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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1896
Page
5
The readable text references wool, suspenders, and price figures such as $1.50 and $1.75. It also mentions items like broad rib fabric, clothing, and a note about ready goods from a seller likely named Floto. The legible portion suggests a brief old advertising style listing several apparel items and their prices.
Horse doctor E Pearce family horse dies Thursday night. Timberlake Kendall store draws crowds with books bric a brac and art objects. John L D Jones sues Anna T L Robinson for partition of land in city. Davis Dunbar Kithcart Sweeney act as lawyers. Knox v Hunter case ends with sale at courthouse. Central W C T U meets. thanks given for telephone donation to Helping Hand Institution. Crowder told to leave town after failed robbery attempt. not guilty of larceny. Fire damages a residence west of the city. loss under $100. Train wrecking arrests reported near Wellsburg and East Palestine. Board of Health complaints on disease reporting by physicians. Miss Mary Riley dies. survived by mother and three sisters. River, Nov 1896 issue of Heuriac Hwinp lists contributors and charity meals. Car extension talks indicate tracks to Pleasant Heights area near cemetery. route via Seventh Street or Fourth Street extensions favored. Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph features Joseph J Gill of Steubenville as prominent banker and glass industry pioneer. Spinster club reserved seating at Steubenville Drug Store.
Attention all members of E M Stanton Post No 166 are urged to attend the next regular meeting on Monday evening for officer elections. Also note gifts for Christmas available at Mrs W H Burkes Art and Stamped Linens Scott Son Co. Carnegie gallery prize awards list Winslow Homer Carl Melchers J Levery J Raffaelli Cecelia Beaus with medals and cash sums for top works.
The Ladies Sewing Society meets Thursday at 1 30 in First Presbyterian parlors. Various churches list sermons, Sunday Schools, and Endeavor meetings with pastors and times. The Ministerial Association gathers Monday at 10 30, and many churches announce revival services, special topics, and upcoming events with brief agendas.
Forney store ad lists men’s outing night robes 30c at Scott's and ladies and gents felt boots 21.50 at Floto Hatterly's. Ladies fleece lined union suits 5c at Scott's. Pathfinders seating 30c lower floor, 1c and 20c gallery. Emphasizes Christmas stock and early buying with Santa basement goods at Svucz Bacner's.
A parade of in-town and visiting figures from Richmond Creswell Wintersville Warren Philadelphia and Columbus fill the day. Henry Wilson Kinsey Talbot Wim Rhinehart Bertha Boal Agnes Wells Tipton Means Ashley Cooper Whitcomb Hammond Cockins Robinson Hunt Whittaker Mansfield Dean Eaton ONeal Maxwell PoundstonJ B Salmon Mossgrove Rotaker and others appear in city on business visits social calls or transit through. The Adelphian bass W H Rotacker will aid Landlord Fellows at the Goucher hotel Toronto until mid month before joining a singing tour.
VAR-SIGHTED HEN Gentlemen who go to the expense of having their clothes made to order have a right to expect nothing short of the best that can be made. Gottmann's popular merchant tailoring establishment offers suits overcoats and trousers made without a flaw at moderate prices. Their extensive European imported stock includes the choicest materials in new colors and designs. A brief call will substantiate these claims.
Congregational Church ladies plan an artistic trades show while Sims Reeves the celebrated English tenor travels here aged over seventy. Carnegie Hall Pittsburgh to start Sunday with organ recitals on December 13. Pathfinders end opera house run with A Pair of Owls. Grandon duo perform Slaves of Gold Wednesday and Mrs Tom Thumb Friday and Saturday. Farmer Hall hosts exhibition and dance December 7 with 25 cent admission.
Our Toy Department is now open offering new dolls and novelties 33 percent cheaper than competitors. Highlights include low priced dolls, moccasin prices on hosiery, blankets and bric-a-brac, plus mentions of Foley's Kidney Cure and local merchants Cope & Co and R. J. Morrison.
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