21 Jun 1906
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
1
Are greater than ever, houses who had lots to close out. We begin the 3rd week of our great Challenge Sale with a bigger assortment and lower prices than ever before owing to lucky pick-ups from manufacturing. Our motto is Large Sales with Small Profits and we exemplify it daily. Do not miss these Great Challenge Sale Bargains.
Cotton suiting offered at 19c per yard and washable silk 28 inches wide at 10c. 36 inch fancy silks marked at 1.25 and 36 inch black taffeta at 1.25. 100 bolts of plain colored ribbons 2 inches wide 10c items, all at sale while stock lasts.
A column notes a week focused on menswear furnishings highlighting fabrics, tailoring trends, and style advice. The piece discusses shopping guides, seasonal accessories, and tips for choosing suits, shirts, and footwear to refresh wardrobes.
A catalog of discounted items includes 20c galvanized pails sold two per customer and 18c calis wash bowls offered per order. Also featured are 10c galvanized wash bowls 1 per customer and 10c quarts of tin pails. German china cups saucers and plates priced at 75c per set.
The Ames Times lists local notice rates including five cents per line per insertion for notices of entertainments concerts lectures suppers and similar items. Cards of thanks and condolences have per line fees, church and club announcements may be free once, with five cents per line for subsequent insertions. Subscription price is one dollar per year.
A brief note mentions editor Rick of the Pilot Mound Monitor and hints at his Cummins alignment. Other items discuss Des Moines gambling efforts, banana yields an acre and a death from heart failure. Additional lines reference diplomats salaries, emigration, and a trip by Water Wellman toward the North Pole.
A mixed bag of items: school officials and candidates in Palo Alto and Story counties. Bryan and Cummins politics. Oklahoma statehood celebrated. odd local rail and wedding mentions. caution against prying into others mail. and a plug for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for babies.
A local shop promotes graduation gifts featuring books priced 25c to 2.00, Kodaks from 1.00 to 20.00, and fountain pens 0.75 to 5.00. I. S. C. delivers twice daily. Iowa telephone number 50.
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