Field, Schlick & Co. - 43d Annual Linen Sale - from The St Paul Globe, January 2nd 1899
Field, Schlick & Co.
MONDAY— STORE CLOSED ALL DAY.
As welcome as the Happy New Year's Greeting from a beloved friend comes the announcement of our 43d Annual Linen Sale Which begins tomorrow, January 3d.
It Will Be a Record-Breaker from every point of view. Assortments will be larger than ever before. Qualities, of course, can't be better than at other times, for we always sell the best Linens produced in the world. Prices Will Be Lowest. It may be hard for those who remember the values we gave last year to believe that the Linen Sale prices for 99 can be lower than ever before. But such is the case. We have been preparing for months to eclipse all our past efforts — to surpass all present efforts of competition. Important. Every yard of Linen bought for this Linen Sale— every Tablecloth, every Napkin, every Towel, together with our entire regular stock, without reserve, will be sold at Reduced Prices during the continuance of this sale. With the many fortunate and exceptional purchases we have made we are sure the 43d Annual Linen Sale will be a Record-breaker. The Opening Gun. We will open the sale at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning with the entire Sample Line of bordered Table cloths from the New York warerooms of John S. Brown & Sons. We got the entire line of Cloths and Napkins— more than 1,200 pieces in all— at a discount of 33 1/3 per cent from regular prices, and you may have them tomorrow at Actual Cost of Importation. Nearly every cloth they make is represented in the collection — nearly every pattern. There are not more than two cloths of each pattern, and every cloth is as clean and fresh as it was when finished.
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LINEN SHEETS— IOO pairs Irish Linen Sheets, double hemstitch at top, plain hem at bottom, size 90x96 inches, regular price $5.50 a pair. Linen sale price $3.95
PILLOW CASES - 200 pairs Irish Linen hemstitched Pillow Cases extra well made, size 22 1/2x36 inches, regular price $1.50 a pair. Linen sale price $1.17
BED SPREADS— One case of Satin Marseilles Bed Spreads, full size, newest patterns, hemmed ready for use, lowest regular price $2.75. Linen sale price $1.85
BED SPREADS— 3OO Honey Comb Bed Spreads, Marseilles patterns, hemmed ready for use, regular 85c quality for 50c.
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Now don't think for a moment that this is all. Hundreds of equally good things will find their way into the papers.
Important Sale of Cottons.
In connection with our Linen Sale there will be an important sale of Muslins, Sheetings and Ready-made Sheets and Pillow Cases. Many of these were secured before the advance in price of cottons. We're going to sell them at the lowest prices known many of them at less than present mill prices. "Fruit of the Loom" and "Lonsdale" yard wide Bleached Muslins, guaranteed first quality and genuine goods, at less than manufacturers' prices, only 5c
Limit, 25 yards to one buyer.
Standard Bleached Sheeting's, 2 1/4 yards wide, 12 1/2cents.
Standard Bleached Sheetings, 2 1/2 yards wide, 14 cents.
Bleached Sheetings, 2 yards wide, best 18c quality, for 13 cents.
Bleached Sheetings, 2 1/4 yards wide, best 20c quality, for 14 1/2 cents.
Bleached Sheetings, 2 1/2 yards wide, best 22c quality, for 16 1/2 cents.
Pillow Casing, our regular 12 1/2 c quality, for 8 cents.
Unbleached Sheeting, 2 1/2 yards wide, best 20c kind, for 14 1/2 cents.
Unbleached Sheeting, 2 1/4 yards wide, best 18c kind, for 13 cents.
Unbleached Sheeting, 2 yards wide, best 16c kind, for 11 1/2 cents.
Unbleached Sheeting, 1 3/4 yards wide, best 14c kind, for 10 cents.
For those who want ready-made Sheets and Pillowcases we will offer special inducements in highest grades at lowest prices.
Bleached Pillowcases, full size, good ones, at 10 cents.
Bleached Sheets, size 72x90 inches, for 36 cents.
Bleached Sheets, size 81x9 inches, for 38 cents.
These are thoroughly well-made of standard cotton.
Field, Schlick & Co
Source: The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.), 02 Jan. 1899. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
*Mention of a familiar brand - "Fruit of the Loom" - signals the growing importance of cotton in the bed linen trade. Linen is still literally what is it - the product and raw material are unanimous - yet the seller's announcement assures its audience that cotton linens are of highest quality and significantly cheaper than linen linens.