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Newspaper
Waynetown Despatch
Location
Waynetown, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
4
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a reliable vegetable laxative. It promises a thorough, gentle effect without griping and positions the pills as small and easy to take, endorsed by Harry Wilson.
Four to five first class milk cows plus a dairy wagon and fixtures offered for sale by Joun Th. Munns. Listings note readiness for immediate handling and potential transport by seller.
A local ad listing a P. P. Stewart hard coal base burner for sale with a reasonable price. Includes Glass washboards at 80 cents, Puritan syrup at 85 cents a gallon pail, Wilson's Drug Store school tablets, and various stoves, lamps, and jewelry shops offering items at low prices. Other notes invite farm or town property sales via Allen Byers.
Public sale announced for Saturday November 16 at residence on South Vine Street Waynetown offering household goods including stove range chairs beds and more with 9 months credit on items over five dollars. Also assorted local ads for watches clocks jewelry flour milk cow and repair services plus mirror resilvering and hardware items.
Community notes report a wedding planned for next Wednesday evening at the bride's home in New Market. The marriage of Charles Starr and Miss Fannie steer will be solemnized with an oyster supper to follow at Wesley.
A Philadelphia Record note recalls Dr William Pepper and another physician who nap briefly after meals, while a military man naps during Charley's Aunt. London Answers recounts Sir Charles Russell once striking a solicitor on the head, then later apologizing to preserve a client.
The advertisement touts buying power from volume and direct-from-manufacturer sourcing to save customers money. It highlights conveniences such as multiple store sections, easy elevators, good ventilation, quick cash handling, free washrooms, low prices with transparent figures, one price policy, guarantees, liberal return and exchange terms, and full bill of sale for buyers.
A fragmented sale listing shows prices 17e 38c 40c and 29¢, indicating early discount items. The readable portion suggests a retail ad highlighting bargain prices without complete item descriptions.
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