Bargain Basement Crowd Draws Shoppers
A bustling bargain sale draws a large crowd as shoppers seek deep discounts on low priced goods. The event features items priced at fractions of their regular cost, with eager buyers lining up for value deals.
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Newspaper
Sedalia Evening Sentinel
Location
Sedalia, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
8
A bustling bargain sale draws a large crowd as shoppers seek deep discounts on low priced goods. The event features items priced at fractions of their regular cost, with eager buyers lining up for value deals.
A fragmented textile ad lists remnants, aprons, ginghams, percale yard goods, white Nainsook, canton flannel and other fabrics with odd prices and codes, suggesting a clearance or sale in a dry goods section.
Advertisement notes muslin gowns priced at 60 cents and fee gowns with trim and embroidery offered at 75 cents. Text emphasizes sale pricing and value.
The sale features skirts in finest quality with all over embroidered yokes and prices from 1.60. Garments from English longcloth and cambric include empire and yoke styles trimmed with valenciennes and Swiss embroidery. Other gowns and skirts show prices 89c to 3.50 with various lace and insertion details.
An assortment of lace and embroidery trimmed fabrics offered at about half price. Includes all‑over embroidery fronts and a range of 10c to 50c qualities. Prices extend to 1 dollar for select items with numerous bargains noted in the ad copy.
Advertisement lists numerous women’s undergarments including long skirts chemises Valenciennes lace trimmed drawers with insertion and lace, and embroidered trimmed drawers. Prices range from 25c to $2.39 with many items branded at discounts and a note that corset covers are offered at about half price from the manufacturers’ line.
Our entire line of 10c and 12 1 4c Dimities Ic reduced for quick sale. Several patterns and colors offered at lower prices to clear stock. Includes lightweight lawn and perc dimities in assorted prints. Limited quantities remain, act now to save.
Sedalia Chapter No. 18, R. A. M., will hold a reg ular convocation Thursday evening August 8 at 8 o'clock. Visiting companions are invited to attend. Attest: JOHN P. GASS, H. P. J. H. MARA, Secretary.
Travel deal advertised for a Sunday trip to El Dorado Springs. Special train departs Sedalia at 8 15 A M. Travel price listed as one dollar round trip.
Judge Parsons appointed H. B. Quisenberry Wednesday as administrator of the estate of the late Brice McVoy.
An advertisement touts Farris Fountain attracting crowds each evening and promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a guaranteed path to happiness, warning against imitations.
A July evening shower brightens Hughesville as beans sprout and garden seed sales surge praised by C. D. Mockbee. Socials, church meetings, a Young People’s Society formed at the college, and multiple visits and trips fill local life amid livestock shipments, telephony upgrades, and a Blackwater fishing trip planned by Bealett Dickson and McGruder.
Advertises a damask table covering 56 inches wide priced at 19 cents a yard. Located at The Boston store on 214 Ohio Street, with limited supply.
Bottled at the distillery Pehl’s Private Stock eight years old, four quarts per case at $3.00. Shippable to any address with a guarantee of return at cost if not as represented. Marketed for medical and family use by Peter Pehl Wholesale in whiskeys and Anheuser-Busch beers at 115 West Second St. Phone 95.
Four tables provide seating for customers at the Arlington Pharmacy soda fountain. All tables are cooled by electric fans ensuring a comfortable visit for patrons.
A wholesome family mare is offered at a low price. Inquiries may be directed to P Vollmer at the Missouri Pacific depot for details and viewing arrangements.
The W C T U will not erect buildings this fall but will set up tents on the state fair grounds for the fair with headquarters there. A handsome building is planned to be erected as soon as the state convention approves the plan.
A sale offers a souvenir with a pound of coffee or twenty-five cents worth of tea. The event is set for Saturday August 10 at the Home Tea and Coffee Company.
Candy Palace promotes ice cold melons and offers delivery across the city. A special train departs Sedalia at 8 15 A M via the M K T Ry for an excursion to El Dorado Springs on Sunday August 11.
A compact public notice promoting lunch and bar short orders at McGurren's opposite Union Depot advertising the best 25 cent dinner in the city.
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