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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1897
Page
8
Silk and wool shirt waists offered with careful craftsmanship and tasty cloth. Prices start at 1.75 and go up to 3.50. Silk waists Velvet waists in plaids and Roman stripes black satin duchess and changeable taffetas featured.
An advertisement lists discounts on Ingrain Carpets Straw Matting and Rugs including Witton Smyrna and Brussels curtains, Tapestry and Cluny options. Prices drop from regular rates with many items reduced to 1.9 to 5.75 per pair for curtains and $1.23 to $5.75 for rugs, plus upholstering fabrics and floorcloths.
A historical price list offers multiple textiles and fabrics with quantities and per unit costs. Items include Amoroseg mixtures, Knickerbocker shirtings, boucle cloth, all wool mixes, Sicilians, cotton Charlies, mill ends linen, unbleached cotton flannel, linen crash, bleached linen crash, black brocaded dress goods, silk and wool blends, flannelette underskirts, and assorted yardage pricing.
The notice lists remnants 1 3 and 1 4 off and details materials including all wool and silk and mixtures. Fabrics described include colored plain and fancy plain black brocades mohair serges and henriettas waist lengths and skirt lengths.
The Russia blouse style leads demand with tight fitting trends. Prices from $5.00. Bicycle suits, capes, and blouses showcased from artist makers bought before labor and material costs rose. Capes in various lengths and fabrics. jackets around 24 to 26 inches. Misses and children's cloaks described as requiring careful tailoring and display to attract buyers. Prices from $5.00 to $7.50 with emphasis on value and style.
A shoe department advertises 300 pairs of Pointed Toes from the most reliable brands. The sale emphasizes a wide selection and dependable quality across popular styles. Shoppers are urged to visit for the discounted offerings and to compare fits and prices.
Five boot lots offered at deep discounts. Ladies and missy styles include Viel Kid Lace Boots with patent leather, t- tactics brand, and button or lace ankle boots. Prices feature reductions from varied original tags to as low as two dollars and fifty cents per pair.
The notice advertises wool wrappers at 4.50 each described as attractive stylishly made and well trimmed. It contrasts with cheaper numbers that could have sold, but did not bring business, so they are sold alone.
Inventory notes larger assortment of skirts with prices dropping as low as two dollars and fifty cents. Silks priced around five dollars have already sold to numerous customers this season, offered in many patterns. For those seeking better quality, higher priced options are available.
Just arrived at the store a gem for the money with men’s patch bosom shirts offered in twenty styles. Price closely around one dollar each, with a bargain appeal for fashion and value seekers.
Hosiery sale notes Topsy brand fall and winter stockings with 25c priced items and women heavy fleeced black stockings at 18c. It highlights cheaper and higher graded options available at low prices.
Two best drives in Handkerchiefs men linen hemstitched 10c ladies embroidered scalloped edge Queen Anne lace hemstitched patterns offered. Great variety in above styles no better shown last season at 35c.
The seller touts eiderdown garments from various makers with a focus on dress sacques in many colors. Prices range from one dollar for plain shell stitched pieces to $5, and lounging robes from $3.75 to $10. Men’s smoking jackets in the same fabric are also offered.
Silk and satin infant caps attractively finished with embroidery and trims in Marveleux and Swaenshows chinchilla edging. Prices start at 25 cents and rise with material and embellishment.
Catalog listing items for sale including blankets, linen collars, fringed scarfs, lunch cloths, and center pieces. Describes various fabrics, patterns, and sizes with prices such as 10 inch Burners center pieces at $1.25 and 31 inch center peers. Contains garbled OCR text interspersed with product names and prices from a historical shop.
Center tables display bargain undergarments for men women and children. Items include Melba Union Suits heavy cotton gray and black 50c a suit. children's natural color 25c. ladies sizes 3 25c. silk trimmed vests and matching pants. men's ribbed vests 50c to 75c and wool ribbed skirts with drawers. Dr Denton's sleeping garments for children 50c to 90c.
Ad copy lists Ladies' Natural Wool Vests with crochet trimming and high neck, Ladies' Natural Wool Union Suits silk trimmed at 1 each, Ladies' Ribbed Vests non shrinking with cro cheted front, All Wool Union Suits at 1 75 a suit, Children's fleece lined shirts and wool knit garments with price breaks by size, prices from 20 to 50 cents for various sizes and camel hair and grey ribbed vests and pants at 50 cents each.
Extra wool knit shawls and fascinators now on sale. Ladies handmade shell pattern fascinators in black or white, 25c. Extra size fascinators for ladies, 50c. Limited quantities available, priced very cheaply.
In the Molimbus building veteran Topeka lawyers trade jokes and theories on microbes. Captain Joe G. Waters hosts the gathering with remarks on microbes multiplying like atoms, X rays, and future natural color changes. Attendee Thomas F. Doran argues microbes vary by person, while David Overmyer jokes microbes are everywhere as trains to Leavenworth advertise a Carnival week fare.
The Topeka Athletic Association debates occupying the north room of the Masonic building for reading and gym use for three years after a lease transfer dispute with Lombard Investment Company. With no tenant since the previous, the group seeks space on the first floor or considers building a new clubhouse. Meanwhile gold is reported in Warsaw Bluff, Keokuk County, Illinois, where geologist William Piedrich found nuggets in a three foot gravel bed.
The U S Geographic Names Board issues decisions on standard spellings for 149 geographic features in Alaska amid Klondike era terminology debates. Included are spellings for Klondike and associated sites, leFarge river, Lindeman, Lewes river, Dyea, Taiya, and other toponyms with notes on origins and common misrenderings. The report cites historic explorers and local usage, and mentions remedies for chronic diarrhoea with patent medicines.
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