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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1889
Page
11
Readable excerpts show 88 inch thick Henrittas and 40 inch all wool Henriettas with deep discounts. Colored dress goods include cashmeres, silks, damasks and striped fabrics, with prices slashed from 1.25 to 0.68 dollars and similar reductions across domestic linens and wove goods.
The document lists multiple fabric items including India Linens, Cheek Nainsooks, Shee Nainsooks, lawn Plaids and Swiss, detailing successive price reductions from pennies to higher cent values. The column reads like a repricing rundown with reductions across several fabric types and brands.
A store advertises deep cuts on sateens from 10 cents to 7 1 2 cents and 18 to 12 1 2. towels and crash items follow with reductions from 25 cents to 19 cents and 12 1 2 to 10 cents. Red Mark prices highlight best values, including unbleached crash and Stevens linen crash deals.
An advertisement lists men's undershirts and underwear prices in varied fabrics. Items include gauze undershirts balbriggan linen cuffs collars and suspender prices, plus sundry dampened values on celluloid and flannelette shirts.
A garbled price sheet shows various footwear items with reduced prices across women’s grain shoes, children's slippers, and mitts. Notable entries include women’s shoes down to $1.00, children’s prime bowls and 4 to 8 size shoes with several line items detailing cuts and new rates, plus mitts and fans with lowered figures.
A fragmented notice promises a sale of lace caps embroideries musts sashes garlands ribbons and related millinery items. It stresses guaranteed sale terms and warns such red tag reductions may not recur, highlighting a variety of milinery goods and prohibitions.
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