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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
5
Local notes record visits and moves among residents in Cresson Conemaugh Armagh and Indiana with many names and family ties. Highlights include weddings births and visits by Hutchison McMillen and Pierce families plus farm activity and weather related notes. A Clover Seed For Sale notice concludes in Indiana Pa.
Community brief listing residents visiting relatives in Saltsburg Punxautawney Indiana and Marion Center. Names include Mrs IE M Richardson Mrs J C Douglass Lindsay Richardson Miss Hannah Ritchenhouse Miss Sadie Gilpatrick Miss Rose Leasure Miss Leona Leasure Joseph Shaarl George Cribbs Mrs David Kerr Terrence Wells Matthew George and others with local activity in roads farms and services. Maple Leaf flour advertised for bread by James Speedy.
Brussyatley and Sharp Langham of Cockport visit Mrs Langham’s parents in Walbeck while a Johnstown student is guest of her brother. Families in Heshidon and Indiana areas host relatives as illness and travel mark the week. Communion services planned for April 9. Miss Wilda Williams ill. gatherings hosted by W N Sempleton. visits in Johnstown, Indiana, and Derry noted.
The letter highlights years of store development and close ties to thousands of wearers of Dress Goods, Silks, Linen, and more. Emphasizes two cost-reduction strategies: bulk merchandise purchases and lowering forced charges under one roof. Notes quick turnover, with items not lingering beyond 60 days, and mentions a special clearance event.
A local store offers a large selection of ready to hang blinds mounted on good rollers. Sizes include 36x72 36x84 and extra widths such as 42x72 48x72 54x72 and 63x72 with colors Sand4. Shading options available to custom fit any size blind with the best rollers and sizes for any blind.
New spring and summer shirts for boys are ready with neckwear and collars in popular styles. Prices start at 50 cents, and the shirts are described as surprising value for money.
Easter neckwear offers new silk woven ties with shaping done by the maker. Prices listed at 25c and 50c, highlighting quality and special value.
New Spring Silks offer 27 inch Fancy Taffetas at $1.25 and partly linen silk suited for shirt waists and suits. Spring shades include 85c options, 19 inch changeable taffetas at $1.00, striped 19 inch taffetas in blue and white and brown and white, and 27 inch Washable Silks in desirable shades at 50c. The fabrics feature bright colorings and quality for dressmaking.
Just as every lady seeks a new dress a large suit sale offers deep cuts. Our Suit Department is crowded and plans to clear stock with room and cash, with about one hundred women set to save enough to buy a hat and shoes for spring. Fancy mixed suits in brown black cheviots gray worsteds priced at 12.50, originally 25.00 and 22.50. A few winter suits left at 5.50 from patterns in good colors, with 11.00 and 5.50 options.
Good matting and patterns 15c to 50c yard Japanese matting cotton chain two sides usable linoleums two yards wide Blaban quality $1 to $1.25 per lineal yard floor oilcloth wide 25c to 60c and heavy wool filling patterns well covered Brussels Velvets Axminsters in spring colorings and linings offered for flooring.
White suits priced at 75c to 1.50 each and colored suits at 50c to 1. Sizes 3 to 10 years. It is not too early to buy them.
No brass eyelets and no welted back lacing in the spring shapes. Some styles include supporters. Kabo Corsets available in white or drab, with prices ranging from 1 to 3 dollars.
Classified style listing items for sale at Basement Store featuring women apron items gingham aprons priced 25 to 35 cents, children's white lawn aprons 10 cents, cambric pants sizes 2 to 10, white cambric skirts 10 cents, hemstitched ruffle skirts, and flannelette skirts.
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