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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1929)
FRIDAY, JUNE 21. 1929 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OKECJON PAGE SEVEN Cordial Welcome! Mlller a invite you to attend their Ninth Annua MW Yur Clearance which begins Saturday, June 32nd. They also Invite you to take advantage ol their service departments such aa 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 I MID-YEAR CLEARANCE I kSOS M 1 LLER MERCANTILE COMPANY INCf ce.d BEGINNING SATURDAY Si JUNE 22nd Mid-Year Clearance is here again! It's house the year when all odds, leftovers, hurts, and b in the short time of one week, we resort to the Unlike some stores who use the knife silently ler's frankly admit their losses on this class advantages to be had in attending Mid-Year cleaning time at Miller's . . . It's that time of roken lines must go! And to accomplish this price cutting knife as the quickest way out.... and style themselves "One price store," Mil of merchandise and advertise to the public the Clearances. Fashionable Silks Odds 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 -Mallinsons, Beau Monde. Skinners and corticelll 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. $11 .59 yd. Read the story of the department heads and what they have to say regarding their merchan dise to be placed on sale. Department No. 1 "Indeed, I am ready for Mid-Year Clearance. Silks! silksl of every des cription. Why, there's Mallinsons prints worth $3.50 yard, Meau Mon de silks from $2.25 up and many other odds thrown In for good luck. I reallv believe It's the best collec tion I've ever shown at this price, 11.59 yard." "And you may add that I also have a table of Mallinsons Pussy Willow (the real, not Imita tion) that sells regularly at $4.50 yard for only $2 95 yard. Now Isn't that a bargain?" Department No 5 "Don't want these advertised! Havn't enough to go around and be sides every woman and girl in Salem knows what Knickemick bargains are! "They're lucky to get anything off on these." "When I bought these In green print Sadie was wild about m, said she d seH'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 coau 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 $14,85 $19.75 $24.75. Sure we'll 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 25 ea. 1 j Saturday I Chief Little Bison's Last Day IN SALEM For this one day he will sell his genuine Navajo Rugs at a dis count of 15 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 seasons very smartest challis 'and furthermore they will 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 well sell corduroy for their beach and summer robes for 50c yard." Just choose toe color that becomes." Department No. 3 "Just tell '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 you say we give 'em away with our best compliment and tell 'em they 're guaranteed for life!" "Yes. I think the sale will be a success too. Anywav we'll have everything out on tobies soon as Byron gets the cards written. 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. 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 Perrln gloves at $2 95. Guess that'll hold you for a while." "WiAh I had more table room." 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 I'll give you some more dress bargains." Got your pencil? Just make a note . . . dress values to $29.50 at $17.00. Yes It's a special group of good values." ... MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Full Fashioned Pure Silk HOSIERY 1000 Pairs Hosiery sections In center Isle gather all broken lines of high-grade silk hosiery in Holeproof, Theme, Kayser. and other well known brands in sheer silk chiffon, service chiffon -and service weight silks Into one big group, many of which for merly sold at $1.95 per pair, placing them on dis play with card: "Your choice during Mid-year Clearance $1 per pair." 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 well, lust tell'em bis bunch laces choice 25c yard." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE SILK DRESSES Main floor apparel departments announce unusual clearance of wash silk crepe dresses at $5. 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. 