REDUCTIONS IN UNDERWEAR DRESS GOODS AND INSERTIONS
In our stock of Dress Goods and Insertions, half price sale prices listed for lingerie and undergarments. All items offered at reduced rates with limited quantities.
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1907
Page
8
In our stock of Dress Goods and Insertions, half price sale prices listed for lingerie and undergarments. All items offered at reduced rates with limited quantities.
A bold sale advertises factory prices on a full clothing stock. It touts men and boys coats with low prices, claiming high quality garments and factory pricing instead of retail. The pitch stresses value and urgency to attract buyers.
Advertises table linen roll goods priced at 1.25 dollars per yard 99 cents during a sale offering 72 inch wide regular stock at a discount.
A period style list highlights price cuts on staple and fancy groceries. Items include flour, sugar, lard, molasses, yeast, soda, coffee, gum, mince meat, sardines, soaps, tea, spices, breakfast foods, matches, and tobacco with assorted sale prices. Strong entities include Mrs. Prudent Housekeeper, Lenox, Jaxon, Voight’s, Ve Veit brands, and Malt-Vita.
Over 1000 pairs of sample shoes offered at reduced prices. Men’s shoes priced from 4.00 down to 3.25 and 3.50 shoes at 2.75. Women’s shoes from 3.50 at 2.90 and 3.00 at 2.15 or 2.25. Boys and misses styles also discounted with notable bargains today.
Readable blouse of a local advert listing menswear items and prices. The sale features all wool blue and black shirts at 89c and 1.39, negligee soft bosom shirts, laundried white shirts, black and white cotton work shirts, night shirts, boys sweaters, linen collars, silk neckwear, suspenders, embroidered suspenders, handkerchiefs in red and blue, and gloves priced at 6c to 39c.
Silk fabrics advertised include an all silk 36 inch chiffon taffeta in black at 1.25 per yard and 44 inch black crepe batiste at 1.25, with wide ranges of all wool tricot flannels, 65 cent waistings, Mohair blends, and novelty suitings offered at reduced prices during a clearance sale.
Newspaper sale notice advertising rugs from 3.00 to 9x12 art squares and wool ingrain carpets per yard plus Union carpets. Discounts include 20 percent on small rugs and 15 percent on linoleum. Bleached sheeting and cottons offered at reduced sale prices with blue and white ticking and Everett denim featured among fabric items.
Unbleached and bleached Shaker flannels in multiple widths sell at reduced prices. Regular 12c and 10c goods offered, with smaller widths and 8c to 10c ranges. Also featured are flannelette patterns and a complete line of patterned outings at low, promotional rates.
A fragmented ad notes draperies priced with a discount of 25 percent. The readable text lists numbers and prices around 1.00 to 4.00, referencing a curtain sale. No clear dates or store names are readable.
Forest Hill notes include Miss Ella Reynolds of Remar visiting Misew Edith Lamelaw on the 14th, and Miss Clara Wilson eloping with Lee Wood. Several locals report visits in Alma and St. Louis, with remarks on schooling, funeral attendance, and social gatherings. A lost pocketbook and local remedies for piles are also mentioned along with advertisements.
Oran Pelter of Grand Rapids arrives in Alma to head the undertaker department for Gov. McCurdy and Son. He has years of experience and plans Alma as his future home. Also noted are Dr Lancashire’s Toledo trip and a successful county Teachers Institute with broad attendance and active participation.
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