01 May 1903
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Newspaper
Narka News
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1903
Page
1
Rainfall fears and daily happenings fill a Kansas paper item. Movements include sales ads, farm news, school milestones, a dentist change, a moving picture show, and local visits. Names like Potten Brace Lutz Summers and W L Thomas appear with various town ties.
Black Jack horse named McGinty A weighs 1000 Ibs with white points. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but owners Kwirven Lyore will not be responsible should any occur.
Classified note seeks 100 head of cattle and 50 head of horses to pasture for the coming season with good grass water and shade. Also an ad urges inquiry to Ben Doval or T C Preble & Co and promotes Kidney-Ettes kidney remedy and a disk sharpener service offering disk sharpening for five cents.
The sale concluded April 8 with nearly $5000 in sales but stock remained high at ten to twelve thousand dollars of new goods. Walker Brace Luty faces dissolution. prices will stay the same or lower on items with reductions. Many staples cannot drop but most articles will be reduced by 25 to 50 percent in hardware, china, tinware, garments, linens, and textiles as the firm prepares to rebalance stock.
An old time hardware and general goods advertisement lists nails, saws, bolts, steelware, granite kitchenware, hats, overalls, shirts, suspenders, underwear, clothing, shoes, thread, tacks, soap, silk and velvet remnants, towels, calico, and a premiums offer. The piece notes quantities and sale prices, plus a buy-more-save-more deal offering 30 pounds of sugar for $1.00 or 15 coffee packages for $1.00 with purchases of $5.00 or more, applicable to non-grocery items.
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