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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1304. eoS co. ooooooo-?oooo?oooo?oooooq C000pcflO00000 0000 )0 ?0000000000000000 v O O is) O O is) O W O 0 IS 0 W 0 v OO U1 n H n 1 OFJUI N PAGE SIX. ED A SI ,!.::: Oo Oo Oo p . e s po s So S s ? s . po 00 po Oo po s o0 9 So po So Oo Oo e0 5 I po po po po So Oq Oo $ o o2 n s po po po 0 o po Po po po Po po po po o0 po po po po 00 po p So o I So Oo So Po S So Oo oo po s s 00 00 o Oo Challange Sale of Fine On Bond Street Near the Occident Hotel, Astoria MY FAME HAS PRECEDED ME. Astorians know mo as King of the Small 1 Wit, Lmv-Priue Clothing Merchants of tlu United States. I am here and will remain in A.storia and sell clothing to Astoria men at about one quarter what they have heeii paying heretofore. I won't be bulldozed by any set of men on earth, and will now give the dealers of Astoria a touch of hisjh life, if I ever did that thing in all my existence, and will xell men' Kimiicnto to the citizens of this city at prices so small that this combination which sought to prevent my opening here, will speedily FIND TIIKlIi 1IKADS KKKLi.(l WITH A.MAZK.MKNT! They shall have their clothing at honest prices despite the infamous methods and tactics of these Astoria clothing men who fear to see their lield invaded by a merchant whom thev know HAS I'KOVKN HIM SELF THE FRIEND OF THE COMMON PEOPLE, and has sold these men and youths their wearing apparel at such modest prices that THE UK) PER CENT PROFIT RINGSTKHS every where fear him as they may well fear the imp of darkness from the infernal regions of the depths of sin. And well they may fear me. .They know that my advent into this city is the signal THAT THEIR GAME IS UP. The people will come to my store, get my figures and then it will dawn upon them that the clothing men of their home town have charged them all the way from TWO to FOUR PRICES for their goods, and this will end the deal with these old timers. BEAD THESE PRICES and see what is in store for you. a; well as the merchants of this town. It will make the latter wince, tint It will likewise make you smile. Here are prices that I challenge the 100 per cent clothing ring to meet: Suits By the thousand. The union-made, tailor kind. Only the kind that has made the name of Paul Strain famous. $5.00 For your pick of all-wool frock and sack suits that I defy the Astoria cloth ing ring to meet for a cent less than $12.50 or my goods go free. $7.50 For fall and winter suits, made of finest all-wool serges and clay worsteds fancy mixtures, tailored by the best Journeymen tailors; lined with finest serges and salines; suits made up by the best tailors In America for the fall and winter season of 1904 and 1905. Suits that I challenge the clothing ring to match for less than 117.50. $9.95 For a range of this season's sweliest styles, in finest imported suitings. Over 800 styles to select from. Every weave, every cut and make of gar ments, up to the second cut, lined and trimmed and tailored as only goods are that Paul Strain. Bells'. I defy the foolish virgins of the anti que 100 per cent clothing ring to equal this $9.95 suit for less than $25.00. $14.95 Buys the best suit in the Hub, in cluding single and double-breasted sacks and frocks, In finest broadcloths, serges, vicunas, Venetians, fancy mix tures, Martin's famous English Spekje field worsteds, trimmed with the best two-year guaranteed Skinner silk satin. There is no suit to equal tose in Ast oria. The antique germs of .hi' cloth ing ring would not have the nirve to buy such suits, and if they ha1 'em they'd ask you $40.00 for 'em. The Hub's price is $14.95. $30.00 TOP COATS $12.50 , Buys the sweliest line of silk-lined top coats in homespuns, tricots, bally ho, whipcords, covert cloths, overplaids, exquisite in every particular. Can't be gotten in Astoria at any price. Worth In any fine clothing house in the world $30.00. Mr. High-Price Man, meet these prices if you dare. $25.00 Overcoats $10.00 For a ten dollar bill you can buy a handsome tailormade overcoat In beaver, melton, frieze, unfinished wor steds and boucles, lined In fine serge and wool lining. I challenge the anti que wise clothing clique to equal this coat for less than $25.00. $2.50 Wool Pants 1000 paris of the famous California Cassimere Pants that are sold by every first-class house for $2.50. 