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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1898
Page
2
Royal Wiltons body Brussels Mogquet Axminister Tapestry all grades ingrains All wool 1 2 wool 1 4 wool Hemp Jute. With plans to double our carpet business this season and enlarge our store, we’ve increased and improved the stock. Prices during this sale are unquestionably the lowest.
The Dress Goods Department announces special values with close out prices. Items listed include reductions from 69c to 49c, 1.25 to 87 4c, 1.00 to 75c, and 75c to 50c. These offers target shoppers seeking discounts on fabric staples.
A local advert proclaims dominance in domestic textiles with price undercuts. It states First-Class Shirting at 5c 7c and 9c per yard and Calicos at 34¢ 3c and 5¢ per yard, promising even lower cash prices than competitors.
The column bundles a draft of small town life with sales and services from W.G. Ross to Taylor's Buggies. It notes a social at the Presbyterian church, diploma exams, a death in the Peterson family, and various civic updates from council meetings and property remodeling to marriage licenses and church activities.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 reward for any uncured case and offers testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and local pharmacist prescriptions.
Advertisement claims grain based Grain-O does not stimulate and aids sleep, tasting like coffee. It is suitable for nervous persons, youth and children and is nourishes and cheers. Available from grocers at 15 and 25 cents. Theo Hochuly also advertises farms and city property sales.
Help wanted notice seeks carpenters for work in Okoboji Iowa. Apply via D R Way with address provided.
Clyde Frasher Rugan died of consumption at his home in the northwest part of the city on Thursday evening. He was 24 years old, born May 6 1873 in Burlington Town and moved with his family to Chicago at age 15. He worked in a stereotype foundry until ill health forced him to quit, then sought relief in Denver before returning home two months ago. Funeral services were held Sunday at 9 am conducted by Rev. W C Shepherd, with burial in Richwoods cemetery.
Travel with a bottle of Syrup of Figs to aid kidneys liver and bowels and prevent fevers headaches and sickness. Available in 50 cent bottles from leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
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