Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1915, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1915 Important’ Our Januar (Clearancedale F The Greatest Clearance Sale in Conmecticut Satufllny, January 2nd, will be the GREAT DAY of the year for the people of New London and Windham Counties, because it is on that day that our Great Annual January Clearance Sale begins. No other sale approaches it, either in the volume of goods involved or in positive money- saving opportunities. or the past forty-two years we have been hold- ing these Annual Sales for the purpose of cleaning up Winter stocks—and as each year goes by and the stocks grow larger, so does the Annual Sale grow in importance on account of the vast quantities of merchandise involved. Read This Two Page Advertisement Thoroughly " |The Porteous & Mitchell Co. Qur Forty-second Great Annual Clearance Sale It will begin Saturday, January 2nd, 1915 . Y time. The Biggest January Sale We Ever Held This January Sale will be bigger than ever. ing to unseasonable weather conditions, early in the season, our stocks of Winter goods are heavier than ever—and in many instances we have made more drastic reductions than ever before in order to move vast quantities of Merchandise quickly. ou know our methods—we have been establish- ing them for forty-two years. We auote nn nrice reductions that are not genuine. We publish no items unless we have them in sufficient quantities to satisfy all who may come within a reasonable /mportant’ Our OW: Januar It is the Most Important Sale Announcement that we have ever published. Then prepare to attend this Sale no matter where you live. Come on the Opening Day — in the morning if possible. READY AT 8.15 SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2nd. Great Values—DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT—Big Reductions Money-saving Opportunities in Staple Merchandise That Every Housewife Needs WASH GOOD Prints—Remarkable Values At 5c—Best Quality Sheeting Prints, value Tc a yard, nts, indigoes, value 7e. for quilt Ginghams— Greatly Reduced At 5/5,c—Good Quality Apron Ging- hams, regular price Sc. At 7c—Best Quality Apron Ging- hams, regular price 9c. 640 | Good Quality Dress Ging- value | hams, variety of oolors Sc | and a to select | from. | 27-inch Dress Ginghams, > | newest fall designs and | colorings. 3 Domestia , Bates, Dres e 12 yard. Choice of any of our Trimmings. Garnitures and Passementries, at half prices. Choice of all our Trimming Braids, black and colors, at half prices. At 69c—4 iiffon Cloth, all colo ue $1.0 > | | I SRAND VALUE LACES—HAMBURGS—ART G00DS | PRINTS, PERCALES, GINGHAMS, FLANNELS, ETC. At 14c—Galatea Cloth, 29 inches wide, a good selection, value 19¢. At 14c—Serpentine Crepe, 30 inches wide, good range, -value 17c. At 19c—34 splendid showing of Burton’s Poplins and New Cloths, value 25¢. At 19c—Woven Stripe Popling, col- ored stripes on white grounds, value 25c. At 19c—Shirting Madras, 32 inches wide, stripes and figured de- signs, value 23c. At 12/,c—Cotton Dress Plaids, 27 inches wide, value 15c. At 21c—Cotton Dress Plaids, 52 inches wide, value 25c. Outing Flannels, Etc. Outing Flannel—a big assortment of designs and colorings, fol- o At 6Y4c—reduced from Sc. At 7Vsc—reduced froma 9c At 9¢—reduced from 10c. At 1lc—reduced from 12%d. | Duckling Fleece and Mel- | ton Velour, 28 inches | wide, for kimonos, ete. | Flannel Plush, 28 inches wide, a good range of de- | signs, for kimonos, etc. > Edging and Inz c a piece of 12~ 00, all colors, value S5c—Soutache Braids, all colors, 5¢ a piece of 12 yards. 