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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1929)
5 ass Cordial Welcome! Miller's invite you to attend their Ninth Annual Mid Tetr Clearance which begins Saturday, Jane 22nd. They also Inrite you to take advantage of their service departments such as rest rooms, writing desks, par cels check, mailing, wrapping, telephones, repair serv ice, free pattern cutting, store paper advertising, etc Meet your friends here Saturday 1 WmWm MERCANTILE COMPANY INC MID-YEAR CLEARANCE . 9 r " P ' ' " "1". ; - - V c 5-5 BEGINNING SATURDAY JUNE 22imfl Mid-Year Clearance is here again! It's House cleaning time at Miller's . . . It's that time of the year when all odds, leftovers, hurts, and broken lines must go! And to accomplish this in the short time of one week, we resort to the price cutting knife as the quickest way out.... Unlike some stores who use the knife silently and style themselves "One price store," Mil ler's frankly admit their losses on this class of merchandise and advertise to the public the advantages to be had-in attending Mid-Year Clearances. V Read the story of the department heads and what they have to say regarding their merchan dise to be placed on sale. Fashionable Silks Odd 8 of values to $3.50 yd. Main floor silk section offers all odd length, short pieces, and broken lines of high-grade silks at way under regular prices. Such well known qualities as Malllnsons, Beau Monde. Skinners and Corticeui are included, many of which formerly sold at $2.25 to $3.50 per yard. Printed and plain in the season's popular colors and prints. 0 .59 yJ. i a. i Department No. 1 ' "Indeed, X am ready for Mid-Year Clearance. Silks! silks! of every des cription! Why. there's Malllnsons prints worth $3.50 yard, Meau Mon de silks from $2.25 up and many other odds thrown in for good luck. J really believe it's the best collec tion I've ever shown at this price. $1.59 yard." "And you may add that I also have a table of Mallinson's Pussy Willow (the real, not imita tion) that sells regularly at $4 50 yard for only $255 yard. Now isn't that a bargain?" Department No 5 "Don't want these-advertised! Havnt enough to go around and be sides every, woman and ghl in Salem knows what Knickernick bargains are! They're lucky to get anything off on these." "When I bought these in green print Sadie was wild about ton. said she'd sell'em in three days and here we've had 'em nearly two months." 'Make'em a dollar, guess they'll sell at that." Department No. 9 "Funny thing, I Just was thinking of coats when you came in." "Won dered how that group of summer coats would go at ten dollars. Make It ten dollars anyway. "You know, the wise and thrifty woman will buy her coat at this clearance if she really has a knack for saving money ...look at those bargains there at $I5-419.75-24.75. Sure weH hold them for the sale." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE GIFT WARES Odds Hurts Etc. Second Floor Gift Shop collects many odd pieces and displays them on tables with card: "Your choice 25c." Baking dishes, vases, ash trays, picture frames, table mats, candle sticks, framed pictures, bud vases, book ends, table numbers, powder puffs, incense burners and many art objects on the dec orative order. Choose early I Department No. 2 "What! Woolens this time of the year?" "Yes, Mr. Advertising De partment, I am afraid you don't un destand." Summer woolens of course, and these are the season's very smartest challis and furthermore they win be marked at 85c yard in stead of their usual $1-25." it's a hot bargain, but how will it look in cold type? "Oh. yes, I almost forgot to tell you that we'll sell corduroy for their beach and summer robes for 50c yard." Just choose the color that becomes." Department No. 6 "Just got back from Portland, what's it all about? Clearance Sale? "Oh yes. sure I've some good bar gains. "Boss's goin' let me sell table mats an' covers at 69c." Oh sure, there are lotsa other bargains." Department No. 10 "There they are,, right there on that rack, new wash silk crepe dress es this season." We've decided to give them their choice for five dol lars, hope it's hot the first day of the sale, don't you? Come back here and III give you some more dress bargains." Got your pencil? Just make a note . . . dress values to $2950 at $17.00. Yes it's a special group of good values." Department No. 7 "Come over here and take a look at these gloves and bags and see what you think of our Mid-Year Clearance. "Yes sir these bags at a dollar and Perrin gloves at I2.9S. Ouess that'll hold you for a while." "Wish I had more table room." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Full Fashioned Pure Silk HOSIERY 1000 Pairs Hcclory sections In center Isle gather all broken toes of high-grade silk hosiery in Holeproof, Theme, Kayser. and other well known brands in fihF1i chiffon, service chiffon and service weight silks into one big group, many of which for merly sold at $155 per pair, placing them on dis play with card: "Your choice during Mid -year Clearance $1 per pair." Bu MW - -el N&r I IT I 0 ft pp. i AND THAT. MY DEAR READ ERS, IS THE STORY OF OUR MID-YEAR CLEARANCE AS TOLD BY THE DEPARTMENT MANA GERS THEMSELVES. AND IN CONCLUSION. LET US ADD THE WORDS OF THE BOSS HIMSELF. "Well now. If it doesn't rain well need several extras next Saturday. "Ought to be twice as big or I should say double last year." THE END Saturday is Chief Little Bison's Last Day IN SALEM For this one day he Will sell h i s genuine Navajo Rugs at a dis count of 15 Department No. 3 "Just ten 'em we have a little bit of everything In the cotton goods department and let it go at that." Wait a minute, here's some bed spreads and ruffled curtains the boss said sell at any price. "What yoQ aay we give 'em away with our best compliments and tell 'em they 're guaranteed for life!" "Yea. I think the sale will be a success too. Anyway well have everything out on tables soon as Byron gsta the cards written. Department No. 8 "We want to get rid of these now before they go bad. "You know laces haven't been selling lately." Shame to put these out at a quarter, cost a dollor'n half.