OFIF DRY GOODS Sho es Carpets Stock Must Be Sold
A brief notice from a dry goods firm states they cannot be thrown out and that stock must be sold at some price. The fragment mentions shoes, carpets, and general dry goods in urgent liquidation.
25 Feb 1891
Page 1
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1891
Page
1
A brief notice from a dry goods firm states they cannot be thrown out and that stock must be sold at some price. The fragment mentions shoes, carpets, and general dry goods in urgent liquidation.
Lease expires March 0th and $15,000 stock to be sold in 18 days. Our mammoth gates remain closed yet stock stays intact across all lines. New business focus makes 35c on the dollar the best path, with $5,000 worth of shoes to clear within 28 days at about 35c on the dollar.
A seller invites buyers to name their own price for a handsome Newmarket cloak or similar goods, promising to accept cash in the future as more valuable than the current retail value. The note urges bidders to bid 35 cents in cash now, regardless of the stated price.
A newspaper notice promotes spring dress fabric at 63.00 with a promise to guarantee the pattern and pay for making for 3 less than the later price. Dealers urge early buying to save nine dollars by paying now and describe substantial inducements for early customers.
Eyewitnesses recount a deadly clash in Cormusus Ohio marked by Osborn and Hughes slain. W J Elliott and P J Elliott claim vice while Osborn fires back, police tighten guards at the prison, and several bystanders endure injuries. The incident sparks political and press-wide fallout with implications for the Elliotts and Levering.
Article reports Frances Lewellyn Young, wife of Col Young, buried in a tenement coffin after a frugal funeral costing 77 dollars. Government owes her estate 100000 for services connected to early Nicaragua expeditions. Col Young, 72, and Mrs Young, 68, had lived in poverty in New York after years of controversy and financial loss.
United States House debates a Scott Wike resolution calling for impeachment procedures against the speaker and presiding officers. The text cites falsifications of journal entries and alleged unlawful actions to influence records and office appointments.
Washington reports at the Woman's Temperance council session the non partisan W C T U discussed temperance instruction in schools and colleges and the Chicago temperance temple with leaders including Mrs J Ellen Foster and Mary Lease among delegates. Rio Janeiro notes strikes paralyze business with Central railroad workers walking off and beer supplies cut off as troops restore order. Curacao notes the death of Gen John Lawler by paralysis in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin where he helped develop the northwest and served as a director of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway.
A late February Indiana bill proposing new taxes and a $200 cigarette license fee cleared a key committee and moved toward a tight floor vote. Amid protests from reform advocates and business owners, employers faced wage disputes and eight hour day debates, with 800 to 1,000 workers locked out during a busy season.
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