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We announce changes in our line of business and will reduce stock at once with cut rate pricing on a complete line of new and seasonable merchandise including Gents Furnishings Hats and Caps.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1913
Page
4
We announce changes in our line of business and will reduce stock at once with cut rate pricing on a complete line of new and seasonable merchandise including Gents Furnishings Hats and Caps.
Our Merchant Tailoring Department will be enlarged in our new quarters. We have employed Mr. J. G. Hessler of Indianapolis, an up to date cutter with wide experience. Our stock of woolens is complete, including mid-summer patterns and heavier weights. Now is the time to have that suit or overcoat made to measure at reduced prices.
A fragmented sale listing shows soft hats priced around 50 cents to 3 dollars with rebates and lots. Caps are offered at 1.00 to 1.50 with multiple lots noted. Neckwear and Poreinhands items appear with varied prices and few legible details.
An old classified snippet lists shirts priced at 1.50 and 1.00 with various styles including plaited, negligee, and Norfolk models. The text references white plaited shirts and assorted patterns, indicating a general clothing sale. Some garbled words remain, but the main items are clear.
A parade of visitors is noted in Greencastle including Rev. D B Johnson from Plainfield on business, Miss Florence Talburt from Muncie, Delia Schirmer of Indianapolis, and George Cook a Butler College student. Also mentioned are Professor B E B Roller and wife visiting relatives, Nurse Miss Gertrude Rector aiding typhoid patient, and families from Danville and Martinsville making rounds. The piece records social calls, a temperance lecture by Prof Francis Calvin Tilden, a thimble party, and a minor intoxication incident involving Alva Monnett.
Crowds gather at Greencastle as several stores begin sales during the new business opening continuation. Merchants promote honest advertising and a wide, attractive stock that surpasses many city stores, drawing shoppers from surrounding counties to trade locally.
A group of Indiana newspaper editors traveled from New Albany to Corydon Louisville and Jeffersonville visiting the old State Capitol the Constitution Elm and the Indiana Reformatory. They heard addresses by Charles W. Thomas Homer L. Cook and Senator Stotsenberg and enjoyed meetings meals and hospitality from Landlord Taggart and local officials. The trip highlighted humanitarian reforms at the reformatory and left editors appreciative of the tour and its educational value.
Three rooms for keeping house in order offered at a modern unit adjacent to the courthouse. For rent in a compact, well kept layout suitable for single or small household. Contact The Herald for details.
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