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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1907
Page
11
A lively catalog-style ad urges shoppers to enter the race of bargains in men's wear and furnishing goods. It highlights silk shields, handkerchiefs, seamless hose, suspenders, dress shirts, and linen turnover collars with low prices designed to attract buyers to the department.
Pex claims daily credit for best selected embroidery in Sn Antonio. They boast our embroidery is 25 percent better value than rivals at 7 cents versus 10 cents. The ad argues higher quality at the same money and promises to set town talking with Make Room Sale prices.
A scrambled shopper note touts discounted footwear and hosiery with low prices and brief descriptors. The garbled text mentions gray drill Oxfords at $1.25, white sergeant embroidery at $2.50, women’s tan lace shoes, Cuban heel, and men’s socks and garments, all framed as bargain buys.
A store announces sweeping price reductions to clear surplus stock before a large shipment arrives mid August. With limited space and a crowded salesroom, every item is cut to make room for new fall and winter merchandise, including all broken or discarded items, to ease congestion and enable restocking.
Readable prices show bleached muslin sheets at 41 cents and bleached pillow cases at 10 cents each. The sale lists unbleached sheeting, bleached sheeting, and belt items with varied cents amounts. Women's knit underwear and children's knit pants appear with bargain prices, reflecting a general rise in costs but a special clearance event.
Fragments describe domestic textiles offered at low prices in a sale. Unbleached shirtings and regular weight fabrics are highlighted with small price points. The notice emphasizes value per yard and the chance to buy many yards at low cost.
An old advertisement touts men’s underwear including Balbriggan shirts and draw-strings with prices near 125 to 500 in cash. It emphasizes value and urges buyers to recognize the right place to shop, promising superfine garments and reliable cotton basics.
A city store advertises a large wash goods sale with thousands of yards and hundreds of patterns. Items include lawns, dimities, batiste, and dotted swiss offered at reduced prices. customers can buy in units of 12 yards with quantities pulled from counter-stacks.
Encouraged by growing business and confidence, the firm pledges expansion in Houston Street as a trade center. They aim to add capital, increase stock, add departments, and modernize with time saving equipment while keeping plain figures and one price. Goods exchanged and money refunded remain the method.
A local retailer advertises a drastic yardage sale on dress goods and woolen fabrics to clear excess stock. The offers include cotton dress goods 26 inch at 19 cents, Bradford mohairs and Stratford mohairs in all shades, Panama staples at 49 cents, and Pure Wool Dress Goods at 50 cents, with many fibers and textiles heavily discounted to cash in on inventory.
The assortment of these much wanted and chic dress materials is complete in color and design. Never offered at this price before. This Make Room 89 Sale features $1.25 cloths now 89 cents each. Limited quantities.
Local ad highlights skirt specials with airy copy about value and room for price offers. The snippet promises customers will find goods priced to pay off and emphasizes a playful tone with shorthand phrases.
Advertises ready-to-wear items at low prices including boys wash pants small sizes 19 cents boys gingham waists 196 cents women aprons gingham and petticoats. Shows damaged OCR with errors but identifies sale of ready-to-wear apparel and prices.
A garbled ad notes skirts named Women’s Wall Street are for sale with a fixed price that won’t be considered on arrival. A giant varigry cat is mentioned as a closing incentive. The seller promises the skirt will be yours with balance to be arranged.
The text states that if pedlars small shopkeepers or competitors exploit low prices to buy goods for resale the seller may cancel purchases and refuse to sell. It asserts that prices are for consumer benefit not dealer profit.
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