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Newspaper
The Morning Journal Courier
Location
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
8
Silk taffeta ribbons in multiple colors with 150 yard lengths and belting at 22c. Kimonos priced 50c to 2.95, dresses and wrappers in lawns crepes and silks on sale. House dresses and percale garments offered at 1-3 off regular prices amid assorted patterns and full skirts.
A large sale features 375 children’s wash dresses in lawns madras chambray and percale with jumpers in assorted colors some trimmed others plain. Prices from 8c to 3.95 with sample graduation and party dresses in lawns nets and bouges two piece princess styles priced from 7.80 to 0.50. Also buckles pins rings and solid gold items listed.
A. M. AIS Sale touted as the year’s top merchandising event with unlimited sample stock for Exhibition Trade uses. Read ing importers and wholesalers present. Prices slashed to under half, promising fifty cent savings on the dollar. Wide range of first quality personal wear and home goods. Hurry up to this limited sale.
Trade notice highlights discounts on gowns chemises and drawers with one third off. Local store promotes intimate apparel sale with mixed sizes and styles available for limited time.
A sale notice lists Muslin gowns from 25 cents to 1.00 with multiple styles in Nainsook. White skirts range 79 cents to 7.50, samples up to 15.00. Embroidered edgings, laces, and sheer linens featured with half price offers. Corsets offered at 88 cents, plus other undergarments and trim fabrics in bulk.
A catalog of sample lines shows imported toothbrushes 15 to 25 cents and assorted hand scrubs 15 to 23 cents, plus jets of toilet soaps and cake prices noted. The fragmentary lines suggest a wholesale or retail price list with items and small price ranges.
Redfern corsets advertise 100 pairs of high grade Augustine models in Avna summer fabric with long backs and wide fronts, size 18 to 30, priced at $2.00. Miss L A Siebold, expert corsetiere, promotes Redfern as high art in dress and corsets with Arctic whalebone, heavy front and side hose attachments, and long pack bust designs in sizes 18 to 26.
A small ad notes several light serge reefers are offered at half price. The listing emphasizes limited stock and bargains for shoppers seeking discounted outerwear.
Traveling salesmen offered silk and Latin samples for order in lengths from one to two yards. Descriptions note varieties include plain and fancy weaves as they pitched goods to buyers.
Lot 1 offers traveling men simples 1-4 to 1-2 yard silk samples in plain and fancy silks for trimming and fancy work, worth 75 cents to 1.50 per yard. Ends show sample silks priced from 78 cents to 1.50 per yard, lengths 1-2 to 1 yard. Lot 3 priced at 39 cents each includes silk and Latin samples from 1 to 2 yards in plain, figured and striped fabrics in various colors and styles.
Decorated china salt and pepper shakers bone dishes olive dishes creamers fruit bread and butters vases toothpick holders and more values up to 8c each at 10c. Fancy decorated salads puff boxes covered butters pitchers fruit spoon trays cake plates hair receivers bread and butter plates mayonaisse sets bread and milk sets sugar and creamers values up to 6sc each.
A sale advertises tableware and decorative items with values up to 75c and 81 25, including cake plates syrups puff boxes sugar creamers spoon trays tea pots cups and saucers milk jars and more, with selective pieces priced per piece at seven and a half cents each.
A sale listing presents an assortment of tableware and decorative pieces including cracker jars fruit sets fern dishes cake plates pitchers salads bon bons syrups jugs cane disticks berry sets 3 piece tea sets chop dishes chocolate pots celery trays valued up to 2.25 dollars with items at one dollar.
In Optical Section opera glasses priced at 1.73. Lenses described as post ground glass with morocco bodies, black enameled cross bars and trimmings. Some can be used for field glasses. Guaranteed to be as claimed. Values up to 5.00, at 1.74 each.
A mantel clock offered for 3.89 features a wood case and an eight day movement wound once. It strikes the hour and half hour on a cathedral gong, with written guarantee. regular value 98.50.
Ludwig Searls offers Mexican hand drawn linen in sizes 8x18, 24x24, and 30x40 inches with substantial markdowns from regular prices. Also featured are German Huck Towels, sample towels, and hemstitched Huck Towels, totaling about 12 dozen linen pieces and 10 dozen Huck towels with strong value.
Sample pieces and hosiery from a leading importer include Madras Dotted Swiss and Dimity fabrics with borders, Huck Towels branded as seconds, and 1200 pairs of women's hose in gauze Liste and Luce Liste. Also listed are Silk Listes Nylon and cotton blends, willow clothes baskets, and assorted blacks tans and fancies with prices up to 98 cents.
Large sale featuring over 500 waists in lawns bac uste madras linen laces and more with many styles and prices from 1 to 2. Suits, skirts, and lingerie hats shown as sample lines from specialty houses and manufacturers. Includes gloves, Union Suits, linen art squares, shirts, pajamas, and boys wash suits with deep discounts and limited quantities.
Advertises lawn mowers priced at 2.49 with 25 sample mowers in stock. Describes high grade easy running mowers with fine tempered blades in three sizes. Mentions regular values up to 3.98.
Readable lines mention carpet and rug samples priced at a dollar fifty, with carpet lengths of 112 yards featuring Axminster and Royal Wilton types. Repairs and replays are listed with costs three fifty per yard and four twenty five per yard respectively.
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