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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
1
A Southeast Missouri clearing sale slashes all winter merchandise to clear shelves. The store aims to raise cash over carrying stock this season with a drastic reduction across all reduced goods. Read on for eye opening bargains and steep price cuts.
A cluttered OCR list announces deep sale cuts on dry goods. Cashmers and camels hair wools drop to 17 and 50 cents per yard respectively while striped crepon and worsted fabrics sell at reduced rates. Various flannels ginghams calicoes and linens featured with bold price drops and general domestic bargains to clear stock.
The Leader of Marble Hill Missouri reports a February 8, 1897 start for a one month sale offering 30 percent off marked prices on suits overcoats and cashmere pants with wide discounts on jeans pants shoes hats corsets and groceries. Bargains include cashmere jeans 95c per pair and various items at half price or less, urging early purchase while stock lasts.
Our correspondents report a mix of community items from Glen Allen to Zalma including illnesses at McDaniels and Mrs. McGee, farming activity by Captain John W. Reilly, building by J. W. Dixon, and various visits, marriages, and births. Community names and places like Brownwood, Eastland, Dutchtown, Jackson frame a string of notices, plus short historical notes on weapons, music, and flora.
An advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a safe purgative alterative and tonic for liver and kidney derangements. It claims to relieve dullness headache bad taste mouth heaviness after heavy meals and sleep loss with two doses, promising overall improvement and pleasant feelings.
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