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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
14
McArdle's Monday Money Savers draw crowds with genuine savings. A piano contest closes soon with a free piano stool and scarf as prizes. Coupons offered with each 25 cent sale and many underpriced stock items advertised as real McArdle guarantees.
A bold sale advertises deep discounts on men’s dress shirts, suspenders, collars, cambric handkerchiefs, silk shields, arm bands, madras cloth, and working shirts. It promises a lively display in the furnishing goods department and a free piano coupon offer to attract customers.
Last Call Sale advertising the best embroidery and bands in San Antonio. Claims superior quality and wider selection with low prices and special coupons. Promotes free piano coupons and urges readers to shop for value.
Fragmentary notice advertising lower prices on underwear and accessories with references to waist straps buttons rifle thread valves and silk items. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or identifiable entities.
A fragmented sale listing offers various apparel items with prices such as suspenders per pair and handkerchiefs. It includes children’s border handicraft items, men’s socks, vests and bands with low price figures.
Unclear sale ad offers remaining stock at heavy discounts. Lists various shoe types and prices including children sandals at 96 cents and oxford styles from 1.03 to 2.50. Promotes limited room clearance, urging shoppers to check for their size and ask about Free Plans Coupons.
An old catalog listing table linen sets and towels in damask and cotton. Items include cream linen damask at 9s and bath towels around 13c to 40c, colored border towels, extra size towels, and bed spreads priced to clear. Includes assorted sizes and bulk discounts.
Thousands of yards of lawns dimities batistes and organdies explode onto counters in a last call sale. Bright clean fabrics priced 9 cents for lawns and dimities and up to 14 to 16 cents for batiste and printed dimity. Only twelve yards per customer, regular prices ignored during this special sale.
The notice advertises a Last Call Sale with long yardage of desk calico, 3¢ quality fabrics, and checked shirtings priced at 8c to 12%%, plus to unbleached domestic at 6c. It promises value with every yard purchased.
A vintage sale notice offering extensive dress goods discounts to clear stock. Lists numerous fabrics and prices including 25c to 1.25 garments, with emphasis on quality claims, color variety, and a prompt cash-only sale approach. Includes mention of free plano coupons and strong value messaging.
Urgent sale notes offer 10c and 5c fabrics with 27 inch wide beautifully oriented patterns in red pink beHp and green. Describes cloth suitable for kimonos wrappers and dresses and claims big savings on bulk purchases with references to free plane coupons and new dress ginghams.
Lace curtains offered at deep discounts fill the Lider-Call Sale as odd ends are cleared. Prices range from 6c to 89c with yardage and patterns including Swiss effects and wide fabrics. Reduction sweeps all lace curtain materials to stock, big bargains noted.
In a cluttered sale description hundreds of shoes are advertised with deep discounts. Kids and women’s styles in various models are offered at prices from $1.03 to $2.75, with men's and other items mentioned. The text emphasizes factory-to-door pricing and fast turnover.
Frank Nelson of El Campo Mexico, in town to purchase machinery, displayed two enormous teeth found near the Arroyo Imada de Samia Ana. One tooth measures around 4½ inches across and 7 inches long with enamel largely worn, the other about 12 inches across and 4⅔ inches long, weighing five ounces. Nelson plans to send the teeth to the Smithsonian. The find occurred near Rancho Dolores, while he stayed with ranch manager Felipe Ybarra.
A memorial note recalls Tonte Mae Frisbie of 1008 Essex Street who died after a long illness. The obituary praises her faith, kindness, loyalty, and unselfish nature, noting her devoted parents and cousin J. Whalte whom she helped as a sister. Her loss is mourned with prayers and floral tributes as family members seek comfort in God's plan.
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