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Newspaper
Mineral Point Tribune
Location
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
1
After Christmas trading is profitable here with a holiday clearing sale offering unusually low values in underwear dress goods jackets and cloaks. Prices are cut below both other dealers and the store’s own usual low rates with items like 50c underwear at 39c and 25c garments at 9c.
Local field notes list BISHOP for Furniture Spooners for fine china and other merchants from H S Hurlbut & Co to J P Frieden. Names include Miss Anna Burk, Mrs J A Spratler, Hiram Stephens, Charles Pascoe, and families visiting Mineral Point for Christmas. Diphtheria reported in Lancaster. cordwood shipped from Browntown.
A register of weddings and social events on Christmas Day 1900 at the Ivey home features the marriages of Catherine Ivey to Charles Curtis officiated by Rev. J Hardcastle, and Wilber Liddicoat to Leta Hammanill at the P M church parsonage. The item lists local visitors, students, and merchants, with notes on civic developments, coal ranges at N T Martin, and plans for Belmont High School.
Christmas arrivals include Marshall Ovitz daughters Mary and Delia returning home while Dell O Dowd ends teaching duties for holidays. Advertisements tout watches, silverware and clocks. R S Uren visits from Chicago. George Zimmerman captured in Huntington. Charley Campbell returns to family for holidays. Engraving offered free by Hurveur & Co.
The note thanks patrons for liberal support as the year ends. It pledges continued effort to please the purchasing public by offering purest, freshest goods and selling at the lowest prices, maintaining customer confidence.
Bargain sale cuts prices on books medallions atomizers albums dolls and doll heads offering deep discounts for readers collectors and shoppers seeking value across a range of items.
A brief sales note praises a $40 machine described as the “White House” warranted option, pitched as an ideal Christmas gift with emphasis on value and reliability.
Platteville common council considers general charter adoption and bond funds for debts. Local travelers and families from Mineral Point, Shullsburg, and Juda visit, with millinery, farming, and shipping news. A Fennimore ordinance fines saloon blinds, and New Year events draw crowds. One Minute Cough Cure advertised for coughs and colds.
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