21 Aug 1872
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Newspaper
Petersburg Index
Location
Petersburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1872
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR lists various whiskies and other spirits with quantities and brands including Robertson, Weems, Mount Pleasant, Fulcher Bowman's Virginia Whisky, and Blackberry Brandy, plus tobaccos and ginger, offered at Baltimore prices.
The Daily Index reports on circulating campaign papers attacking Greeley as a secessionist and criticising his war debts stance, while notes on Charles O Conor’s potential nomination at the Louisville Convention surface. Also covered are claims of Grant administration cabinet shifts and Maine visit implications, plus a fraud case involving a William Anderson impostor aided by British North American banks.
A store announces a general reduction on a wide stock of dry goods after purchasing all stock on favorable terms. Items include silks, grenadines, laces, linens, cottons, muslins, and accessories, with discounts around twenty five to thirty percent, and numerous yardage and per dozen price points highlighted. Named fabrics span black grenadines, silk stripes, plaid Japanese silks, lawn, Swiss muslin, cambrics, cottons, and linens.
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