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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
5
The shop promises a large and attractive range of suits and overcoats at $10, appealing to frugal shoppers. It notes many coats are this season's stock, with extra heavy wool frieze Ulsters also included at the $10 price, alongside higher priced odds from last year.
Local merchant announces a new stock of fur coats with lower prices than ever in Newton and beyond. The selection includes plain and trimmed Russian calf, buffalo, kangaroo with wild cat trim, dog skin varieties, and galoway coats touted as genuine real fur, with prices claimed lower than last year despite high raw material costs.
A mixed batch of items including Ladies Minstrels at the opera house and “The Eleventh Hour” at Lister's, new stock of chocolates at Newton News Co, Hurd Law, and Wendt Building legal services. Local commerce features meat markets, pancake flour brands, wallpaper rolls, and Newton Steam Laundry bragging of finest state work. Also farm ads for hogs, storm sash orders, visiting card specials, school report notes, and egg payments at the Hub.
An old advertisement touts Maydole hammers as the best ever made with claims of balanced heads and durability, dividing hammers into two classes. It also markets Benson's Porous Plaster as superior, warning against substitutes and urging purchases through reputable druggists and dealers.
A retailer advertises a Thanksgiving sale with plans to give away forty turkeys eighty quarts of cranberries and one hundred sixty bunches of celery to customers. Every twentieth cash sale earns a prize with a rotation of cranberry four celery or turkey. Sales must be at least ten cents and basement or furniture cloak floor receipts counted at the main desk for prize eligibility. The Friday November 23 sale date is to be announced.
A local store announces a sale on 25 dozen men's Husker cloth gloves offered per pair while supplies last. The timing context is not specified in the fragment.
An invoice line notes golf gloves priced at 25 cents each, described as pretty and fashionable. The fragment suggests a retail listing or catalog entry from a past issue.
A local department store announces a sale of one lot of children's jackets priced from 3.50 to 5.50 dollars. All jackets are in good condition and available for selection on Saturday.
The Sorosis Shoes line is fully restocked after factory delays slowed deliveries. Since Sorosis entered London Paris and Berlin high tariff areas priced imports, yet Sorosis sales surged abroad. A Vienna plan to open a store sparked a protest by 600 local shoemakers claiming cheaper superior methods threatened their trade.
Advertisement notes claim no preparations beat Big Four for hands and lists glycerine hay rum and common remedies as worthless. It promotes a large yearbook line including Peck's Bad Boy and Remarks of Bill Nye, with Bagster Bibles offered at lower prices than inferior goods.
Saturday sale advertises 9 inch china plates with floral decoration and compares Rogers Bros 1847 silverware to Hamilton goods. Rogers Bros 47 knives forks and spoons priced per dozen or set with a 12 dwt standard. Hamilton items offered at similar prices with hand burnished finish and guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
Advertises Buck Wheat with Log Cabin Maple Syrup as a palatable breakfast dish for cold mornings. Promotes various fresh fruits including apples and daily arrivals of fresh oysters, cranberries, and other produce. Also notes buying and selling of poultry.
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