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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
2
Local correspondence covers Belvidere weather storms and fire safety upgrades, mining talks, farm and dairy notes, illness recoveries, and social happenings. It mentions Mrs. Paul’s death in New York, a wedding couple’s awkward joke, and area sports with a Giants victory. Also notes public works like water pressure, bridges, and street repairs amid a stormy period.
The passage compares sarsaparilla to tea and flour, noting varying grades and the challenge of value. It counsels buying from an established house and trusting experience and reputation, citing Ayer's Sarsaparilla as five decades on the market and a family endorsement, arguing it cures.
The Big Store of James M. Fitts has been a good thing for Washington and vicinity, promoting a cheapened cost of living through our business system in a local effort to aid citizens.
The ad touts low prices on groceries and urges customers to watch price lists and note copy by rivals. It advertises high test stave gasoline five gallons for 50 cents, white kerosene five gallons for 45 cents, oil or gasoline can 65 cents, Mason's Fruit Jars best make 39 cents per dozen, and Lily White Flour as the best. It emphasizes guaranteed satisfaction or money refunds, claims to defy competition in quality and price, and urges verification of the store name The James M. Fitts Lily White.
A fragmented sale list markets numerous grocery items and household goods with prices and quantities. Items include Fancy Whole Grain Coffee, Best Family Flour, Fancy Teas, ulcer beans, Fancy Ginger Snaps, Arbuchie coffee, Fancy Lemon Cake, Baked Beans, Star Soup and Bondy Beat soups, Water White Kerosene, condensed milks, Muslin fabrics, Fancy Apron Ginghams, men and boys shoes, shirts, and workwear. The list emphasizes low market prices and calls customers to visit the store.
Advertisement notes a root beer extract offered at a lower price. It claims one bottle yields five gallons or more of the beverage, emphasizing quality and value for home use.
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