Boys' Clothing Stock Blitz at Unnamed Store
Store owners announce a rapid sale of boys' clothing with drastic price cuts to clear remaining stock. Limited selections and sizes may vary as discounts apply to all remaining inventory.
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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
5
Store owners announce a rapid sale of boys' clothing with drastic price cuts to clear remaining stock. Limited selections and sizes may vary as discounts apply to all remaining inventory.
Footwear ad touts men's 3.50 shoes reduced to 3.00 and various prices for boys and children's shoes. It invites customers to examine these goods and prices and claims Westville offers the best prices ever.
A scattered page itemizes sales on woolen goods with low prices, medical cures from Foley and Chamberlain, births and illnesses in the community, minor legal fines, poultry show notes, and a shoulder dislocation treated with Pain Balm. Several names and towns appear, including Chicago visitors and Fergus Falls residents.
Readable text shows a sale of coats advertised as not old and not cheap. Items are men’s coats formerly priced around 2 75 to 6 per coat now discounted to lower prices. The excerpt mentions various numeric prices and a reference to Paul Alisters valued at 350 2650.
Men's slippers once 80c drop to 59c while 75c styles fall to 49c. Ladies slippers move from 125 to 99c. Hosiery includes men’s all wool hose at 25c and misses and children's fleece lined hose at 19c and 11c.
Public notices list book offerings at Scott's New Books and a coat sale at E. S. Smith featuring overcoats Ulsters and Mackintoshes with promised value in price. Advertising tidbits include Rocky Mountain Tea for health and a memorial fundraiser with Wesley Reynolds portraits at Remmert's studio to benefit the employer memorial fund.
A woman ignores lingering backache and digestive discomfort hoping it will pass. The message urges immediate use of Electric Bitters to cure stomach, liver and kidney troubles and restore vitality, promising quick relief and a 50 cent price with guarantee.
An advertisement touts Foleys Honey and Tar as a life saving cough remedy. It claims a dose or two prevents pneumonia or lagrippe and urges purchase from all dealers.
A South Carolina man claims he suffered piles for 20 years and tried many doctors and medicines before DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him. The ad extols the salve’s healing Witch Hazel antiseptic and emollient properties and claims relief for skin diseases and related conditions.
A neglected cough or cold may cause bronchial or lung trouble. Foley’s Honey and Tar is advertised as providing protection from the serious effects of cold.
A local warning notes children poisoned by cough syrups containing opiates. It calls Foley's Honey and Tar a safe remedy for coughs croup and lung troubles as the only prominent product free of opiates or poisons.
Advice urges not to worry about uncontrollable matters and to act on what you can control. If you fear pneumonia during a cold, buy and use Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy judiciously to ease worry, with claims of no pneumonia danger when used, sold by E. T. Soot, druggist.
Advertisement claims Bucklin’s Arnica Salve cures accidental cuts wounds bruises burns and sore joints and feet. It is touted as the best salve on earth for piles and is priced 25 cents at E. T. Scott, druggist.
A curious early 20th century notice touts a wallpaper cutting machine and a medical panacea Kings New Discovery for consumption. It claims wide cures for throat and lung troubles with trial bottles and a guaranteed 500 and 1.90 dollar price by E. T. Scott, druggist.
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