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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1907
Page
2
Special reductions on ladies sweaters and coats. $1.25 sweaters cut to 50c, $1.50 sweaters to 75c, long coat sweaters priced at 2.25, a value of 3.00. Sale targets holiday shoppers with stepped discounts.
A sale of boys and men’s overcoats with substantial discounts. Boys’ overcoats priced at $3.00 from $5.00, men’s overcoats listed at $4.00, with higher original prices noted for some items. Limited quantities available.
This Week items include oilcloth two yards wide for 30 cents per yard and 1 yard wide slightly soiled carpet remnants. Ingram Carpet offers 9x12 Wilton velvet druggets at 18.50, valued 25.00, and druggets 11.50, valued 18.00.
In the store window a display shows 30 inch umbrella stands and jardiners offered free. The promotion highlights high stands as a giveaway item to attract customers.
An advertisement notes a large type Cloth Bound Book for Boys priced at 15 cents with paper valued at a quarter. Other books are offered at 12 cents, with a stated value of 20 cents.
The advertisement touts extreme low prices with children's coats at 2.25 and ladies coats ranging from 2.19 to 6.50 for various original prices from 4.00 to 9.00. It highlights rapid turnover and deep discounts.
Reports from Chicago and St Louis describe L T Cooper's stomach theory and his medicine as a rising success in the East. August Wittmer of Chicago testifies he was nearly an invalid for fourteen years but regained health after using Cooper remedies, praising renewed vigor and energy.
The article argues for small flocks of well bred or grade sheep as a steady profit for beginners. It favors gradual improvement using pure bred rams, careful ewe-lamb selection, and emphasizes breeding, feeding, and care. Pasture with alsike clover and timothy supports best results.
Prof. W R Beattie of the United States Department of Agriculture notes northern growers seldom profit from late winter celery storage unless they have a large, discerning retail trade. He describes a long broad storage house with low side walls and a roof reaching to the eaves as the best form, enabling storage of bunches of three plants at 10 to 20 cents.
Market report lists wholesale and retail quotations for wheat corn rye oats potatoes and peas. Prices shown include corn per bushel at 80 cents and millfeed at 1.40 per 100 pounds with side meat around 12 to 15 cents and other farm goods in varied ranges.
The Winchester Rink Co announces opening of the Roller Skating Rink on North Market Street this Thursday at 7:20 PM under H. W. English. The event features instruction by Albert Stone and a North Tonawanda Military Band music circuit with three daily sessions and free admission for ladies and children on select days.
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