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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1895
Page
7
Flour 40¢ a barrel and creamery news mix with shop listings. Fosbenner and Helper Adams tout meats and housewares while Doyle and Fosbenner promote new goods. Community notes mention visits, moves, and a free night at the opera house as well as sermons and local interests.
April sales show more goods sold than all other months combined as crowds fill the store. A single sea of customers and merchandise marks the sale of the E. S. Jeffray & Co stock in New York.
Classified shop notes promise new capes silk waists and millinery at deep discounts plus tried and true goods like men and boys suits at reduced prices. Local events include a theater show by Scott Raymond's Comedians at the Opera House, a W T U convention, Masons meeting, gypsy camp fortune telling, and community notices on a new homestead sale and social events.
A store showcases broad ranges including hats and caps, driving gloves, straw goods, carpets, furniture, wall paper, silk umbrellas, parasols and fans for hot weather. The department presents a lively display attracting shoppers.
Advertises Webb's Ticket Office at 100 South Adams Street Peoria Illinois and Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder touting a World's Fair Highest Award. Also claims savings across all east and west railroads and ocean steamships with a cut to five dollars.
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