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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1896
Page
8
The Model Supply Store announces a January event beginning Tuesday the 7th offering Mid-Winter Goods at substantially reduced prices to keep workers employed. Prices are said to be up to 55 percent below import costs with no deviation from established rules. emphasis on moving stock and drawing patrons to start of sale.
Read carefully for discounts on ladies and men's shoes including opera slippers turned doors, French button, work shoes, Congress and Bal and Con models. Prices vary by size and style. many are reduced from $2.50 and up. Damaged or missing items noted as broken. come early for best picks.
Cloaks marked down from various list prices are offered at reduced amounts. Prices show drops from four to six dollars and higher, with reductions ranging from about 60 percent to close-out urgency as the department seeks to clear stock.
Hardware Bargains advertises skates in multiple quantities with prices from 8 cents to 467 cents, nickel plated items, knives and forks, and a Gold Coin Heater closeout price of 11 dollars 75 cents. Other items include wash boilers, razors, and miscellaneous hardware pieces with marked savings.
Hat shop ad notes trimmed hats for 140 down from 300 with 20 cent trims from 225 and 68 cent English and French felts 89c 48c and 6c. Line at 25c. Fancy feather and birds at half price. Best Ontario tips regular 98c to 1.25, 6Se 79c a bunch, half price at 58c.
A Topeka retailer touts no competition and urges customers to compare prices, claiming far lower costs at Model Supply Store than rivals. The message emphasizes unbeatable value and invites shoppers to test the market.
A damaged ledger lists assorted soaps and laundry items with per bar and per box pricing. Items include 1500 cakes of toilet soap and 150 boxes of laundry soap, various brands such as Kirk's White Russian, Clairette, Silk, Lennox, Fairbank's brown soap, and Kingford's Silver Gloss Starch in 6 lb boxes. Prices show inconsistent odd cents. figures are incomplete or garbled but indicate bulk and bar pricing.
Local merchants slash prices on wool Henrietta and wool plaid fabrics, silk goods, towels, handkerchiefs, and ladies wear. Notable offers include 27c wool Henrietta, 45c all wool settings, and 20c 38c wool plaids, with large selection of handkerchiefs and silk items at deep discounts.
Blanket sale highlights heavy markdowns on numerous items. Seventy percent off on 68 blankets with bulk value listed, plus bargain hosiery and ladies' hosiery categories showing dramatic reductions from 25 and 22 toward single digits. Limited stock emphasized as final chance to save.
An old style grocery advertisement highlights numerous items from canned fruit and preserves to meats, tea, coffee and flour with per unit prices. Notes limited sale quantities and a Chicago buy bringing coffee at 18 cents per pound, with a 10 pound limit per sale.
Master Mechanic George W. Smith of the Santa Fe in this city will return from La Junta, Cal, tomorrow afternoon to determine the exact number of air pulleys and shafting needed for interior fitment. No new machinery will be bought. existing machinery from the roundhouse will be moved. Officials and employees updates follow, including promotions, appointments, and staff transfers across Santa Fe, Rock Island, and M.K. & T. lines, plus a note on an advertising feature by Will White.
The January district court term begins Monday, with about 424 cases on the docket after trimming, including 54 criminal matters. Judge Hazen and County Attorney Safford plan two weeks of grand jury work, with murder trials and numerous liquor cases slated. Civil business fills the opening days, while several trials depend on arrest in the weeks ahead.
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