15c—Short Lengths in Bead and ugle Trimmings for even- | Women’s Neckwear | At N Sc—Women Ne vear—Bow: learance and Organdie Vests, Made Vi all ards long, value bout Scarfs, Capes and Muffs, in black, natural and com- binations, at one-quarter less than regular prices. Knit Goods—Reduced All our Knit Goods—Shawils, Fas- cinators and Leggins, at greatly re- duced prices. Art Goods—Reduced At Stamped Goods, ollar Bags, te. Huck Towels, - embroidery. At 29c—0dd Stamped Pleces, in- cluding Pillow Slips, Centers Waists, amped Pieces, including Underwear, Centers, Etc. ;al Society Package Outfits, as follows: 21c—reduced from 42c—reduced from 69c—reduced from T3c. 89c—reduced from $1.00. 98c—reduced from $1.25. Japanese Hand-drawn Linen Squares and Scarfs at greatly re- duced prices. including 50c. At HANDKERCHIEFS AT CLEARANCE PRICES At 2e—Children’s White and Col- ored Border Handkerchiefs, regular price 3c. At 3Voc—Women’s White and Col- ored Border Handkerchiefs at 3%c each, 3 for 10c, At 7c—Fancy Handkerchiefs for ki- monos, pillow tops, etc., at Tc¢ each, 4 ror 25c, value 10c. At 9c—Women's Fine Swiss Em- broidered Handkerchiefs at 9c each, 3 for 25c, value 12%c. At 7c—Women’s Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs, regular price 1ce. At 96—Women’s Hemstitched Linen Fandkerchiefs, resular price 12 At 3l4c—Men’s White and Colored Border Handkerchiefs at 33c each, 3 for 10c. 7c—Men’s White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 7c each 4 for 25c, value 10c. At At 7c—Men’s Japonette Handker- chlefs, with silk initials, at 7c each, 4 for 26c, value 10c. 9¢—Men's Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs at 9c each, 3 for 25c, value 123c. 14c—Men’s Hemstitched Linen i—landkerchiefs, regular price 9c. At At At 235c—Men’s Hemstitched Silk Handkerchiefs, value 3% and B0c. There are many other special vaiues in Handkerchiefs, for Men and Wemen, which cannot be mentioncd for lack of space. S IN SILKS, DRESS ! Table Linens—Reduced Towelling at Sale Prices At 22c—58-inch Bleached Table | At 3c—One case Bleached Cotton Damask, value 29c. Crash, regular price : At 29c—60-inch Bleached Table | g bl 143en Towelll S o Damsk s yallie o 12%c—at 11%c from 1ac At 48c—64-inch Bleac! Table Glass Towelling at from | Damask, valu 123¢c—at 11%c from 1lsc. At 88c—70-inch Bleached Table Damask, value 85c. At 95c—72-inch Silver Bleached, | Towels, Greatly Reduced and $1.35. 3 i At 4c—One case of Huck and Quality Turkey Red Turkish Tow Better Towels at at 10c from 12% At $1.29—Size 66x66 Hemmed Linen Pattern Cloths, value §1.75. | 16c—at 17¢ from 22 At $1.49—Size 66x32 Hemmed Linen | At 48c—1S-inch Sanitary =Diaper, Pattare Clhthe valne 3200 48¢ a piece of 10 yards, value VERY SPECIAL! 