September sale at Robinsons raises strange town fears and transit deals
A Washington newspaper item sketches Robinsons east side jewelry store offering deep September discounts from four to twenty dollar watches and a 25 percent sale, plus a cash only rule. It notes a sinking earth myth in Mart in Luther's birthplace town, a Burlington special train for the I.G. encampment, Germany’s electric wires, and a county fair buildup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson’s
Burlington
Washington
2D Regiment
L. . Robinson
East Side
Septembers sale and local notices from the JOURNAL
A batch of notices covers a September jewelry sale offering 25 percent off, local business ads for four room rentals, and reports on a ball game score 43 to 37. It also mentions a theater promotion for The Tornado, drilling achievements by E P Foss, and a medical cure advertisement for deafness with Hall's Catarrh Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworts
Iowa
Flossie Burnette
Pella
Whitlock
Havre
Thomas Whitlock
Tennessee
Hall
Alcove goods and local notices in era catalog style
Advertisements note shaving services at the Alcove and a range of goods at The Fair including Alfred Meakin porcelain. Mrs Potts ill at Tom Reeves with Reeves daughter helping as caregiver. Local events include Squire Maxwell's marriage to Rose Kensler and J R Schneelock's wedding in Pennsylvania. Campbell and Bowman ship sixty two hogs by K N W line at about 250 lbs. buyers refused 54 cents per pound locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice, Wolford & Sheridan
Campbell & Bowman
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Mercer & Chilcote
Biock
M. Lombardo
California
Lombardo
J. F. Mackin
Sabric
Evening Journal
Washington National Bank
Capital
Surplus
Harwood’'S
Lillian L. Dresy
Martin Luther
Germany
Dee
Dr. Jenkins
E. P. Foss
Mr. Foss
Lincoln J
Chicago
Medical College
Wisconsin Woods
Journal Office
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. K
Pete
Yucatan
Windsor Grocery
Harry McCall
Prop
Asey Bros
C. A. Overholt
E. E. Thomas
W. C. Hughes
Zanesville, Ohio
W. A. Moore
Alfred Meakin
John Shields
Squire Maxwell
Rose Kensler
J. R. Schneelock
Pennsylvania
Harvey
Warfel
Chas. W. Stump
P. W. McElwain
Columbian Block
Columbia
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