4 AND THAT. MY DEAR READ- 1, ERS. IS THE STORY OF OUR J MID-YEAR CLEARANCE AS TOLD BY THE DEPARTMENT MANA- a OERS THEMSELVES. AND IN 3 CONCLUSION. LET US ADD THE WORDS OF THE BOSS HIMSELF, A "W'ell now, if it doesn't rain we'll M need several extras next Saturday. W "Ought to be twice as big or I should say double last vcar." r. , THE END Department No. 4 "See those girdles over there? I have a good notion to put them out at a dollar, wait 11 I see what the boss says." It's all right with him provided I don't cut other tilings ac cordingly. "Alright advertise 'em at a dollar." "Wonder of Byronll give me a window." MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Curtain Marquisette Main floor yards goods sections will stage a com plete clearance of 36 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. You'll have to call early for this bargain as the quantity Is limited. , r5 MID-YEAR CLEARANCE Men's Pull-Over RAYON SHIRTS IIS yd. Department No. 19 "Let's get rid of these before the barelcg season comes." "Don't men tion anything about Holeproof , Theme or Kayser. Just tell'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 tiie brands, might get us in bad with, manufacturer." Slip Into the men's department Main Floor and see these rayon slip-over undershirts at 59c. Whit 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 1 I Department No. 13 "Say Stan, when's Mid-Year Clear ance? June 22nd? Lotea time yet, got a knockout of a shimmy shirt for men. "Traveling man told me a big store sold a thousand dozen in one day. "Let me see is that twelve hundred or twelve thousand . . whoo pse! Twelve thousand men In shim mies.. . boy we can sell 'em Just as cheap. Didja ever wear rayon Stan? It's the slickest thing goin' for sum mer. Come back after lunch, gotta whole lotta things I want to adver tise." Oh, yes, I'll have Byron make a card for these shirts 59c. Department No. 20 "Oive'em a thrill? "What, sell those rayon steplns and panties at 80c? "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." Department Not 11 "Say they'll stampede If we put those slip-over sweaters out at a dol lar." Some of 'em cost six'en half. See here? Soiled from handling. Better get a dollar out of 'em." Oh say, let's have some excitement. "I'll take that rack of wash dresses over there and have Byron make a dol lar sign for It: "Values up to $2.85. Come up stairs and I'll give you the hat bargains." Department No. 16 "Whatll I do? cut the price -on Enna Jetticks? No slree, lose'em if we do. Nobody cuts the price on En na Jetticks ... can't get enough as It Is." "Tell yuh what 1 11 do on odd and ends. Put'em out on tables at a low price and let'em choose to their heart's content 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 till Christmas." "Just say silk and velour pillows to close out at $2.95, they'll know what we mean. "No use putting regular price on em they might think there's something wrong with 'em." Department No. 23 "Stan, the basement Is goin to show the main floor how to put on a real clearance. "Come over here I'll show you." "See these tables? "We" re goin' to stack 'em this high with odds and ends and broken lines." "I am taking one big table and hav ing a sign made: "Your choice 10c" and what we ll put on that table is simply nobody's business." "Come down tomorrow an' I'll give you the big story." Odds of and Ends 2 for $1.00 Department No. 12 "They'll all want 'flops' now. can't get enough of 'em. "Three dollars and fifty cents .. .special buy, no body can beat it Oot exclusive on 'em. "Some stores are selling "em at 5 95. "Yes, we'll have lot of oth er hats. Just tell'em to watch the windows." Department No. 18 "Can't possibly get you the adver tising till tomorrow. "Think I'll put those coats out and get rid of 'em at a price." "No use carrying them over. Might as well make some little girl happy with a new eoat." "Hata at half price and a big group or children's print dressea at a dollar." "Come back tomorrow and l'U give you the ad." Department No 27 "What's the good of waiting till holidays? Folks are buying gilt thinms and decorative pieces every day." That's why I think we should take all 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 irn stocks arrive." Bastists, Dimities, Voiles Values to 35c 15C Yard Colorful Cretonnes Regularly to 29: 19c yi Cotton Challies Kepular 19c 15C Yard Unbleached Sheeting Nine Quarter 2,i Yds. for SI Rayon Dress Fabrics y2 PRICE 66x80 Plaid Blankets 600 Fancy Bath Towel3 (Seconds) Each 24 Inch Turkish Toweling 5 Yds. for $1 8 Men's Work Sox rail- for SI SI Each Children's Play Oxfords SI Puir Men's Shaker Sweaters LESS Men's Brown Work Shoes $1.98