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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1909
Page
3
A historical catalog lists 50e Double Width Wool Goods in multiple colors at 1 yard and 66c to 1.50 for imported fabrics. Imperial Cheviot and Novelty Broadcloths promise wide widths and savings. Draperies include $1.00 sale items, 58c curtains, and 60c nets, with notes on colors and patterns.
Odds and ends of various silk fabrics offered in yard quantities. Fancy Silke satin stripes extra widths bordure and Persian designs priced per yard, along with Latin foulards 24 inches wide and heavy quality Black Taffeta and Mexsaline silks featured. Includes odds and ends of black silks worth up to one dollar per yard.
Classified note lists carpet pricing and types including Wilton Velvet at 1.25 dollars per yard and Brussels carpets with room-size rug designs. Mentions all-wool ingrain carpets and borders to match, with yard measurements and pricing fragments.
The advertisement lists Imperial Brussels rugs 12 by 9 feet at 18.00, American Oriental and Navajo rugs with values 12.95, 6.00 and 10.00, silk Mohair rugs 3 by 6 feet at 2.95 and 6.75.
A compact list of winter sale items features Calicoes at multiple prices per yard, flannels, muslin, chambray, ginghams, and linens. Also advertised are sewing thread, laundry soaps, enamelware, bowls, sieves, mops, washboards, bleached sheeting and pillowcases, comforters, blankets, underwear, aprons, lamps, washing powders, enamel cups, wash tubs, furnace gloves, muslins, red seal ginghams, tin cups, dust pans, and stoneware slop jars with various discount prices.
The ad lists affordable waist styles priced from $1.00 to $3.59. It features options in dotted embroidery with tucked collars, long sleeves, lace trimming, and high Directoire collars. It highlights Lingerie Waists in white mull with panel embroidery and net waists in cream and white with long sleeves.
Readable fabric sale listing highlights all linen items from crash and damask to Irish linen and napkins. Includes prices per yard or dozen, with quantities described as bleached, heavy, or assorted patterns. Mentions curtains, lace, and Swiss pieces among discounted values.
Editor Julian D. Hogate toured the Hendricks county home in Danville with county commissioners. He dined with Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Clements, inspected the farm, and praised the well kept facilities and abundant home produce. He noted jellies, preserved fruit, pork stocks, milch cows, and fine horses as signs of prosperous county care.
c. L. Hill a civil war veteran has been appointed grand jury bailiff by Sheriff Woessner Hill served in the Twenty first Indiana infantry during the conflict.
The new Christian church in Shelburn Indiana was dedicated yesterday with Rev Crabb of Brazil officiating.
Lebanon Indiana reports R. R. Voorhis swapped his grocery business to E. H. Thompson in exchange for an 88 acre Owen County farm.
A bustling start to the year sees many couples seeking divorces. Wives appear as complainants and witnesses across courts, while uncontested cases top the docket as decrees are granted in a steady flow.
Greencastle Ind January 4 Joseph F Clay former Marion county sheriff adds about 9 000 in Jackson township to his Putnam county estate bringing total to roughly five hundred acres He recently purchased land from Matthew R Eggers confirming his continued local investment and ties to Putnam county
Rev L H Graham of Worthing becomes pastor of the Christian church in Jamestown Indiana with duties split between Jamestown and Brownsburg He preaches in Jamestown on the first and third Sundays and at Brownsburg on the second and fourth Sundays each month. Morgan Co Farm Sold In Morgantown Indiana W E Roberts sold his farm to Andrew Bolton of Hendricks county Possession to be given in January the Roberts plan to move back to Hendricks county.
Abby Spencer Eddy aged mother of Mrs Albert Beveridge died in Washington D C on a Saturday evening. She was taken to Chicago for burial with Mrs Beveridge Senator Beveridge and Mrs Marshall Field at her bedside. Senator Beveridge met the arriving vessel at New York to join the bedside scene.
Thieves entered banker John P. Frenzel’s home at 2908 N Meridian Street while the family dined, taking watches rings necklaces and brooches valued in the hundreds of dollars. A porch climber is suspected after a second story window entry. A second theft at 1656 Hall Place took a small jewelry quantity.
A claimed remedy urges readers to buy syrup of Sar Saparilia and Toris compound, mix with whiskey, and take a tablespoon before meals and at bedtime. The ad promises eradication of acid poisons from the blood and a complete system restoration, claiming remarkable effects on feeble bodies and nerves.
A discussion on the electric revolution in transportation noting the scale of investment and jobs, the advantage of coal-mine powered plants near rail lines, and the shift from steam to electric systems for major railroads and cities. It highlights cost efficiency and the inevitability of modernization for the public good. Also touches on Annie S. Peck and the gender barriers faced by women in leadership roles during exploration.
A compact period ad asserts widespread use of Cascarets with millions of boxes sold monthly and daily usage figures. It claims over six years of popularity, warns of imitators and counterfeiters, and portrays Cascarets as a trusted health aid endorsed by "bright Americans."
The ad promotes Cascarets as a time tested, trustworthy digestive cleanser. It warns against dishonest sales pitches and counterfeit products, emphasizing that Cascarets are only made by the Sterling Remedy Company and sold in the ten cent West Pocket box marked CCC.
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