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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1920
Page
2
Bright spring gingham dresses for girls aged six to fourteen offered in blue green yellow and striped or checked fabrics. Embroidery touches and neat finishing with collars vests ties and buttons. Regular value three dollars fifty cents now three dollars and nine cents each.
A humorous description of a game called Jumpy Tinker with rings and a flipping mechanism on numbered posts to count points. The piece notes a 50 cent value offered at 35 cents and references a Vinors section.
Advertises women's bathing suits in cotton jersey one-piece designs with attractive color trim. Available in several sizes including 94 and 42, while regular values reach $8.10 each. Sale price listed as $3.50 and $3.10.
Advertisement lists women's tailored blouses at $4.50 with markdown to $3.92 each. Notes white, bisque, flesh, lavender, and copenhagen shades with various trim styles, pintucks, piping, and shawl collars. Claim highlights large selection and value comparisons.
Readable items describe skirts in black and white made from French serge. Emphasizes shirred embroidered models with buttons detactable belts and matching work.
A compact ad lists spring Dorset models with values around 8.50, now 7.42. It promises a model for every figure and notes brands like Gosnard Justelte Bon Ton Le Steva and Nulife. Page text is from a department store display featuring plain and fancy outfits.
Crepe de Chine and Wash Satin gowns and teddies featured in sleeveless, trimmed styles with goareette ribbons. Teddies described as pew Stepein with dainty faces and yokes, shoulder straps, and bows. Prices advertised from 12.50 to 15.00 with bold sale notes and limited values.
New arrivals showcase leather vanities in assorted colors and designs. The sale highlights pendulum vanity bags priced at seven dollars and fifty cents each, with a focus on attractive styling and practical storage.
Ambiguous OCR text lists fabric codes 75e and 58c with partial phrases. Reads like catalog fragment mentioning Wobpee Cait and Seemial I hun, lacking clear event or names.
Classified ad fragment notes fabric items and garments, mentioning wheat sport skirts waist and yanmers with unclear context and vendors. Strong entities not clearly identifiable due to garbled OCR.
In a readable note the listing describes women hosiery by Lisle brand and a fashion item related to a sal feature. It mentions inns and a vehicle context with era style language, summarizing a quirky product reference from the period with implied retail emphasis.
Miful quality white imported organdie 43 midsize pieces offered for sale. Text promises lasting erisy quality and easy laundering. Regularly valued at 145 dollars, sale price listed as 1.25 dollars per item.
Wool Shepherd checks in black and white offered for tailored suits skirts and gowns. Sale lasts three days only with regular price 2.50 reduced to 1.29. Includes wool and goats sections with emphasis on quality fabrics.
Readable text notes lace searfa and stamgaif items with floral design pricing listed as 1.75 and 1.39 respectively. Mentions unclear product names and vendor branding resembling Smip-Virs style. No clear event dates or locations provided.
A catalog snippet lists women’s mercerized hose at 85 cents and 69 cents. The text references brands and styles including Whren and Mack with reinforced heel and toe features, noting assorted colors and sizes.
Advertises multiple book series with special pricing. Series include Bittle Colonel Series 12 titles Helen Over the Wall 4 titles Batty Wales Series 8 titles Keen Galles 4 titles Mlue Bonnet Series 5 titles. Regular price $1.65, sale price $1.00. Ends date not listed.
A local listing describes hair bow ribbons in blue stripe designs and light hues. It notes widths up to seven inches and pricing around 83 cents per unit and 1.00 for larger lengths, with references to a store or vendor likely named Mano StettM-Heel Pade.
A fragmented catalog line sells white self skintured chamoisette gloves with two clasps and regular toe gloves for die a pais. Mentions Glove Seytian Flext Teor appears as product branding.
Fragmented ad-like text shows price references 2.75 and 2.09 with mentions of sheets and materials. Mentions Leandle market area and various garbled terms, likely an advertisement for woven fabric or paper sheets with discounted prices. No clear event, date, or identifiable organizations.
An items list notes a pretty blue kid leather tie with one eyelet priced at 13.85. It mentions a Bluey kid shoe with ble moire quarters and Louis Keeney sale, described as high grade and pleasing, offered at 1.859 per pair.
An advertisement describes novelty banding in sheer organza with edged bands in white flesh lavender and male tones. Priced at 89 cents, stated as a popular quality for eight pence per yard. Includes brand names like Mackwny Serta Text Mwart.
An ad outlines women’s garments including 1.00 value vestee styles in organdic and net fabrics with attached calfu trimmed shirred net and lace finishes in white. It notes special price lines at 89c and 96c with details on fabrics and ruffle accents.
An old ad fragment lists fancy rhinestone hair pins priced at 68 cents and one dollar. The imperfect text mentions rhinestone balls and decorative items likely intended to attract attention in a shop display.
An ad showcases Wilton rugs with soft colorings and an air of refinement for home furnishings. The display offers rugs at a special price of 157.50 dollars.
An advertising snippet promotes tapestry table covers offered at discounted prices. The text mentions a real value around 35.00 with a special offer price near 5.05, and includes a garbled address reference likely noting 62 Inches Square for a location in Orienth slorigns.
A compact ad notes trunk reductions for summer travel. It mentions prices like 25.00 and 16.95 with large sizes and strong fastening, plus mentions Rebated values and a liberal discount across trunks. The wording is fragmented but signals a sale on travel trunks and luggage with reinforced materials.
Advertisement notes a sale on Woodbury facial soap offering three cakes for 55 cents, with a single cake advertised separately. The text appears as a brief retail promotion in a late era shop listing.
Linen and novelty handkerchiefs offered with lace edging and embroidered initials at sale prices. Some pieces feature embroidered corners and rolled hems. Regular values listed from 50c to 60c with discounts noted.
An advertisement promotes coral jewelry including naval design pins brooches and hats in Glignes patterns. Each piece priced at 69 cents to 1.00, with a sale on summer items and a guarantee on the quality.
A sale offers torchon laces in many widths from narrow to wide with patterns including spiraling filet. prices are low for the assortment, described as exceptional value for this sale.
A local shop advertises a one day sale on boys spring hats priced at 51.00 with a 79 percent markup shown. Hats include both flat and round crowns with burnished brim details. Regularly about 1.00, the sale is limited to this event at the noted location.
A textile listing offers imported pongee silk fabric at 2.50 and 1.89 per yard with a special limited two day sale. Describes fabric as all silk, natural calm, 33 inches wide, regular price 32.50 per yard.
A brief, unclear note discusses lingerie tape pricing and value, mentioning Voll and Yo a holt with scattered terms Modlon Seetlow and Uepakiy. Context and specifics are not fully decipherable.
A local listing advertises Lisle thread underwear for men at 2.50, separates at 1.95, and shirts with sizes 34 to 46. Also notes wool slimmer items, and other garments priced around 2.60, with a sale or new pricing indicated.
Readable fragment notes women’s union suits offered at 1.00 each with varied styles including kilts mule and knee-length options. Prices suggest limited stock and sale terms.
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