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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
4
A promotional piece from The Golden Rule extols humane business practices and fair employee compensation. It pledges salaries and per sale bonuses, contrasting with larger city stores. Emphasizes liberty, civility, and public trust as core values guiding their establishment. Reads as a manifesto of workplace ethics and customer care.
Advertisers tout the largest coat assortment in the city with prices from $1.98 to $45, featuring plush coats, silk skirts, rain capses and coats for extra large sizes. Brands like Matalam and Cornroy are highlighted with various fabrics and styles for every budget.
Newest Coats including Coats Shetland Bolivia Coats in various colors priced from 9.98 to 19.98. Mixture coats range from 5.98 to 15.00. Zibeline Coats appear at 7.98 to 10.98. Broad Cloth Coats seen up to 25.00 with Navy and Velour Velour options Billlie Burke Betty Brown lines. Silk Striped Bolivia coats 15.00 or 16.50.
A local catalog announces varied silk fabrics Pussy Willow Chines Taffeta and Tub silks along with Net and Lace Waists priced from 1.98 to 4.98. Extra large Poplin Suits offered at 17.98 value 27.5. coats coats and skirts in wool poplin. broadcloth suits from 19.98 to 30.00.
A vintage sale notice lists Wool Plush Velour items at 9.98 10.98 13.98 15.00 and a range of girl and children coats in styles Melton cloth Zibeline Plush and Wool Velour. Prices span 2.98 3.98 4.98 5.98 6.50 through 19.98 with Salsatin lined high grade broad cloth coats with Beaver trim 19.98.
Silk and poplin dresses priced from $6.50 to $6.98, taffeta and crepe de chine options up to $19.98, with serge dresses in new styles from $4.98 to $13.98. All offered as lower than competing stores, showcasing a broad range of fabrics and prices.
The ad markets black Thibbet cloth coats at 4.98 and Zibeline coats at 5.98, touting them as the best and greatest values shown. It highlights the features and price points as shopper incentives and suggests clearance or sale context.
Bargain waists in organdie and voile swell at 95 cents with many styles. Silki waists and a wide range of silks priced at 1.98 and 2.98. Jap silks and crepe fabrics also featured in assorted varieties.
Bargain sale lists Junior Suits reduced from 15 to 10 dollars for ages 13 to 15. Misses and Ladies Suits in poplin and broadcloth drop from 17.98 to 25.00 to 15.00 each. Includes colors navy brown green burgundy. Also offers large sizes and silk petticoats at 2.98 and 3.98.
Ladies' underwear advertised with fleece lining priced at 25c and 49c, offering warm comfort at affordable rates.
The catalog lists Misses' all wool sweaters at 1.50 1.98 and 2.98 in all colors. Children's sweaters priced 0.98 1.25 and 1.50. Ladies' sweaters available in all colors 2.50 2.98 and 3.98. Silk sweaters priced 4.98 and 6.98 in all colors.
A local advertisement promotes furs available at unusually low prices across styles and qualities. The notice emphasizes affordability and a wide selection for shoppers seeking bargains.
Adams County Game and Fish Protective Association learns from State Game Protector Bowman that a shipment of 100 quail for the county will arrive after deer season. Also details on Western Maryland Railway schedules and local incidents including a car theft pursuit, inmate death at the state hospital, Civil War veteran Martin Kerr’s Thanksgiving death, and Adams County congressional vote tallies for Brodbeck and McCall.
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