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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1897
Page
3
A local advertisement touts a garment department offering latest patterns and fabrics including serges, worsteds, velvets, and dress wares. It highlights foreign woven textiles, cheviot suiting, and various finishes to attract customers.
Various children’s suits and outfits offered with deep discounts from original prices. Descriptions include knee pants outfits, medium weight wool suits, reefers, Junior suits with blouses, and Jersey styles, with sale prices ranging from about $1 to $6 and listed items claimed as high quality and well made. Strong emphasis on value and finish.
A dense catalog of men's suits and worstead fabrics with numerous prices and product codes. Items include Cutaway Brock and Worsted patterns, various prices from $0.40 to $18, and multiple fabric types like Hag Worsted and Black timimiied Worst. Numerous figures, sizes, and vendor notes appear with inconsistent OCR.
An assorted listing highlights men's and boys wardrobe items including heavy weight gray merino wool garments, ribbed balbriggan, fleece lining, camels hair wool, and related knitwear. The fragment mentions various textures, dyes, and sizes with promotional wording and brand-like names.
An old classified ad promotes Henry Davies offering umbrellas gloves mittens caps and overcoats at deep discounts. It highlights wool pants neckwear and knee pants for boys with prices and sizes, touting quality items like capes ulsters and chincillas. The listing emphasizes warmth and value, urging shoppers to visit the store for bargains in winter clothing.
A chaotic sale note advertises Black and Grey Cheviots and Worsted suits in multiple colors and patterns. Prices range from 5 to 18 dollars with various weights and plaids highlighted, claiming quality fabrics and first class materials.
The parish records report two Christmas Eve marriages in the area with Charles Everett and Lila Lerwery joining, followed by James Pearl Sweeney and Dally Hervey uniting in marriage. Nearby notices announce a book agency for Van Wert county and a Democratic Club meeting set for next Tuesday.
In York township James Ferguson charged with stealing a key item and causing a disturbance during a collision. George Spiveman, Ling township, injured his shoulder while aiding in the incident. A mass of unclear details mentions Dr D K Watson of Beokt assisting after 323 shots reportedly fired. specifics remain tangled in the damaged text.
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