The Afton American (Afton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1917 Page: 10 of 10
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THE AFTON AMERICAN
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Spring Opening and
Before-Easter Sale
At Livingston’s
Two DaysFriday and Saturday April 6 and 7
Easter Sunday April 8th
Everybody come-Hear lots of good music both days-See
all the pretty things on display-Buy your Spring
goods here and save money
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Two Days-Friday and Saturday April 6 and 7
Everyone welcome whether they buy any thing or not
Does Your Boy Need A
New Suit for Easter?
Livingston’s is the place to buy it We sell them
for less and now is the time to save They come
for many miles to trade here '
We bought these suits of oneof the biggest New
York Boys’ Suit manufacturers in the country
They specialize on boys’ suits and they sure do
make good things and sell them to us right We
did not expect to have such values
Pretty fancy Wool Mixed Novelties made in the
new Pinch Back Belt Norfork with large roomy
knickerbocker pants $350 to $600
A splendid Blue Serge elegantly made pants full
lined and roomy Priced very low at $500
Some very dressy Little Boys’ Suits ages 3 to 6
in blue serge and fancies with white collars A big
'bargain $300 to $500
The New Spring Ginghams at Only a Small
Advance Over Our Old Prices
Most Stores Have Never Sold Them for Less than We Are Selling Them Novi
Amoskeag Utilities absolutely fast colors in a big range of colors 4
still going at per yard - — 2w
Toile-du-Nord Ginghams in a hundred patterns (We have heard A
of this gingham selling as high as 25c this spring) I w w
Pretty yard wide Percales priced very special at 12k
Lay In a Supply of these Cheap Goods While You Can Get Them at These Low Prices
White Canvas Shoes Will Be Strong
This Spring and Summer
We are prepared with a big stock of a hundred
dozen to start with at old prices— the high price
of leather calls for a substitute and here it is
Good well made canvas shoes with rubber soles
and some of them good enough to wear to church
or Sunday School
Men will wear them women will wear them and
the children and little tots will wear them
Children’s all sizes from small 6’s to large 2’s per
pair 1 50c
Boys’ in all sizes black or white — 50c to $100
Women’s in lace oxfords and pretty pumps priced
at 75c to $200
Men’s in oxfords and shoes 75c to $150
Men’s finer grades to follow soon
“Decatur Maid” House Dresses At Old Prices
STILL A GOOD BIG LINE AT $ 100
These dresses would cost us that at the factory today but we own them
and can make a profit at $100 so they remain the same Decatur Maid
house dresses stand in a class to themselves They are full cut made of
good fast color percales and ginghams and have a distinctiveness about
them that makes them look like different dresses
Other Decatur Maid Dresses at $1-45
Little Girls “ Mary Newton” Dresses for Spring
59c and 65c
How these dresses do sell! They buy them half a dozen of a size at a time
—all made of fast color ginghams beautiful color combinations Ages 2
to 6 Priced very low at — -59c and 65c
Large girls’ “Mary’Newton” dresses up to age 14 $125
Mercerized Table Damask At About Old Prices
A fair quality damask 58 inches wide per yard 30c
A pretty mercerized damask heavy and fine 54-inch 45c
Highly mercerized damask in beautiful patterns 67-inch 50c
72-inch 75c
A TWO DAYS SALE OF
COLGATE S GOODS
Colgate’s Talcums ih 6 different
kinds Easter Opening Sales
Price 13c or 2 for ‘25c
Colgate’s Soaps per cake — 8c
Colgate’s Ribbon Dental Cream
only 9c and 19c
Colgate’s Mirage and Cold
Cream 23c
VALLACEAS CHEAP AS THEY
EVER WERE
Hundreds yes thousands of yards
oh sale at per yard
5c
In this line you will find the heav-
ier laces suitable for muslin under
wear Pretty matched sets in the
Vais that are suitable for dresses
for children and grown-ups
New Easter Waists
$100 $200 and $300
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WIRTHM0R WAISTS— We get them every month
—always one price— always “worth more”—
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WELLW0RTH WAISTS— We get them every month
