Neighboring Town Notes Highlight Crime Bankruptcy and Remedies
The article reports Alexander Lathrop of Liberty Indiana found murdered near a Chicago train with robbery suspected. Chloe E Domer of Goshen files for bankruptcy with assets 300 liabilities 7693.98 and 40 creditors. An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds with testimonials and trial bottles offered.
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Alexander Lathrop
Liberty
Ind
Lathrop
Chicago
Chloe E. Domer
Goshen
Lambert
Life In Peril and Health Gained After Bitters Claim
Alfred Bee of Wel fare Texas writes that biliousness and a lame back kept him from eating or sleeping. Electric Bitters cured him, giving sleep, appetite, and strength. The ad claims vigorous health for weak people and notes 50 cent price at Houseworth Bros. drugstore. It also mentions Chicago Rock Island & Pacific earnings rising beyond peers with July and August gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Bee
Tex
Houseworth Bros
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Best Pills on Earth Promoted in Drugstore Ad
A Rochester Sentinel item features Houseworth Bros. drugstore touting Dr. King's New Life Pills as life saving. The note includes user testimony from Durham N I C and a price of 25 cents.
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P. Muse
Durham
N. Ic
Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Beauty Relief
An advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for skin eruptions and blemishes. It claims to smooth complexions, remove eczema and salt rheum, heal chapped lips, sore hands, chilblains, and even piles, priced at 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Houseworth Bros
Mrs Austin's Pancake Flour Boosts Train 31 Report
Report notes a Crew on engine 188 aboard train 31 last evening making up 0.36 minutes between Toledo and Hibart. The piece promotes Mrs Austin's Famous Pancake Flour as a superior breakfast product and urges readers to ask grocers for it.
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Marshall
Bovee
Toledo
Hibart
Fabric Catalog Excerpt with Taffeta Silks and Valours
A fragmented catalog lists black taffeta and figured silks in various widths with prices. It notes guaranteed taffeta, peau de soie fabrics, colored taffeta silks, and corduroy valour and fancy velvet waistings with price ranges from under one dollar to about one dollar and fifty cents.
Kid Gloves Offer for Ray Nier Gloves
Retailers advertise Ray nier Kid Gloves praised for color and finish and offer a guarantee on every pair. Prices listed as 1 and 1.50 dollars, with a promise of satisfaction for buyers who had trouble finding gloves.
Floor coverings and rugs price list excerpt
A priced catalog of home textiles and carpets lists 25c for quality floor oil cloth and bedroom carpets, 50c for all wool carpets, 3c for colored fibre car pets, 6c for cocoa door mats 17 by 30 inches, 1.50 for 26 by 54 Smyrna rugs, 2.25 for 27 by 63 Axminster, 1.98 for Bissell carpet sweepers, and 25c for all wool carpet remnants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axminster
Bissell
Stylish Furs Sold At Early Season Prices
Our entire fur line was bought early before price hikes, offering savings of 15 to 25 percent. The catalog lists ladies sable opossum boas with large fox tails, imitation marten scarves, and long sable fox boas, plus electric and near-seal jackets ranging from 25 to 75 dollars. Items include Nutra cluster scarfs and multi-tail designs.
Fall Dress Goods Arrive at Low Prices
New fall black and colored dress goods and cloth suits are in stock. 45 inch all wool chevious, 46 inch all wool granites, 54 inch cloth suitings, and waistings priced from 50 cents to 2 dollars per yard. Large assortment of heavy skirtings in plains and mixtures at 1 to 1.75 dollars. Plain all wool serge waistings and fine waistings also available.
Table Linens and Towels Price List Fragment
A fragmented newspaper listing for linen tablecloths napkins and towels with prices per piece. Items include 72 inch all linen damask at 65c to 89¢, fine double damask linens at 1.35 to 1.75, napkins to match, and 24x45 inch knotted fringe damask towels at 25c.
Bargain Display of Women and Children's Underwear
An advertisement lists fleece vests and pants for women and girls, including Mena and Merino options, and De Munsing Union suits. Also notes children's underwear at low prices with several price points mentioned such as 19 cents and similar figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mena
de Munsing
Blankets on Sale at Local Depot Prices for Housekeepers
The department store announces blanket prices on the first floor with several weights and fabrics. Listings include grey cotton blankets at 95 cents, extra heavy at 1.75, wool mixed at 2.50, all wool in scarlet and grey at 3.50, and grey all wool up to 4.75. Couriers charge 5 cents to $4. Together the ad targets economical purchases for home use.
Petticoats and Wrappers Description
Black mercerized petticoats with double ruffle two rows corded flounce priced at 98c.
Wall Paper Department Relocated to Rear First Floor
The wallpaper department has moved from the third floor to a rear room on the first floor with an entrance on High Street. Visit to see a display of handsome wall papers now available.
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High Street
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C. T. Smith
Davis
Truth
Elkhart
B&b. F. Rowland & Co
S.R
Cummins
Iowa
Indiana
O Cial
Prick
Brown
Washington
Rochester Sentinel
H. B. Sykes & Co
Monte Carlo
Bates
Tare
Silla Lines
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