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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
4
A local sale offers men’s suits at substantially reduced prices. $4.50 and $5.00–$6.00 models drop to $1.75, $2.15, and $3.50 respectively, with clay worsted and wool varieties featured at $5.50 to $8.95. One table of suits sells for $1.25 each.
Men’s overcoats priced at 5 dollars for a 15 dollar blue or black lot. One lot contains three hundred coats worth 10 to 15 dollars. Buyer chooses for 4.25 dollars. Also boys and children's reefer overcoats offered at own price.
Readable items include white shirts with reinforced back and front at 25c, Madras bodied shirts at 43c, N Y muslin shirts at 1.75 go at 48c, Rockford socks from 2c to 15c, suspender sets 20c, ddls and gloves prices, Celluloid collars 3c, bow ties from 5c to 15c, work shirts up to 25c, paper collars 1c, heavy underwear 12c, bib overalls 12c and 35c.
Children's two piece sailor collar suits valued at 1.25 to 1.50 are offered at 49c. Choice patterns priced at 95c. Vested three piece suits marked down from 2.50 to 1.10. Davenport three piece suits listed at 3.00 reduced to 1.25. Boys double breasted wool suits cut to 1.00 to 1.75 with pants included. Children's 5 to 18 years styles trimmed to 59c.
Bargain notices advertise deep discounts on men’s hats with prices cut to 25e for 75e and $1 hats, 50c hats at 15e, 1.50 Fedoras at 50e, and $8 hats at 08e. Boys’ 50c hats now 15e. Shoppers urged to visit and be convinced of the savings.
Local retailer offers a range of men's pants with deep discounts. Prices include patterns at 59c, fancy worsted at 1.75, Scotch wool at 98c, higher end at 1.75, extra fine worsteds at 1.98, cotton work pants at 1.35, and jeans from 0.50 to 0.02 depending on style.
A local sale advertises boys garments at deep discounts. Clay worsted suits blue or black drop to 4.95, cassimere suits 10 down to 3.50, fancy worsted sets formerly 5 6 7 now 2.25, all wool suits 4.50 5 down to 1.85, long pant suits 3 4 down to 0.98.
A Shelby North Carolina firm touts a Mrs Luther Lutz who beat a seven year illness through Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after three months of coughing and sleepless nights She credits two bottles with a total cure Also advertised are One Minute Cough Cure DeWitt’s Little Early Risers and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with claims of bowel regulation and pile relief as part of a general patent medicine roundup
Maggie Clark writes in the New York Sun of a fanciful voyage begun on a May holiday with a ship made from a pear tree mast and a pinafore flag. The poem recalls boyish daring, pirate adventures, and the fate of the shipmates as the narrator laments changing times.
Lipincott's Magazine reflects on the pharmacist of today versus the eighteenth century. It notes proprietary medicines reduce prescriptive role yet boost druggists’ commerce. It argues pharmacy shifts from profession to trade and forecasts the drugshop's eventual decline as hygienic knowledge grows.
The Illustrated London News recounts Duplan the hairdresser to Napoleon and Josephine. He served the imperial family long after Josephine, earning 4,000 francs annually from Napoleon and 6,000 from Marie Louise, eventually about 40,000 francs yearly as his influence grew and Napoleonic restrictions kept him exclusive.
The article notes gazelles in Nubia contrasted with a heavier breed of hounds, their speed yet frequent pausing to look back causes exhaustion and pursuit success. Also included are advertisements for DeWitt's remedies and a witch hazel salve, praising cures and guaranteed satisfaction from D. C. Prader & Co.
The text states the blood completes its circuit in twenty two seconds and that all body blood is revitalized every three minutes. It presents these timings as simple physiological facts without additional context.
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