103 Pattern _— Cloths, our own importation, subject to weaver’'s imperfec- tions—at half prices Bed Spreads—Reduced Napkins at 48¢ & dogen from se | At 79c—Hemmed Crochet Bed | —at 69c from $1.00—at 93¢ from e S L | $1.25—at $1.65 from $2.00—at $2.43 | Flemmed Crochet = 95¢c from 3$1.25—at $ —at $1.65 from $2.00. Satin Finish Bed from $3.00—at $2.95 from $3.! White Goods At 79c—26-inch English Long Cloth Extra Special! At $3.29—Size 24-in, Dinner Napk Scotch Linen value $4.00. At $6.95—Size ch Scotch Linen at 79c a piece of 10 yar Dinneg Nap value $10.00. | At 10c—30-inch India Lawns, value 32 dozen assorted size Napkins. 13c to 20c subject to +mill imperfections—at | At 12/4¢c—40-inch India Lawns, half prices, value 20c to 2 1 | Cottons, Pillow Cases, Etc. At 4c—36-inch TUnbleached Sheet- ing. At 53jc—40-inch Unbleached Sheet- g, irregular weave, value 9c. Unbleached Sheeting at 63¢ from ¥c—at T%c from 10c. Bleached Sheeting at 6c from Sc— at 7%c from 10c—at 8%c from 81-inch Brown Sheeting at 23c from 30c—Bleached at 25¢ from 32c. 42-inch Pillow Case Cotton at 10%c from l4c—45-inch at 113c from 15c. Tic g at 9c from 12%c—at 12%c from 16c—at 16c from 20c. Pillow Cases at 8c from 10c—at 12i;c from 16c— at 16c from 20c. At 37'sc—Brown and Bleached Sheets, size 72x90. Sheets at 45¢ from 55c— —at 66c from 79¢c— Blankets— All Kinds Reduced ize Crib Blankets. at 59¢ from 69¢c $1.19—81.29 from $1.65 from $2.45 $3.00 5 from from §6.00—$35.85 from 90 All Woel manufactur- value $10.00. from SILKS, BLACK AND COLORED DRESS GOODS, CLOAKIN Colored Dress Goods At 29¢—36-i Cotton Crepe, light colo: -inch Al 40-inch ) -inch Eponge! we 10 ve 79 | value | $1.00 Crepell colorin, BLACK SILKS At Velvet and | Cordu Black 1 Mo 1 from 89¢ At 89c—Yard-wide Bl Black Taffeta— Messaline lack d-wide from duced—$1.75 to $1.39 and $2.00 acods to §1.69. and shrunk OTHER BLACK DRESS GOooDS duced from § —reduced from $ Li from om blac Weight Per- Messa- value C ankingsiv—Reduced Department) At 69c—36 Colored Cloak reduced from 98c. At 1 Colored Cloak: rom $ h Colored Cloaking, L At $1. ven | LRl B Black Dress Goods At $1.95 At $1.29—reduced from $1.50. At 42c—36-inch Black Storm Serge | At $ 56-inch Black Cloaking. I 3 from 50c. reduced from $3.00, .59—from $ 1d $2.00. g7 Bt > 0 fron 3L i andi $8.00 e At $3.50—36-inch Black ~ ClBaking, Black Velvets reduced follows: from $1.00. reduced from $5.00. At 79c—reduced from $1.00. :1’ E 2 ) § S , Mohair, ¢ At 98c—reduced from $1.50. from S9¢ steachan At $1.29—reduced from $1.75. , g e fmm(.'gf“‘d Storm _Serge, enetian Lining 50¢, At 69c—29-inch Corduroy, black and sponged and spo ¢, value | At $1.00—s4-inch Black Venetian colors, from S5c, $1.50. Lining. reduced from $1.25. Many Remarkable At Prices That RIBBONS Bargain Offerings Gloves &%/ Noest Duplicate KETCHENWARE DEP'T 9o—Plaln Tatfe 7 At | Women's Xid At cinfifisnwlfiafig‘zfl Bl 5 79 | Gloves, in white, ndry Soap, Ivory, Bee, colors, regular e 12%c. | tan, gray and brown, sizes x, Welcome, Etc. s, regular price 12%ec. | 5% to 7%, but not eve awoo othes Pins—Sale At 15c—Brilliant Taffeta Ribbon, 4 f Siein ebey eolor | 6 dozen for 10c. inches wide, black, white and [ are remarable ival At 19c—Three-plece Kitchen Set, colors, regular price 19c, 95¢c | Women’s ique Kid Bread XK Paring Knife B s lue | Gloves in black and white and Cleaver. At 19c—Brilllant Taffeta Ribbon, | ‘eibg | . 