Fancy Waistings and Waist Patterns Ad
Display of waist lengths in velvets priced at 3.50 for four yards. No two waists alike. Also offered are fancy woolen waist patterns in plain and fancy styles ranging from 1.25 to 2.00.
09 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1902
Page
1
Display of waist lengths in velvets priced at 3.50 for four yards. No two waists alike. Also offered are fancy woolen waist patterns in plain and fancy styles ranging from 1.25 to 2.00.
A vintage notice urges shoppers to bring in samples of Henriettas Cashmeres Cheviots Venetians Serges Mohairs and Meltons to compare prices. It promises money in your pocket by checking the line before buying dress goods.
A clothing advertises over 50 styles of Ladies Walking Skirts from a premier maker. Customers can have skirts tailored to measure with colors beyond current stock. Samples display cloths, offering two or three hundred skirt options in perfect style and finish. Prices range from...
Local shop advertises dark and light outing flannel by the yard at five to eight cents, Canton flannel up to twenty cents, and various men’s and ladies undergarments with prices from .25 to $1.00. Claiming to sell more underwear than two stores in North Platte, the store promises surprises on quality.
A long price list itemizes notions like Corticelli Silk Thread 50 yds and 100 yds, buttons, pins, needles, tape, thimbles, chalk, paper, and a large block of men’s and women’s shoes with various leathers and sizes. Also included are dress accessories like handkerchiefs and ribbons, with per-unit or per dozen prices and notes on fit and style.
Trade fragment lists Peerless Warp spools in various colors and weights with unit prices. White and colored warp spools priced per pound or per unit, approximate figures shown as 0.5 and 0.22 in unclear formatting.
Local ad lists various blanket prices including cotton blankets 57x73 inches per pair 43 cents and large cotton blankets per pair 1.00 with heavier large sizes at 1.25 to 1.75. Wool blankets per pair 2.75 and 3.50 to 6.00. Some price ranges appear inconsistent.
City schools opened for the year with 807 pupils present. High school 105. Eighth grade Miss Goodman 38 Miss Babbitt 38. Seventh grade Miss Burke 38 Miss Vernon 40. Sixth grade Miss Sorenson 41 Miss Hartman 38. First ward Miss Hansen 51 Miss Ware 27 Miss Carleon 52. Second ward Miss Patterson 43 Miss Baker 57 Miss Duncan 47. Third ward Miss Kennedy 45 Miss Blake 57 Miss Rocken 47 W A Getty 43. Attendance increases from last year due to Catholic school attendees.
A team of mules belonging to John Cox and a wagon with barnesa were stolen from local residents. They were found last Thursday in a Pawnee hollow by a Pawnee ranch employee, abandoned and tied to the wagon. One mule was nearly starved and the thief’s camp may have been nearby during a digger’s well work.
A lively description of the eighth annual Finnigan's Ball farce at the opera house on Tuesday evening September 9h. The performance is entirely rewritten with a new plot, fresh wit, and updated music, promising the most successful edition yet.
A Salt Lake City letter reports relief from indigestion after using a Turbine bottle bought at Stroite’s Corner Drug Store. The writer, R. UW Foster of 3188 2181, says the remedy cured his symptoms and he recommends it to friends.
Local residents resume duties and report livestock health. Miss Jennie Ware returns to teaching. J G Feeken ships threshing outfit to Gothenburg for a month. Mrs. J J McConnell and Mrs. G W Brown visit Curtis. W C Cole promotes hog buying locally. Baseball Hershey versus Spuds ends 10 to 14 for Spuds. church events and missionary offerings planned.
Russel Baker, six, ill with typhoid fever, weighs on Dickens notes. Cecil Tuell traveled east to buy fall goods leaving Charles Thomas to run the business. Staley and Latimer families visited the canyons and gathered thirteen bushels of plume. Boarding offers arise from Staley or Latimer households. J D Heater sold cattle to McCook buyers. Linnie Twiss of Maywood to teach Dickens for eight months. Oinle Dowell heads to Wellfleet to teach. Mr Flower’s southwest well being dug by C B unter. Dowell in Beaver City on business. John McConnell and wife visited Mrs Jolliff.
Mr. Murphy proprietor of the White Elephant barn at North Platte was observed on our stiveta Monday with no further details given.
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