Store touts value with affordable goods and choices
A local retailer emphasizes economy and customer-friendly pricing to draw shoppers. The note cites examples of affordable items and broad selection aimed at helping families stretch their budgets.
14 Nov 1895
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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
1
A local retailer emphasizes economy and customer-friendly pricing to draw shoppers. The note cites examples of affordable items and broad selection aimed at helping families stretch their budgets.
Large lot of Red and Black All-Wool Suitings. Medium rough effects, style and value make this the standout dress goods offer of the year. 45 inches and a quarter wide, 90¢ a yard. Send for samples to see why this store’s extraordinary advertises.
Our line features 100 pieces assorted all wool Cheviot Suitings and a general line from We to 450 a yard with samples sent on request. Also imported Dress Goods Novelty Suitings and Tailorings 75c to 1.50. Strong values urge you to buy dry goods now.
Cleveland Poles plan to send 100 to 400 volunteers to Cuba via Henry Du Lawrence. 83 Buffalans signed on, with Chicago backers to supply over 100 more. Local leaders say if Poland cannot gain freedom they will aid Cuban insurgents and fund the battalion.
Wells-Fargo officials link escaped prisoners A J Gray alias Sam Wells J G Stuart alias J Starr and accomplice Tom McCarthy to a Messenger George Krout holdup in Colorado Springs with about 20000 in a bank package and another 35000 in transit. Krout handed over the money under threat and the robbers fled.
Reports from Ispraxapois Nov 13 detail a planned consolidation of the Brice lines into a single system to be organized next year. The Lake Erie and Western will merge with Cleveland Akron and Columbus Ohio Southern Northern Ohio and Lima Northern, totaling about 1,065 miles. Headquarters will be in Indianapolis with terminals at Cincinnati Toledo Cleveland and St Louis.
Insane suspect William Sherman, a window cleaner at the Pullman building, threatened to shoot Pullman and manager John Griffin after consulting a fortune teller who claimed Sherman had secret enemies. The woman reportedly demanded $25 and warned of killings before November 17 or 27, prompting police to arrest him.
J J Quinn acting for Peter Maher announces Maher will fight for the championship at 1000 a side, public or private, with South Africa not barred. Maher claims equal right to the title and hopes to meet Fitzsimmons, noting Corbett declined a challenge as he had retired.
A frame cottage on Geneva Street burned and it is feared the two small children of Mrs Kurtzman, tenant, were consumed. In Washington the treasury reports available cash balance of 178 million 414 thousand 648 dollars and a gold reserve of 92 million 915 thousand 479 dollars.
Miss Pauline Payne Whitney, daughter of William C Whitney, married Almeric Paget at St Thomas church in New York in the presence of President Cleveland and other dignitaries. The ceremony featured a full wedding party, a large reception at Whitney’s Fifth Avenue home, and plans for a honeymoon before settling in St Paul Minnesota.
Reports describe Armenian forces capturing a Turkish battalion at Zeitoun and attacking nearby villages including Tejatianiatae hibkeak 35 Mussulmen. Villages Zelounbell Nuri plundered as 200 Armenians disguise as Cirens strike. Death tolls may reach 15 000, far above 10 000. Shakir Pasha’s mission faces criticism as diplomats note a lack of progress in Armenian reforms.
A Grenada school building burned with 150 children inside, 31 dead including the teacher. Two punished boys suspected as arsonists were arrested. Fire believed incendiary. Nov 13.
Albany Nov 15 Bishop William Cresswell Doane addressed clergy at All Saints church during the diocesan conference. He urged states to regulate liquor via law rather than politics, arguing arrests and moral harm would decrease if liquor sales near schools and churches were restricted. He compared alcohol to similarly regulated staples and urged decisive legislative action. Japan aims to evacuate Port Arthur by February with payment of taels, while avoiding cession to any other power. Evacuation timing hinges on the 14,000,000 taels agreed with China, with immediate action expected after next Tuesday’s payment. treaty terms limit fortress surrender.
Pirovipenck Nov 13 The thir teenth annual Baptist congress opened at Central Baptist church with delegates from across the country. The main topic is missions, especially home missions, with evangelical work also receiving notable attention.
A reassignment moves the interstate case on witness compulsion in rail rates to the first Monday in January. Local reports cover North Lawrence and Urban Hill travel, illness, lectures by Mrs Viola Sansford, and Good Templars activity. Clover Hill work resumes, District No. 4 school starts next Monday. Strasburg news notes births, theft, assaults, Thanksgiving camp fire, and local politics with Coxey admiration and mixed ticket support.
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