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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1920
Page
10
The Seamer Independent Meat & Grocery Company announces a store sale with in person pickup only and no deliveries. Items include 10 lb pails of domino syrup for $1.60, 10 lb dark Karo for 92 cents, 5 lb dark Karo for 50 cents, 10 lb net weight Farmer Jones product, and Jello priced at 15 cents.
Bargain numbers listed for canned fruit items with syrup include peaches pears apricots grapes cherries and plums. Prices shown are 40 cents for each item with varying can numbers.
Bargain list shows prices for dried fruits six can packs Early June Peas six cans at 85 cents Nor 3 can Spinach 23 cents No 3 can Sweet Potatoes 23 cents No 2 can Sweet Potatoes 15 cents No 3 can Red Beets 8 cents No 3 can Tomatoes 8 cents No 2 can Tomatoes six cans String Beans Green Cut.
An ad lists Bargain No 25 featuring ketchup medium bottle and chili sauce priced low, along with Bargain No 27 offering pork and beans, laundry soap, Argo Starch, soaps, and canned goods. It promises refunds if not satisfactory and highlights bulk case lots and multiple brands of milk, sardines, salmon, tuna, and Libby products with varied case counts and prices.
Listing multiple milk brands in a bargain block with quantities and prices. Includes tall Wilson's Mill Carnation Libby Borden None Such Milk and Wheatone packages, Amerione and Dees items, Puff Wheat, Noodles and Macaroni, and assorted values noted with cents and fractions.
Small Red Star Pancake Flour offered at one cent per package now 500 units available. Teco Pancake Flour discounted to 18 cents per package with unspecified quantity.
Meat market ad lists deal prices for beef cuts including roast pot roast and sirloin steak and pork and veal roasts and chops with bulk sausages and sugar cured hams. Indicates large quantities and per pound pricing in a retro market promotion style.
An old classified style notice lists bargain items including Carnation Milk 12 small cans Libby Milk 12 small cans and Wilsons Milk 12 small cans. The fragment hints at a store or auction sale promoting dairy product bargains.
An ad lists bulk coffee deals including State House Coffee 46 cents per pound Dinner Party Coffee 43 cents per pound Blackstone Coffee 50 cents per pound Reliance Coffee 48 cents per pound and Runkle Cocoa and chocolate 4 to 5 cents per pound plus Vanetta Cocoa at 40 cents per pound.
A local bargain listing advertises breakfast foods at discounted prices including 100 pkgs Oatmeal at 15 cents, 500 pkgs large Oatmeal at 35 cents, 500 pkgs Post Toasties at 0.15, 500 pkgs Cornflakes at 0.10 to 0.15, and 500 pkgs Shredded Wheat at 54 cents.
Bargain No 6 offers 100 case lots of canned vegetables and beans at reduced prices. Items include Corn Peas Tomatoes Kidney Beans Libby Pork and Beans Green Beans Wax Beans and Lakeside Pork and Beans with per case values and sale prices noted. All cases contain 24 cans.
An ad promotes case lots of canned fruits at discounted prices. Pineapple Peaches Pears Grapes Apricots Plums White Cherries are listed as No 2 or No 2 1/4 cans with value per case $6 and sale price around $4 20 to $4 98. All fruits are in syrup and buyers are urged to act fast due to sugar concerns.
Classified item notes multiple preserves batches: Colonial mixed plum apple strawberry raspberry at 8.50 per case with 720 total value for 100 cases. Nees Best preserves 2 lb 11 oz jars mixed flavors at 13.50 per case. Sun Maid preserves 20 oz jars 10.50 per case now 7.26. Tippincott's Apple Butter 6 per dozen now 5.00.
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