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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
13
A bold sale event begins tomorrow at 8:30 am in the third floor apparel section with four long tables. Surplus lots from two makers offer white linen skirts, lawn dresses, eyelet and lace trimmed styles, with prices from 1.48 to 4.95 and quantities limited for 62 dresses and a large number of skirts.
Tomorrow's sale list includes assorted toilet preparations priced at 19c to 25c. The ad suggests reading the items closely, claiming readers may find desired goods at a low price and benefit from purchasing for future needs.
A catalog of assorted toiletries and cosmetics lists dozens of products priced at 19c or 25c. Items include soaps, shampoos, face powders, toothpastes and powders from brands such as Colgate, Woodbury, Sanitol, Sozodont, and Williams. Also featured are shaving sticks and powders, vaselines, talcums, and creams.
Dainty neckfinery includes collars of linen with Irish crochet edges and jabots combining lawn and Irish crochet laces. These pieces look worth 50c but go on sale tomorrow for 25c each. A long sale table displays them.
Pretty washable ribbons in white red pink blue and lavender offered in No. 1 width five yards No 1 percent width five yards and No 2 width five yards for 9 cents. Buy tomorrow to lock in savings before Monday prices revert to regular.
The Joske store promotes a vast stock of women hose at 45c a pair and three pair for 99c. The selection includes gauze lisle, silk lisle, silk gauze, and cotton hose in black white tan and colors. Emphasis on garter tops spliced heels and toes.
Five hundred pounds of chocolate creams at 10c per pound tomorrow. Vanilla cream centers dipped in chocolate. Hand made chocolates 50c per 250. Fudge varieties 25c per pound. Jelly beans assorted flavors 10c per pound Saturday.
Pins valued to 1.00 in green and bright gold filigree and novelty styles. Belts and hats pins from a manufacturer’s catalog with many pieces. sample quality noted. Also mentions a selection of books by Tolstoi Leblanc Cross Warden Churchill and others. Section C Street Floor.
The Big Store offers the largest Texas footwear selection with substantial reductions on men’s, women’s, and children’s oxfords pumps and ties. Tomorrow and Monday feature extraordinary concessions as summer styles go on sale to help buyers stretch wear ahead.
The May Shoe Sale offers women's Oxfords of dongola kid with plain toes or patent tips, finished with turn soles and Cuban heels. Priced at $1.27 a pair, the deal emphasizes affordable footwear for shoppers.
Tan grain barefoot sandals priced by size range. Children sizes 2 to 6 cost 35c, 4 to 8 cost 40c, 9 to 11 cost 50c. Misses 12 to 2 cost 60c, women's 3 to 7 cost 75c. Material footform shaped for comfort.
A sale on men and boys Oxfords and grass canvas shoes in Blucher style. Prices start at 1.27 dollars per pair for men’s Oxfords. Ideal for hot weather and casual wear.
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