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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
2
The store unveils a second floor suit section showcasing today’s top suit styles in black, blue, gray, and Scotch mixtures. Prices range from 10 to 50 dollars, highlighting three quarter skirts, capes, puff sleeves, taffeta trims, and tailored finishes in full suit ensembles.
A fur catalog lists batwing scarves in grey squirrel and brook mink with chenille fringe and white satin brocade linings. Mink ties and Baum Marten pieces feature long tails and cords, with sable fox and brown hare options noted. Prices range from about 3.00 to 20.00, highlighting varied fur types and trims.
A local ad lists items with low prices including Suede Wrist Bag 15¢, Violet Rice Powder 19¢, Vera Violet Perfume 75c, Petroleum Jelly 9c, Witchhazel Soap 10c, Bone Hair Pins 10c, Dress Shields 15¢, and a new lithograph pillow top line featuring Indian Head and College/Japanese girl designs.
The latest cut features ripple collars in brown grey and dull olive hues. Our most desirable garments in this style recently sold for 10 to 15 dollars, showcasing value in new arrivals.
An ad lists serviceable school suits for girls in Serges and Cheviots at low prices. Styles include blouses with sailor collars, red bands, white braids, star motifs, belts, and box pleated skirts in navy and blue cheviot. Designs vary from single to double breasted with decorative braid and ties.
We offer custom draperies from Damask Velour or Tapestry to match any color scheme. Our interior decorator takes measurements and oversees making and hanging the curtains. You incur no responsibility and save by avoiding ready made options plus installation hassles.
The firm promotes trusted carpet buying with fair prices and strong guarantees. It advertises Savonnerie Axminster and Axminster varieties, Body Brussels, Almiester, Tapestry Brussels, Japanese and Chinese straw matting, and Linoleums, Ol Cloths, and Oil Cloth Rugs, all offered at fair, competitive rates.
Curtains in Swiss ruffles and Madras Crete styles priced per pair from six to twenty dollars. French Crepe and sheer Bonne Femme fabrics featured with floral embroidery in cream. A range of lace, nets, and decorative window treatments offered with various prices for shades and curtains.
A description of the Cosy Corner showing Oriental touches in homes. It notes draped Turkish or Indian fabrics, mystic panels, cushions, and an old lamp, mentioning that many rich-looking draperies can cost as little as 87c a yard.
The page catalogs various corset and undergarment models in coutil and moire along with prices from $1.00 to $4.50. It also lists suspended racks of carpets and A Ingram Art Squares with multiple sizes and prices, indicating a general retail display.
Plenty of small neat patterns announced with flannelettes priced 8 to 15 cents and mercerized oxford fabrics for waists. Linen waist patterns and embroidered linen waist patterns offered, with pricing from 50 cents to over three dollars. Also notes on water soaked glasses and a bulk sale of washed items at reduced cost.
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