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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1895
Page
5
A bustling shoe sale moves quickly as stock depletes. shoppers rush for ladies, men's, boys and children's shoes. The store stresses its diverse ShoeStock is of high quality and vast range, urging quicker purchases to avoid missing out.
The listing states 200 pairs of Children's Spring Heel in sizes 5 to 63 with a few size 8 and 4. Values shown are 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. A single line of Ladies’ in size 23 only appears in the notice.
The listing states 1 to 5 items in good condition valued at $1.25 to $2.50 each as the actual value.
About 150 pairs left worth 2.00, 2.50, 3.00 and 3.50. Sizes in Ladies 23, 3 and 34 a few 4 and 43. Plain Opera Too. Men's are in Congress, mostly 4s. Their value is 2.00 to 3.50.
About 100 pairs of John Kelley Ladies Shoes in No. 1 condition. Plain Common Sense Toes hand-welt hand-turn. Worth $4, now offered at a cleaning out price. Do not miss this last and greatest opportunity to make your money do double or triple duty.
Bargains in clothing dress goods hats and everything we sell come in. The ad promotes low prices across apparel and accessories with emphasis on diverse bargain offerings.
In an old advertisement style, Silvereen metal touted as durable and cheaper than silver with a sixty day free half dozen tea spoons offer. Also promotion for Silvereen set priced at 2.00 with money-back guarantee. Touting other notices include railroad excursion, uncalled letters, auctions, laundry service, groceries, and various sales from shops like Nicholson's, Cunningham's, and Apple repair.
A baker's test compared Victor Roller No 2 and Ellis Tidal Wave with six other brands. Loaves from batch No 2 were heavier than competitors, while batch No 6 Ellis Tidal Wave produced whiter lighter bread and earned top praise from judges. Dovey River brands are sold by leading grocers.
A vintage advertisement lists low prices at Brilhart's 5 and 10 Cent Store in Indiana. It highlights glass lamps, tableware, cookware, sewing goods, and household items with bold quotes and scattered OCR quirks, urging customers to compare quality to persuade purchases. Names J. H. Brilhart & Son appear with the store address and date.
On February 1, 1895, Swan and Simpson announce sale of their insurance business to John G Camer on who will continue at 704 Philadelphia Street Indiana Pa. Existing polices remain unaffected. George W Swan and David W Simpson. February 1, 1895.
The market report, corrected weekly, lists produce prices from Butter at 18 cents per pound to Turkeys at 6 cents per pound and Beans at 1.75 dollars per bushel. It notes the firms Mack & Ray and Wilson Rowe Hetrick as price authorities and hoards some garbled entries for onions and cabbage.
Register's notice lists accounts examined and passed for court confirmation on March 4 1895 at 2 00 P M. includes first and final accounts for Patten Buchanan Streightiff Bothett Baker Burns Hutman Duncan Keener Secrist Sindorf St Clair Ray Moore Moore Sindorf Wike Gilmore Wallace Kinter Frimble Lewis Lewis Lightcap and others with guardianship and estate trustees across Conemaugh Rayne Blair Indiana White Green and surrounding townships. The docket covers administrators executors and guardians in multiple counties.
A yard wide Brown and Bleached Muslins assortment lists 4e to 8e per yard with strong value promises. Pillow case wide muslins priced around 4E to 5E with low-page motto. Linens such as 9 and 10 quarter Sheeting offered. Bett Accessories and hats sold by the dozen at varied prices.
Fragmentary OCR shows a listing for Woolen Pants for men and boys. Mentions two hip pockets and a price around $1.25. Text is incomplete but indicates items sold by Young and Company.
A. S. C. reports new wash dress fabrics surpassing prior seasons with a large spring collection. Foreign and American dress goods lines are in advance of former seasons, marking a notable update for the season.
New embroideries offer a great variety of styles selected from a large importer stock. The patterns are perfect and will attract the most exacting buyers. New laces indicate buyers who want the best should select ours.
Our Cravennettes from foreign makers are rainproof in black and color, 5 feet wide, among the most stylish dress serges. We offer three weaves at 1.10 to 1.75 per yard. Save on dress patterns this season. 12 colors of 46 inch Silk Finish Henriettas at 50c per yard. 10 colors 46 inch serges at 50c. Wool Henriettas and Serges, 40 inches wide at 40c. 25c line of Henriettas, 36 inches wide, with improved quality.
An old newspaper ad promotes wash dress goods including ducks, piques, dimities, de fleurettes, ginghams and Lancaster ginghams. It touts a wide assortment and many styles with prices like per yard and per yard on selected linings. The tone reflects typical period retail pitching.
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