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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
5
Burgess and Smith tout a reputation for close buying and carefully selected goods offering strong value. They invite crowds to shop any day, promise satisfactory guarantees, and pledge equal treatment for all customers including children.
A local advert touts durable boys bib overalls at 25c and heavy work shirts at 50c. It touts men's bib overalls and heavy hose, plus children's and ladies hosiery and undergarments priced from 10c to 50c, emphasizing quality and value compared with department stores.
We claim no hesitation in stating our shoe department offers top footwear from two premier U.S. factories. The Lady Elgin ladies shoe and the Top Notch men’s shoe cost $1.50 each, delivering value and wear. Sample shoes are also priced at or below wholesale.
The ad vows to sell only the highest grade groceries with wholesome products. It touts dried fruits and fruit preserves including peaches at 25 cents for 2 pounds and evaporated raspberries at 30 cents per pound plus prunes at 25 cents per pound, claiming first quality canned goods bought before price increases.
Glassware and Queensware offer a nice assortment including tumblers 4 piece glass sets watersets berry sets glass pitchers dishes 1 AN 160 piece sets and broken lots at prices much lower than usual quality items priced to move.
A brief note states DUSterald buildings command the highest market price in exchange for goods.
Local merchants advertise oils, farm tools, and canned meats at Cobb's and Whitfield's with new hammock lines. Notices record births, visitors, travel, and family arrivals, along with church events, a mortgage burn, school alumni gathering, and an upcoming wedding of Miss Freddie O'Reilly to Francis J. Coyle in Akron.
Georges Schaub of New Lebanon Ohio praises Chamberlain’s Pain Balm after his wife suffered eight weeks from severe back pains with no relief. A few days of use brought relief and restored her ability to perform household duties. Balm sold by EBk Cobb, Druggist.
A Sunday flood burst the west end of the Akron Milling dam for the second time this spring. Repairs cost hundreds of dollars as pilings go in to stop bank erosion and protect water power. The firm urges residents to fund protective work or risk abandoning the dam and switching to other power, which could affect the new steel bridge.
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