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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
20
Joske’s cleans its store and clears winter stock as new season arrivals arrive. The event highlights children’s linen dresses in bright colors and new patterns for sizes 5 to 14 priced 3.98 to 15 and high school dress styles in sizes 13 to 19 with multiple necklines.
An advertisement touts Joske candies as 100 percent pure with a playful claim that men and their girlfriends can taste the quality, noting candies are as dainty and luscious as pricier brands. Tomorrow:
A sale offers 40c candies at 25c per pound featuring assorted creams vanilla creams and chocolate covered nougat and chocolate covered marshmallows with a tempting invitation to taste.
A local ad lists candy varieties priced at 75 cents per pack and 50 cents per pound. Items include chocolate dipped almonds crystallized pineapple slices and crystallized cherries.
An old fashioned assortment is offered with 35c candies at 19c per lb. Peanut squares Rajah paste wintergreen lozenges mint perfections and a large jelly bean display available tomorrow at 10c per pound, regular price 20c. Enjoy ripe flavory plump beans.
A handkerchief maker sold house samples and samples of two road men. Only three handkerchiefs of a kind will be available tomorrow at 9c. More stock at 15c. Samples are new, on original cards, with the salesman’s instructions. Hemstitched with lace and embroidery. finished with embroidery.
Advertises casement cloth in various colors and patterns at 10c yard, scrim style fabrics at 15c yard, lace curtains 3 yards long in white or ecru at 78 cents per pair, roller shades three by nine feet at 50 cents, and Swiss curtains with hemstitching offered at about 1.07 dollars per pair.
A local shop advertises a sale on fancy ribbons with about 85 bolts closing out leaving only 4 or 5 yards of a kind. Stripes, black checks and Jacquard patterns on sale at 19c a yard, down from 25c and 35c. Spring ribbons ideal for hat trimmings. 5 yard pieces of underwear wash ribbons sell for 5c each. Regularly 8c.
Amelia Barr's Remember the Alamo, praised as the best work on the immortal Texas heroes, is noted as a novel told in narrative form. The item advertises 35c tomorrow and references prior children’s books with one-page color activities.
Tomorrow many famous books will be offered as 49 cent reprints. Titles include Peter by F Hopkinson Smith Jewel by Clara Louise Burnham Jewel's Story Book by the same author Madame X The Spoilers Rex Beach Fortunes of Oliver Horne The Filigree Ball Katherine Green The Master Christian Marie Corelli The Lightning Conductor The Williamsons Where Love Is William Locke.
The Stationery has moved to the second floor beside Maslin Underwear to accommodate crowded buyers. Visit tomorrow for inducements including wax paper 24 sheets per roll three rolls 10 cents and Joske's playing cards two packs 25 cents diaries for 1912 19 cents to 2.50 and San Antonio souvenir postal cards 14 for 10 cents.
Tomorrow in the Toilet Goods Department customers may buy Artesia and Woodbury products including creams powders soaps and tooth products. The list also features Freckleater Sanitol Lambert's Lusterite Mennen's Borated Soap and other cosmetic items with a broad assortment of vanities and beauty aids.
Nearly 100 spring hats arrived yesterday in natural and white styles, mostly rough straw and hemp. The assortment includes wide brimmed hats and bonnets. Hats worth up to 10 dollars are 3.45, 6 dollar hats 2.75, and 5 dollar hats 1.45. shoppers urged to view today as demand may exceed supply.
A retailer touts dramatic hose price cuts with 25c, 18c and 7 1 2c pair offers. The message highlights past sales of silk hose at 1 50 and announces tomorrow’s further reductions as part of a spring housecleaning sale.
The ad lists 25c and higher priced hose in plain lisle lace and silk, with many colors including black options. It notes reduced stock of blacks, emphasizing colors such as green brown tan yellow champagne nile garnet Alice blue lavender cerise blue and white, in various weights and embroidery. Some pieces may have embroidered ankles and silk floss details.
The city’s only spot rivaling Joske's cleanliness offers Roman punch with mixed fruits at 5c and sliced peaches over ice cream with whipped cream for 10c, half the usual price. Visitors can expect pure flavors and generous Melba portions.
The Joske tailoring department has prepared earlier than ever for the spring rush and can take orders now. Paris and Berlin contributed ideas for the new season and models are on display in the second-floor tailoring shop. New fabrics from distant regions are also shown.
Today’s sale features children patent vamp low shoes white top turn soles 69c down from 85c. Children doingola kid and patent kid shoes lace and button styles flexible soles 95c from 1.50. Misses tan kid shoes button or lace with turn and welt soles 1.39 from 2. Infants tan red black kid button shoes 49c from Tic.
Spring dress sale features girls garments in sizes 5 to 14 with Anderson ginghams and French percales. 98c dresses offer bright prints, silk ties, patent belts and delicate embroideries, with larger white options up to $8.50 and linen styles at $10 for older misses. Wash dresses in chambray and gingham range $3.98 to $7.50, Highland Bloomer dresses for ages 1 to 6 98c to $2.48.
The article notes Cloisonne jewelry sets arriving for sale with jabot pins and cuff pins three on a card in a variety of colors and designs. Prices include 50 cents per set of three, 10 cents for imitation coral bracelets, 25 cents for children's mesh purses and silver finishes, and 25 cents for solid gold style beauty pins.
A maker clearing stock reports chiffon veils in white black and colors now priced at 1.19 down from 1.50 to 2.00. Inventory figures show several varieties including plain colors satin border dotted and two tone styles.
Ladies and children gain new undergarments including low neck sleeveless vests armless and regular sizes at 15c. Drawers with lace trim and French band 25c. Union suits lace trimmed knee open and closed styles. Six styles cut from 1.25 to 97c. Children Merino shirts and drawers 39c from 50c.
A large promotion promises free medallion portraits to customers. A firm of artists will reproduce any submitted portrait at no cost once a coupon portrait ticket is punched every time a purchase reaches ten dollars. The Medallion Section on the second floor handles the ticket and free portrait reproduction.
A neckwear maker refused shipment on financial grounds so the seller bought the stock and added sample pieces. The inventory includes jabots with lace and net and embroidery. Prices tomorrow are 43c 69c and 1.09 with Irish lace trim valued higher.
Cap makers present boys' caps in bright plaid styles priced 25c and 50c. Knickerbockers in durable material drop to 83c and 1.29, while boys' suits reduce sharply to 2.93 for 3.50 suits and 3.33 for 5.00 suits. Rompers for youngsters, washable and colorfast, priced 50c.
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