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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
7
Saturday is the last day you can buy anything in this immense stock at reduced prices. Look at extra special bargains for the final day. They are the lowest prices ever made in Chariton for first class goods, the only kind we sell.
An old newspaper ad lists wash goods with lot prices per yard from 9c to 50c and details curtains muslin calicos and ginghams. It promotes 25 pieces finest woven madras a few dollars, lace curtains, curtain rods, undervests, petticoats and skirts for Saturday sale. Includes numerous unit prices and quantity notes.
A Saturday sale offers several silks at discounted prices. Pieces include black taffeta 32 and 35 inches wide, Pine Tree black taffeta 36 inches, Pongee 24 inches, and assorted RAJA silk and JAP silk stock. Prices range from 60 cents to about $1.75 per yard with most marked as Saturday specials.
Chariton store offers drastic price cuts on women’s wear with waists valued up to 3.25 and wash skirts advertised under cost. Fine waists and wash suits priced for quick sale, including 1 lot of the finest waists and white wash skirts selling well below their values.
Notice is given that an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Anders S Lundgren deceased was produced opened and read by the undersigned and that the 1st day of September A D 1907 is fixed as the day of hearing proof. Witness official signature and seal. Clerk of District Court Geo F Carpenter dated July 10 1908.
A four year old boy survived a severe attack of dysentery after treatment by two physicians who saved his life. The report notes the success of medical intervention and thanks the doctors for their efforts.
Local and personal notices list residents and visitors from Osceola and surrounding towns. Entries include Mrs. Culver visiting Garden Grove, J. B. Wright on a Denver business trip, J. A. Brown’s ten day trip in Kansas and Texas, and numerous visits in Council Bluffs, Pleasantville, Melrose, and Chicago among others.
A rugged boy named Joe, missing literacy but rich in courage, joined a cavalry company marching to Fort Leavenworth. He rode ahead, brought back Indian arrows, and helped scouts with ponies and weapons. He earned the nickname Heap Little Man for his fearless front-line acts.
The passage notes the longstanding record of Chamberlain's remedy for cholera and diarrhoea, praising its early introduction and its continued use for over thirty five years, spreading from a small beginning to widespread reach across the United States.
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