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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1902
Page
1
Oransky Mendelson Co announces the opening sale of spring goods at their Estherville store. The ad touts high quality refined women’s dress accessories, pride in customer satisfaction, and a policy of offering top qualities while keeping prices within a limit.
High Qualities It is not boasting to say that no Western Store is equipped with greater buying facilities than is this store. Our buyer has ransacked the factories and bonded warehouses in New York, and the Eastern Markets, and purchased for this season's business, by far the largest stocks of Silks, Dress Goods, Laces, Ladies' Cloaks, Suits, Waists, and Ready-to-wear attire, Furnishings for Women and Children, Ribbons, Neckwear, Corsets and Undermuslins, Shoes, Carpets and Rugs together with all the chic adornments which complete the tout ensemble of fashionable dress, ever shown under one mercantile roof in Emmet County. All these stocks are now ready for your inspection. As to Store service, we believe that the fact is generally admitted that customers are given the greatest facilities for examining goods. What is appreciated as much as anything about the management of the Store, is the care which is taken to insure the comfort of every visitor.
A lively display showcases Grenadines, Crepes, Eramines, and tallior suiting fabrics. Readily available patterns include Crystal Crepes and Silk Foulards, with 44 inch Grenadines and Mohair blends highlighted. Tailor patterns promise unique, citywide fashion.
Domestic and imported drapery materials are arriving as stock soon to be fitted. The store touts black silks and velours, presenting a selection of satin and moire fabrics with prices per yard and special values.
Complete showing of women's tailored suits features prices from 4.95 to 25.00 and higher. Emphasizes individuality and exclusiveness in cloaks, with numerous new 1902 styles, notes on jackets, vests, and sleeve designs. Highlights ready to wear beauty and affordable elegance, urging prompt selection.
Special attention to Mercerized novelties in sheer and heavy weaves for shirt waists and dresses. Wide selection includes White Goods, lace striped chambrays, Swisses, and embroidered mercerized fabrics priced to please. Also promotes school graduates requesting samples of new White Dress Goods with varied shades and patterns.
New spring shoes for women and men promoted as peerless in quality and workmanship. Special order items designed for street or dress wear in leather types and various shapes. Carpet department showcases a large Rage stock in all sizes and kinds, with strong recarpeting demand noted.
The American Boy notes its goal to entertain and guide boys with clean stories and world glimpses. A farmers institute in Estherville featured open addresses, music, recitals, and talks on education, hort culture, and school topics, drawing large Friday attendance amid a long program.
Milwaukee lawyer W H Carman says the M and S L will build a new line from Storm Lake to Omaha with 885000 already spent on right of way. Leo M Shipley, once of this city, is named chief dispatcher for the Chicago Great Western at Des Moines. March through May ticket sales offer low round trips to many states and provinces with details available from company reps.
Farms in West Central Minnesota listed with prices from 8210 to 636 per acre. Notes soil quality water, corn and small grain crops, dairy suitability and black country mention. Includes contact Mattrews & Thorson Benson Minn for catalogs and maps. Also ads wagon and blacksmith services in Benson area.
A damaged OCR fragment references a news stand, a mineral water note, and various uncertain items. It mentions Deany News Stand, a publication or magazine, and a vague sale near a Lews house. Details are garbled, but the piece reads like a local notices column with mixed entries.
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