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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
Money is plentiful and buyers travel long distances to attend the sale. Vendors urge customers to spend, promising extraordinary value and quick opportunities to earn more. Roads have been nearly impassable, yet over 20 miles have been covered by eager shoppers. Time is short.
Goods are going fast. Come and carry away bargains before we leave. Each rack box 15 and 50 cents. Boys' shirts 15 cents, men's shirts 50 cents, mufflers 15 cents, sweaters 15 cents.
A young man, Joe Mathers, about twenty, collapsed unconscious after an encounter in Algona. Dr. Gay treated him with a hypodermic, and Mathers recalled a possible poisoned needle during a handshake in Elmore. He later recovered enough to travel home to Irvington township. The tale includes conflicting accounts from Mr. Nicholls and speculation about whiskey, love sickness, and a possible external poisoning.
The store offers a wide array of sensible, worthy Christmas gifts with early-season stock, ensuring choices before lines deplete. Staff highlight exceptional values and favorable prices due to careful buying, inviting an early visit to settle gift decisions.
The jewelry section shines with distinctive items and gifts of lasting value. Sterling silver novelties 25c to 10, clocks 1.25 to 45, watches 1 to 50, souvenir spoons 1 to 4, brooches 50c to 250, chains 25c to 10, small jewelry many types, electric lamps 2.50 to 15, silver plated ware abundant. Engraving of names or initials free of charge.
A varied stock of Christmas gifts offers instruments from violins and banjos to guitars, priced from 2.50 to 50.00, plus stationery, china, cut glass, Kodak records, amplifying horns, and personal care sets. Other items include cigars, kitchen and toilet goods, and pocket books with prices ranging across small to mid-range amounts.
Miss Smith of Shawnee, I T, visiting her mother here, plans sale at my place two miles west of St Benedict starting at 10 a m Thursday December 21 1905. Items include 14 head of cattle seven brood sows farm machinery and hay. Terms cash under 10 dollars else 10 months at 3 percent. Auctioneer W T Hall. Clerk Leo Wegman. Also fur buyers and local ads appear in the notice with multiple lines about insurance and goods.
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