluny Lace curtains 12%%c to 25c yard. All Over Laces in Ecru White Cream new patterns 88c to 5.00 yard. Belts in Leather and Wash Goods also promoted.
Local linen sale lists 72 inch silver bleached table damask from $1.00 to $2.50 per yard. Heavy Irish linen $1.00 to $1.50. Bleached damask $0.68 and $0.75. Unbleached and bleached table damask from $0.25 and $0.50. Various crash fabrics and roller towel options range from $0.05 to $0.24 per yard.
Advertises 86 inch Ruffled Curtain Swiss at 25 cents per yard and 26 inch Dotted and Figured Swiss at 8 10 12 15 16 19 cents per yard. Also lists White Swiss with colored stripes and figures at 16 and 19 cents per yard.
A local advertisement lists fabric offers including Muslin in various widths and finishes. Prices feature 10c per yard for muslin from Fruit of Loom and Lonsdale, 20c for 2% yard unbleached sheeting, 8c for 40 inch unbleached muslin, 35c for 2% yard best sheeting, 10c for 42 inch bleached pillow muslin, 12% gc for 45 inch bleached pillow muslin, 5c for unbleached 1 yard, and 10c for 42x36 pillow cases.
Special domestic bargains on Cheviot skirt with deep ruffle at 25c. 8e Apron Ginghams at 6c a yard. Clark O N T spool thread Sea spool 6c a dozen. Best Sanitas table oilcloth 12c a yard. Barber towels per dozen 4c. Odd lot of men’s white shirts 13 13½ 14 16 priced 38c.
Advertises chemises long and short with cambric and nainsook fabrics. Priced from $1.25 to $2.00 for men and women styles. Details include embroidery insertion and French beading with Swiss edging on white nainsook options at 89c to $1.25.
Misses Cambric Skirts with lawn flare and lace edge priced 1.50 to 2.50. Misses Skirts with embroidery and tucks 1.00 to 1.50. Children's Skirts with waists 1 to 4 years 59c to 69c. Children's Plain Skirts 49c to 1.00.
Trimmed at the yoke with lace and beading and a val lace edge around neck and arm holes. The skirt is very full with a wide flounce of insertion and edge priced from 3.00 to 3.98. Valencia lace trim mid bridal sets include drawers corset covers and skirts priced 8.00 to 11.00.
As a guarantee of quality the manufacturers have placed their label on every garment sold by us ensuring traceable origin and authentic Muslin Underwear.
A newspaper ad lists numerous curtain values with price cuts from 12.00 to 0.90, noting every reduction as genuine bargains. The sale items are described as three percent yards long and valid for four days only.
The store announces a season end closing reduction on all Furs and Neck pieces at half price. Muffs are labeled as extra good values and also discounted to half the regular price.
Satin damask bed spreads in large sizes with fringe or plain hem priced from 4.50 to 6.50 Mayflower spreads with corner cuts and fringe at 2.00 to 2.50 Thistle fringe white spreads 1.25 to 1.50 plain hem large quilts on sale 89c to 1.25 Plus ladies plaid handkerchiefs 10c sale 5c.
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