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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1907
Page
6
The listing shows assorted women’s items with reduced prices from umbrellas at 21.00 down to 15.00 and includes lace fans, fur boas, feather items, waistlines, silks, wool sweaters, fur scarfs, fur sets, tea gowns, petticoats, walking skirts, street coats, tailor suits, evening wraps and gowns with wide price spans.
Purchases listed include puncy suspenders in boxes priced from 1.00 to 5.00, leather purses up to 4.50, silk handkerchiefs 50 cents to 1.50, plain linen initial handkerchiefs 1.50 to 3.00 per box, walking sticks 2.00 to 8.50, umbrellas 1.80 to 7.50, smoking jackets 5.00 to 15.00, lounging robes 5.00 to 25.00, and office jackets 35.00 to 60.60.
A local sale promises deep reductions on all women’s apparel including suits, evening wear, and street dresses. The piece urges every reader to attend soon, claiming the event is unprecedented and intended to run earlier than usual.
Readable fragments showTailor Suits priced at 2145 and 50.00 with several items marked at reduced pricesAround 413.95 for dresses and 29.50 for some dresses. Alterations offered at Nachavee and SLB locations.
A compiled list shows multiple evening coat prices with wide variations from 22.50 to 100.00 across several coded stores and codes including SAT SITS SZU DH SET SD and BYSAD. The text reads like an OCR inventory snippet with inconsistent formatting and stray symbols.
OCR reads a price list for dresses and gowns with inconsistent figures. Notable entries include prices around 20.90, 00, 37.50, 50, 100.00, 8 and 14.35 to 24.05, with several illegible segments and BLEED marks distorting the data.
The advertisement promotes full length eiderdown robes of the finest ripple down with optional large sailor collar and satin trimming. Colors described as fashionable, priced from four fifty to seven dollars and five cents.
An ad touts Nemo Corset Supremacy promising longer wear than rivals. It highlights triple strip reinforcements to prevent bones and steels from cutting through fabric and lists prices at 1, 2, SB and SS.
Outing Flannel Gow features best grade outing flannel in new colors and trims. Various styles priced at GS¢, BLQH and 1.50, with special discounts for today.
Fine nainsook gowns with high necks embroidery yokes and long sleeves lace trimming offered at special prices 98 cents 1 dollar 25 cents 1 dollar 45 cents and 1950 cents.
A column by Lady Henry Somerset discusses women’s advancing role in English and French governance, noting women’s eligibility for town councils, debates on suffrage, and recent legal milestones in France with Mademoiselle Mitopolsky joining the Paris bar. It contrasts English resistance at Gray's Inn with Parisian progress, and reflects on royal and courtly contexts amid historical shifts.
Cashier's checks issued during the money stringency are being recalled. About 240,000 were issued initially. all but 75,000 have been called, and gradual disappearance from circulation continues. The move aims to restore public confidence in local banks and financial institutions amid widespread cash stringency in Texas cities.
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