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War Has Not Advanced the Prices of Our Goods!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 04:58:26 +0000

A broadside advertisement by a grocery store owner in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The "WAR," of course, refers to World War I (1914-1918).

War Has Not Advanced the Prices of Our Goods!

We can save you money on any small order. Our prices are way down, for cash. We guarantee our goods to be all fresh and right weight.

8 bars Oak, Leaf, Lenox, or Star Soap, .25
10 bars Large Size Soap, .25
Elastic Starch, .09
Cow Brand Soda, per lb., .03 1-2
Barley, per lb., .03 1-2
A No. 1 Early June Peas, Parson Brand, per can, .06

A No. 1 Brand Sweet corn, .07
A No. 1 Brand Tomatoes, .06 1-2
None Such Mince Meat, .09
Roman Sweet Chocolate, lb., .04 1-4
Bird Gravel, per box, .04
Good Brooms, two for .25
Fine Cut Tobacco, per lb., .25

Fresh, Full Cream Cheese always on hand.

Look at our prices! Don't you think that it pays you to buy at the Tunkhannock Cash Store?

Our shoe department.--Men's, boys', and children's shoes. Also ladies' and misses' shoes, and Oxford ties. We are selling them at bottom prices.

And dry goods!

Come in and leave your order at our place, and if you cannot come yourself send someone, and we will deliver you our goods for the prices we advertise them at.

Remember the place, at the old National Bank Building, Tunkhannock, Pa.

Goods delivered to any part of the city,

Morris Malkinson, prop'r.

Astro Bow—Get in Orbit and Go Go Go!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:01:04 +0000

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"Astro Bow. Get in orbit. Go-go-go. 39¢. Buser Century, Inc."

A black velvet hair bow shaped like a space capsule!

"Get in Orbit" and "Go Go Go" with "Astro Bow" is what the printed card is telling us. What Space Age gal could resist something like this?

To the Keeper of My Heart

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 16 May 2015 22:38:36 +0000

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"To the keeper of my heart. Price net to agents, twenty for 15 cts. Agents charge 25 cents."

Ice Cream, 5 Cents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:08:27 +0000

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Wertley's Quality Ice Cream Price Tags

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:36:02 +0000

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Wertley's Ice Cream tags with prices that reflect the tax that was assessed during World War I.

Purity Cigars Now 5 Cents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:12:42 +0000

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A Happy New Year, 1876

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:42:52 +0000

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"A Happy New Year, 1876. Mary A. Bacon. New Year's cards. 2 styles. Same price as emblematic. No. 2. Plaisted-Farwell."

Civic Lunch, Miami, Florida, 1930s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 May 2013 19:29:19 +0000

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Civic Lunch, Inc., 40 N.W. First St., Phone 23042, Miami, Fla. Where low prices keep company with high quality.

"Excellent food, speedy service, and immaculate surroundings are the three essentials to success in the restuarant business, according to Charles Gorgas, proprietor of the Civic Lunch, 40 N.W. First St., who has been feeding Miami officaldom for the past several years" (see "Civic Lunch Head Outlines Growth," Miami News, Sept. 30, 1934, society section, p. 7).