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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
6
Uncalled letters include Miss Gertrude Williams Miss Mary Walch Miss Erma Reed Mrs Eva Giles. Notices say callers must state they have been advertised. Also mixed ads for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy testimonials and local sales offers from Glenwood Iowa.
County correspondence covers illness in Thomas Smithen’s family and a visit by Peter Richards to relatives in the north. The Glenwood opera house hosts a Glimpses of local life with church services, school staffing changes, K of P officers elected, and social events. The piece notes crop prices, new hires, a dance effort deemed a failure, and a near-accident involving a buggy on a hill.
A broad catalogue touts a Christmas shopping store with an extensive line of goods from Bibles and story books to silverware, china, glass, linens, clocks, toys, and household items. The ad promises the largest stock on earth and urges quick purchase to please friends with gifts.
A holiday promotion selling one hundred pieces of taffeta ribbon in multiple widths at a uniform price per yard. Ribbons range from five to twenty cents per yard, with assurance of quality and price. If not found here, other places may vary, but values remain competitive.
Only days remain before holiday shopping peaks as shoppers seek wide assortments and favorable prices. The store meets expectations with a quality selection and customer-friendly value encouraging decisive buying.
Emerson and nearby towns report a flurry of social visits and travel. Residents from Red Oak Malvern and Council Bluffs stop by for shopping, meetings, and Thanksgiving gatherings while Emmerson hosts events. An emergency near-miss on a Burlington line ends with a miraculous escape for railway clerk A W Anderson in Council Bluffs. Kipling’s Kim debuts in McCures Magazine. free Wa-Hoo samples offered at A J Howe’s.
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