Forum newspaper readers on this date in 1910 were teased by bargains in downtown Fargo that appear amazing by today’s standards.
One of the interesting ads read like this:
“Get one of these bathtub bargains! Slightly imperfect tubs at low prices. Twenty-dollar tubs on sale at eight dollars and up! Now is the time to buy a new bathtub. We offer a number of slightly imperfect bathtubs, best green and gold make, materials and everything first class except some slight spots where the enamel is scratched.
“These we cannot use in our high-class contract work and have decided to close them out at a fraction of their value so as to clear out floors and get the room they take up!
“While they last, we will clear them out at prices which are decided bargains. Many of them at less than half. Fargo Plumbing and Heating Company.
Below that ad was an endorsement for health:
“There comes a time when your grip on things weakens. Your nerves are unstrung, the vital forces low, the stomach is weak, and the blood impoverished.
“You feel old age creeping over you. Be careful of yourself. Take Beecham’s Pills at once; there is a need to renew life forces.
“Weak nerves, wearied brains, sick stomach, feeble blood, torpid liver, sluggish bowels-all feel the quickening effects of Beecham’s Pills.
“Their use makes all the difference. The tonic action of these pills upon the vital organs is immediate, thorough, and lasting.
“They are nature’s own remedy for Run Down Conditions!
“Sold everywhere in boxes, 10 cents and 25 cents.”
Hanson’s Variety Store featured Toilet Soaps:
“A great variety of fine toilet soaps at lowest prices in town. Drop in and see what great bargains are here!”
And finally, at Fargo’s Hub Clothing store-more bargains during their closing sale:
“Men’s suits: Five dollars each - moved from as high as $10.45.
“Men’s pants 6 dollars and $4.25.
“Arrow Brand linen collars, each nine cents."
All fur coats were listed as half price, and men’s eighty-five cent shirts were discounted to forty-eight cents.
The ad continued: “18-dollar suits are down to ten dollars. Finally, men’s underwear regularly up to seventy-five cents ... closing out at 38 cents, and regular two-dollar pajamas are being sold for a dollar and fifteen cents.”
A nostalgic look back in time for Fargo sales and pricing from 1910.
Dakota Datebook by Steve Stark
Source:
The Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, March 10, 1910
