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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
4
A large shipment of crepe de chine handkerchiefs arrives in assorted colors and styles. Some are hemstitched or roll edged and many feature corner embroidery in blind and open work. Truly a great variety offered at 2c each.
A large variety of Neh grade chocolates including chins neu rats chocolate covers marshmallow coramo s and assorted crewing offered for sale at 40¢ to 58¢ per pound at Joske's.
An odd ad offers a 26¢ guep box with a tres a Ade cake of Colgate soap. It markets nickel plated poxda in three shapes, a 260 soap box at 260 and te cake, 25 tiles, manicure files, valves, and weekend packages including dental cream cold cream talcum powder and Cashmere Bouquet soap for 26¢ to 5e.
The season's newest millinery offers a wide range of hats for street, afternoon, and travel wear in sailor, shepherdess, turban and novelty shapes. Prices are well below normal values with bargains on Panama hats, featuring genuine Panama straw styles for women, misses, and children, offered tomorrow for 4.98 and similar.
A one day only sale offers the largest and most complete stock of parasols in San Antonio. No restrictions or reservations. Prices include a range from three fifty to ten dollars with steep discounts on all colors and shapes. The sale emphasizes immediate shopping tomorrow to take advantage of the single day offer.
A jewelry sale offers hundreds of pieces at reduced prices tomorrow. Items include bar pins, brooches, beauty pins, circle pins and waist sets in gilt, enamel, gold filled and sterling silver. Most pieces were priced from 25c to $3.00, now selling at 15c to 39c with many items under half price.
The Insite Veiling Department advertises a large shipment of veils in plain and fancy borders including black and white, checked borders, sand and putty shades. Prices range from a few cents to two dollars per yard with chiffon veils and hemstitching offered.
The season’s newest fad black and white ribbon available at Jazke’s in various styles and widths from 6 to 12 inches. Prices range up to $1.00 a yard with many colors including pink blue yellow white navy green and satin taffeta options. Ideal for sashes hair bows and crafts and is offered at 60c or less per yard on sale tomorrow.
The shop advertises infant and children's apparel up to age 12 with notes on helpful saleswomen. It highlights muslin drawers in various styles priced at 35c and 50c, and blue crepe gowns for ages 4 to 14 in low neck styles trimmed with lace, offered in all sizes from 4 to 14 at 60c.
A catalog-style listing offers nainsook gowns in high and low neck styles trimmed with lace embroidery or feather stitching. Includes madras and percale dresses, sun hats, nainsook sleepers, and sheer lawn caps. Sizes from months to six years with prices ranging from 25c to $3, plus marked reductions on select dresses.
Textile sale notice lists pillow cases with heavy tubing and stamped designs for embroidering, with various prices. Ulisse crepe gowns in pink blue or white priced at 75 cents on Saturday, previously 1.00. Includes mentions of other items and color choices.
Sunday through Monday sale offers over fifty styles in sizes up to 14 years. Dresses feature white organza embroidery trims and open fronts in gingham patterns like Ander son Ivaulux Zephyr and Scotch. Middy blouses in galatea crepe, many with navy or red collars, priced 89 cents to 88 cents tomorrow only.
More than twenty belt styles available including patent leather white kid suede and all white kid options. Widths range from 1 to 2 inches with varied lengths. Suspender belts offered in taffeta or silk in black white and colors with button trim. Belts 7 inches wide priced at 1.00 and 9 inches wide at 1.50.
A catalog of current best sellers and new books with prices and authors. Notable entries include The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington priced at 4.35, Pollyanna Grows Up by Eleanor Porter at 3.26, The Honorable Percival by Alice Hegan Riley at 2.00, The Last Shot by Frederick Palmer at 1.33, Loves Insurance by Earl Biggers at 3.85, The Wall of Partition by Florence Barclay at 1.00, plus reprints and other popular works such as The Armchair of the Inn, The Heart of the Mills, The Desert Gold, Phebe Nelie's Mate, The Trail of 794, and Uphill Climb by B. Rower.
A dusty catalog style ad lists boy garments from sizes 2 to 28 years with prices from 50 cents to 10 dollars. Items include all wool summer suits in gray and tan, Norfolks coats, white shed trousers, Palm Beach suits, knickerbockers, wash suits in Middy and Sailor styles, and straw and silk hats with caps.
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