Inventory Preps Begin Early With Deep Price Reductions
On Monday we start a ten day Pre-1 inventory period before stock taking. Prices remain low and many goods have been further reduced to clear inventory.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1908
Page
1
On Monday we start a ten day Pre-1 inventory period before stock taking. Prices remain low and many goods have been further reduced to clear inventory.
All silks and dress goods heavily discounted. Taffeta silk and black taffeta cuts to 1.35 and 1.69 respectively. Imported dress goods at 1.69, outing prints at 6c, table linen discounts, oil cloth, and 7000 yards of prints selling at 5c. White cotton batts also reduced.
Clothing stock liquidation offers deep discounts across men's, boys and children's overcoats and suits. Childs wool reefer coats, various overcoats, and large range of men’s suits marked down to fractions of their original prices. Perinventory sale promises bargain quantities and continued assurances of advertised deals.
Shoes offered in bulk with low prices across men women and children. 100 pairs high VA value ladies shoes priced to clear. 160 pairs men and children valued 1 50 to 2 98. 40 pairs light dress shoes at 1 39. 200 pairs plow shoes and men patent calf dress shoes 1 49. Prices cover Vici and Kangaroo lines.
An exceptional offering of ladies and misses cloaks with prices cut well below cost. Ladies fancy plaid coats reduce from 12 to 5.25. other coats down to 3.48. black coats $3.48. $22 coats now 15.00.
A Bee Culture correspondent describes home-made entrance feeders using a bottle instead of a fruit jar. The method benefits early brood-rearing and suits feeders who work evenings. warm feed is easier for bees to uptake when they fly. Milk bottles or small bottles work well, with a wire screen to prevent bees from entering the bottle and dripping air.
Breeders warn against using artificial heat in poultry houses except in extreme cold. They favor well insulated structures with double walls and limited glass to admit sun and air while reducing drafts, noting tongued and grooved lumber with roofing fabric stays healthy in most climates.
The article states that feeding whole oats to fowls has produced no bad results. It notes that soaking or boiling oats is unnecessary with good sharp grit. Fowls can master whole oats without danger if provided proper grit.
A reader asks how to protect sunflowers from birds during seed gathering. The advice suggests covering the flowering heads with bags to stop birds from stealing ripening seeds.
The article notes nests for hens as a key feature of poultry raising, with homemade nests from cracker boxes or scraps often as effective as patented devices. It recommends a partitioned nest room close to the floor, easy to remove and clean, and to keep nest material in place with a low front lip.
A Wisconsin Agriculturist reader asks if wholegrain alone plus variety can max egg yield and if whole oats are safe for fowls. The answer states exclusive grain diets harm fowls and they need meat or vegetable foods. Oats add protein but oats and peas do not supply egg protein alone. a balanced mix with other grains is advised.
Kidwin Patterson presents a musical to Scandia Opera House on Saturday January 4 featuring Phyllis Daye and Little Miss Dave praised by press. Frank T. Kelly stars as the Wiz ard of Wall Street with Louise Ashwood Ben Krampe and Ruth Clayton among cast. fifteen numbers planned with lavish wardrobe and effects.
A Cline departed last Thursday night for Buffalo Iowa to be at his mother’s bedside.
A fragmented OCR item hints at a restaurant ad offering fresh oysters in cans with unclear wording. The readable bits mention oysters served as you like them and reference a date or place label, but specifics are missing.
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