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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1896
Page
6
Local store advertises a rapid clearance sale with vast quantities of textiles and notions. Umsteaders silks, trims, dress lengths, and many items heavily discounted. Shirt waist sale and reduced notions on the second floor.
Readable fragments note a promotion for shirt waists with linen collars and a base date at 11 de, offering color and price references. The item emphasizes a sale tactic to attract customers to broader reductions.
Local retailer advertises shirt waists at deep reductions with no limit while stock lasts. Buyers who delay a day risk missing out on the popular linen styles.
A fragment notes duck suit buyers and timing for pricing adjustments and closing remarks. The readable text mentions blue and white and tan and white striped options and hints at a quick closure for the sale.
A stash of white Marseilles bed spreads, about 214 by 213 yards, priced at $1.25 each, with some wear from handling. They are described as being at the foot of the stairs with a good-bye price.
Sail Duck offers a full range of department store items with prices shown. The ad highlights stock in all numbers and mentions a price of 4.15 dollars per yard for fabric.
Wholesale stock list notes lengths from one to ten yards in white goods dimities and striped and checked fabrics. Includes mill ends and quality adjectives in a brisk catalog style for buyers and fabric shops.
Bengal India Grass Cloth described as an ideal stiffening for puffed sleeves. Made of pita a fibre like manilla. Worth and Redfern use this material known for its strength and finish.
Norfolk defeats Petersburg 12 to 2 in a game highlighted by two Norfolk home runs and strong pitching by Gilroy. Jocko Fields and Mace provoke the crowd with antics, while Stephenson and Kelly homer for Norfolk. Suffolk season standings and player averages are noted alongside regional results from Lynchburg, Richmond, and Columbus games.
A newspaper notice outlines prices for potatoes at 5 cents per barrel and promotes wool fabrics Stevens gray and blue mix Cheviot for dresses, wraps, and underwear. It notes winter stock will be sold at half cost and cautions holding back will miss the season.
Opaque OCR fragment notes white India Linon fabric 40 inch wide offered as sheer and remaining stock. Buyers urged to save by purchasing a yard portions. Details unclear due to damaged text but indicates sale pricing on fabric.
An advertisement touts 100 dozen ladies stockings in fine guage with spliced heels and toes for hot weather wear. It boasts these are priced well below typical 35c and 40c ranges and claims to be unmatched in stock.
Unbleached lisle thread men’s hose offered at four dollars a dozen imported cost. A hundred dozen were unsold in small lots versus potential quarter pricing to men who pay social. The seller could not afford weeklong peddling. readers know we could sell them at a quarter.
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