Indiana Progress. Set. Ish Terms of the Indiana Progress
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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1889
Page
5
Ox e dollar axed fift y cents.
Long list of local residents and visitors in Indiana County as preparations intensify for the county fair. Mentioned are crowds, hotel bookings, farm supplies, vendors, and community events, with notes on speakers, exhibits, and anticipated attendance. Local churches, schools, and businesses promote fair week activities and related gatherings.
Local items report the new county bridge at Cokesville near completion with night work by gas light and a month to finish. Social notes include marriages, church probationers joining the M E Church, and dozens of named residents visiting and traveling between Blairsville, Greensburg, Indiana, and Louisville. Obituaries list several deaths with ages and locations.
A sprawling advertisement list touts ladies wraps in every shape and price from W R L Co, Sharretts, Marshall & Kline, and The Red Front. It markets men’s and women’s shoes, blankets, flannels, dress goods, hats, and shirts, claiming vast stock, best fits, and low prices with frequent calls to visit local stores.
The market outlines ladies wraps as cloaks and coats with refined cloak making praised for artistry. Jackets, Directoire coats, embroidered imported jackets, and durable stockinette garments appear in colors from black to navy and drab, with prices from 3 50 to 7 50.
Plush Goods boasts full stock of jackets, plush coats, Misses and Children's wraps, and a large selection of blankets flannels yarns skirts and dress goods. Prices are described as affordable with good quality across five coat qualities and two jacket styles. The ad notes rapid restocking by car load freight and express shipments to meet demand.
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