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Newspaper
Weekly Exponent
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1879
Page
4
Advertisement touts large stock of cotton goods jeans flannels linseys and dress fabrics at low prices. Promises black and colored cashmeres and crashmeres at unbeatable values with boots and shoes offered cheaper than rivals in Southern Illinois.
A mixed local item column notes travel to St Louis for fare and church services on Nov 27, new stable additions, upcoming Christmas goods, and Republican subscription prompts. It records weathered notes on wheat prices, sermons at M E Church, a death in Cuatro, a move of a drug store, property rentals, and various civic tidbits. It mentions the Jefferson County Fair stock exhibition and other community updates including accidents, weddings, and a rope-walking street show.
Cool air arrives Monday with remains of a public school visit by a state guest. The piece covers local horticultural displays, fallen planks at a church rear entry, a failed promised star tableaux, and praise for home improvements and garden varieties at residences of Mr. Patton and Mrs. Kirkpatrick. It also recalls a fall by A J Williamson fall and a mishap to Mrs Crowder, plus social anecdotes and street scenes along East Main Street with Mrs Toppings window gardens.
Local items report Mrs Walker Ragan recovering from illness while Vernon and surrounding residents are mentioned in updates. James Guthrie returns from a Grant reception in Chicago, and many townsfolk travel, visit, or recover from ailments as the week ends.
The note points out two errors in the current issue Volume II T being misprinted as Volume IV and Number 61 instead of Number 2. The publishers say they are near the end of Volume II which comprises 62 numbers and expect no further confusion.
Public school scholars showcase dec lamations with pieces from John Adams to Great Men of the United States. Weather keeps visitors scarce as the Band grades are scheduled to perform next Friday with parents invited to attend.
Gill often iad early co Davinson Co advertises free home delivery for a wide stock of groceries including cabbage potatoes turnips carrots pumpkins squashes beans peas dried peaches and apples. They seek eggs paying the best cash price and invite all to compare with other city houses.
An Mt Vernon shopping scene highlights Isaac s J Isaacs offering felt hats from 35 cents and up while Mrs Mollie Tolle Brown hypes ladies garments, ribbons and notions next to Bittrolff Ryins store. Hitchcock s Gallery shows frames and photos as Preston Libveys promote new stoves and Pavey Allen advertise a wagon lot with water, all amid a rush of cut away suits and holiday frames.
Merchants boast the Cirecian wood base heater as a top pick this season. Da Shepherd advertises Fever King pills promising cure and warns against blindness or deafness, offering a free box with each purchase.
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