Holiday Sale Prompting Early Shopping Push
Store urges customers to shop now before Christmas rush. Ad touts over fifty couch styles with prices from five dollars to fifty nine cents, promising better service and ample stock.
15 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1900
Page
1
Store urges customers to shop now before Christmas rush. Ad touts over fifty couch styles with prices from five dollars to fifty nine cents, promising better service and ample stock.
A dispatch quotes German actions against General Mei near Thhan Fa on the Grand canal and notes looting of baggage and Boxer prisoners. The Times from Tokyo argues policy in China blends popular and political motives, urging leniency and a swift return of the court to Peking amid hopes for Chinese reform within decades.
Chinese sources report Emperor Kwang Su prepared to accept ten demands from the powers. The list includes indemnity of 700,000,000 taels within eight years, a monument in Peking for Baron von Ketteler, an apology by a royal prince to Berlin, foreign troops along Taku to Peking, punishment of Boxer officials, exam restrictions for anti foreign areas, abolition of tsung l uamen, access of envoys to the emperor, arms imports into Chi Lita province, and destruction of land and sea forts between Shan Hai Kwan Taku and Peking.
Berlin reports United States ambassador Andrew D. White has asked Baron von Richthofen to convey gratitude to Dr. Walde of the German legation in Peking. The note honors his aid to American soldiers and sailors during the siege at Peking.
A gang that robbed Doere schuk's bank at Zanesville, Ohio, arrived by Massillon accommodation train at Bridgeport. Two members were captured after a gunfight with officers. four escaped. The robbers had earlier struck Holstoway area houses and a school henge, then fought as the train stopped at Wheeling Creek Bridgeport. Patrols pursued the others as chaos spread among passengers.
An old advertisement promotes 3 Fors Cold in the Head with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The short note highlights relief from head cold symptoms and a traditional remedy approach.
In a pursuit the trio tried to flee with four hundred dollars in mostly bills. A bag marked with the bank name carried the loot. Officers found nitro glycerin dynamite cartridges fuses and burglary tools. The two captured men refuse to reveal their names or talk.
W. J. Bryan Witt announces plans to establish a weekly newspaper called The Commoner to defend Kansas City platform principles. He will be proprietor and editor with January as first issue, aiming to engage public questions and provide income for family time. occasional lectures may follow. The plan emphasizes social and political coverage and personal scholarship.
Washington reports that War Department cables General MacArthur in Manila to start bringing home volunteer troops for discharge by June 30 awaiting Congress approval to authorize regular regiments to replace recalled units. Plans for new regiments completed. no prospect of further enlistment overseas.
Secretary Root told the senate committees on military affairs for two hours to strike out the anti canteen provision in the army reorganization bill. The report also covers Davis on the Hays Pauncefote Treaty amendment and a private letter from Cushman K. Davis dated March 12, 1900 arguing the Constantinople treaty precedent.
A speaker stressed canteen and post exchange as vital to army life and social morale. He warned abolishing it would hinder recruiting. The secretary urged swift bill action noting Manila transports would depart San Francisco immediately and return volunteers afterward. He warned that civil government had begun among some Filipinos and must be protected without delay.
Senator Allen of Nebraska tabling a substitute for ship subsidies to promote American trade directs bounties on exports of key agricultural products. Wheat 50 cents a bushel, flour 60 cents a barrel, rye 10 cents a bushel, rye flour 60 cents a barrel, corn 5 cents a bushel, ground corn 7 cents per hundredweight, cotton 1 cent a pound, hay and tobacco 2 cents a pound. President to seek abrogation of treaties opposing the measure.
D. Binclair recalls how the 1873 Minnesota gubernatorial run of Davis emerged from Winona and press pressure. He details Davis's initial hesitancy, Washburn’s near nomination, and the pivotal final ballot shift that secured Davis on the fifth ballot by 155 to 152, aided by two key Winona delegates.
A catalog of gift items lists clothing fabrics and patterns 25¢ to 2.10 dollars per item with many silks, waist patterns and lace goods. Household linens napkins towels and towels and napkins are offered at low prices alongside gloves purses mufflers and hosiery. Also featured are dresses corsets furs rugs curtains and decorative pieces with prices from a few cents to several dollars.
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