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Newspaper
Norfolk Virginian
Location
Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1897
Page
4
Extra salespeople are ready to serve with no waiting as The Big Store hosts an exceptional week of promotions. Agil in wear trade features jewelry pieces including sterling silver waist sets links and buttons with prices ranging from a few cents to several dollars. A broad display promises novelty items and bargain notions for customers.
Norfolk's leading stationery house advertises low prices on sewing goods and fining up to 1c on small items. The sale highlights 175 yard spools, 23c per dozen belts, 10c polish, 2c pins, 3c hair pins, and 1c thimbles with a broad range of paper, envelopes, and fashionable extracts.
An old Norfolk advertisement touts Heather Bell’s Complexion Soup and assorted soaps at low prices. The copy highlights Packer’s Tar Soap, Cashmere Bouquet varieties, Colgate powders and pastes, plus Vaseline and glycerine soaps. It promotes economical men’s wear including undergarments, shirts, and boys’ sweaters with low prices and claims of quality.
A local store touts deep discounts on Night shirts and Vests at five to twenty five cents. New stock includes Fancy Shepherd Checks and Two-Toned Checks at ten to twelve and a half cents per yard. Remaining items feature all wool goods and silk warp fabrics with many pieces offered at reduced prices.
A sale notices a range of silks including Real Habitua Wash Silks 29c and 27 inch Fancy Foulards in new colors 50c. Black China Silk pieces and yard wide silks priced from 39c to 55c. Several styles at 75c to 89c and $1.00. Skirts in Black Brocade and Brilliantine styles offered at marked down prices. On second floor, 50 dozen light and dark prints over 3 yards wide Wrapper sale 50c each with claim of unmatched value.
An immense trunk stock highlights iron bound trunks in canvas zinc and leather with brass locks priced from 1.89 to 4.00. A new hosiery assortment follows including white cotton 17c and 25c white lily 37%4c and 50c silk plaited 75c and 4.00 ox blood shades 25c. Children and ladies hosiery feature ribbon ox blood and embroidered instep options with prices from 25c to 1.00.
Ready $75 worth of goods with enamel saddles tires and rims offered for business folks. Ladies Lisle gloves silk ribbons taffeta laces and lawns advertised with deep discounts and Monday sale prices. Hammocks and textiles including Percales Lawns and Puff Muslins promoted in varied colors and sizes.
Bargain list shows comfort fit corsets in four lots. Summer Leader Corsets priced at 25 cents. Cooler Corsets at 37.6 cents. Summerette Corsets at 5 cents. Thompson's Glove Fitting Summer Corsets at 1 dollar.
Consumers are invited to enjoy a glass or two of Cumberland Lithia Water free of charge throughout the summer after arrangements with the management. The offer highlights the mineral water as highly recommended.
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