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Newspaper
Pittston Gazette
Location
Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1900
Page
1
A garbled report covers athletic victories in Paris and other items. It mentions AY EWBY as a triple winner and references losses, beer and porter sales, and an array of scattered names and places including New York and New Jersey.
A fragmented advertisement lists yardages and sale prices on hosiery lace and dress fabrics. Items include men and women garments, children wear, towels, mats, and table linen with reduced per yard and per piece pricing, highlighting clearance. Prices shown in cents and dollars reflect markdowns on summer stock and domestics.
Advertisement lists yard goods and fabrics in a discount sale. Linings Satine satin and velvet materials in various colors. Straw hats, skirts, mohair and cotton fabrics, lawns, crepons, percales, damask, table linens, towels, napkins, and bed spreads with sale prices. Many items note regular and sale prices, emphasizing low cost for yardage and household textiles.
Readable fragments show silks and dress goods on sale with yard prices around 75 cents, black dress goods and various weaves offered. Additional items include screen doors discounted to a dollar and bedroom lamps at reduced prices, with several odds and ends in decor and home goods.
From the varied stock of all departments you can easily secure what you want. Don’t wait for an invitation but come. You can get goods here that can be made up for comfort in times of extreme heat. Read the price list and see values that may interest you.
A mid 19th or early 20th century department store ad lists unbleached muslin and bleached muslin at low prices per yard, plus pillow cases, bedsheets, men's shirts, overalls, jackets, ladies shirt waists, and various fabrics. It advertises sale prices for linings, ticking, lace curtains, wrappers, skirts, and suits, with numerous fabric types and household items priced to clear stock. The piece emphasizes quantity, variety, and reductions across the Men’s and Ladies departments, including underwear and hosiery.
A fragmented sale notice lists items like Ladies Ribbed Vests infants Ribbed Vests and bed spreads. It mentions linen cotton cloths and ginghams with varying prices, includes coats towels and blankets, and references vendors or sellers such as Simpson and Boyd Dennis Hannel.
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