100 per ceut fossils ask $4.00 for 'em. I sell 'em at $1.39 $5.00 Pants 1884 pairs of the finest Worsteds and Cassimere Pants that can be made for money pants that are a bargain at $5.00; pants that the Shylocks of this town would ask you $6.50. Go at $2.49 How do you like this, Mr. Boycott Fair Competition Merchant? Shoes 6000 pairs of their famous Packard & Flintstone foot-form, hand-made shoes, that are sold everywhere for $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00, will be sold, Just to hear the shoe ring howl like this. $3.25 -Shoes $1.50 860 pairs of solid leather foot-for shoes, In all weights, from the light dress to the heavy working shoes. Every pair guaranteed to give you satisfaction or a new pair free. The best $2.50, $J.00 and $3.25 values in the world. Challenge sale price hoes and Gents Furnishing Goods Why was Strain arrested? 1 Shirts - Shirts t the same prices that have made the Hub a terror to the high priced shirt men in Portland. These prices will ring the death knell of high prices in Astoria. 39c For negligee dress and work shirts y every other house In Astoria for A r For men's strong, serviceable, double reinforced work v shirt in twill black sateen and fancy colors. Negligee shirts, outing shirts, white shirts; soul by every 100 per cent Astoria merchant for $1.00 and $1.25. that are sold today 75c. shirts, Imperial $2.00 $1.50 shirts, Roosevelt Take as many of 'em as you want, for I want the high-priced shirt man to know that Strain's in town. Clothing, Extra Special Shirt Defience In walking on Commercial street one day this week, I saw In the window of a very high-priced clothier Monarch shirts marked as special at $1.25. Now, here's what Strain is going to do for the men who wear shirts In Astoria (and I guess you all do): I will sell not only Monarch shirts, but Wilson Brm.' $2.25 shirts, Cold $1.75 shirts, Cluett $1.50 shirts, all for 75c Hats, More Shoes $4.00 Shoes $1.99 1642 pairs of Packard's fool -form shoes, In vl l, nilf uml velour, In line bluchor, congress uml oxford, all new 1905 shapes; shoes that I chiilli'iiKi- the 100 per cut ring to imitcli for I.nn Hum $4.00, Hub prices. $5 and $0. Shoes at $2.99 Thousands of pull's of Packard finest kid. colt, enamel, vie I, vHour, nil the new makes of last and shapes of toe; style newer than you have ever before seen In thin city. Hhi... (hut I defy the 100 per cent ring to match less than $5,00 and $6.00 per pair. FREE A pair of men's velour velvet slip pers, solid soles, beautiful designs, value $1.00, will go free with every pair of Packard whom. Sox I will not sock It to you on sox, same us the sox man on Commercial street sin ks It to you with his fancy 100 per cent profit for his shclf-worn sox. 5c For black and tan sox that I defy any merchant In town to sell less than 10c. lOc For black and fancy sox that the 100 per cent ring ask yon 20c for. 15c 2 for a quarter, buys the 100 per cent inun s 23e values. 25c For best Imjiorted 50c mid 75c black and fancy hand embroidered sox. Oo like this during the great Defiance Sale: SUSPENDERS For good, strong 15c suspenders. 5c The best 25c suspender In Astoria, 15c For all grades of 50c and 75c silk web suspenders. 25c Sweaters All prices that will make the 100 ner cent clothing man sweat tears of sor row, because Strain's In town. $1.00 For a fine all-wool sweater, that I challenge any 100 per cent store In As toria to equal for less than $2.50. $2.00 For lamb's wool sweaters In plain and fancy colors, that I challenge the clique that closed the press against me, and tried their darndest to keep me out of Astoria, to equal for a cent less than $3.75. $2.50 NECKWEAR FOR 25c This may sound like an exaggeration, but It's solid fact, Just the same. I re cently purchased from Elsensteadt & Co., New York, biggest neckwear house 10,000 doaen of neckwear that ranged Jn value from 60c to $4.00, in all shapes, shades styles, all fall goods. 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