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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
7
Christmas buying can be put off only a few days at most and every day you wait means fewer goods. Our store offers an almost endless assortment and the Lilliputian prices set a new pace in Glenwood for Christmas selling.
Neckwear for Xmas with 40 dozen mens fancy silk teck ties offered at 25c during the Christmas sale, real 50c values. Also 5 dozen mens fancy silk teck ties at 15c, fancy Rugby mufflers at 25c and 50c, knit mufflers 25c and 50c, ladies tucked vel vet collars 20c, and net scarfs priced 50c to 1.00.
Online or in store sale offers black knit mittens at 10c per pair and double knit mittens at 15c. Silkette finish mittens priced 25c, misses knit mittens 10 15 or 20c, children's mittens from 5c, kid mittens in colors 50 75 and 100c. Ladies kid gloves 75c, fine kid clasp gloves in black or colors 1.00 per pair.
Special this week offers 60 bolts No 35 and 40 to 50 cent trimming ribbons at 15 cents per yard. Also 25 bolts No T-worth ribbon at 15 cents per yard. Readiness to stock limited quantities and bargain pricing for cut varieties.
A shop offers a full line of crochet slippers for girls and leather slippers for boys. Romeo slippers for ladies come in black red or old gold quilted satin and black leather with fur trim. Men’s house slippers available in all sizes 6 to 11 priced 75 cents, 95 cents, and $1.50.
Ladies white hemstitched handkerchiefs priced at 5c. Embroidered handkerchiefs now 4 for 25c. Gentlemens large cambric handkerchiefs 5c. Lace trimmed handkerchiefs 25c each. Mens white linen handkerchiefs 20c or 3 for 50c.
New furs arrived this week offering a large assortment for selection at low prices. Collaretts start at $1.80 and muffs at 95 cents, appealing to holiday shoppers seeking affordable accessories.
Remnants of several lines of new cloaks cut down to a few left of a kind. Former eight and ten dollar values offered at five dollars each. A Christmas sale item promising value for shoppers seeking a warm garment at a reduced price.
Advertises 10 inch dolls with bisque heads and real hair at 10 cents each, larger dolls priced 25 cents 50 cents 1.00 and 1.50, 20 inch kid body bisque dolls with jointed bodies, open and shut eyes at 50 cents each.
Classified style list of 8x10 inch fancy celluloid albums offered at 50 cents. Notes large size options at 95c and references real $1.50 and $1.75 values. Also priced are fine celluloid boxes for gloves handkerchiefs toilet cases shaving sets collars and cuff boxes.
At the Bachelors' Club the life member jokes about a newspaper man dancing causing laughter among bachelors. They compare dancing to a dancing bear, mock the press, and reminisce on bear tales, corn salve, and a closing ode about bachelor life and marriage. Chicago ladies are praised for being more cultivated.
A Hastings Iowa letter reports C M Searles of New York plans a forty mile electric railway from Sidney Iowa through Tabor Glenwood Thurman to Council Bluffs. Freight and passenger service with a one hour trip is promised at 80 cents. Shares at $100 with installments of 10 offered. work to start in March with operation by fall.
Court notes adjournments and pending motions as Judge Macy contemplates further hearings. Key rulings include a $2,000 verdict for the Baker-Vankirk case, a denied testimony challenge in the Elmer Downs rape case, and orders involving Davis Miller against the city over grade lowering. Divorces granted for Laura Rousch and Statina Evans, and various docket actions across Malvern, Pacific Junction, and Templeton cases.
Bert Thomas a Burlington freight brakeman suffered a badly crushed left hand while coupling cars at Hastings Monday afternoon. His home is listed as Creston.
Past week shipments of feeder cars from South Omaha to Milla County include Geo Rew Silver City Jag Bond Malvern Graham Emerson HORSEB Anderson Pacific Junction Flourt Blount. Two carloads of flour were just received. Prices and quality are praised, with local notes about a brooch worth 80 dollars and Bee goddess imagery.
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