20 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
1
Wishing you all a merry Christmas the shop advertises a large holiday assortment at cut prices. Items include mufflers initial silk handkerchiefs embroidered lace, lamps, dishes, dolls, toys and a wide range of winter goods with discounts on dress goods underwear coats suits shoes caps and blankets.
An old newspaper grocery ad lists German granulated sugar at a dollar, 20th A No 1 rice, California prunes at a dollar per 26 pounds, loose coffee priced per pound, smoking tobacco at fourteen cents, two gallon pails of syrup and jelly can prices, and Steffen's baking powder at sixteen cents. The ad emphasizes package and bulk items with varied unit pricing.
The notice promotes a closing out sale with low prices on child suits 65¢, fleece lined ladies underwear, men's underwear from 39¢ to 1.60, and Rockford socks at 2¢, urging early attendance and noting butter and eggs at regular prices.
A local academy staged exercises including an opening by Alissa Olive Barn and songs by Miss Louise Anderson and Lut Wyatt. Teachers emphasize reading choices and a rising literary society among public school students, aiming to build citizenship and thoughtful reading habits for tomorrow.
Retired original poets and artists present bright prose and poems in a free mailed ball. Send six cents in postage stamps to the publisher in Chicago for distribution to any address upon receipt.
Childean's sats, bis mat jars, speein gatment and colfer bowl and piste, vases, lamps, fancy water sets and many other articles are sought for the Christmas sale at Baie ab Deckman, W. & Trane's.
A Banyereville druggist touts Dr King’s New Discovery as life saving after a severe bout with influenza. He reports a patient revived after three doses, praising its value. Annierson & Knapp offer a free trial bottle. The piece also references political questions and a local asylum adjudication story fragment.
An old advert promotes a tonic called Aaseremedy for all head aches and habitual sickness. It claims to loosen bowels and aid digestion with a “laughvial” remedy, urging afflicted readers to procure it from Andersga & Isaarm.
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