Boots and Shoes Store Ad Seeks Fair Prices
A fragmentary ad offers Indies and children’s shoes in all grades at competitive prices. It promises same prices as rivals and urges customers to stock up, mentioning a “fire horsing” misread as a misprint.
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1891
Page
1
A fragmentary ad offers Indies and children’s shoes in all grades at competitive prices. It promises same prices as rivals and urges customers to stock up, mentioning a “fire horsing” misread as a misprint.
Spurting ad copy promotes a broad millinery assortment with a focus on headwear and low prices. It mentions a large stock, stork line, and coinage bracen as part of the offerings, urging customers to visit before prices rise.
Fragmentary list of grocery items with brands and per unit prices. Mentions sugar flour tea coffee and eggs with unclear quantities and markets in Denver areas. Contains scattered brand names and pricing fragments.
The page records a montage of local items and personalities from Grand Prairie, including weather notes, farm and cattle mentions, residents traveling, and military staff movements. It also recounts a dramatic Sioux and Pawnee narrative told as historical myth, with Quintum gob Jollinequivelent and a quest for a healing fountain.
The Cheyenne County Commissioners met in Sidney on May 13 with present A Ho Frame ES Crigler and D Vanderhoof. Clerk D McAleese read the journal and accounts were audited with warrants ordered for labor, transportation, and various expenses. Several appointments and bids were considered including a constable for Camp Clarke precinct, a Soldier's Relief Committee member, and public notices. The record notes bids for grids, a contract awarded upon signature, and adjournment to May 27 1891. The issue references village ordinances, jail board interactions, and payrolls. the day closes with business on other local matters and a note on a social event in town.
Fragmentary ad copy promises boy's and men's suits hats caps boots and shoes trunks and furnishings under the Whitney and Lewin labels urging readers to visit for supply and satisfaction. The garbled text suggests a general merchandise promotion from a historical newspaper page.
An advertisement proclaims footwear warranties with bold claim of longer wear from brands, stating confidence in product quality and suggesting higher price justification. The text notes existing stock of fine goods available on hand for immediate sale.
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