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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
18
Readable catalog style item outlines aprons with blue chambray and white bands priced around 79c for full aprons and 49c for gingham variants. Details include bib pockets ruffles and back buttons, with percale bungalow aprons in checks stripes and dots offered at 49c from usual 75c values.
Hand kerchiefs of lawn or cross bar muslin with hemstitched borders offered in sets of five for children. Priced at ten cents each, described as just what every woman wants for general summer use.
Creme Oil Soap offers 50c worth for 29c with 5 cakes for 29c. Dora Powder in shades 50c box for 25c. Lazelle's Talcum Free with Lazelle's Toilet Water at 50c. Bath soap dozen cakes sale 95c box 12 cakes. Williams' Talcum Free with toilet water at 50c. Skull caps advertised as pure and inexpensive.
Advertises Delico gelatine two flavor boxes at 60 cents each package includes a dozen 10 cent boxes. Claims each box makes six pints of jelly using Diamond Gelatine and promotes a double fruit flavor combination.
During the semi annual clearance, breakfast sets priced at 98 cents are offered. Buyers may choose from skirt jacket and cap or skirt and jacket configurations with figured or checked patterns and contrasting bias bands. Pearl finish and usual values noted.
In a Semi-Annual Clearance Sale muslin undergarments are priced at 25c for drawers previously 35c and 48c for envelope chemises corset covers gowns and petticoats with several styles in pink or white. Regular 60c values are shown as 48c in this sale.
Bargain tables feature snowy unders garments and gowns with corset covers drawers and envelope chemises in varied styles. Usual values from 1.48 to 3.50 offered at 2.48 with quality highlighted as the sale’s keynote and many ribbed trim details.
Wide assortment of empire style gowns corset covers drawers and chemises offered at 98 cents each. Embroidered trims laces tucks and ribbons highlight the $1.25 values now reduced to 98 cents in this sale.
A maker's surplus stock of lawn and gingham dresses is offered at 98c each. The entire collection would normally sell up to $3.50 per dress, with a variety of styles including nurse's white linen dresses. All sales final and no C O D.
Advertisement lists Misses white canvas pumps with heel strap ribbon bow and turn sole. Prices shown 1.85 for sizes 11 to 2, 1.45 for sizes 8 to 11, and 5 to 8 with unclear further details. Includes garbled sizing and codes.
Advertises price cuts on sheets and pillow cases in assorted sizes. Highlights heavy linen finished sheets with center seams and no rip guarantee, pillow cases in multiple dimensions, and special prices from 13c to 89c with several named sheet lines such as Elmdale and Saranac.
In this sale section, light weight V-neck vests with non slip shoulder straps are offered at 11c to 19c, Swiss ribbed lifle vests in various necklines priced around 19c to 63c, and women’s union suits in envelope, open, and umbrella styles with low necks and sleeveless cuts. Extra sizes listed, with silk vests and union suits in broken lines at half price.
Narrow through the list shows bleached and damask table linens, 58 to 60 inch widths, floral and dot patterns, noted 22c to 60c quality. Napkins and towels offered in counts per dozen or per piece with usual values printed, plus full size spreads and crocheted spreads at sale prices.
Toweling mill offers soft finished bleached toweling 17 inches wide with red border. Regularly 8c, clearance sale 5c per yard. $1.50 cloths and 64x72 inch bleached satin finished damask table cloths in pretty oval patterns, hemmed. Sale price $1.17.
Readable text outlines clearance prices for full length kimonos and lawn percale dressing sacques. Items include figured and flowered lawns with high waist and full skirts trimmed with lace and scalloped edges. Prices shift from 98c to $1.98 with various styles and finishes.
A catalog of books with authors and prices including Bab A Sub Deb Mary Roberts Rinehart E M Dill Mary Mac Lane The Heart of the Balkans D Vaka Bullets and Billets Bruce Baernsfather Letters and Diary of Alan Seeger First Hundred Thousand Ian Hay each priced from 1.25 to 1.60.
Women can buy white silk hose for 1.00 a pair during a clearance sale, offered at a third under value. Pure silk thread hose feature area heel sole toe and double garter top, with regular 1.50 values. Saturday only.
Women's Onyx 141 black silk hose with lisle heel sole toe and lisle garter top. Regular 1 values 83c pair. Women's black or white silk hose with 16 inch silk boot lisle heel sole toe and lisle garter top. 35c to 50c values Misses Cadet hose ribbed Onyx hose in broken lines black or white values to 50c pair.
Large reductions on suits knickerbockers and straw hats for boys 7 to 18. Wool and linen fabrics drop from $6.00 to $4.48 and up, with knickerbockers from 69c to 89c, and straw hats clearanced at half price. Also reduced are coats and various sizes for younger boys.
Short theater sale ad lists 20 inch nets at 95 cents 24 inch at 1 45 28 inch at 1 95 for tomorrow only Real Hair Nets cap or fringe wear them as veils
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