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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1894
Page
9
A local shop announces a Monday morning sale featuring American novelty dress goods 38 inches wide priced around 40 to 45 cents. Includes Scotch mixtures, all wool English checks, crepons, 46 inch French serges, Henrietta cloths, and black crepons with strong savings. also 12 1/2 cent gingham on sale at 8 1/2 cents.
A prominent silk department features a large stock of silk fabrics. The display highlights the latest weaves and novel ties in fashionable options.
Purchasers can buy a large overstock of linens and textiles at deep discounts. The sale includes India and China silks, Bengaline silk, moquette tablecloths, and various damasks and crashes. Prices slashed from regular retail with wide selections and many widths and patterns on offer.
Good 4-1 unbleached muslin at Ladies Choice Muslin at Lonsdale Muslin at 9 4 unbleached sheeting at Lancaster ginghams at light prints at indigo blue prints at gleil cheviot shirting at 12 4 10 4 Outing Cloth shirting at 4c American seersuckers de die ihe oe More in grain tapestries body Brussels and velvet carpets coming in every day Extra Heavy Union Carpets at 29c All wool carpets at 49c Heavy all wool carpets at 89c Brussels carpets at 876 Higgen's Brussels at carpets at 40c Body Brussels carpets at 89 Velvet Brussels carpets at 986 We don't think you can get as good for 25 per cent more Look around then come and see.
A garbled letter page discusses mourning customs and proposed stamp designs with a wild, satirical tone. It cites a widow's stamp plan showing a widow and a widower in somber scenes, then shifts to a long anecdotal piece about a church organist named Ortegza who was fired for cleanliness and later mocked in a rambling narrative about his life and reputations.
London theatre scene shown amid mixed fortunes with Masqueraders at St James Theatre on April 2 and American rights to English Heroes Toiling Day by Day being prepared. Ada Rehan marks Twelfth Night run, Mabella Stuart performs a fire dance, and Palace Theatre highlights include Miss Cissy Loftus and new tabulate vivant displays.
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