Gigant’s Mid-Summer Piano Clearance Sale
The buyer favors cheap pianos and insists the best is the cheapest. Stock is crowded with top makes, while medium priced pianos are gone. No piano on the floor under 275 dollars except a few used ones. La Crosse and nearby trade has bought many top pianos up to 1000 dollars, but stock remains too large to stay normal.
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State Normals
la Crosse Normal School
Judge Fruit
Superior
la Crosse
Board of Regents
I. C. McNeill
Father Murphy
Piano Purchases Driven by Anticipated Price Rise
The Stock notes contracts made in August for several hundred pianos and supplier deals with several factories. Prices rose over the year, generating about a ten percent gain on the advance contracts. They plan to maximize the deals and clear inventory by August first to make room for new shipments and cover cash payments.
Major piano discount sale at Bergh Piano Co
The Bergh Piano Co offers a graded credit certificate discount on new pianos from July 30 to August 3. Ten coupons earn 20 percent, next ten 19 percent, each ten fewer by 1 percent, plus a 5 percent cash discount for those with certificates. Several brands and piano types are listed amid used options.
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Bergh Piano Co
Knabe
Vose
Chickering
Conover
Story & Clark
Lohmer
McPhail
Vaugh
Kimball
Schaeffer
Price & Teeple
Lawson
Remarkable Rise of James Gillett in Washington Reach
James Gillett rose to prominence after pursuing law study in spare moments. He fulfilled a promise to meet friends in Washington, marking a notable ascent in his career and social circle.
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Washington
Jim Gillett Wisconsin-born becomes California governor
The profile traces James Norris Gillett of Sparta from Wisconsin attorney to California congressman and governor. It notes his prudent, steady rise, his absence from graft scandals, and praise from Col Casson and local figures as he advances through Eureka to Sacramento, highlighting his reputation and potential future.
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Wisconsin
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Minneapolis
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Sparty
Jim Gillet
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Dent
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Frisco
State Senate
Silas Loury
Congressman Esch
Silas
Congressman Gillett
Cannon
Judiciary
United States
Swayne
Florida
House of Representatives
John J. Esch
la Crosse
Schmitz
Eugene Schmitz
Europe
James N. Gillett
of California
Golden Gate
Madison
Henry Casson
O. G. Munson
Davidson
Col. Casson
Governor Gillett
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Daniel Webster
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Normal Regents
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Fruit
Theodore Youmans
Murphy
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Youmans
Stout
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