The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-21
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Inducements

When you undertake to bring people out
in the winter season, you must make some
extraordinary inducements.
You hear people croak about hard times;
times are 70 harder now than ever, in fact
little on the good side rather than the bad.
There's plenty of folks who have plenty of
money and quite willing to spend 1t. too,
providing they can make two dollars go as
far as four generally goes. A comparatively
speaking, snowless winter. an unhealthy
period wherein everyone more or less has
suffered from colds and the new found
grippe, has made depression of spirits and
a feeling among the community that we
would have to wait till spring before the sit
uation was altered. So wrote the papers, so
felt the people, but we said, let's make
hurrah," bring our country friends to town
and show them that Maine is not asleep.
How to do 1t, required little consideration.
After due thought to the subject we decided
to cut our prices on everything in halves,
offer railroad fares free and felt sure If any,
thing would make stir this should. There
fore we have spent few hundred dollars of
clean cash, reduced the prices on everything
and simply await the arrival on Tuesday of
such concourse Of customers as we have
--er vet seen in our store. --s-ss ~
seful attention to the prices
~lned in this page. Altho' a
newspaper Is large space yet 1t is
"a times too small to tell of all the bargains
we can offer, but those that are enumerated
mand your notice,
Not only the accumulation of odds and
ends, but our stock of elegant Furniture in
Parlor Suits and Chamber Sets are also
placed on the list of articles to go.
A word about Parlor Suits. In our win
dow Portland citizens can see some of the
finest suits ever brought to this city. One In
SILK Brocatelle with Cherry frames that cost
us $3.50 is offered during this sale at $87.
We speak OF this to show you that TO goods
have been spared, that the best as well as
unheard Of prices.
Whoever saw All Wool Extra Super Car
pets advertised at SO cts. per yard, or
Tapestry Brussels at IS cts, or Body
Brussels at 60 cts? Nobody. We have put
these goods at these prices simply to see If II
is true that the Maine people are so much
depressed that they can't wake up or en-
thuse under such extraordinary circum
stances. III our store is not crowded OF
Tuesday we shall be surprised. Read
Drapery prices. Study the Odds and Ends
Columns and greatly oblige by handing this
paper to your neighbor as soon as you are
through with ii, or better still, make up a
friendly party and take us by storm anytime
from Tuesday Dist to Saturday 25th.
A great many of our Society leaders In
Portland have, doubtless, the same aspra,
tions as society people elsewhere. To MI
their homes with art furniture of high
order is one Of their greatest hobbies. AT
this sale we shall place some of the finest re.
productions of Anticipated Chamber Sets,
Hall Chairs, Sideboards and Odd Chairs on
The reduced list. We are anxious to be recog-
nized as headquarters for goods OF this
description. We are agents in Maine for a
company who lavishes money to obtain the
very latest designs and finishes in these lines
OF goods and the reputation they have gained
in Washington, New York and Boston fol
their XVI Century, Cremona, Moorish and
Flemish Furniture designs has resulted In
increased orders. There Is scarcely any
family of note but has made 1t a point to Sc
cure few pieces of this much desired furni
ture. Centre Tables in Canary, Copper
finishes have had steady run.
China Closets and Bookcases in the same
delicate finishes. All to be sacrificed from
Tuesday next for five days.
We desire to see our friends and old &C.
quaintances, our customers and strangers
everybody conceive will welcome you as
heartily as If we were going to make profit
instead of a loss out of every sale.
We shall pay all railroad fares be.
tween Portland and Portsmouth, n. H.,
and intermediate stations, on the Eastern
railroad, all railroad fares between Dover
n. H., and Portland, on the Boston and
Maine, all railroad fares between Rochester
N. h. and Portland, on the Rochester rail
road, all fares between Fabyans and Port
land Oh the Maine Genital railroad, all fares
between Bethel and Portland on the Crane
Trunk railway, all fares between Augusta
and Portland on the Maine Central railroad
and all its branches, in fact any railroad sta
ton within 81 miles, our only stipulation be
ing that we should expect the persons whose
fares we paid to buy goods to the following
amounts
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