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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1900
Page
8
Side elastics in all sizes black and white at three per cent. Ladies fancy side elastics at toc per. Shopping bags 25 to 50 cents. Silk garters 25 cents. Tangle-Foot fly paper 2 cents. Hat elastics 1 cent per yard. Dunham linen finished thread usual 6 cents now 3 cents.
A brief, sharp reflection on how desire fuels action and shapes daily choices. It notes that motivation often mirrors the very thing sought, prompting readers to examine what they pursue and why. The piece hints at psychology and self-awareness without offering concrete conclusions.
A catalog of affordable fabrics and textiles lists 124c corded batiste for 74¢ and corded taffetas at 0¢ to 15c, Dimities, Scotch Dimities, Crinkles, Shirt Waist fabrics, Silk Ginghams, French Gingham, Embroidered Swiss, Satin-Striped materials, and all-linen skirtings with satin stripe in blue, red, brown and white, priced from 25c to 75c.
Wrappers valued up to 1.25 priced at 75 cents each group. Wrappers up to 1.75 priced at 98 cents. Wrappers up to 3.00 grouped and placarded at 1.75. Local sale offer lists assorted wrapper quantities with price breaks for bulk buys.
Silk and cotton waists priced at 10.00 with placards showing 5.98 Colored cotton shirt waists 0.69 and grouped waists 0.98 to 1.98 White cotton shirt waists listed 1.75 to 3.50 with placards 1.98 and 2.98.
At the jewelry counter items priced low including hat pins, sterling silver shirt waist sets, pulleys belt buckles, perfumes, solid gold rings with five year warranties, and tooth brushes. All marked down for quick selling in a rapid clearance.
At the wash goods counter the store features Dimities brought from Scotland. They were displayed in the window for a few days and hundreds of yards sold at 25c a yard. Tomorrow a new line of these goods will be displayed in the window.
Ad for summer stock furniture and draperies listing prices and reductions on upholstery gilt stools curtains fishnet draperies and lawn seating. Mentions Veranda and Lawn Furniture options like rattan reed and rustic chairs rockers and tables with discount ranges across multiple styles and pieces.
A local advertisement lists women’s and men’s underwear and accessories with color options. Ladies’ silk lace trimmed vests, Swiss handkerchiefs, and embroidered items appear alongside men’s shirts and drawers and socks, all at reduced weekly prices. Weeklong sale highlights include 45c to 75c items and bulk quantities.
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