Risk Huftedler Co Slashes Wash Goods Prices
Risk Huftedler and Co announces drastic discounts on stock with 15¢ 18¢ and 27c wash goods priced at 10c per yard. 20c wash cotton mohair drops to 15c per yard and 23c voiles also reduced to 15c per yard.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1905
Page
2
Risk Huftedler and Co announces drastic discounts on stock with 15¢ 18¢ and 27c wash goods priced at 10c per yard. 20c wash cotton mohair drops to 15c per yard and 23c voiles also reduced to 15c per yard.
Ladies fast black hose priced at ge or 3 for 25c. Lace hose per pair 21c. Children's fast black hose 9c or 3 for 25c. Heavy ribbed children's hose 13c or 2 pair for 25c.
Heavy hemmed linen Huck Towels 18x38 sold 13c each or 25c per pair. Pure linen fancy hemstitched Towels 20x40 sale 23c each or 45c per pair, regular price 35c each.
Local shop slashes umbrella stock for the season with multiple price tiers. Items previously at 50c to 1.25 dollars now sell for 38c each, 84c for the 1.00 and 1.25 models, and 1.24 for the 1.50 models. Limited quantities remain.
Cut prices on ladies underwear with Egyptian cotton vests at 8c each. 18c vests offered at 13c or 2 for 25c. Also reduced are ladies union suits and pants.
Stock of 36 inch Silko line offered at 8 cents per yard for July. White Shrunk Cotton at 18 cents per yard with July price 12 percent off.
A humorous vignette shows a police officer advising a slow walker to move on while the pedestrian muses on the silliness of the season. A telephonist’s miscommunication and seasonal delays hint at light, everyday anxieties as harvest pressure rises and farm labor shortages shape work speed.
The area buzzes with camp, services, sales and society. Company M departs for Des Moines, Rev Pearse Pinch preaches on Manhood Right Side Up, the Congregational sociable hosts visitors, and hair removal services advertise on Burlington. Church events, auctions, projects, and civic notices fill the page alongside train and sheriff gatherings.
Local notice offers 300 bushels of corn for sale by W. C. Brawner at 2011 with contact phone 384. Prompt buyer inquiry requested.
137 acre David H. Stewart farm three miles southeast of Batavia is for sale. Well improved and available through J. A. Stewart in Libertyville or I. C. Stewart in County Line. 19-tf.
For rent a house with eight rooms. Inquire at 201f by contacting Chas H Gage for details and availability.
For sale or trade listing notes a candy kitchen and ice cream parlor located at the northeast corner square Fairfield 201f.
A rural speaker muses on get rich quick schemes and divine guidance. He jokes about millionaires giving away money and notes that wisdom is scarce, warning against complacency and favoring action over waiting for luck.
Co M of the Iowa National Guard at Fairfield left with other companies for Des Moines for a week of encampment. Captain E. E. Lucas was re-elected as captain last Saturday night. The roster lists lieutenants J I Ready and C C Cummings, and many sergeants corporals musicians and other ranks.
An old admonition on business persistence urges steady promotion. The emphasis is on quiet consistent advertising, patience, and faith in the future, likening a reliable dealer to a farmer who tills and supports his trade paper to survive economic shocks.
Grace reports she has arranged to lecture for a term of years. George asks if this means a lyceum engagement or imminent marriage. The Pittsburg Post notes the speculation surrounding her future.
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