2 AR 4 Don: .50 | with embroidery of con- u*.bd mclhei ng_e.lblackf Wrgli_tu $ i,raflmg m‘omifiigmenra At 39c—Five foot Hardwood Step and colors, regular price 2sc. | Dress Hid Cloves, black: Ladder with pail rest. At 12/c—Handsome Dresden Rib- white and tan, with wide | a4 590—Five-gallon Galvanized Oil bons, 4.inches wide, regular i Spbmidey, o, contranting Can with faucet, value 3%c. i 3 .95 | Women's Twelve-buti; At 17c—Beautiful patterns in Dres- | $1:95 | e buttan den Ribbons. 5 inches wide, value | Length Kid Gloves—our RS A Al Teioeia5e: $25 | own direct tmportation - Our entire line of Japanese China, | e price 31.95 a pair, | hundreds of pieces, at 8c from 10c At 19c—Dresden Ribbons, in a va- regular price x —at 17¢ fromp 25c—at 35c from 50c 2:;1; Qf"n?.:g;gme fdommfll. $2.45 | Women's Sixteen-button | ——at 55¢ from 75¢c—at 69¢ from $1.00, , 5% s wide, from ¥ L i ves—o by e | onEt R retiooll | At 3%c—Decorated English Tea At 39¢—Extra Wide Dresden Rib. Sale price 3346 a palr, et o T A yle ¥ value' $3.00. P ' bons, beautiful colorings, reg- ular price 50c. Many other attractive Ribbon of- ferings—all styles and all widths— that cannot_be mentioned for lack of space. Come prepared to find Ribbon bargains. These are only a few of the sale items. During the January Sale we offer many special vaiues in Mittens for Infants, Children and Women—Golf Gloves for Children and Women—~Cashmere Gloves for Children and Women. Gas Mantles, inverted or uprigit, fully guaranteed— At 12c—reduced from 20c. At 18c—reduced from 30c. At 27c—reduced from 39¢. DRAPERIES—RUGS—LINOLEUMS At 9se—Art Silkoline, value 12%c. At 9lsc—Curtain Muslin, value 12%ec. At 12//4c—Cretonnes, value 23c. At 15¢c—Curtain Scrims and Madras, value 22c. At 22c—Curtain Marquisette Voiles, value 30c. See our Remnant Counter of Cur- tain Muslin, Scrim and Madras at half prices. and At 42c—RufMed Muslin Curtains, value 60c, At 790—Ruffled Muslin Curtains, velue 98c. At 89c—Cream Madras Curtains, value $1.19. At 89c—Nottingham Lace Curtains, value- $1.10, OTHER CURTAINS AT SALE PRICES At $1.29 a pair—from $1.69. At $1.69 2 pair—from $2.25. At $259 a pair—from §: . At $3.25 2 pair—from $4.00. All one-pair lots of Lace Curtains at half prices. At $250—Renaiseance Lace Bed Sets, white and ecru, value Rugs at Reduced Prices At $139—Axminster Rugs, 27x52 inches, value $1.75. $2.95-—Axminster Rug: 36x72 inches, value size At size At $1.98—Wilton Rugs, inches, value $4.00. size 27x5¢ At $645Wool and Fibre Art Squares, 9xi2 feet, value $10.00. At $11.45—Velvet Rugs, size 9x12 feet, value $15.00. At $15.50—Velvet Rugs, 10 feet, S inches by 12 feet, value $22.50. At $1645—Axminster Rugs, size 9x12 feet, value $22.50. At $16.95—Axminster Rugs, S feet, 3x10 feet 6, value $19.50. At $18.45—Axminster Rugs, size 9x1z feet, valus $23.00. At $1895 _Body Brussels Russ, 9x12 feet, value $25.00. At $2045-Wilton Russ, size 3xi2 feet, value $35.00, Lincleums—Oil Cloth At 35c—Printed = Cork Linoleum, from 50c. At 42cCork Limcleum, reduced from 6oc. At 69c—Tnlaid Linoleum, reduced from 83c. At $1.19—Best Inlald Linoleum, from $1.39. At 24c—Best Tloor 0il Cloth from 3C. At 85c—Linoleum Rugs for stoves. size 11¢x1% yards, from $1.26 00DS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, LACES, GLOVES, HANDKERCHIEFS, RIBBONS, -ETC. HOSIERY—WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S ne case of Infants wnd white, sizes 4 to ap At 1lc—Children’s Ribbed Cotton i for Boys and Gi ery, sizes 6 to 93ic. Ribbed Cot- 7 to 10, value 19¢, Ribbed Lisle o 9, value 25c. se of Women's i leecy -Iine Hos- | iery—Sale Price 7c a pair. of Women’s Fine 0 and $A% value: One case of Women’s Full-fashioned Black t, regular 50¢ qu for lack of space. k Heel and Toe Sale Price a p shmere Hosisry, black 11le—Women’s ton and fe ne case of the famous = reon” Seamless Hos. iery, regular 25c value. At 19;—\Tomsns Imported Split eet Hosiery, value At 25c—Women’s “Burson” Lisle Hosiery, regular pri At 29c—Women's iery, regular pri 38 Many other bargain offerings in Hosiery which cannot be mentioned At 9c—Knit Under Walsts, for Boys and Gi , not quite all sizes. 12}/5c—Inf: v sizes At Ribbe to 6, value One of Wome WINTER UNDERWEA 's Fleecy-lined Ribo Infants’, Children’s and Women's Children’s Fast bed Pants, At 21c—Misses’ Flee v At 15¢- Ril value 2 Ato 6, our regular 25¢ grade at..l...... 19 -lined Ribbed Women's Extra Size Fleecy- Nepianad bayts, siben 460 350.| 1ined Ribbed Vests and Pants, tha i 2 © ‘| sizes 7 to 9, the G0c grade at 3% Women's Medium-weight = S e : Ribbed Vests and Pants_ all Jyoirans White Yook Riblied shapes, regular and extra Vests, Pa: and Tights, reg- sizes, 50c value at........... 440 | ular 75c grade at......c.... BBc Ome case of Women’s Winter Weight Unfon Suits, hi sleeves and ankle length, regular 50c Suits at.c.eee 350 Women’s Fleecy-lined Union Suits, regular and extra large sizes, $1.00 value at-.... 7% and Children, Women’s Silk and TUnion Suits, extra, .. Suits at Many other bargain offerings in Winter Weight Underwear for Women TOILET GOODS—UMBRELLAS—BAGS, ETC. At At At At At At At 1lc—AMennen’s Talcum Powder. 11c—Babcock’s Talcum Powder. 17c—XKolynos’ Dental Cream. 29c—Dioxogen, 50e size. 33c—Danderine, 30c size, 330—Palmeolive Cream. 50c size. 33¢c—Hinds’ Honey and Almond Cream. 4 for 25c—Waldorf Tollet - Paper, large rolls, value 10c each. Books—Reduced Our entire line of Boys' and Girls’ Books— 25c Books—reduced to 19. 50c Books—reduced to 38c. 29c | Odd lot of Popular Copy- from | Tight Books, by well- 45c known authors, at 2 regular price 45c. All Stationery in Holiday Boxes at_one-third ‘less than regular prices. Jewelry—Reduced Our entire line of Jeweiry and Christmas Novelties reduced as fol- lows: At 18c—reduced from 5o At 370—reduced from 50c. At 79c—reduced from $1.00. | UMBRELLAS oo At 79c—reduced from $100, At $1.19—reduced from $1.50. At $145—reduced from $1.75. At $1.59—reduced from $2.00, !> Leather Hand Bags - At 89c—reduced from $1.00. At $1.18—reduced $1.50. At $1.58—reduced $2.00. At $239—reduced s3.00. At $3.98—reduced $5.00.