The Melancholy Days Bring New Fall Stock Sale
The store declares melancholy days over old stock as it opens fall with a full new line from top to cellar. It promises the very best at the lowest prices across dry goods dress goods notions clothing hats boots and shoes trunks carpets hardware grocery harness wagons buggies grain drills and farm implements.
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Wright
Switz
Hillsboro
Reynold’s
Reed
Nissen
Nissen & Co’s
Chase City
Harrison and Virginia Wagon Co’s
Lion
Anchor
Hackney Bros
Bny of
China
General Store Ad Promises Low Prices on Household Goods
An old time catalog ad touts cots groceries and house, farm, and kitchen items sold in large quantities for cheaper prices. It highlights Dickeys all wool kerseys jeans and suitings for men and boys and notes a fresh import from the North.
Wide Range of Goods at James Webb Jr. & Bro
A detailed advertisement from James Webb Jr. and brothers touts the latest dress goods including French Flannels and Cheviots, plus extensive lines in underwear, shirts, hats, shoes, and furniture. It promotes low prices, comparisons with other markets, and a broad wares catalog from hardware to wagons and fertilizers with a friendly welcome to customers.
Love's Wage in a Distant Life
A poetic fragment describes labor of love as toil and pain endured in desert and wind. The speaker notes no wage but the kiss and smile of a beloved, with a later scene of a head resting in his arm as evening falls and a cross is earned. Arthur Stanley Riggs, in Life.
Clifford the Secret Service ace tracks Laredo counterfeiting ring
Obert J. Clifford of the United States Secret Service is praised as a brilliant young detective. He foiled the Laredo counterfeiting plant flooding Texas with high quality fake silver dollars. Clifford, detailed in Nueva Leon street, began surveying the town and identifying the sources of the bogus coins.
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Obert J. Clifford
United States Secret Service
Laredo
Texas
Clifford
Nueva Leon Street
Payton the Assayer Befriends a Secret Service Man
Clifford the detective befriends Ezra K Payton the Laredo assayer and learns he knows the Daly case while Payton’s laundress Teresa distracts with a flirtatious exit. A midnight hold up reveals Payton’s true betrayal and Clifford’s suspicions prove correct saving the day.
Practical Farm Tips for Calves Gates Poultry and Hog Care
A collection of farming advice covers calf rearing with clean troughs sound grain and salt, milk handling in cold air and shade, and gate construction to prevent sagging. It also advises on preparing poultry for market avoiding strong odors in feed and warns on hog cholera control with isolation cleaning disinfection and lime use.
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Susie
Coccaran
New York Tribune
H. L. Russell
Wisconsin University
Orange Judd
Interior design notes modernizing old bath and living spaces
A New York Tribune style column advises balancing simplicity with restrained elegance in homes. It suggests updating wooden tubs with white interiors, coordinating wall colors and curtains, and using airy canopies, chintz fabrics, and decorative shelves. It emphasizes harmony over bold contrasts and notes current fondness for antiques.
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New York Tribune
Roast Leg of Mutton and Savory Side Dishes from Jseh Mole
Roast leg of mutton with navy beans soaked overnight and served with pan gravy. Cream of chicory soup with chicory and milk base. Mushrooms baked in milk with bread crumbs. Douplings served with chicken made from butter, milk and flour with baking powder.
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Coitsu
Iiss
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James Webb JR
BRO
Arthur Stanley Riggs
Ezra K. Payton
Payton
Roberts
Tective
Secret Service
Daly
Mexico
Senorita
Senorita Teresa
Senor
Teresa
John H. Raftery
Chicago Record-Herald
Spain
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