and show the same styles they do in the city
stores Ladies in Afton know about these waists
and wait for the new ones each month' They
have a distinctive style about them that makes
them very popular See them this month Al-
ways - $200
Pretty Crepe-de-Cherie Silk Wajsts and Crepes
in some’elegant nefy colors priced very low $3
New Shirts For
Easter
75c $1 $150 $250
$ 300 and $3X0
Different Patterns from any
yet
—mercerized striped
madras
—fine percales
—silk mixed fabrics
5om of tfie Beet Values
We Have Had
SALE OF TOWELS AT
OLD PRICES
Extra large Bleached Tur-
kish Towels worth today
35c For two days 25c
X good cotton Huck towel
—large size For two days
each 9c
Young Menfs
Easier Ties 50c
—They’re bright
—They’re stylish
—They’re new
—The) 're fresh
—and all for
50c
Here Is Where This
Store Shines
Boys’ good Roundhouse Overalls
per pair 65c
Large Boys’ Roundhouse Overalls
per pair 1 75c
Men’s Roundhouse OveraIls$125
As A Special Inducement
For Two Days Only
I Friday and Saturday
Spring Opening Days
10 Per Cent Discount On All Ladies New
Spring Coats
This means a big saving and when our already
low prices are considered it makes them at
about most stores’ late sale prices Includes
the fine "WOOLTEX” coats that are the best
Prices on Wooltex Coats are
$1500 to $1800
Other pretty Spring Coats
$395 to $1250
All the new shades of Mustards Greens and
Tans and staple Blues
You Can Buy Your Easter Hosiery
Here at Right Prices '
Here is one of the scarcest things on the mark-
et but we have a large stock It is women’s
fiber silk hose in colors The old price was
never lower than 50c We have a g
big stock and our price now is 3Uv
Whites blacks pinks blues and gold— all sizes N
Ladies’ Phoenix Silk hose -80c $110 $155
A good fiber silk boot hose black only 30c
Pretty New Half Hose for Easter
25c 30c 50c 55c
Old values in hosiery are scarce but we have
them Just receieved a back-order shipment
that have been due for a long time It is a pret-
ty mercerized lisle that we have always sold at
25c ' Five or six colors including O C
black and white Whiie they last Caww
Very Fine Fiber Silk Half Hose in fancy light
patterns 50c
Phoenix Guaranteed Hose for men30 and 55c
Young Mens English Shoes for
Easter-$4 to $6
Our prices on new shoes is not so high— very
little more than usual and you hear nothing but
big advances some predicting fifteen dollars a
pair in the near future These new English'
shoes come in pretty dark chocolates with a
fancy top fine soft tan Russia calf and soft
smooth gurt metals Some have Neolin soles and
rubber heels and some solid oak leather soles
If you buy your shoes here you will get Ml
value for your money
BRING IN YOUR BUTTER AND EGGS
We pay cash if you so desire— the price is the k
same cash or trade— as our goods are worth
' what we ask for them
Buy Your Groceries Here
and Save Money
Prices for Spring Opening Days— Friday and
Saturday April 6th and 7th
13 pounds granulated Sugar $100
Guaranteed Hard Wheat Flour 100 lbs $460
Fairland Soft Wheat Flour 100 lbs $450
Lard Compound per pound 18c
Pure Lard per pound ’ 20c
No 2 Standard Cans Tomatoes per can 10c
Tall Cans Pink Salmon per can 15c
Lhrge Cans Fancy Hominy per can 10c
Whole Grain Fancy Rice per pound 6lc
2000 pounds Easter Candies and Salted
Peanuts per pound 15c
Pure Sorghum per gallon bucket 75c
Large 25 oz can K C Baking Powder 20c
Standard Dried Peaches per pound 10c
3 cans Prince Albert Velvet or Tuxedo
Smoking Tobacpo 25c
A good Rio Coffee per pound : 17c
Fancy Peaberry Coffee for 2 days only
5 pounds for $100
Bring us your butter and eggs-ut is the same
as cash and we pay cash if you want It Our
produce dealler Mr King will offer special in-
ducements during our two opening days
BUY YOUR EASTER HAT HERE ON OPENING DAYS
The new light greys with fancy bands New shades of green
and tan $250 and $300
Extra fancy bands 25 and 50c
The Livingston Cash Stores
Afton and Miami
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Mitts, E. D. The Afton American (Afton, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1917, newspaper, March 29, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1716692/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.