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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
2
Minneapolis retailer offers children's body waists with round necks reinforced seams and bone buttons, front back and side fastenings for support. Sizes 1 to 12 years. Regular 390 value for one day only 62c each. Gritt Ciderear-Third Floss)
A local ad announces one day only sale on stylish corsets priced at $1.89 each, with sizes 21 to 30 and descriptions noting pink figured and plain coutil materials and non rustable boning. Corset Section Third Floor.
Readable fragments from a sale page show muslin underwear and gowns in flesh and white, sleeveless styles with lace and embroidery, teddies with ribbon straps, and white petticoats with lace trims. Prices listed as regular values and sale offers.
An ad promotes men's silk pajamas and women's silk pajamas in pale colors with stripes and checks. It highlights multiple sizes and colors and lists a regular price near 12.59 but shows a special price of 39.95. The brand or store name Centar is noted.
Leather hand bags in rotors of grey brown blue and black with nickel plated frames coin purse and mirror. $2.00 values offered at $1.60 each. Listing appears in Weather Goods section with price and color options.
Lingerie pins decorate with French hoquets and Jacez on a gold plate finish. Items labeled as 80 cents and special price 43 cents. Includes reference to store line names and location cues likely from an early retail page.
Silk and fibre silk tricolette fabrics offered in black and white. Widths 44 and 46 inches. Regularly 7.50 a yard, now priced at 4.04 a yard for this sale. Fil Seland Second Valley.
Wool goods promotion offers 54 inch wide plaid fabrics for golf shirts and quilting uses. Special sale price listed as 0.19 per yard, with regular value cited as 7.50 to 6.19 for heavy weights. Stock appears limited to the described color combinations.
A large assortment of new georgette blouses in soft spring shades to match the suit or separate skirt. Many are trimmed with lace, hand embroidery, and come in round or square necks. Also included are gabardine and wash satin tubes, tailored and embroidered styles, with pearl buttons and neat finishing. Special sale pricing appears across several items, including gowns and dresses in gingham and chambray, with embroidery and organdie details noted.
New vestings of tucked net with face insets and organdie with small ruf fringe offer a timy touch to old frocks. Waist widths measure inches. Special price noted at $1.00 each. ckwenr section Tiled Ftviey.
A sale notice advertises 36 inch nainsook fabrics for infants and children at reduced prices. Bolts priced around 4.79 to 5.50 dollars with regular values near 6.08 dollars. Names such as Wire Golda seedling Serand Chaney appear as part of the listing.
A brief note describes five liter drinking cups made from sterilized paper. Regular prices per unit are listed, with standard market values for each cup.
An advert offers a sixteen ounce bottle of peroxide of hydrogen at 23 8 cents each, discounted from 35 cents, labeled as an efficient antiseptic and a necessary home article. The text mentions Goode-First Plone in relation to the sale.
Artistically designed lamp shades in fluted and decorated patterns in red blue pink green yellow and rose. A dainty addition to any room sold regularly for 60¢ at this sale for 50¢ each.
Silk novelties and odds and ends in vanity bags sachets and other novelties offered at fourteen to sixteen cents each basic needlework and craft items highlighted with a low price display for shoppers seeking small decorative pieces and practical goods at a bargain rate.
A local sale advertises 59¢ percale and 69¢ per yard for extra fine percale fabrics ideal for men and boys shirts and children's dresses. The listing notes large ranges and soft finish with wash ready qualities.
Readable text advertises white mercerized lisle socks for children with strong turnover tops. It notes a price of 3 pairs for $1.00 and mentions a listing of stock terms. The fragmentary copy emphasizes low-cost hosiery for youth and a generic sale tone.
A range of hair bows in solid colors and plaid effects with floral designs. Describes a good stiff ribbon quality suitable for wearing, offered in assorted colors and styles for Alea gard and ANWOnO Bertion-elral Flnort.
Ready made face and mesh veils with lace and braided borders offered in floral and conventional patterns. Adds attraction to any hat worn fitted or in studded style. Values at sale prices emphasize decorative veils for headwear.
Vintage sale notice lists two-clasp chamois gloves in white with embroidery. Each glove valued at 490, with pricing shown as 49 cents per pair. Features mention of self or contrasting embroidery and lightweight materials.
Curtain voile described as good quality with remstitched ribbon edges in white cream and cerise. Wall width 88 inches. Priced at 9 cents per yard.
Silk hose advertised for women and misses in full fashion with check seams and pure thread. Available in black white gray and sky with extra strong garter tops reinforced heel and toe. Priced up to 5.00 now 1.69 per pair at Choslery Sovtian Furar Jor.
An early advertisement promotes Congoleum floor coverings priced around 1.25 dollars per square yard with 79 cents yard base options. It highlights durable, easy to set patterns suitable for kitchens pantries and bathrooms and promises a wide choice of colors and designs for home use.
Premium cotton sheets advertised at $3.95 and $2.69 with long fibre cotton for durability and a linen like appearance. Text notes full bleached weaving and hemmed finishes. Sizes and regular values listed, with Wetdinger listing.
Regularly priced scrap books with cloth bindings offered at 1.49 each, 12 by 24 inch loose stock priced at 4.19 per set of two, with a Stollery Section noted. Aimed at bargain hunters seeking value on craft supplies.
An OCR fragment advertises dictionaries at discounts. It mentions Webster's New International Dictionary, leather binding options, shipper notes, and irregular pricing from $24.00 to $14.75, plus special offers on regular Americas bank papers and other items. It reads like a classified promotions snippet with product names and prices.
Readable ad copy notes well made baskets suitable for picnics and lunches. Mentions 18 inch bakers and assorted values. pricing around $1.26 to $1.29. Likely a small product listing from a department or hardware store with limited legible details.
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