Store Marketing Slogan Notes on Bargain Leadership
Crowds throng the store daily as shoppers line up for service and bargains. Sales staff keep busy while prices are claimed to paralyze competition and cash buyers flock to the low prices.
27 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
The Lancaster Ledger
Location
Lancaster, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
1
Crowds throng the store daily as shoppers line up for service and bargains. Sales staff keep busy while prices are claimed to paralyze competition and cash buyers flock to the low prices.
The store offers Wol Douglass shoes at $3.00 in tan and rassir calf at $2.50. Craddock Terry & Co. $3.00 shoes in tan and black are $2.25. Ladies misses and children low cut shoes and slippers priced to move. Buy now for cheap footwear.
The notice touts a booming clothing business and a large millinery stock ready to arrive this week. It claims record sales in Lancaster, urges rapid shopping to grab bargains, and notes nearing sell out in the department with replenishment planned.
The article reports that A C Jones has withdrawn from the senatorial race against Senator Tillman after requesting the withdrawal of his pledge. Jones cites business pressures and insufficient time to campaign. Chairman Wilie Jones acknowledges the pledge withdrawal and notes a $50 assessment will be returned. The move clears Tillman of opposition and secures his re election. Additional dispatches cover Marine actions near Tienstin and crop reports from the Midwest.
The secretary of State on Friday issued a commission to the Darlington Oil and Ice Manufacturing Company of Darlington to have $30,000 in capital stock.
The source states China maintains about 300000 troops on peace footing and roughly 1000000 on war footing. It presents these figures as the total land army strength under different readiness levels.
Hannibal citizen J Lilly recounts a near death from typhoid fever that progressed to pneumonia and lung weakness. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery. The medicine is advertised as a universal cure for throat and lung ailments with trial bottles free at Crawford Bros' Drug Store.
A canning outfit with full instructions to process fruit and vegetables is offered for ten dollars. Interested buyers are directed to write to Lancaster or call the Ledger office for details, with CL McManus as the contact.
Reports of poor northwest crops trigger a sharp rise in July wheat futures with gains over 54 cents before midday retreat. The market shows a potential flour price jump of about 1 to 1.25 dollars per barrel as crop estimates worsen. Historic campaign meeting dates across several counties list town by town timelines.
Washington reports in response to the navy department inquiry that Pekin hosts 60 Americans among others. The dated reply via Chefoo lists nationalities and counts: 80 Austrians, 75 French, 50 Germans, 79 British, 40 Italians, 23 Japanese, 75 Russians, and 58 Americans in Pekin.
London reports a fierce clash between about 20,000 Chinese forces and a foreign relief column from Taku aiming to break Chinese lines and reach Tien Tsin. Admirals reportedly detonated forts at Taku and prepare to move all available troops to the city.
In Laurens county a wheat yield contest across townships showed Mr T B Brown winning with a little over 37 bushels per acre on a one acre plot. Farmers reported yields from 19 to 37 bushels per acre with overall crop damage limited by rains and improved harvesting equipment enhancing output.
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