- Oh wen, Just teU'em big bunch laces choice 25c yard." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE SILK DRESSES Main floor apparel departments announce unusual clearance of wash silk crepe dresses at IS. This Is made possible by the fact that a well known man ufacturer granted a concession amounting to sev eral dollars on many of them because of an over stock condition. Summer fashion's newest are in cluded in this special group. Department No. 4 "See those girdles over there? I have a good notion to put them out t a dollar, waltH I see what the boss says." It's all right with him provided X don't cut other things ac cordingly. "Alright advertise 'm at a dollar." "Wonder of ByronH give me a window." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Curtain Marquisette "Main floor yards goods sections win stage a com plete clearance -of 3& inch curtain marquisettes in the blue and pink checks. Regularly they sell for more than double this price. That's why we call It a complete clearance. Youll have to can early for this bargain as the quantity is limited. & Mi rw Department No. 19 "Let's get rid of these before the bareleg season comes." "Don't men tion anything about Holeproof, Theme or Kayser. Just teU'em we're going to take all the odds and ends of well known brands and make a whale of a clearance." "Do you think they'll buy $1.95 hose at a dol lar? "Be sure and not mention the brands, might get us in bad with manufacturer." Department No. 20 "Oive'em a thrill? "What, sell those rayon stepins and panties at 89c? "Say, do you know any more funny jokes. Why they can't be bought from the mills at that price." "Well, there's only a handful of em left, go head and advertise 'em." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Men's Pull-Over RAYON SHIRTS Slip into the men's department Main Floor and see these rayon slip-over undershirts at 59c White and colors. Rayon as you should know Is Just about the coolest, most comfortable summer underwear It Is possible to manufacture. If you are not already wearing rayon, try them, break away from the con ventional and know real summer comfort. each Department No. 13 "Say Stan, when's Mid-Year Clear ance? June 23114,? Lotsa time yet, got a knockout of a shimmy shirt for men. "Traveling man told me a big store sold a thousand dosen in one day. "Let me see is that twelve hundred or twelve thousand . . who peel Twelve thousand men in shim mies. ..boy we can sell 'em Just as cheap. Dldja ever wear rayon Stan? It's the slickest thing goin' for sum mer. Come back after lunch, gotta whole lotta things I want to advertise.- Oh. yes. Ill have Byron make a card for these shirts 59c. Department No. 21 "Did the boss say that was al right?" "Didn't think he'd let it go through." Oh well, we only have a few of them anyway and besides it better to get rid of 'em now than wait tul Christmas." -just say silk v and velour pillows to close out at $2.95, they'll know what we mean. "No use putting regular price on 'em ttey might think there's something ' wrong- with 'em." " 2 for $1.00 Department No. 11 "Say they'll stampede if we put those slip-over sweaters out at a dol lar." Some of 'em cost six'ep hah. See here? Soiled from handling. Better get a dollar out of "em." Oh say, let's have some excitement. Til take that rack of wash dresses over there and have Byron make a dol lar sign for It: "Values up to $3.65. Come up stairs and m give you the hat bargains." Department No. 16 "WhatH I do? cut the price on Enna Jetticks? Nosiree, lose'em If we do. Nobody cuts the price on En na Jetticks... cant get enough as It is." Tell yuh what Til do on odds and ends. Put'em out en tables at low price and let'em choose to then heart's content" Department No. 23 "Stan, the basement Is goin' to show the main floor how to put on a real clearance. "Come over here 111 show you." "See these tables? "We re goin' to stack 'em this high with odds and ends and broken lines." "X am taking one big table and hav ing a sign made: "Your choice 10c" and what well put on that table is simply nobody's business." "Come down tomorrow an' ni give you the big story." Department No. 12 "They'll all want flops' now, cant get enough of 'em. "Three dollars and fifty cents... special buy, no body can beat It. Got exclusive on in. "Some stores are selling 'em at SJS. "Yes. well have lots of oth er hats, just teU'em to watch the windows. Department No. 18 ' "Cant possibly get you the adver tising till tomorrow. "Think IH put those coats out and get rid of 'em at a price." "No use carrying them over. Might as well make some little Ctrl happy with new coat." "Hats at 'half price and a big group of children's print dresses at a doUar." "Come back tomorrow and ZQ give yon the ad.". . Department No 27 "What's the good of waiting tin holidays? JtoDes are buying gift things and decorative pieces every day." That's why I think we should take an odds and ends." No, not book ends, odds and ends and put "them on a table at a ridiculously low price. "Say, twenty-five cents, any thing to get them out of the house before the new stocks arrive." ) grains Bastists, Dimities, Voiles Values to 35c 15C Yard Colorful Cretonnes Regularly to 29c . 19C Yard Cotton Challies Regular 19c 15c Yard Unbleached Sheeting Nine Quarter 2Va Yds. for $1 Rayon Dress Fabrics y2 PRICE 66x80 Plaid Blankets $1 Each , 600 Faney Bath Towels (Seconds) 19c Each 24-Inch Turkish Toweling 5 Yds. for $1 Men's Work Sox 8 Pair for $1 Children's Plaly Oxfords $1 Pair Men's Shaker Sweaters LESS 13 Men's Brown Work Shoes $1.98