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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1902
Page
4
Catalog of clothing deals includes 25 percent discounts on jackets and furs, $20 automobile coats, $15 coats, $12 and $9 to $10 price points, a special lot of thirty jackets selling for $3.98, fur collars marked down to $4.50, and related markdowns across several inventory items.
The advertisement lists discounted prices for gowns and blankets with multiple price points. Items include ladies gowns in various sizes, children’s gowns, skirts, and a range of cotton to all wool blankets. The exact figures are scattered and partially illegible but indicate widespread reductions.
Plattsmouth merchants advertise cigars, lamps, laces, linens, shirts, underwear, and a wide range of goods at Gering Co and the Variety store. Local residents visit, sell, and trade, with news of deaths, marriages, sales, and a Burlington excursion to Florida.
J L Young of Murray sold goods at auction last Saturday with some items fetching above store prices. The event drew buyers who credited the auctioneer for strong results as the day wore on.
Washington dispatches report Congressman Burkett seeks reappointment for Postmaster C V Hay of Weeping Water with Hay’s term expiring the 14th and no opposition. Weeping Water lumber firm sold to Linderman Bros of Lincoln for inventory work. Five Philpot family members ill with smallpox seek nurse. C C Baldwin injured fingers at corn shredder. fear of loss. County leaders question Bartley release motive. Grandma Buck visits Murray relative Uncle Geo Shrider recovering from back injury.
Cement dominates building in South Africa with public, storage and housing projects coated in cement. Malays form most masons, skilled in their craft and delivering neat work. Cement also underpins aqueducts, wharves, chimneys, and walls.
Miss Anna Boedeker of Gage county visits with Mrs. Schaefer and family this week. Many local youths attended the Cedar Creek masquerade ball last Saturday. The sale at John Norris' was well attended. Revival meetings at Otterbein draw large attendance. Will and Henry Wenke visit Stanton. John Young sold his livery barn at Murray to Nick Klaurens. Several area farmers sold corn this week and are shelling and delivering. George Svanacer and Anna Hennings visited Murray on Tuesday.
T W Davis of Murray leaves for Lincoln to study medicine and graduate this year. W H Lopp reports a bicycle accident on a slippery hill. E D VanCourt pursues a large crushed stone contract to employ many workers. F L Nutzman buys one hundred head of steers for feeding. Wm Newman sells a horse for 375 to Bert Dunn. A traveling man at the depot claims to be the last populist in the United States seeking shows at 25 000 a year. Dr Pollard enjoys a rabbit’s foot trend for luck.
Elmwood plans an acetylene gas plant to light streets, business districts, and residences. J. E. Noyes will install the system, with twelve to twenty lights at crossings. Other items include health trip to Pasadena for Dr. Alton, library additions, property purchases, livestock thefts, and local travels.
Over three days a man paid $7.50 in the evening after Jim Banning received $75 on a long running account. In the morning, Jim collected another payment. Two young doctors visited last Tuesday looking for a location but did not find any cemeteries on the nearby hills and proceeded to Union.
H G Wiggins and Mrs Henry Fender were called to Lilinuis by telegram regarding their mother dying. M J Burns shows improvement after pleurisy. Chase Gardner passed the civil service exam for a mail clerk job. Mrs John Q Adams visits Plattsmouth. Uncle Jake Ryan faces toe gangrene. amputation planned. Dr Neely of Elmwood assisted by Dr Muir.
J D Sumner sold a fine team of three year old colts last Tuesday for 3175 dollars. Uncle Jake is greatly improved after the operation.
For two weeks farmers report a bright light appearing at various sites between 11 and 12, vanishing when investigated and reappearing elsewhere up to a mile away, unsettling residents while a Buffalo school house literary society meets weekly north of Louisville.
A forged $10 check case ends with arrest and $9.60 recovered as the offender awaits a preliminary trial before county jail prep for spring term. Greenwood Opera House advances toward completion with a large crew. R A Miller departs for Mexico. Hanson Buck blacksmith shop burns, total loss $200 to $300 with mystery arson. R E Coleman buys Austin Nelson’s 120 acre farm for $6,500 nine miles north.
The Glenwood Tribune notes Seth Hunt reports an unparalleled car count at Pacific Junction. From Friday 7 PM to Saturday 6 PM a total of 1,420 freight cars entered or left the yard, illustrating remarkable rail activity in a 23 hour window.
During the holiday season Pearlman offers a thirty percent reduction from current prices on all furniture in stock. The sale aims to reduce stock and quality goods are offered at unusually low prices. For rockers dining room sets beds and other furniture this is a rare opportunity to buy cheaply.
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