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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
16
The Joske Store announces a major Silk Sale two days from today featuring unprecedented quantities and varieties. The event offers silks from $0.47 to $1.98 per yard with fabrics including warp prints, Gros de Londres, chiffons, crepe de chine, satins, taffetas, and net in numerous shades and widths.
An old advertisement lists multiple bath and soap products including Pure Milled Soap in violet glycerine and geranium with hazel or peroxide, Witch Hazel in fancy bottles, and toothbrushes and dental products. It showcases pricing such as 10c to 29c and mentions boxes and samples.
A shipment of silk beaded bags arrived for tomorrow's store news. The under-price purchase by our Eastern office offers bags made of Repp and Moire silk, hand-beaded in navy cerise rose emerald lavender and black. Draw string top, contrasting lining, and mirror included. One dollar each.
Five in one aluminum kitchen set includes a 6 quart stew kettle a steamer roaster rice boiler and pudding pan with a 173 value sale tomorrow. Also featured are a six cup percolator aluminum double boiler and a mahogany serving tray with glass cover offered at discounted prices.
A local celebration marks James Whitcomb Riley's birthday with a sale of his poetry and miscellaneous pieces. Featured titles include Child Rhymes Love Lyrics Songs of Cheer and Songs of Home along with works by Anna Kathryn Greene E C and M C C Parker Hughes Rinehart Crawford and others priced from 1.00 to 1.35 each.
Large lot of 7 inch plates in white with a gold band. Popular item, selling regularly at two dollars per dozen. There is a note about a sale set for tomorrow with an expected quantity of seventy nine units.
Vintage mesh bags crafted in German silver feature delicate engraved frames and optional long or short chains. Priced at typical 50c values, some items appear discounted at 39c.
Sugar fruit tablets on sale at 15 cents per pound with fruit juice blends. Mint Perfections offered at 19 cents per pound. Kisses and Peanut Butter Kisses priced at 15 cents per pound. Jelly Beans assorted at 25 cents per pound. Tutti Frutti Sundae also advertised.
Initial stationery boxed in 24 sheets with color initials and 24 matching envelopes for 12 cents. Colored cloth finished correspondence paper in pink buff lavender blue gray sold in boxes of 24 sheets. Also 25 cent puzzle pictures with three art pictures per box and Pollyanna book at Joske's for 75 cents.
A local ad promotes savings on linens including napkins 20x20 inches in various patterns. Prices listed as two dollar spreads, 1.69 and 1.19 for dozen napkins, with usual 1.50 values. Indicates ready for use and laundered finish.
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