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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
1
In a lively survey from May 8 1889 A. T. Smith notes the ongoing house cloning trend and the influx of attractive erotic goods bought in the Eastern market. He contrasts masculine household wealth with fashion and value across recent imports.
Local shop promotes a spring upholstery display with Carpets Curtain material and a wide range of fabrics and draperies. It promises 1 cent value per dollar spent, highlights moquettes velvets and tapestries, and invites customers to view the large, elegant offerings for Hulls and Stairs and home furnishings.
A retailer touts All Wool Suitings and various Priestley cloths including Priestley suitings in black and colors. Also advertised are American and French satins, ginghams, seersuckers, lawns, summer flannels, Swiss and black lace flouncings, beaded wraps, broadcloth, and jackets in black and colors. The store claims the prettiest jackets in the city and invites customers to see broadcloth jackets before buying.
Dress trimmings and notion goods are advertised with silk gimps in many colors, Persian bands, trimming braids, girdles, and fancy ceilings. Selicias offerings claim a bent line of Selicias in town with ribbons in all shades. Corsets, ladies Jersey underwear in white, cream, pink and blue, kid, silk, lisle, and cotton gloves feature prominently.
An anecdotal split narrative blends a cockfighting scene with an early street charity tale. A tinker barber trades a rooster called Fighting Bob for cash while townsfolk debate betting, boxing wit and a lamp-lit barn test. A parallel tale follows Tad Linenin and his father Seward as they confront hunger among poor boys, ending with a moral about charity and Christian duty.
A collage of clipped anecdotes and sketches recounts officers and soldiers in parade and duty, describing their pomp versus practicality. It notes a lieutenant colonel’s portrait, field quirks, a wheelbarrow task, and a veteran tale of a treaty spot mislaid, with reflections on letters, risk, and social customs.
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