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Newspaper
Galveston Leader
Location
Galveston, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
4
The store promotes a three month cold weather sale with drastic price cuts on furs coats skirts suits and linens. It touts examples like $1.95 sables and opossum snarls, $2.95 coats and $2.95 cheviots, with many items reduced from higher values. The pitch urges early purchase before the week ends.
A fragmented advertisement touts Last Call Leaders as a gathering of savvy buyers. It lists textiles such as unbleached sheetings and muslins with prices including 20 cents for Pepperell 9-4 sheetings and various best grades, suggesting a wide local sale.
An advert lists various rugs and curtains with inflated prices then offers steep discounts. Items include 9x12 Axminster and Brussel rugs and lace curtains with marked reductions and promotional phrases urging buyers to compare prices.
A fragmented OCR shows varied shoe prices and fabric notes with numerous odd spellings. It references prints in colors, gingham textiles, apron fabrics, and multiple shoe styles for men and women with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to several dollars. The readable items suggest a retail catalog or advertisement page.
Readable remnants describe discounted fabrics including silks, silks and batiste. The listing mentions dress goods stripes checks brocade broadcloth and crepe with prices around 29 to 125 cents per piece. Strong entities include dress fabrics and price points.
The ad lists various fabrics with lower prices than general contractor rates. Items include 43 inch witte Panama at 39 cents, 36 inch extra fine black taffeta 1.15, rough silks 69 cents, silk fovulard 49 cents, crystal silk 49 cents, best lining cambric 75 cents, mercerized sateen 19 to 274 cents, all colors and widths noted.
A local carpet sale advertises drastic price cuts across widths and materials. Yard wide sultana and half wool carpets show major discounts. all wool, brusse, velvet, and axminster rugs listed with substantial savings, urging customers to buy now.
A fragmented catalog of home items including enamel pails and tea kettles, tin canisters, a mop bucket and wringer, coal briquettes, lanterns, soldering sets, cotton goods, washboards, brushes, stove parts, gas mantles, toilet paper, jardiniere, enamel wash pan, mops, ammonia, glass dishes, and other small houseware priced from a few cents to a dollar.
Gales of town life fill the page with obituaries, church notices, and crime reports. Russell Lenvillé Laird dies at age 3 in 1908, Addie J Barker obituary details, a Monday auction near Young America, post office burglary in the region, Baptist and Universalist church notes, local illnesses and happenings, and funeral details for Martha Jane Fiser near Miami.
A Sunday morning wreck four miles east of Galveston killed Alpha Kling 27 and injured his wife and brother Ora Kling 17. Alpha and Mrs Kling died at the scene. Ora died at Peru hospital after being found with a fractured skull. Funeral services were held at Mt Zion church for Alpha Kling. burial followed in Galveston cemetery alongside his wife and brother.
A school meeting featured a spirited debate on national issues including naval strength and U. S. Pacific fleet benefits. Absentees were noted as illness kept several seniors from attending and a piano fund proposal was discussed.
The ad touts C F Thomas Real Estate Insurance Broker and Loan Office offering 50 000 Eastern Money at 5 percent and Jong ime farm loans. It cites agencies Home Aetna Phoenix National State Life with assets 60 000 000 and markets life home state company protection. Nine lot options priced 100 to 179 and houses 800 to 2500 rent. Thirteen? farms 30 40 68 120 130 168 175 320 acres for sale. Be a booster and dont Rick.
Readable portions show a dense list of blanket and fabric prices including cotton and wool blankets at various per pair prices, muslin, prints, Percale, embroidery, table linen, gingham, Dotted Swiss, towels, and knitwear with multiple discounts and specials. The ad emphasizes low prices across textiles and clothing items with bundles and sales terms.
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