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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1891
Page
1
To meet growing trade, the first floor now features finer carpets and curtains with a rear display area for curtains and tapestries. Expansion includes a larger stock and a new carpet room, aiming to be the exclusive carpet and upholstery house in the county and nearby.
Advertises mattings in checks stripes plaids and solids. Claims superior stock to local offers and highlights comfort for hot weather with a variety of patterns and colors.
The store advertises its largest ever stock of shades and fixtures with a wide range of carpets, rugs, draperies, and upholstery materials from Moquettes to Jute Goods. It emphasizes quality over glittering generalities, inviting inspections and promising pleasant, profitable visits.
Dick and Kitty share a dreamy scene with Grandma in the snowy twilight. The old woman smiles, memories rising as she teases about joining them, while the youngsters hint at a faraway plan with Malcolm Douglas in Puck and a hopeful moment lingers by the window.
Alix Ames clashes with sister Ellen over housekeeping and a cluttered room as Uncle Eben returns from New Mexico and later falls ill. Alix’s defiant generosity backfires, reveals family poverty, and tests loyalties amid a summer boarder plan at Amescroft farm. Ellens engagement to Henry Lucas adds strain to the strained household.
Alix discovers opals among her late Uncle Eben s minerals hidden in the gooseberry bushes. John Lytton claims an oriental opal in the rough, and Alix contemplates her inheritance after nearly discarding the stones. Ellen s gentle words saved her from folly as prized jewels surface from old treasures.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows two tramps sharing a frugal meal on a docked shade. They mock a Rockefeller bounty proposal while pondering divine justice, then pray as their rant ends with a note on English words lacking rhymes and a list of examples.
Young immigrant arrives in New York with little means and seeks work at W. & Co. He persuades a merchant to lend him funds by claiming the boss sent him. The bold ask leads to a job, with the boy returning to present a check and being offered a desk and work.
A Philadelphia Record snippet recounts a guest at a New Yorker’s country seat critiquing ostentation, from views of the river to stable costs, wine and a peach price claim. The table debate ends with a guest deeming three peaches an excessive sum, then departs. The piece also notes a fad claiming a hair on a string reveals ages via a glass test, to be hung on belief in Philadelphia’s social scene.
A prince among lazy men sits on a resort veranda ignoring headlines and clocks. After ten minutes he yawns and debates whether to read the office clock or wait for the town clock to strike. A bettor asks what he will decide and he answers with a final plan to wait as no one will wait three hours to settle bets.
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