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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
5
The Searchlight sells garments at drastic cut prices beginning January 8 for thirty days. The ad touts high quality suits coats and skirts at deeply reduced prices with Lot 1 to Lot 3 selections and a final lot offering broadcloth and chiffon options at reduced ranges.
Coats Lot 1 to Lot 8 offer steep discounts on wool mixtures broadcloth and satin lined coats. Prices range from 3.93 to 16.75 for 50 inch lengths, with specials on caracal and broadcloth fabrics. Also advertised are belts of velvet fabrics and luster materials at reduced rates.
Local sale features cotton blankets in multiple sizes and weights from 34 to 65 cents each, Canton flannel and Outing flannel deals, quilts and comforts, prints, ginghams, percale, sateen, lace, linens, kitchenware, and fabric notions. Emphasizes best quality, elasticity of the dollar, and doorwide bargains across departments.
Searchlight advertises a sale on dress fabrics including 20 pieces wool suitings 50c goods cut to 29c 48 inch broadcloths from $1.25 to 46c and 54 inch imported broadcloth at 88c plus coats fabrics and silks offered at deep discounts with numerous patterns and substantial reductions to clear stock.
In the Basement Ash sifters coal savers seven cent cuspiders gold decorated worth fifteen cents seven cent cold blast lanterns sixty cents Water Jug blue mottled seven cent Galvanized wash boiler six cent Coal bucket Japanned seventeen cents Broom well made twenty three cents value nineteen cents.
Living expenses rise yet home needs can be cut by regular purchases here. Specials include 9-L unbleached muslin 25c, Pepperell 9-4 unbleached muslin 80c, standard bath sheet ing 74e, Lonsdale bleached sheeting 12c, Turkish towels 12c, and other textile items at bargain prices.
A price list shows fleece lined Madras and wool waists with varied discounts, silk waist lots, French flannel waists, and multiple styles of vests, union suits, and hose. Details include per item prices from 5c to 3.65, plus petticoats and mercerized flounce offerings.
An auction listing presents fur items and coats with reduced prices including sable coney scarfs, mink scarfs, natural squirrel scarfs, Isabella fur scarf, and various muff and coat lots. Lot groupings show price ladders for kersey and fine wool coats, skirts for misses and ladies, highlighting choice selections at marked discounts.
Lot 3 features Ladies' 6.56 Panama skirts in choice condition priced at 3.95. Lot 4 offers Ladies' 7.50 chitton Panama skirts in choice condition at 1.55. Remaining items appear in a sale listing with select quantities and values.
A promotional notice details a white sale with deep discounts on muslin undergarments and gowns. Corset covers and muslin garments are offered at reduced prices, alongside flannel gowns, skirts, children's dresses, and wrappers with bargain prices aimed at cash flow for factories.
A headline event announces deep price cuts on carpets and rugs, offering 36 inch scrim, curtain poles, floor cloth, Silkoline, couch covers, window shades, cottage carpet, Ingrain varieties, Brussels, Axminster, Wilton and seamless rugs, plus lace curtains with substantial discounts across grades and sizes.
Big Sals event features hundreds of small price cuts on everyday items. Includes fabric braids buttons pins belts and leather goods with deeply discounted rates for shoppers.
Listing shows 25 cent bleach grade Table Damask and 15 cent doc grade, 25 cent grade Turkey Red Damask, 22 cent Mercerized Table Damask. Prices reflect damaged or limited stock with various grades.
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