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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
3
The four co ordinate bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Southern jurisdiction plan a February 19 to 21 reunion at the Davenport Temple to confer degrees from the fourth to the 22d and a large class of candidates is expected.
A year after launch Stuart's Catarrh Tablets claim national reach with 80 million population. Advertised as containing antiseptics like red gum and blood root, the tablets are praised by physicians and users for safe relief, including children. Full-sized boxes sell for 50 cents. send for a free book from F. A. Stuart Co.
Foreman Harry Anthony departs for Wichita to take duties with Wichita Manufacturing after recent purchase by C. L. Grimes and James Warren. Deed transfers ownership of the Hemenway property to International Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association with annuity payments to Mrs. Mary Stewart. Tri-City Railway plans well remedy at Prospect Park. Miller Co. of Chicago loads machinery. Memorial services for President McKinley set for Lincoln's Birthday with school guidance. Hawthorn home sold to First Congregational church. occupant to remain. Frank D. Sible assumes H. R. Albrecht grocery stock. Coyne store fixtures to be installed. Building and Loan officers reelected. High School Weekly News editors resign. new editors named. Christchurch guild officers elected. Jersey milkman Tom Stewart loses valuable horse. George E. Holt buys interest in Union News Depot. firm renamed Watters & Holt. Mrs. Freda Benedix dies at 404 Eleventh Street. survived by three children, a sister in Germany, nineteen grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren. funeral Monday at 2 PM.
A promotional notice urges readers to buy and try Cascarets Candy Cathartic tonight. The ad claims genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. are available at all druggists and not sold in bulk, and also pitches subscribing to The Argus.
A local store advertises deep discounts to clear inventory including Cheney Bros. silk velvets, umbrellas, infant shoes, ladies stockings, k id slippers, and table linens. Prices from 6c to 2k dot the multiple bargains targeting quick turnover among spring stock and assorted goods.
About 75 top woven willow clothes baskets in three sizes priced 40 50 and 60 cents each. A crate of English oyster bowls decorated in colors offered at five cents each plus matching oatmeal saucers. Also 25 elegant 12 piece toilet sets with gold or printed color bands offered at five dollars each.
Men's shoes 83c and women's shoes 96c appear in a January clearance ad. The text markets heavy 1.50 solid leather shoes for race or congress, and a range labeled as all solid leather Dongola kid shoes at 06c to clear quickly up to 96c, highlighting multiple price points and quick stock clearance.
Sale highlights price cuts across items including percale wrappers to 9c flannellette wrappers to 85 and 1.1 for flannelette. Tennis night gowns advertised at 66c, anne night Taguig eg from 1.25 1.45 to D4c. One sacques discounted along the line.
Inventory lists several broken lots of patent leather shoes, fine Dongola kid and calf skin shoes with rope extension soles. Early buyers may find two good assortments in multiple sizes at 1.69 dollars. Children's black and colored ties with turned soles offered at 39 cents.
Clearing sale offers deep discounts on children coats and hosiery. Coats priced from 8.00 to 15.00 are cut to 6.50 and 4.75 to 3.62, with many items marked down further. Hosiery includes heavy ribbed wool pairs at 10c and elastic ribbed cotton hose at 13c to 7c.
Broad selection of sheetings and muslin offered at deep cuts with prices from 5c to 8c per yard. Fine dress fabrics including 36 to 38 inch materials, Jacquards, Henriettas, and plaids in stock. All on one counter with many pieces from 39c to 75c value now offered at 25c.
Books cleared for quick sale include soiled or damaged items from December. Cook Books priced at 4percent, Redemption of Bound Books by known authors offered. Items range from 10¢ to 15¢ with illustrations.
Glove bargains offer $1.00 and $1.26 values for 65 cents per pair. The sale includes mussed and soiled lots and items that have been used in trim, mostly in good condition, needing quick closure to finish the liquidation.
A general clearance advertises blankets at 39c and 29c each, with 200 extra heavy southern fleece blankets in 11-4 and 12-4 sizes marked 1.25 and 1.98, now 39c and 29c. Also offered are all wool Brussels and Oriental patterned rugs, velvet rugs, Bromley's Smyrna rugs, cane seat dining chairs at 79c, and velvet Brussels hassocks at half price.
A rough sale note lists curtains rope portieres tapestry and lace at bargain prices. Items include rope portieres valued at 2.00 and curtains on offer at one dollar fifteen cents, with odds and overstocks described.
Yard wide ingrain carpets in standard makes priced at 59c 47c 88c and 25c Extra Brasses carpets in parlor hall and stair patterns 58c and 48c Ingrain carpets six patterns 24c and 1740 Best mattings reduced to as low as 27 cents to the yard
The advertisement promotes a clearing sale on waists of various fabrics. French flannel waists worth 2/25 are downsized to 96c, corduroy and velvet waists drop from 4.50–6.00 to 2.98, and silk waists in black and colors sell for 2.75.
A selection of walking suits described as storm wear ready, including brown blue and black satin lined options. Prices start around 6.87 with values up to 13.50 and 14.50 for finer pieces from the Stonnings sale featuring basket and covert styles.
A large sale offers wool mix vests and heavy fleece lined pants in nearly all sizes at less than cost. Golf gloves and mittens drop from 39c to 25c a pair, corsets clear at 25c, No. 447 P. N. corset 79c, children's Ferris waists 25c, and about eighty styles of corsets in varied lengths colors and qualities marked down for the event.
About 20 dozen Wilson Bros fine percale and madras dress shirts with two cuffs, originally priced at $1.00 and $1.50, are reduced to 50 cents to clear stock. Styles include perfect fit, custom made, and are divided roughly evenly between the $1 and $1.50 lines. Act quickly to secure these bargains.
A sale offers heavy fleece lined men's underwear at 39c with large stock causing price cuts. Men's Scotch flannel shirts in patterns and steam shrunk range from 79c to 1.45 due to broken sizes and prices.
Here's your chance to stock up on high grade blankets for stable or street. All kinds of lap robes offered at extremely low figures. Examples include 75 heavy full strapped horse blankets valued at 1.45 priced at .98 and 50 square horse blankets at 1.15 for .79. Plush lap robes 35 at 2.75, many smaller lots priced proportionally to clear quickly.
Stacks of 34c children’s underwear in small sizes with many items broken price tags. Fleeced ribbed shirts and drawers mostly large sizes left at 12c each. Mittens, all wool, 5c pair. misses wool mittens 25c, 152 dozen total clearing at 10c. Watches and jewelry on sale with 8 day wood clocks 2.50, gold filled watches 9.50, hair ornaments 68c to 3.00.
A local sale advertises a Notions clearing with items like fancy hose supporters at 20c, leather pocketbooks at 50c, Velveteen skirt binding at 3c per yard, hooks and eyes at 4c, shell hair pins per dozen at 10c, cabinet pins at 5c, hair curlers at 2c, assorted brushes up to 1.00 for 45c, toilet paper per package 3c, belts up to 1.50 for 47c, pearl buttons at 20c per gross and 2c per dozen.
After inventory wreckage, one or two color leftovers from lines are priced at 50 cents to 1.75 dollars. Selections include 60-inch Venetians at 1.00, 54-inch homespans at 1.50, 48-inch English whipcards, 56-inch heavy walking skirt cloths, tibelines at 1.75, and other high class fabrics in 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 value range.
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