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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1897
Page
5
A fragmented Waterville shoe catalog lists infants to men's footwear with Waterville prices and our sale prices. It highlights button shoes, lace shoes, and overshoes in leather and calf materials, plus various ladies and children’s styles and job lot assortments.
Waterville price highlights feature yachting caps in blue 16 to 25 cents and 25 cent caps in various colors. Linen and damask fabrics, ticking, table cover cloth, and fancy silks offer steep savings with tomorrow only prices. Underwear, wool goods, and overcoats are presented at special Waterville prices for quick purchases.
Advertises Knee Pants by Strong & Son in dark cheviots cassimeres and heavy wool, worth 400 to 600 with values and tomorrow sales. Claims splendid all wool knee pants warranted not to rip and heavy weight options priced at 1.20 and 1.00.
Quick note lists a Cream Lace Curtains pair described as 125 quality. The garbled text mentions curtains for sale with unclear publisher and pricing details.
Readable fragments describe wool blankets with various quality terms and prices. Mentions include all wool items, pair offers, and multiple price figures. Names and places are unclear. item category remains wool blankets with estimated costs.
A sale listing for Waterville millinery includes baby caps priced low, trimmed hats at 2.00 and 2.50, spring fabrics in multiple shades, embroideries in cambric Swiss and Namsook at various low prices, carpet warp, gloves, ribbons, corsets at half regular price, velveteen dress facing, and assorted ladies and children's wear with discounts.
Catalog style notice lists youths suits in medium weight fabrics and all wool options. Prices range from 4.95 to 12.00 with discounts and tomorrow sale reminders.
In the Hardware Department supply is limited and not promised to last beyond the three remaining days of the week. Fancy decorated ware includes 12 piece tea sets, breakfast plates, tea plates, bed cups and saucers, white Tumblers, and more. Also offered are covered dishes and butter dishes, along with heaters, coal hods, stovepipe elbows, lanterns, tinware, and lamp stands at low prices.
Fragments describe floor oilcloth in multiple widths and yard pricing. Mentioned are 16 inch and 72 inch wide options with best quality and yards priced around 40 cents. Incomplete text suggests promotional retail language for floor covering materials.
A Waterville sale advertises percale shirts with collars attached or detached priced around $1.00 to $1.25, plus best quality percal shirts and silk accessories. Also offered are four in hand ties, bows, linen collars and cuffs, nightshirts, handkerchiefs, hosiery, gloves, mitts, and other menswear items with Waterville pricing and tomorrow as the sale date.
A dense catalog of grocery items listed in a vintage style including sugar coffee soap starch oats and canned goods. The long list names brands and package sizes with emphasis on value and variety. Items include coffee cocoa soap baking powders cereals dried fruits and canned vegetables, plus household items like soap and a broom.
The fragment lists meat and grocery items with broken OCR text. Items include Finest Sugar Cured Hams, Sugar Cured Cat Hams, Pure Lard, Dry Salt Bacon, Codfish, Stock Fish, Fresh Pork, Choice Steak, Bologna, Pickles, Anchovies, Mackerel, and Herring. Several terms are garbled with inconsistent measurements and misspellings.
Local ad lists boys waists in sizes from 4 to 13, with sixes available. Styles include black or red and fancy cobra patterns, priced to 35 value, with tomorrow’s sale and shopping emphasis.
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