Patterson's Price Sale On Suspenders Ends September
Local ad lists suspenders prices with various discounts from 25c to 15c and mentions september end date for the sale. The fragment notes a 12c item line and other price points.
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
3
Local ad lists suspenders prices with various discounts from 25c to 15c and mentions september end date for the sale. The fragment notes a 12c item line and other price points.
Classified sale note offers boys fancy waist garments at half price. Items marked at various reduced prices such as one dollar items now fifty cents and seventy five cent waists at eighty seven and a half cents with other discounts. Includes implied clearance of older stock.
SALES promotion lists half price on children’s wash suits with tiered reductions. $5.00 suits now $2.50, $4.00 suits $3.00, $2.00 suits $1.00, and $1.00 suits 50 cents. Limited quantities available.
Advertisement notes half price offers on Fancy Union Underwear and trousers. Items listed include various price points such as $2.00, $2.50, and $1.50 with significant discounts across all boys trousers. storewide trousers discounts at 20 percent.
Fragments show belts priced from 0 to 2.00 with various discounts and caps offered at different cents and small dollar amounts. Plain blue and black caps advertised with a ten percent discount.
A Bays department store advertises discounted suits with multiple price points for men and boys. It notes $25.00 to $12.50, $22.00 to $18.00 ranges and marks a 20 percent discount on boys blue and black staple suits, including an $18.00 black suit reduced to $14.40.
Advertises boys fancy top coats with prices from 20.00 down to 5.00 and discounted 10 percent on all other top coats for boys.
Local shop advertises neckwear sale with varied discounts including $1.00 caps at 50 cents and neckties priced at 25 to 50 cents. Black and white fabrics discounted ten percent.
A reclaiming sales pitch offers sturdy overalls and jackets described as the best world made. The ad touts wide cut through hips and thighs with reinforcements and pockets. Prices are 75c per garment or $1.50 per suit, with a limit of three suits per person to ensure every railroad and shopman can obtain at least one.
A gang bungled a safe-cracking attempt Friday night at 489 East Columbia street in the Hanna-Brackenridge works. No cash or valuables were inside the safe. soap and a blast were used but the charge burned out and the door remained intact. Chief Ankenbruck investigated, and police noted possible links to earlier saloon banging by the same group.
A Pennsylvania Railroad fast freight in heavy rain at Long Hollow, Pa., struck a slowly-moving work train killing seven laborers and seriously injuring seven others. Engineer Woods survived with injuries after jump. fireman unharmed. Most workers were asleep when hit. rescue crews faced a lengthy search as fatalities rose. An investigation was started into the crash and speed prior to impact.
Advertises vest sale with multiple price points across various discount levels. Highlights plain white vests and discounts from six dollars to one fifty, emphasizing half price on selected items.
A local retailer lists children’s knee pant suits in multiple price points from $1.25 to $5.00 and $6.50 to $8.00 with a 25 percent closure discount on all plain black blue and staple knee pant suits. A $5.00 blue serge suit drops to $3.75.
The store offers half price on all shirts for white collars excluding plain white. Affixed pricing shows varied discounts with shirts listed from 25c to 1.50 and a 20 percent discount on all negligee shirts with attached collars.
Discounted raincoats listed with several price cuts from 30.00 to 12.90. Earlier prices shown include 24.00 and 20.00 with multiple sale tags. Cluttered OCR presents uneven entries and repeated phrases.
Moon's Fancy Suits advertises dramatic markdowns with suits priced down in stages from 30.00 to 5.00 and core menswear options listing blue and black staple suits, including a 20.00 black suit reduced to 16.00.
Local store advertises kids wash pants at 75 cents, then 87, 50, 25 and 12 percent off. Promotional text lists various discount levels for boys and girls garments.
Public notice announces sale prices on men’s outing trousers with multiple reductions from $6.00 to $2.50 and a 20 percent storewide discount on all other trousers, making a $5.00 staple pant about $4.00.
Store advertises hats priced at four dollars two dollars one dollar and fifty cents per item. Casual sale mentions a string of discounted straw hats for children with tags and reduced pricing.
An old style advertisement lists Balbriggan underwear with prices from $2.00 to 12½ cents. It shows discounted plain underwear at 10 percent off and staged price drops such as $1.00 to 50 cents and 75 cents to 25 cents.
Local retailer lists Fancy Knee Pants at 1.50 with sale prices 0.75 and 1.25 at 0.62, 0.50 and 0.37. Stock includes blue, black and corduroy designs with a 20 percent discount.
Fragmentary item lists prices for boys fancy caps and plain blue and black caps with several garbled price notes and candidates. Readable elements include various price points like 1.50 and 75 cents.
Advertises discounts on men’s top coats with prices shown as 25.00 12.50 10.00 7.50 and 6.00. States all other top coats and light weight overcoats discounted 10 percent.
Bryan reception committee reports a week of contributions from $1 to $50 totaling generously to cover expenses well beyond initial estimates. A $50 check from Richard Croker was noted but larger gifts were not accepted. Committee expects large numbers of Democrats to descend on New York, with entertainment funds set aside. Seventy five cities have arranged to send delegations.
Desperate moments unfold as hot water jets and steam engulf several injured men. A one legged worker is crushed under a derrick timber while others beg to be shot to end their suffering. Rescuers lift wreckage as a body is thrown 160 feet, and a reporter notes a man pleads to spare his wife from the tragedy.
About 150 Oberholtzer relatives gathered Sunday at C. C. Grubb’s home on the old Henry Oberholtzer homestead near Maysville. No formal program, several speeches, and annual officers elected Moses Oberholtzer president C. C. Grubb secretary R. H. Horn treasurer Mrs Lizzie Horn librarian. Out of county guests included George Oberholtzer Angela Ray Oberholtzer Garrett and Daniel Oberholtzer Spencers C. B. Thos. eh ae
Seventeen sailors from the cruiser Pamyat Areva mutinied on August 2 and an agitator were condemned to martial death. The executions follow a crackdown as police resignations and troop deployments surface in St. Petersburg.
A Ravinia Park matinee halted as a wind storm cut lights. Conductor Stock urged calm while harpist Waldfrid Singer began the Lucia fantasie to reassure frightened audience-less panic as thunder rolled and the turbine was repaired.
A large barn on Samuel Harrington's farm near Wakarusa was wrecked by a Friday night lightning bolt and ensuing fire. Lee Garrison escaped injury when his threshing machine engine toppled a bridge west of Wabash Saturday morning and sent him spilling. Huntington reports say the prosecuting attorney will seek county council funding for an investigation of county offices. Leigh S J Hunt, the Korean War figure once living in Whitely Huntty, is reported ill at a New York hotel after recent injuries.
Judge B W Skelton’s Monday session opened with a light docket. One drunk in custody, John Moran, faced an eleven day sentence after resisting. A Syrian thief dubbed Glee Vassee was jailed for hiding in a Nickel Plate car with watermelons. Vinnie Cooper and companion were held after an early Sunday incident near St Marys river. she received a ticket and was sent home. H O Lutz faced alleged burglary for a drunken disturbance and a smashed window, given a chance to reform. Peter and Charles Stein skipped their assault case and it was continued. Nate Wintringer returned to Hartford City after explaining he came for work and ended up employed as a head swipe in a Columbia street saloon.
A fragmented clipping hints at a farmer's wife entangled in a social scam. The text mentions a smooth stranger, touches, and mentions Chan-a, with unclear actions and several referenced persons. Further readable context is needed to specify names, places, or outcomes.
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