Local Stores Offer Wide Assortment of Goods
An advertisement notes a store claiming to have the best assortment of goods and tempting prices. It urges readers to glance at the prices below and compare with other shops.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
5
An advertisement notes a store claiming to have the best assortment of goods and tempting prices. It urges readers to glance at the prices below and compare with other shops.
Tuesday October 23 sets the scene with a choice line from the sample and a request to please you with jackets capes and collarlets from base.
We are agents for Broadhead Dress Goods offering popular colors with prices from 25c to $1.50 per yard. 2,000 yards Standard Prints and 800 yards Flanders Cloth available. Also remnants of black goods at 7c and 9c per yard with school dress fabrics noted.
The formal opening was a grand success and the store will continue its opening during the season.
The listing advertises Canton flannels at various prices per yard from 6c to 12c with storm flannel for skirts at 15c. Also offered are jackets and skirts, black brocades, ladies gloves, and a sample line of caps, all promoted at low costs and factory rates.
Advertisement notes closing out entire line of stoves washing machines and other hardware at cost. Mentions prices such as a $15 double barreled gun and a $12 item with several items listed at low cash-out figures. Includes manufacturer's cost phrasing and sample goods.
The Kackley News reports three inches of rain on Saturday night. Sheriff Brown arrested a joint keeper. Tulip and its contents were moved to Belleville. New joint construction begins as locals discuss politics and McKinley Bryan sentiments.
Hon F B Dawes former Kansas attorney general will lecture at City Hall on the evening of November 1 . All are invited to attend.
On October 20 Peter Shotsman turned ninety with neighbors gathering Friday evening to honor him. They left tokens of good will to ease this coming winter as he remains hale at about seventy five years old and may reach the century.
An advertisement touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the best known cure for piles and relief from skin eruptions burns and sores with a warning to beware counterfeit versions pushed by A P Happer.
A collage of Paris notes shows Mme Loubet protected by a bicycle guard and raincoat exchanges, a jailer’s ride in a Black Maria, and Baron Cristiani’s misadventure. It also recalls Sarcey’s auctioned studio furniture and a Winter 1897 injury tale from Clay County West Virginia where James Reed found relief with Chamberlain's Pain Balm after failed liniments.
A fragment highlights regional trade among Colorado, Wyoming and Missouri. The text mentions M A Preste and a broader focus on commerce across western states.
The Republic County teachers association met in Republic City on October 20 with about forty teachers and guests. Prof. Morris led a history lesson, a school dinner funded the event, and Miss Andrews and Miss Austin presented papers on music and library upkeep. Discussions covered child education aims, reading, arithmetic, and penmanship, with Belleville earning lemon drops for traveling far. adjournment set for Cuba.
A New York Tribune report notes British and German firms control much of the Lagos and southern Nigeria spirits trade. Steemers from Hamburg carried about 1,000 tons of gin and rum to West Africa, with another vessel doubling that amount. The trade involves large English and German firms.
John Glenn of Urbana Ohio died after a life of eccentric vows. He refused to wear a coat for twenty years and later vowed not to leave his house for twenty years becoming a voluntary prisoner of his own making.
The White Ants of Manila feed on wood and bore holes from the outside. They invade in thousands and destroy furniture, reducing chairs to shells. Often they devour chair legs, causing a sitter to collapse to the floor.
The Cuban postal service employs 750 workers with 104 in the depactiont Readquarters and the Havana postoffice. There are 273 Badet in charge of Cubans.
Fragmentary notice advertises Krause’s Cold Cure as an infallible remedy. It mentions selling location Ae St. White and cautions proper care in treating a bad cold.
Mr Jo F Eastman of Marysville California extols Krause Headache Capsules. He says they alleviated severe headaches after trying other remedies and notes the product is sold by A J White.
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