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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
8
A newspaper note touts a January Clearance event as essential for winter shoppers to economize. It promises thousands of dollars of goods at prices not replicable in wholesale markets and urges quick participation to secure extraordinary values and a full merchandise clearance.
Overstocked clothing stock forces a drastic price break on men’s suits and overcoats once priced up to 25.00. The offer lists numerous items with reduced prices from 5. to 22. The sale invites customers to inspect the garments in store, emphasizing genuine savings despite rising costs.
A long advertisement details deep discounts on women’s hosiery, dresses, skirts, corsets, children’s undergarments, sweaters, rugs, handbags, and curtain goods. It touts 25¢ hose, 4.50 to 11.75 dollar dresses, 1.38 to 3.98 skirts, 49 cent corsets, and multiple sweater price cuts, plus rug and bag bargains and curtain fabric deals aimed at January buyers.
A promotional notice touts deep discounts on women’s suits and coats. It highlights price cuts from $9 to $14 on suits originally $25 to $32.50, with additional markdowns on existing stock, including 9, 10, and 21 suit lots and multiple coat selections in sizes 14 to 48, values up to $1500, now heavily reduced.
A local shop advertises radical price cuts on fur, plush, and quilted lined coats including dog skin, muskrat, china dog, Wong lined, astrakhan, and plush lined options with prices dropping from values to as low as 11.00. Also advertised are men's trousers, two piece underwear, and chambray shirts with substantial markdowns to move stock quickly.
The ad promotes a pre inventory sale on blankets and domestics for winter, listing 66x80 and 72x80 blankets in multiple weights and materials with discount prices, and also offers various fabrics by the yard such as outing flannel calico percal gingham and Russia Crash with low price points. Specific prices include 66x80 blankets at 2.38 to 3.48, and wool blends at 3.90 to 4.50, plus fabrics at 10 to 15 cents per yard.
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