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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
5
A bold sale notice from Thalman and Levi urges Kokomo shoppers to rush for underpriced winter goods before spring stock arrives. It touts drastic price cuts on items including a pleated Heather wool skirt 2.45, wool Panama skirt 4.49, and black taffeta silk dress skirts down to 5.10, promising more in a large clearance event.
Wool embroidery waistlines and pleated batiste waist styles priced at 2.95 with 7th marked, plus imported French flannel waists once $5 to 7.50 now 2.95, and a 10 inch flounce taffeta silk petticoat offered at 2.05 as dust cleared merchandise.
The Searchlight Sale slashes prices on a wide range of goods including prints, ginghams, Percales, blankets, linens, towels, damask, napkins, bedspreads, combs, hair pins, braids, laces, corset embroidery, and more. Heavy discounts promise substantial savings across fabrics, apparel, and household items with numerous items quoted at low cents per yard or per piece.
Thalman & Levi promote a sweeping winter sale with deep discounts on suits coats and furs. The catalog lists 50 suits at 1.95 from higher prices, several lots of coats and jackets at reduced prices, silk chiffon velvet suits half price, fur bargains with discounted sable coney opossum sets and chinchilla fur sets. Displayed in the north show window with a right now hard sell tone.
Readable catalog notes lace curtains priced as low as 39 cents and 69 cents, yard wide scrim and Madras fabrics, floor oil cloth and linoleum discounts, blankets and comforts reduced, with multiple price points and terms.
Full pound basement Cotton Bat items include enameled 14 quart dishpans at 19 cents first Anais, 25 cent washboards, Ivory soap at 7 for 25 cents, large enameled washpans eight cents, gas mantels five to twenty five cents for six, coffee per pound ten cents, cold blast lanterns sixty cents, mill file asbestos mat twenty four cents, lunch boxes ten cents, alcohol stove sixteen cents, Rogers Bros Teaspoons six for five cents, ball bluing thirty four cents, wooden mixing bowl eight cents, unhandled white caps and saucers six sets fifteen cents, handled white cups and saucers thirty two cents a set, one gallon coal oil can ten cents, handy soap per cake one cent, pint tin cups one cent, mouse traps one cent, jappanned dust pans ten cents.
A catalog of dress fabrics and silk items with low sale prices. Plaid dress goods 19 cents a lot. Cravenette 56 inches wide 98 cents. cheviot 49 cents. evening shades French Crepe de Paris 79 cents. black Sicilian 52 inches 49 cents. silk and satin pieces offered at various discounted rates. Includes corset covers, drawers, gowns, skirts and Petticoats with prices ranging from 19 cents to about 2.45.
Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin offers free mailed trial tests of Catarrh Remedy known to druggists as Dr Shoop Catarrh Remedy. The advertisement claims the service is a no cost option for those seeking relief without purchase. It also promotes Manzan for piles with collapsible tubes and easy application, noting price due and guaranteed satisfaction.
An advertisement claims the syrup acts on the bowels to drive a cold from the body. It asserts the product contains no opiates, is pleasant to take, and is highly recommended for children. Sold at Swayzee's.
Short classified note offers a cook stove and baker at $8.00, originally $30.00, by Victor Thompson. An advertisement for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladders Pills claims relief for backache and weak kidneys, sold by Swayzee Bros.
Miss Maud Maris of Indianapolis visits her hometown this week. Local note highlights her return and absence from the city, with emphasis on Miss Maris as a social figure during the period.
To enjoy freedom from chilblains East Ovisfield Me writes about Bucklen's Arctic Salve. It is guaranteed for fever sores indolent ulcers pie wounds burns frost bites and skin diseases as a 25 cent remedy at Swayzee Bros. drug store.
Advertisement announces a monument in Montello granite offered for sale by Joek Myers of Kokomo with a bond guarantee from the quarry owner and manufacturers.
Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine resident L A Bartlett endorses Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming relief from biliousness malaria and constipation. The product is guaranteed and sold at Swayne Bros drug store.
The newly elected officers of the K of P lodge gave an oyster supper Tuesday night in their ball for their wives and sweethearts. All in attendance enjoyed the evening.
Advert says fever sores chronic sores should not be bedded. keep healthy by Chamberlains Salve described as superior for this purpose. Also touted for chapped hands sore nipples burns and other skin diseases. Sold by G. W. Kemp.
An advertisement from Kokomo features Dr Shoop's Restorative touted to strengthen stomach heart and kidney nerves. It claims weakness leads to organ failure and urges readers to request free samples via a postal request.
The medicine has earned wide reputation and extensive use for coughs and colds. It claims relief and is marketed as effective across the United States and beyond. Sold by local vendors including G. Wy and others.
Pickie McCoy has been on the sick list this week but is reported better now and back in normal health.
Secretary Wilson notes the law aims to inform customers about harmful drugs in medicines. It requires listing chloroform opium morphine and other habit forming drugs on labels. Chamberlain remedy makers do not use any of these drugs and claim their product is safely labeled.
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