14 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
1
In Smagerstown notices public publication deadlines are set as six cents weekly with ten prior hours, while unrelated snippets report the mayor’s stance on an electric question and a Venezuela update. The piece also cites Mr. Bryan denying a 1991 presidential run, urging loyalty to 1895 platforms and party leadership.
A public hearing is set for tonight to discuss the light and power issue raised by an 80 day order. Citizens seek clarity on city rights and the plant’s finances, defending the project as essential for street lighting and local revenue while opposing anti enterprise rhetoric.
Ancestral fashion showcase features a white foulard gown trimmed in black, with velvet bands and lace bodice, plus striped fishtail accents and frilled sleeves. Adds new dina red whirls, malas with crepe trim, and a paragraph on bread as life. Lyons Dept Store promotes cozy fabrics and Niagara Falls excursion offers.
Mrs Robert Collinge of Palomas praises Bonn's Kidney Pills for backache and urinary trouble relief. After trying a box she experienced prompt relief with only brief recurrences. She recommends them to friends and notes Cook & Aros drug store and Patterson ship them, price sixities.
The store announces a rapid closing of the summer season with heavy discounts on wash goods, shirts waists, and summer curtains, inviting customers to buy nearly at cost as new fall stock arrives in two weeks. Nearby ads list services from bicycle repairs to insurance and photography, reflecting a bustling local storefront period.
A cluttered ad page lists furnishings and remedies. Vendors tout carpets, window shades, and millinery at 19 South Potomac Street. Dr George Qwing extols Foley's Kidney Cure with patient anecdotes. Local grocers and tailors promote prices, neckwear, and horse gear. Jordan Springs travel offers and a druggist advert conclude the notice.
Readable fragment shows Chicago grain markets with August quotations including open high and low prices for Lew tam and Gorn, with September futures mentioned. Partial data suggests a busy trading day summary from a historical market report.
A garbled market report lists various items and prices with numerous illegible words. The piece hints at per bushel and per pound pricing for commodities while mentioning several place names and individuals, all in a disordered OCR fragment. The readable elements suggest a market update with fluctuating values and competing goods.
Ad offers a adored hats and new season millinery at remarkably low prices. Sale features white felt boating hats, flowers, baby caps, and summer fashions. Miss Dunctans advertises from the Kobler Building with limited stock and bold reductions.
A report from New York details an appointed trustee for the estate, with ratification of terms and a promise of settlement. The document, dated around August, notes the sale and distribution plan, plus a court confirmation of the conveyance and payments to beneficiaries.
The ad touts a rapid sale of summer merchandise with extremely low prices. It highlights yard goods, lawns, crepons, percales, madras, parasols, and shirt waists at steep markdowns, with several items priced per yard and others by piece, urging quick purchases to capitalize on scarce, time-limited opportunities.
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