Announcement of Fall Mens and Childrens Clothing Bargains
An early notice announces fall bargains in men and boys clothing as the store highlights a few key offers. The message signals upcoming sales with emphasis on weather appropriate apparel.
08 Oct 1896
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1896
Page
1
An early notice announces fall bargains in men and boys clothing as the store highlights a few key offers. The message signals upcoming sales with emphasis on weather appropriate apparel.
An ad promotes mens overcoats including all wool Beaver Dress and Kersey Dress overcoats at sale prices. Beaver Dress coats priced at $8.00, noted as a former $10.00 quality. Kersey Dress coats offered at $10.00, with earlier prices listed from $12 to $15.
Osceola and surrounding Polk County residents attend McKinley club meetings with plans for encampments and speeches by Congressman Hainer. Local sales, cattle trades, charity efforts by Neb Children's Home Society, and farewell gatherings for Phillip Schmidt highlight community life.
Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the Bank of Shelby was entered through a northwest window. Thieves dug into the vault and blew off the safe door, stealing cash, a silver and three watches, with others ruined. Two suspects described and a $50 reward offered.
A satirical column titled A FEW OBSERVATIONS mocks Bryan and McKinley in light of Arkansas returns, noting oddities in politics and social gossip. The piece paints a chaotic domestic scene and hints at public reaction to election results with sharp humor.
The Ladies' McKinley Club forms with 170 members all above voting age and living within close proximity. The piece hails the club as the most handsome in town and pledges support for McKinley with spirited zeal and readiness to back him.
On Wednesday evening in Osceola the Republican meeting drew a large crowd at the opera house. Hon. W S Summers spoke against the Bryan faction noting state rights and civil service planks. Joe Miller, the Republican nominee for state senator, spoke before Summers to applause as the Platte Club and Shelton band provided music and a parade greeted attendees.
A Chinaman in Olympia discusses politics and coins a campaign badge. He explains he prefers the Republican path for jobs and money, noting Democrats failed to provide work in the past and Republicans would bring work for all.
Reporters describe William J. Bryan's Washington trip as exhausting him and souring his mood. In Wilmington he delivered a harsh tirade attacking ministers for supporting honesty and credit in public and private life.
The republican electors of Hackberry Precinct will hold a caucus Friday October 9 at 4 p m at the usual voting place to nominate a precinct ticket erect delegates to a county convention and transact any other business before it. A H Bracnes Committeeman.
Governor Charles Culbertson warned democratic circles at Cedar Point that fusion between Republicans and Populists could defeat Bryan electors in Texas. He made no mention of Bismarck's letter and acknowledged his earlier translation was misleading. He proceeded to Corpus Christi for an evening speech.
Dentist HH UW Sawyer in Henderson's Block Osceola Neb promotes a gold based dental protective system. He touts crowns caps and fillings as a universal safeguard against dental decay and general ill effects urging action before a stated date and inviting patients to visit rooms 9 and 10 for treatment.
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