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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
4
We duplicate old lenses exactly to match power and size and fit them to your frames. We perform repairs and replacements of frames and bows, fit new nose pieces, and carry a large stock of steel, gold filled and solid gold repairs.
The McCoy store plans four weeks of Boston and New York buying from large houses to offer the lowest prices in the state. They will add new Rexall remedies Harmony perfumes and phonographs, with cash buying enabling better selection. Holiday goods and August September bargains touted plus a 50 cent allowance on leaky hot water bags or syringes toward a new purchase.
A local jeweler touts an immense stock of baby rings with hundreds available in various styles priced at one dollar each. The dealer claims no equal variety or quantity in Minot and emphasizes affordable pricing across fancy stone set signet and plain options.
Our big stock and low prices are not equaled in the state of North Dakota. We sell ladies watches from 19.00 up to 175.00 and every one is a good one for the price we ask. We have just placed a new lot of ladies watches on sale and you can see the very latest designs by looking over our stock. We invite you to call and inspect them.
A retail pitch touts Harmony Perfumes as equal to top brands at half price. It claims strong past-year sales and invites customers to sample Violet or Rose scents free with kerchief perfume, highlighting fragrances like White Rose Violet Chimes Crab Apple and Heliotrope at 50c per ounce.
Read of a drawing for a $400 Schultz piano at Taylor's Drug Store in Taylor's shop window. Customers receive one ticket per 50 cent purchase and the drawing is at noon on Saturday October 31 1908. Tickets not held by any store staff.
The jewelry shop touts its new set ring line and notes all rings are bought direct from makers. Prices are claimed to be the lowest for quality jewelry and the department grows as they show new creations yearly.
See the snaps we are offering in Ladies Solid Gold Set Rings at $2.50. We secured a lot of regular $5 rings so cheap that they are now $2.50 each. They are on display in our jewelry window. We pass bargains to customers and prefer cash trades at McCoy's for savings.
A local jewelry listing highlights solid gold neck chains in 10 and 14 karat with broad length choices. Prices start at $2.50, emphasizing variety and value in the shop's stock.
Large display of belt pins touted as the season’s popular item with prices from 1.00 upward. New Pickard hand painted china line featured with over twenty artists and shipments arriving, priced from low amounts to high depending on size and design.
Advertises denatured alcohol sales with pricing for pints at 20 cents and quarts at 80 cents. Offers better prices by the gallon and invites quotes for any quantity under five gallons.
Advertises a variety of fine combs with prices from 10c to 50c. Claims a wide stock and quality finish across a readable comic line.
McCoy’s advertises chamois skins offered at low prices with live size and larger options. The message emphasizes saving money on any size and invites customers to call and view.
A dealer offers two wire racks for 5.00 to hold around 100 Edison records. The racks prevent breakage and make finding records easier, promising to recoup the cost by reducing losses and improving organization.
If you do much writing it will pay you to buy a pound of our fine writing paper. We offer two grades at 40¢ and 60¢ per pound. Envelopes to match are 15¢ per package, two for 25¢. Each pound yields over one hundred sheets.
Three weeks from now a dealer will present the finest sponge assortment ever offered in the state. McGoy will import from a New York firm that specializes in fine sponges and chamois skins. Prices will be lower than typical good quality sponges and the selection will be unequal in town.
The product is a bed bug killer sold in pint cans with squirt nozzles. It is designed for hard to reach spots and is made from a poison used by the United States government. Each can contains one pint and is priced at 25 cents.
109 Discount Eastman Cameras advertises a 10 percent saving on buying the No. 2 Brownie Box. The outfit includes a No. 2 Brownie camera priced at $2.00 and $2.45 worth of supplies, total $4.00, with a 24x31 picture capability and daylight loading.
Harmony Talcum Powder advertised as pink and fine enough for use as a face powder. Available in liberal size boxes at 25 cents each, with McCoys selling the new pink Harmony variant.
McGoy's offers pocket knives at deep discounts with prices from 0c to 90c in regular value. The lot includes small to large knives with two or three blades and handles of Pearl Horn Bone or Stag.
Hudnut perfumes and toilet waters are offered at fixed store prices. Rainbow Dyes promise one step garment coloring for wool, silk, cotton and blends, selling at 10 cents a package. The ad claims Rainbow Dyes outperform old style dyes and praises dealer McCoy for fair pricing.
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