Men's Suits and Overcoats Price List
A historical price rundown shows men's suits priced at 5 items and ranges from 650 to 30 dollars, with coat prices from 3 to 30 dollars. Pants available from 2 to 3 dollars, with sizes 34 and up.
21 Jun 1890
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1890
Page
1
A historical price rundown shows men's suits priced at 5 items and ranges from 650 to 30 dollars, with coat prices from 3 to 30 dollars. Pants available from 2 to 3 dollars, with sizes 34 and up.
The Atlanta Constitution presents a lyrical meditation on distant beloveds and tropical landscapes. A speaker, pining for the gaze of a cherished presence, contrasts lush scenes of the Pearl of the Antilles with the lifelessness felt without the beloved. The poem envisions reunion only when stars align.
An excerpt records Henry M. Stanley's grim march through a dense African forest with hunger and peril, including the death of a donkey and a vivid survival account. Also included are sketches of popular medical superstitions about dogs aiding children's health and claims about animal brain use in skin tanning, plus reflections on friendship as a predestined gift rather to be made.
Dealers in stamp issuing countries run a business of collecting and trading stamps. I exchange stamps across nations, sometimes swapping US for Russian issues. They advertise for collections, buy waste paper for foreign mail, and bid at sales to acquire rare stamps, cataloguing key items for dealers and collectors.
A letter from a mother describes using dried smart weed tea to soothe a sick baby, following an old nurse's instructions and feeding tea in small doses with sweetened milk. The tale moves to a note on Molummimedans banning silk dresses as unclean, tied to beliefs about worms and prayer eligibility.
A St Louis Republic note explains kaleidoscope variety. With twenty glass pieces and ten changes per minute the process would span 462 billion years and more, a scale beyond human comprehension. A mathematician cites twelve pieces requiring about ninety one years at the same rate.
A parson fattened a goose and roasted it with an old crucifix left on the fire. The cross beam burned through and toppled, the crucified figure falling face down on the goose. The boy fled crying to the church, warning that the crucifix was eating the goose.
Mrs Upjohn and Mrs Keeway meet a store clerk after a lecture. Keeway finds the talk superficial and tiresome, saying it lacked depth and expressing disdain for surface talk. The scene closes with a clerk taking a lily white package request, reported by the Chicago Tribune.
Frost funded account notes ice thick around explorers’ beards and moustaches hindering drinking and eyelashes. If not cleared, ice can seal eyelids at eye corners, risking temporary blindness and loss of navigation.
The article explains quail behavior across seasons. It notes Bob White's shift from flocks to family groups in late summer, increased tameness near nests, and the ability to vanish in grass. It discusses hunting challenges, covey dynamics, and advises careful shooting to avoid crippling birds. It also includes a column on Wade the mastiff and his Saturday routine at the railroad station.
A New York World profile describes Mrs. Robert Goelet as under thirty with a Newport cottage worth 250000 pounds and an annual income of 192500 dollars. Daughter of George Henry Warren she balances accounts with ease and mirrors patrician poise, her yellow hair violet eyes and children always near.
A fragment from the Chicago Ledger quotes a playful exchange about a check and a lithograph work. The dialogue centers on a one thousand dollar amount and a fascination with both the flue lithograph and the subject’s face and figure.
A scene from New York Weekly portrays a refined mother praising her child for polite behavior at a restaurant. The child recalls not asking for dessert twice and notes the server discreetly refilling dishes as he finishes each course.
Eugene Field recounts Bismarck facing a sinking friend in quicksand. The friend appeals for help. Bismarck refuses to risk himself, claiming he would shoot to end the misery. The friend urges survival, rips free by grasping a tree root, and credits Bismarck’s presence of mind for the rescue claim.
A renowned preacher, riding home, loses his way while pondering hard questions. He asks a countryman for directions to Savonnieres, who replies an honest man should trust simple knowledge. The countryman warns against presumptuousness, saying even children know the way, and God keeps you.
When setting out a young tree, avoid old soil around a dead tree and replace a large portion with fresh soil to improve growth potential. The soil around an old tree may be exhausted of essential nutrients, contributing to its demise. The guidance appears in ITome and Farm.
A dying countryman listens as a priest speaks of life after death with mountains laid low and valleys raised. He replies that will make a fine country for poor wagoners, in a humorous exchange cited by Exchange.
A Chicago Ledger item mocks a school ship program with playful lines about the education system aboard teaching boys cooks sailors and even the ropes being taut. The brief quip questions how far the program goes and emphasizes the sturdy, disciplined setup.
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