18 Apr 1902
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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1902
Page
1
The Leader announces an April sale to clear excess Spring purchases with new Spring and Summer merchandise at low prices. No shoddy items, all goods described as quality and new.
Historic sale notice listing 224 yards of unbleached sheeting at $1.00 per yard and fast color percaless at 6c 10c and 12c per yard.
Hosiery and underwear department offers ladies summer underwear from soup and ladies fast black seamless hose at 12 percent off per pair. Children's ribbed fast black hose sizes 5 1 2 to 9 1 2 also at 12 percent off. Exclusive agents for Thomson Glove Fitting Corsets styles from 50 cents.
Millinery department boasts a Chicago trimmer and a vast stock. Hats offered 50 percent cheaper than rivals this side of Omaha. Ladies' trimmed hats from $1.00.
A local sale advertises velvet ribbons silk and satin ribbons at large discounts offering washable options and rib bons in various widths with substantial price reductions for shoppers.
Advertises dress trimmings in assorted styles with pricing from five cents to five dollars per yard.
Dress skirts in black brocaded worsted priced from 1.50 to 3.00. Golf skirts range 3.48 to 10. Ladies tailor made suits from 4.75 upward. Shirt waists any style from 0.50. Silk waists assorted colors 3.88. Ladies wrappers kimonas from 0.50. Children's wash dresses from 0.35. Muslin underwear and sun bonnets in large assortment at lowest prices.
The advertisement touts Carpets Linoleums Lace Curtains and bed room curtains at low prices. It claims popular brands Queen Quality Hamilton Brown The University shoes with warranties and a free hose with each shoe sale. Also features clothing and sewing machines give away with coupons.
Miss Jennie Ware returns to teaching duties in North Platte after tending her ill mother. Local farming activity rises with promising corn and sugar beet planting. Community notes cover travel, livestock, alfalfa seed, new property sales, and youth programs alongside temperance meetings and Y M C A efforts.
A vintage advertisement touts Horbar as a pleasant remedy for poor digestion. It claims nourishment improves skin and strength and urges use after each meal. The ad notes a price of 50 cents and locations at Streitz's corner Drug Store.
Perrar from Grand Island reports Lincoln county beet contracts exceed one thousand acres with about one hundred fifty more expected. Maxwell section totals 509 acres, Hershey and Sutherland areas add most of the rest. County beets could supply a quarter of Grand Island factory needs with strong value if the season is favorable. Last year 85 acres in Maxwell. this year up to sixfold increase noted.
The Missouri Girl at the Olives Opera House Monday evening delivered a clean wholesome performance before a well attended crowd. Sadie Raymond and Fred Raymond head a cohesive cast with Sampson-like restraint as Daisy and Zeke, supported by Gordon Gray as a polished villain.
The notice promotes Peerless and Extra-Pale Beer as pure and well made, claiming it satisfies exacting tastes and has rising sales. It asserts the beer is the finest in taste and healthiest in the United States and promises no morning bad taste or sleepiness. Orders for cases of quarts or pints go to Tl. Schhiesinger in North Platte Nebraska.
Advertising list items sold by a store with thread silk cotton tape bindings and various sewing notions. The ad notes store hours until eight in the evening and features prices for needles paper pencils combs bonnets and hair accessories.
The text stresses that true style in fine tailoring comes from artistic workmanship. A man aiming to look sharp always seeks precise fitting for his coat and trousers, with cleaning and repair highlighted as specialties.
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