Big Overstock Sale at The Fall
The store announces an overstock sale due to warm weather delaying demand for heavy weight clothing. It promises deep price cuts now to clear inventory and invites customers to browse the tempting bargains.
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
2
The store announces an overstock sale due to warm weather delaying demand for heavy weight clothing. It promises deep price cuts now to clear inventory and invites customers to browse the tempting bargains.
A Des Moines girl died from effects of chewing hair, a warning that hair may be poisonous. The item notes vigilance for boys to shave necks or face possible murder charges. It also covers Roosevelt’s 1904 election landslide, party shifts, and local notices from Cedar Rapids Daily Republican and surrounding communities.
The passage notes Ingersoll once claimed he would become Christian if Missouri went Republican. It recalls Missouri’s outcome last week and contrasts his prediction with Blaine, who purportedly claimed he would go Methodist when Texas goes Republican. Blaine is labeled the greater prophet.
The Citizens Bank of Maxwell closed its doors last Saturday not due to failure but a strategic windup by Ainley father and son. Depositors were paid in full, with local papers noting the cessation as orderly and not disastrous.
Excursion tickets issued November 27 28 and 29 for return by December 5 via Northwestern Railway to Chicago for the International Live Stock Exposition.
Tickets on sale daily in winter for round trips to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern Line. Fast through trains with high class equipment. For maps booklets and hotel lists contact ticket agents Chicago Northwestern Ry. 28 31.
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