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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1896
Page
1
Lanark residents hear neighborhood notices from auctions to sales and illness reports. Names like G A Root & Son, J F Brown, E D Taylor, J D Wolfley, and W H Hess appear with goods, services, and events. gatherings, sales, obituaries, and weather notes fill the column.
Smoke Barcelona a hand made five cent cigar at Allemonys Drug Store. The Band Fair bowling success grows each evening with full houses from opening Saturday through midweek and beyond. If attendance continues, another hall may be needed before the end of the week. City residents, especially women, donate cakes and art to sales while bands entertain nightly including Eagle Point Leaf River Freedom Brookville Lanark. Visitors enjoy fine music and dancing as the three grand prizes are awarded Saturday night.
Dr D H Baldwin of Mt Carroll will visit Lanark each Wednesday starting Jan 15 with Dr S A Oren. Horses aged 4 to 12 to be sold at Taber s Livery Stable on Saturday Feb 1 1806 in Wast McNain. Auctioneer will answer calls and handle business full time. contact by telephone telegraph or letter. sales list available at Lanark telephone Met. ad dates and pigeon list noted.
The advertisement lists furniture items including Cheval bed room suits, oval and square bed room suits, side boards, book cases, ward robes, kitchen tables, extension tables, parlor tables, parlor suits, couches, lounges, and upholstered rockers. Prices claimed to be much less than elsewhere. Call and see line whether buying or not.
A catalog listing describes several women's hose options in fast black color including silk, ribbed lisle, four-thread lisle, Maco yarn cotton, and cashmere blends. Items feature high spliced heels, double soles and knees with values up to $1.00.
Wholesale men’s hosiery listing offers fast black imported hose with features such as split soles double toes and heels. Includes black and tan real rifle thread hose and fast black cotton hose with high spliced heels and double soles. Values to one dollar.
A catalog item lists children's ribbed fleece lined hose and ribbed four thread cotton hose. Each pair features high spliced heels double knees and toes with values up to 1.00.
Regular Talk About Sale advertises deep cuts on blankets in white gray and scarlet. Prices drop from 1.00 to 4.75 with multiple sizes listed as part of a department store promotion.
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