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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
5
A shoe store offers a $300 Tryber piano as a prize for customers. For every dollar of cash purchases, shoppers gain a guess at June sales 1902. Closest guess wins. Contest closes June 30. Piano displayed on a platform in the shoe department. doors open 8 AM Monday March 17.
Morning March 17 marks the first day of the sale department operations with doors opening at 8 o clock. Purchases are restricted to keep items within budget and customers are urged to save sale slips until reaching a dollar value.
Fire Sale offers clean 72 inch linens 97c, black and color dress goods 38 to 45 inches, Amoskeags ginghams value unknown, children ribbed hose 5c, lisle finish hose 5c, ladies hose 35 to 50c, American A grain bags not burned but soiled 4.15 each.
Readable fragments mention goods with small prices like 17¢ and 25¢. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or a named organization, event, or date.
Advertisement describes carpet pieces and rolls with 48% yd and 47 yds available. Regular price 1.10 per yard, sale price 69 cents for carpets. Also two rolls of Brussels weave, one 50 yards, another shorter, at 90 cents per yard, with Fire Sale price 57 cents per yard.
A newspaper item promotes a shoe department sale with bargain pricing. It advertises Misses' kid and goat button shoes in sizes 13 to 1 at 39 cents, a job lot of Misses' oxfords and ladies' oxfords and children's shoes in small sizes at 29 cents, and hints that picking the right fit makes shoes nearly free.
Sorosis Shoes report phenomenal sales and strong demand across multiple markets. The catalog notes customers previously forced to import locally now obtain the product here. The maker claims unmatched wear and fit and notes popularity in America and abroad including England Germany and France.
We note with pride that among many pianos and organs sold, not a single customer has been dissatisfied. Our focus is honest instruments at honest prices, with prices typically 25 to 50 dollars lower than elsewhere, inviting customers to compare before buying.
Furniture department promotes two carfuls of fine items arriving for a spring stock sale. The circular touts pleased customers in Iown and other towns, includes testimonial letters, and offers a solid oak rocker at a special price with factory clearance of 100 units, highlighting quality and finish.
Central Iowa rug merchant promotes a fire sale on Persian and Smyrna rugs. A 28x54 inch Persian, usually 1.50, priced at 1.19. Smyrna rug 28x54 inches fringed on both ends, regular 1.75 value, offered at 1.19. Limited time discount for durability and versatility.
Mrs Johnson of Swift & Co will demonstrate Swift's Pride Soap all week as part of a Fire Sale. Offers include 7 12-07 bars of Pride Soap, 7? flour, Hubbard's Superlative Minnesota Cream, and a range of staples like sugar at 20 pounds for $1.00. Several canned peaches oatmeal coffee and tea items priced to attract distant customers via postal orders with return at our expense.
Raincoat sales pitch touts L Aiglon overcoat of wool fabric waterproof and stylish. Emphasizes value and economy with sale price and compares to higher or lower priced bad options. Also mentions Langley Hats Unlaundered Shirts and muslin shirts with reinforced seams and damaged condition.
A listing advertising 60 dozen Rockford socks described as closest knit extra heavy weight blue and brown mixed with rib tops double heels and toes. Damaged by water in the Rice Stix fire but all include yellow Rockford guarantee slips. Socks priced at 3 for 25 cents or 05c per pair, limited to six pairs per customer.
Kellogg Iowa letter dated Feb 25 1902 from Emma Mather of Ames and a customer in Newton Iowa praising the Iowa Mercantile Co for sales service via mail and in person. The note mentions a new home furnished by the store, piano purchases with high satisfaction and requests fabric samples including Albatross and waist goods.
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