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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1902
Page
6
The week’s quotes in the women’s department show strikingly low prices though full value becomes clear once garments are viewed. Styles are observed and the sale ends soon, with customers sure to marvel at the offers.
Forecast for Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan calls for fair Tuesday with brisk north and west winds. Wednesday brings snow or rain in parts, increasing clouds and variable winds. Lower Michigan expects partly cloudy Tuesday, then snow or rain Wednesday.
Judge John H Aikem travels to Al hie for a case and a meeting of the Di is postponed until after holidays. Attorney EB Woodsworth to Seattle early in the new year to start practice. The Pure Food show opens here then goes to Marion and Fort Wayne later. funding failure ends the venture. FW Graylis joins the police force and begins duty with outer district patrols before year end.
Whith Fruit House advertises a large stock of sweets and gifts for Christmas. Chocolate creams Bom-Boys peanut crisps 20¢ a pound Guim drops and special mixture 20¢ a pound Fancy mixed nuts 15¢ a quart Fresh cookies and package goods Santa Claus putt dinner pails for children Buy early as the shop closes all day Thursday for Christmas.
Listing from B. Thing & Co. 34 Calhoun Street presents children's Jersey leggings at 40c, misses and ladies leggings at 50c, and children's corduroy leggings at 50c. Tobey manages the store.
A faded advertisement offers loans at five percent interest on Fort Wayne improved real estate secured by mortgage. The copy mentions Vesey and Heaton law offices at the corner of Court and Berry Streets and includes garbled references to Mrs Austin’s Com Flour and room numbers in the Bass Block.
Rockhill Bros advertise wintering horses and promote the Journal Gazette as a comprehensive page used for results. Call telephone numbers 13 or 1216 for service. The ad emphasizes readership and usefulness of the publication.
Pianos organs music boxes mandolins guitars feather cases and all music items discounted 10 to 20 percent for Christmas. Come early for first home as prices attract buyers. Masquerade ball at Taraveréin Hall New Year's Eve.
Advertisement notes ladies and gents Xmas slippers priced at 4 pair offered by E Thing & Co at 4 Calhoun Street HB with Tobey as manager. Mentions no such line of smoking goods between here and New York and references RM. J Blitz and a handsome establishment.
Full line of holiday poultry including turkey goose and chicken available by order at Central Grocery. Also priced produce such as cranberries 10c per unit Jersey sweet potatoes 35c per peck fancy naval oranges 25c and 40c per dozen. Fresh mixed candy five cents per pound pure stick candy 5c per pound with creams bon bons and assorted nuts also offered by Freiburger and Michel.
Advert says Patterson offers elegant neckwear with many cases of ties. Reporters note a ten year old son of Henry Beltzel at 101 Riverside Avenue with a mild form of smallpox. Another case reported yesterday in Maysville.
Mahin Advertising Company, in its fourth year, now occupies the entire south side of the Williams Building at 2 Monroe Street, Chicago. The firm has grown from 5 to 116 employees, with 291 advertisers placing orders, and 12,000 square feet of floor space across four sides of light-filled quarters hosting Magazine, Newspaper, Bill Posting, Street Car, Engraving, Printing, and related departments.
Specially selected evergreens and Christmas decorations offered by Greatest Grocery Co. Fresh holly wreaths priced 25 cents each, fresh single holly 2 cents, fancy Delaware holly 10 cents. Limited stock, while supplies last.
A compact notice reports a fine jet of Herman Hearty Maun canaries now available at Trautman’s 221 Bast Main. The listing spotlights the birds for sale and the shop location in a period trade style.
Patterson offers a full line from cheap working suits to fine dress suits and tuxedos plus all fine sack styles. Now is the time to buy and also secure your Christmas turkey.
The George Jacobs Music House offers reduced prices on well known piano makes for the holiday trade. Purchasers can secure a piano bargain now while selection lasts.
The George Jacobs Music House offers reduced price pianos in its stock to clear goods before the holidays. Visit today to choose from standard makes and sizes and take home a piano in time for the season.
Patterson markets bath robes and gowns styled for comfort and practicality. He offers a range of prices and invites customers to compare, asserting reduced prices on night buys.
Arcade Pharmacy invites customers to sample a range of perfumes and toilet waters to choose the best line. Test odors presented as a simple taste test with no wrong choice.
A game of football is no more pleasira than running. A Standard Ball Rearing Sewing Machine offered as a Christmas gift. Sale by C C Schlatter & Co located at corder Columbia and Clinton streets.
Advertisement notes Christmas candy leadership at The New Keystone located at 1402 and 1404 Calhoun Street. Highlights a selection of candy and a line of Initial Silk Handkerchiefs and Linen Handkerchiefs.
Local store at 4403 and 1404 Calhoun street advertises sugar, potatoes, prunes, evaporated fruit, beans, corn, tomatoes, salmon, nuts, oranges, candy, and Christmas items with low prices. Trading stamps offered in regular and green schemes. Jones' Kodak Store also open evenings.
A promotional notice for Armour & Company calendar of 1903 featuring six top illustrators Walter Appleton Clark Thomas Mitchell Peirce Albert Wenzell William T Smelley Henry Hutt and Harrison Fisher. Black and white full length portraits celebrate ideal American womanhood with varied subjects and costumes. Available by mail for boat cents postage from Annpoli Company.
Leaders in notions claim twenty years of buying power and a vast Christmas toy stock. No elevators to ride or stairs to climb, with an enormous assortment on one large floor. The ad promises superior goods at lower prices and invites visits to 109 Main St for holiday presents.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway offers special round-trip tourist fares to Honolulu via direct steamship from San Francisco. Travel can be arranged via San Francisco and return through Vancouver or in reverse. The Hawaiian Islands are highlighted as a premier health resort with growing trans-Pacific tourism aided by the Pacific cable linking to the United States.
A serviceable calendar issued for 1903 by the Chicago and North Western Railway features large, clear tig lines and both day of month and consecutive day of the year. The publication is described as solid and creditable, suitable for business and manufacturing use. Send postage to W. B. Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, 9% Fifth Avenue, Chicago.
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