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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
3
In a lively Christmas shopping scene the store invites customers to explore diamonds, clocks, fine china, Limoges and Haviland wares, sterling silver and more. The note promises personalized suggestions and a souvenir for buyers, highlighting Western Pennsylvania’s pioneer jewelry house.
A spring start is likely for a nearly two mile brick and iron sewer from near Ryantown on the Shenango to the Shenango and Mahoning rivers junction. Cost projected at 50 000 to 360 000 funded by sewer bonds. All existing mains to connect, improving river purity downstream and creating future lateral sewer work.
The Katzenjammer Kids satire draws hearty laughter with Blondell and Blondell star turns. Music, dancing and vaudeville acts earn encores as Lerburne’s Bon Ton stock company opens a week at the opera house with Cinderella and The Princess of Patches. Large crowds attend, encores echo, and tickets for Monday’s opening night sell briskly.
Do you want a couch rocker table set dishes toilet set lamp or nice rug then go to Dufford and Co s and save money.
A shopkeeper states he offers best clothes at low prices and relies on word of mouth rather than ads. He invites neighbors to visit, claims full stock from ceiling to floor, and steady customer flow from 7 A M to 9 P M daily. He notes he will quote a few prices to prove cheaper selling.
A pricing listing for union cassimere and all wool suits and pants. Includes children’s suits with three pieces and novelties, showing original and discounted values. Also notes navy blue pants and guaranteed wear garments with various price points.
A catalog style notice lists calico at 10 and 12c, percales at 12 15 and 20c, flannelettes 40c, dress goods 50c to 1.25, velvet 5c, with various items shown in lower prices and notes omitted.
Fragmentary quip from a New York Weekly item shows a mistress asking about a policeman hugging her, while a maid suggests it happened behind a door. The witty exchange underscores temperamental scenes in home life.
A barbering era dialogue from Puck features two deacons debating chicken and turkey. The first deacon declares a preference for turkey while the second agrees yet notes contentment with whatever is found in the coop. The exchange reflects humor and social tone of the period.
A remark about a proud, freckled child prompts a teacher to explain the boy’s background. The exchange appears in Brooklyn Life, reflecting social class and parental roles within a city school scene.
A quip from the Chicago Daily News jokes that a woman can drive a bargain when the deal concerns a nail or hammock spike, illustrating a playful stereotype about bargaining prowess.
A garbled OCR fragment presents disjoint phrases about Mr Wadby You Dolly and a sister, seems to describe softness and life yet lacks coherent narrative, names, dates, or definite event.
A Town Topics item humorously contrasts suburban behavior with punctual returns and repeated borrowing patterns. It notes that some people never seem to borrow the same thing twice, while others never return borrowed items.
The rabbit boasts of fortune as it meets the Belgian hare, claiming its left hind leg is as good as any, in a lordly boast reported by the Chicago Record.
Mrs Casey recalls a wounded European soldier whose last words were for whisky. Mrs Dolan laments her fatherless children, noting Pat as the husband at the front. Harper's Bazaar records these wartime homefront voices.
A brief snip notes a young poet Jaggles gathering crowds who pay a dollar per head to hear poems. A reply from Puck questions the ease of the earnings and mocks the poet’s work, contrasting readers and critics.
A Philadelphia Press exchange shows Towne chiding Browne for borrowing a dollar from Harduppe. Browne says he is not desperate, but anticipates Mard uppe’s situation and explains his motive.
The exchange hints that Young Blackstone may seek politics as a career. One lawyer observes his habit of addressing barkeepers by their first names, suggesting a social style noted in N. OY. Weekly commentary.
A Philadelphia woman receives a brutal coercion from a man over money for a fur coat. He insistently pressures her to stretch the funds, mocking her inability to buy a genuine fur. The exchange highlights a threatening encounter tied to a shopping dispute.
Volunteers of America and City Mission invite the public to a spiritual meeting in the hall next to the Post Office tonight at O o clock. A Sabbath school at 2 30 PM and a Sabbath rally at 8 PM follow with Christmas singing by the Jones family and Sabbath school scholars.
Ticket agents will sell round trip tickets to all stations on the Pittsburg and Western lines and to Central Passenger Association territory including Cleveland Toledo Chicago St Louis Louisville and Cincinnati on December 22 23 24 and January 1 at one third extra good for return until January 2 inclusive.
An old ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills claiming they sharpen thinking and ambition by improving stomach and liver function. A 25 cent box is sold by all druggists promising a new feeling and increased strength.
Peter Sherman of North Stratford New Hampshire reports relief from chronic indigestion after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy digests food and helps many stomach troubles with quick relief, promoted by Central Drug Store and Fred C Hyde in Mahoningtown.
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