Local Grocery Items and Prices From 1902 Ad
An old classified ad fragment lists items like cigars and tobacco, imported lunches, white wine, olives, and preserves. It mentions fruit and vegetable selections, home-made confections, and a complete house set including carpets and a spring wagon harness. Names include Hawley Bros and J. M. Leezer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joerger’s
Martin's
Fam Bakery
Mily Grocery
Younger & Son
Hawley Bros
Phillips
J. M. Leezer
Pendleton shops advertise groceries and services
Crowded notices list poultry and fish sellers, fresh fruit, coffee, cigars, and tobacco shops, shoe stores, and hotel staffing. Real estate for sale, rental listings, hats, confections, and artwork at local merchants. A court fine and a furniture purchase are noted alongside a 800 acre wheat farm for sale and lodging house listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle's
Whitaker
Castle
M Gratz's
Hawley Bros
Grege
Younger & Son's
Hotel Pendleton
Selbert & Shhulz
Kent
Cottonwood Street
Chris
Ranley
Jack Candish
Patton
A. Nelson
Webb Street
Lee Teutsch
Rihorn & Cook
Taylor Building
F. S. Younger & Son
Delta Candy Factory
Pendleton
Lee Teutech
Jack Brown
Robrman
Edith Cook
Brock & McComas’ Drug Store
Thomas Means
Delta
Two Islands
Condon
B. P. Roe
Nelf’s Nation
Oregon
William Alberts jailed for drunkenness on city sidewalks
The article notes William Alberts was asked to pay five dollars for public intoxication after being found sleeping on a sidewalk. Lacking funds, he was taken to jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Alberts
Two Islands
Thomas Condon
University of Oregon
Kirkman
Ira Hughes
C. H. Roffner
Eastman Kodak Company
Penileton
Brock & McComas Co
Promoter quip on capital stock and the Bey
A Baltimore American cartoon quote shows two promoters debating capital stock at one billion dollars. The first asks to set the cap high and the second, typing a prospectus, replies that it can be increased by hitting the Bey a few more times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Devoted Father Dawsons Praised for Child Credit
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt portrays a devoted father famed for pride in his children. He often imagines clever quips to credit them, sometimes joking about shouldering debts to think up lines. The piece highlights familial affection and witty generational admiration.
Maple Syrup Production Highlighted in Geauga County
Geauga county leads Ohio in maple syrup output per square mile, while Vermont faces extensive bogus syrup trade. The fake product known as Pure Vermont Maple is sold across the West and East, including Obie and other cities, under various misleading labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geauga Counity
Ohio
Vermont
Obie
Obie Farmer
Dow's Ointment Promises Instant Skin Relief
An advertising notice touts Dow's Ointment as the sole safe, unfailing remedy to stop itchiness and eczema on any body part. Free samples offered at Brack & McComas' drug store, dated Monday September 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow
Brack & McComas
Storage Fire Proof Warehouse Ad Vid In 1850s Style
An aged classified ad lists a storage warehouse offering reasonable rates and contact via Tom Smart at the warehouse rear of Standard Grocery. It mentions a free concert prep and a misread line about Fisher Million, a South Carolina man, tried for vagrancy and ordered into forced labor for 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Smart
Fisher Million
South Carolina
Pendleton Day Special Rate For Spokane Interstate Fair
Spokane Western Interstate Fair runs October 6 to 14 with Pendleton Day on October 8. O R and N Co offers a round trip Spokane to fair plus admission for 6.50, valid through October 16. Ira Julian of Helix earns a free $50 American School of Correspondence scholarship in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
North Pacific
Ira Julian
Helix
American School of Correspondence
Boston
Julia
Dressed and undressed dolls and new goods offered
A compact classified item notes new goods including bisque rubber and rag dolls in dressed and undressed forms. It advertises ladies pocket books and men’s purses priced at 45 cents or less, plus 12 lead pencils at five cents and slate pencils at five cents, with pen holders and pens available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G&c
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gigaver Bros. Dry Goods Company
Hunziker
Door
Alexander
Baslers Bargain House
Joseph Cunha
Echo
Homer
A. C. Koeppen & Bros
Maine
Cape Ann
Cape Aun
Towa
Alabama
Peoples Warehouse
Monte Carlo
Butterick
Man
Peoples
Pocket Books
Sanford
Stafford
Carter
Diamond
Barnes
Arnold
Thomas
Frederick Nolf
To &Se
Santa Claus Headquarters
The
Gue LA Fontaine
CROWNER _ BROS Telephone
Portland Business College
Park and
Washington Streets
A. PF. Armstrong, LL
Princely
Baker & Folsom
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