08 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
1
Advertises discounted fabrics and textiles with assorted items listed by price. Includes black and colored dress goods, jackets, dress ginghams, cambrics, embroideries, nainsook, Swiss embroidery sets, ladies umbrellas, mackintoshes, wool and cotton blankets, carpets, calicos, brown muslin, pepperal sheetings and yard-wide linens. Prices range from a few cents to several dollars, reflecting a clearance sale.
Muslin and cambric drawers priced at 19c 25c 35c 6c. Gowns 48c 75c 98c 1.23. Skirts 48c 75c 1.00 1.50 1.98. Corset covers 10c 19c 25c 50c.
Edwin White of Spokane Washington writes from his old Greensburg roots about 60 years back. He recalls moving west in 1846 with Iowa and Illinois journeys by steamer canal boat and prairie wagon, visiting Greensburg in 1853, meeting old neighbors and friends, and contrasting then and now across a vast expanding frontier. He notes changes in travel industry temperance and local life while promising more recollections of resources climate and politics.
The grocery firm J. L. Dille, & Co. on the west side sold out Friday to Hayden 8S. Magee who took charge Monday. The old firm had ten years of trade and a large share of it. The new proprietor was formerly a farmer near Adams, moved to the city two years ago. Here’s to the new firm and wished them abundant success.
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