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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
15
In a large selection Klein offers hats with varying brim widths and crown heights. The ad markets Hawes Stetson Gotham and Nox-All brands from $2.00 to $5.00, promising a fit for every head.
Mrs Kidney Young hosted a Bridge afternoon with prize won by Mrs Richard Dombacgh. Guests included Mrs Howard of Chicago and others. Upcoming meeting set for May 1 at Mrs Arthur Monesanger's home. Mrs G W Davis hosted IB club afternoon with embroidery and luncheon. next gathering at Mrs David Martin's East Center Street. Florence Stark entertained TA B club. next meeting in two weeks.
A four-man prank on Mike Fletcher the intended victim unfolds at the Little Beloto river. Otto Merkle and Mother Spring lure Fletcher while Spring guards the decoy rig. Fletcher, tipped by his wife, slips back and both sides realize the joke failed as Herman Feldner and Frank Miller arrive.
Store offers a March April sale with low prices on calicoes ginghams muslins and percale prints. Highlights include Calcutta blues Ameskeag Lancaster ginghams wide sheetings low priced muslins and dress percales with colorfast fast colors and summer patterns.
An advertisement promises lace front corsets at $2.00, appealing to women held back by high prices. It also mentions J. C. O. FRONT LACK at the Denman Jenner Co. and a Crema Chocolate beverage from a grocer.
In a rustic scene, Spring, Fleischer, and Merkle join in the rig as new arrivals observe. An attempted deception collapses with each party failing to pull off the ruse, leaving laughter but no success for the schemers and their intended victim.
In a cordial pitch the store touts its remodeled cheery quarters and largest stock of pianos from Packard Haddorff Sterling Mendelssohn and others. Visitors can hear instruments as in home settings or have pianos brought to their homes for approval. Also announced is Reed Day April 24 at Epworth Sunday School with free flower seeds for every child.
Funeral services over the remains of John Tallon, who died Thursday, were held at St Mary's Church at 8 o'clock with Rev Father Joseph Denning officiating. The remains were interred in St Mary's Cemetery.
Sunday April 26 designates Plow er Seed Day in junior primary and Sunday School led by J B Virden General Superintendent.
The notice lists shade deals with panama hats and fabrics priced at 1 to 1.50 dollars. Items include navy, brown, and black panamas 54 inches light weight, chiffon black panama at 60 cents, and 1.50 panamas at 1. Best 1 cream and black wool fabrics offered at 69 cents. Various textiles such as serges sicillions panamas wool taffetas Armere cloth and others mainly 44 inch widths.
The White Goods Store promotes a spring stock spree with folded prices on checked and striped naind, dotted Swiss, figured lawns, mercerized waistings, and India linens. Highlights include 15c to 25c long cloth and 12 1/2c to 25c white piques, with many items restocked to meet demand.
Early spring sale offers cheap muslin underwear with chemises from 60c to 3.50, gorset covers 25c to 2.50, combination suits 1.25 to 35, and matched sets for ready cash buyers.
A brief notice offers leather bed pillows advertised previously at $2.25 per pair now offered for one carload on Monday at heavily reduced price. pillows feature Solt covers, linen ticking, blue or tan striped, well filled with sanitary leather.
Advertises extra large striped couch covers priced at 1.50 each, with regular values between 250 and 3 and special Monday discounts. Notes party decor and interior hangings in red and green at 2.98, highlighting limited one day offers.
End of month sale highlights ladies vests 10 cents low neck sleeveless lisle finish large sizes regular 15 cents. Lace trimmed tapes neck and arms lisle finish cotton thread pink blue white black. Also union suits at 35 cents lace trim med or knee length sheer lisle cotton.
A sale features white and ecru flat net curtains at 1.49 per pair with patterns, plus cool ruffled Swiss curtains at 0.75 to 3.00 and Irish point curtains from 2 to 5. Cable net curtains offer 1.69 to 2.98 per pair with ornate borders. Also advertised are corsets at 1 and a new batch of calico wrappers and house dresses priced at 0.75, all in a one day sale.
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