Do Not Go to the City To Make Purchases
A brief admonition urges consumers to avoid city shopping and buy similar goods locally to save money, suggesting home markets offer equivalent value.
30 Jan 1890
Page 1
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Newspaper
Weekly Expositor
Location
Yale, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1890
Page
1
A brief admonition urges consumers to avoid city shopping and buy similar goods locally to save money, suggesting home markets offer equivalent value.
A retailer announces a broad assortment of new lines in fine underwear offered at low prices. The move highlights accessible pricing across multiple styles and sizes to attract shoppers seeking value.
Dress goods sale offers plush at 50 cents a yard and a large stock of flannel shirting and factory flannel. Includes cotton and freece lined shirting, cheap shirting, check ginghams from 6 to 8 cents, dress gingham tam prints, silk and wool mufflers from 2.50, silk and muslin handkerchiefs, wool hosiery, and various notions in a grand display.
Local store advertises footwear and related goods including Rubbers and Overshoes in all sizes. Savings of 15 to 20 percent offered on these items when purchased directly from the retailer.
A long list of small items reports residents sick with grip and flu, visits, buys, travels, and town happenings. Mentions of Masons, grand lodge in Lansing, hunting, donations, locally sold goods, and upcoming events fill the page with community life.
Trimmings, fabrics, embroideries and accessories listed with prices. Special bargains in silk mufflers, neckwear and hats. Fine all wool shirts and a busy shoe department claim to fit all shapes and sizes with 300 pairs of ladies and misses’ extra fine shoes just secured direct from the factory.
New goods, new styles and new prices invite shoppers to inspect men’s boys and children’s footwear alongside boots. Odd pairs and broken sizes are cleared out at any price. Grocery stock is full with low prices, 2000 rolls of wallpaper just arrived. Call and compare prices. no trouble to show goods.
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