Blankets and Comfortables Offered at Deep Seasonal Reductions
A jobber reduced stock before invoicing and passed savings to buyers. Prices span from 25 to 334 percent below early season levels as late purchases arrive in the line.
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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
4
A jobber reduced stock before invoicing and passed savings to buyers. Prices span from 25 to 334 percent below early season levels as late purchases arrive in the line.
An advertisement touts a large underwear assortment for men and women. It claims unbeatable city prices and positions the seller as a headquarters in this class of goods.
A large shipment of factory samples of gloves mittens and caps is offered at half the usual wholesale price enabling one half of the regular retail price. Call to be convinced as hundreds have recently.
A large social gathering last Thursday at the home of W. E. Parling drew over seventy attendees. Hewitt's band provided music as guests enjoyed oysters fruits and a long night of dancing and recaptured pleasures.
Nearly all local farmers have finished corn gathering with favorable weather. Weeping Water merchants plan a bargain day sale aligned with Plattsmouth and Nebraska City. Will Foster was ill most of last week. Chas Banning and family left for Germantown to visit friends. Stella Banning clerks in E G Kings drug store. Plattsmouth telephone company quarrels with South Omaha city council over entry terms.
Cold weather approaches and a local retailer promotes seal brand underwear for ladies and children. The sale is offered by Zuckweiler and Lutz on South Sixth Street with emphasis on seasonal comfort and availability.
Plattsmouth merchants offer clocks, Castoria, novelties, dolls, linings, and undergarments. Gering & Co and Crabill's jewelers advertise discounts, engraved gifts, and Kodak sales. Local residents Nehawka and Elmwood visitors frequent shops as funeral notices and a smallpox quarantine update appear in town news.
Maple Grove reports a lively social week with many attending the Parmele theatre Monday night. Will Puls and Richard Williams joined the Cedar Creek dance on Thanksgiving, while Crede Harris plans a Cedar county trip. Corn shelling occupies local farmers, and George and Phillip Hild visited Plattsmouth on Thanksgiving. A large crowd attended A. S. Will’s horse sale at Eight Mile Grove Friday. Mr and Mrs John Young visited Charles Boedeker Sunday. Julius Ragoos and Mary Engelke meyer were Thanksgiving visitors at Plattsmouth. Norris visited Uncle Ham. Crabill promotes a rings assortment in town.
Union ledger reports a near disaster when Jesse Dysart crossed tracks without noticing an approaching switch engine. He jerked his horses free just as the engine passed. Other items include post office appointment for Wm. A. Taylor, a horse sale with suspected poisoning, and local calls for a new town hall.
Elmwood telegraph posts gained five new telephones last week with over $200 spent on repairs and improvements. Plans call for a five and a half mile extension into the country to serve farmers. Local injuries include John Turnbull’s hand shredder accident and Peter Eveland’s eye injury from a corn stalk blade. Standard Oil considers deliveries from Ashland to nearby towns. supply may dwindle in bad roads. Turner Zink family moved into the former A Mueller residence. Weigert Kunz and Dreamer shingled a new barn. scaffolding collapse caused minor bruises. Coon Stoeher plans Oklahoma move with Ernest Hayes. Kodak Christmas gift advertised via Gering & Co.
The Courier reports highly interesting Thanksgiving programs at public schools with praise for teachers and appreciation from parents and visitors who attended. A Rock Island freight wreck near Meadow injured seven box cars loaded with California fruit, furniture, oil, and pig iron, derailing trains entering the yard.
Jim Murphy, riding with a faulty neck yoke on a hill near John Group’s farm, lost control as the buggy toppled at the road foot. Charley Garlach, driving ahead, halted to help Murphy, escaping injury though his buggy suffered serious damage.
Ed R. Sizer will be named post master at Lincoln under a promise by Congressman Burkett from three years ago when Sizer ran his campaign. The Nebraska City News notes growing friendly ties between Nebraska City and Plattsmouth and upcoming Pioneer association meeting in Lincoln filed January 14 at the University chapel.
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