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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
4
An old newspaper ad lists deep discounts on shirts, suits, overcoats, underwear, hats, caps, and shoes. Shirts priced at 1.58 1.33 1.12 0.85 0.75. Suits and overcoats marked down from 13.50 15.00 16.50 18.00 25.00 to lower tags. Footwear and hats offered at reduced Clean-up prices plus caps and stiff hats. Shopping prompt encourages early and frequent visits.
The document lists many men with draft classifications and ends with garbled text and a partial date. It appears to be a wartime draft roster from Indianapolis with scattered readable fragments about a demonstration and a date of January 11. The legible items include names such as Harry L Lawson and Robert E Alen with numeric classifications.
A local ad promotes a wide variety of meats including roasts and chops. It emphasizes quality and recommends that customers will not be disappointed with dinners, claiming desirable meats and prices that suggest a high quality meal can be kept within a modest budget.
Bluffton Indiana merchants of the cash and carry system announce immediate reductions of five cents on each 25 pound sack of flour and on every bushel of potatoes after city organization. New prices posted by association members apply delivery charges with 2 cents for under 25 cents 3 cents for 25 to 50 cents 5 cents for 75 cents and over. Consumers report satisfaction with the plan and few complaints. Mrs Katherine Adams of Chamond and Mrs B A Arnold noted in the report.
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