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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1891
Page
1
To meet growing demand the firm has converted the first floor to show fine Carpets Curtains and Tapestries. A new carpeted rear display area for Curtains and Tapestries has been added and stock enlarged. The shop now boasts one of the finest Carpet Rooms in Northern Ohio and markets as an exclusive Carpet and Upholstery House in the county.
Our complete line of Chinese and Japanese mattings offers cool comfort for hot weather. Beautiful patterns include checks, stripes, plaids, and solid colors. No local stock compares with ours.
Long note from D McLewell urges shoppers to buy dry goods at fair prices, highlighting constant market updates and superior value. It touts discounts on Chantilly Lace Flouncings, tropical-weight fabrics, Muslin Flouncings, silk and chiffon blends, and a wide summer fabric assortment, inviting new customers to begin trading.
A merchant extols a broad array of fabrics and furnishings from moquettes to silk dresses, lace curtains, and embroidery rugs. The ad touts high quality goods, long-standing supplier relations, and a pledge of courteous, profitable service to visitors and buyers.
We are still paying in goods one hundred cents on the dollar for every dollar you leave at our store. Our stock is complete in pure drugs patent medicines perfumery toilet and fancy goods brushes paints oils cigars and more. We will get anything not in stock on short notice. Specializing in trusses supporters and shoulder braces with guaranteed satisfaction. Hart. The Druggist.
A fragmented 19th century tale recounts the Hartley tragedy and Veronica Lester's deathbed romance. Veronicas sister Irene later reveals the surviving survivor, now married, after a tale of mistaken love, guilt, and lasting partnership. The article also notes a court ruling on a groom's mustache and shipping statistics.
Louis Franz, a night clerk at the Grand, recounts an eerie incident: a sleeping man, angered by a past loss in a game, brandished a six shooter and demanded $300. Franz doused him with water, awakening the man who then apologized, revealing a desire to confront the hotel adversary. The tale closes with the man, once a victim, now a friend.
A Kansas frontier writer notes similarities between a sod house and a Greenland Eskimo dwelling. Both use rough granite and layered walls, similar overall size and structure, differing mainly in inner burrow placement in the Eskimo bow.
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