The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 256, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1896 Page: 3 of 4
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MENKEN'S
Talcum Powder
Special Pri< e Tliis Week
15 Cerk_ m Sox.
Other houses charge you 25 cen's.
i* >"!
This Week We Will Sell Haj|. BrUSheS
At prices tbat defy competition. Oar brashes are all new and fresh and we cordially extend everyone an
invitation to come and examine the cheapest line of hair brashes ever brought to the city. Commencing
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,
And for the week ending Saturday, September 26, we will offei the following line of brashes at greatly
reduced prices:
LOT 1—We offer you choice for
$2.50 each. These brushes have
always sold at $3.50, $4 and $5.
LO T 2—We offer you choice for
f'J. These brushes sell every-
where at #3 each.
LOT 3—We offer you choice for
*1.75. The original price for these
brushes was $2.25 each.
LOT 4—All ol our $1.75 aod $2
brashes we have reduced to
$1.35 each.
LOT 5—These brushes we used
to sell at $i 50 each. The price
reduced now to $1.15.
LOT 6—All of our $1.25 hair
brushes will be close out at 90c
each.
LOT 7—This lot of brushes is
cheap at $1, but we red need the
price for this week only to 75c.
LOT 8—All of our 75c and 85c
hair brushes you can buy now at
50c each.
LOT 9—These brushes were 50c
60c and 65c each, now reduced
to 40c each.
Sachet Powders
Choice of 12 different odors,
20c An Ounce.
What do others charge you?
EDWARDS, the Live Druggist.
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We deliver prescriptions anywhere. Open until 12 o'clock every night. For 15c we are still offering choice of any tooth brush in our store for this week only.
EXTRAORDINARY
Dress Goods Offering!
Largest Assortment of DRESS FABRICS
In Town!
A SIX DAYS' PICNIC!
Beginning Monthly morning we inaugurate a six days DRESS GOODS SALE, un-
questionably the greatest on record, embracing our entire line of Silk, Woolen and Cotton
Fabrics. A sale that has never been equaled in this country. We are Wide Awake and
Know the Wants Of the Public. This will positively be the grandest opportunity offered
to the trade this season. Bear in mind these are all new, crisp goods, no back numbers or
accumulations of years gone by. Our Novelty Patterns fresh from the looms of Prance,
Persia and England, are perfect beauties, in fact they are the handsomest line ol imported
fancies we have ever had the pleasure to spread before our patrons. These goods go with
the balance—nothing reserved.
We are reaching out for business and know no better way to jet it than by throwing
out extraordinary inducements in the way of prices on fabrics, the value ol which is familiar
to almost evervbody. The following prices are respectfully submitted for comparison and
are but a few of the many bargains in store
1 Hi tttttttirtttt ——
LOCAL SHORT STOPS.
Pavement Paragraphs Gathered
in the Rounds.
All Wool Henrietta,
46 inches wide, satin fin-
ish, regular price 75c.
This Sale 3'.le a yard.
Imperial All Wool Serge,
36 inches wide, something
beyond the reach of com-
petition, regular price
50c.
Picnic price 29e a yard.
36-inch Wool Cameleons
Dress Goods, sold at 30c,
This sale 15c a yard.
Plain Black Brilliantine,
38 inches wide, sold at
65c.
Six days' price 40c a yard.
Black Figured Luster,
suitable for skirts, was
65c,
This sale 40c a yard.
Cream, Blue and Pink
Cashmere.
Appropriate shades for
evening wear or for mar-
riage costumes. We show
the Geuevieve brand, a
splendid, se rv i «* eab 1 e
quality, 36 inches wide,
regular 50c value.
This sale 27 '/<c a yard.
Wool and Mohair Jacquards
In Tobnc, X ivy, Myrtle
aud Gurnet. !6 inches
wide, worth £1.00 per
yard.
Price all this week 69c yd.
Fancy English Small
Check Suitings.
Keguiar ju ice 40c.
This sale 24c a yard.
Big Line of Scotch Plaids.
Big reductions on values.
Note price*:
The 75c value go at 46c yard.
The 40c value go at 25c yard.
The 85c value go at 60c yard.
7he Crowning Item.
Our line of 46 inch all
wool Serge, in all colors,
that sold at 75c.
This sale 49c a yard.
Extra Heavy All Wool
Black Serge,
40 inches wide, handsome
quality, sold at #1.00 per
yard.
All next week 02^c a yard.
We are exclusive sellers iu this
territory for the product of Bota-
ny woolen mills.
In connection with this line we
carry an elegant assortment of B.
1 Priestly & Co.'s black and gray
dress fabrics.
NEW LOT LADIES READY MADE SKIRTS
Silk and Wool Drape
de Alma.
42 inches wide, some-
thing swell, regular $1.25
value.
This Sale 98c a yard
Silk Warp Henrietta,
44 Inches wide; a choice
value, sold at £1.25.
During this sale 72c a yard.
46-Inch AH Wool Cheviot
75c quality.
This week 49c a yard.
46-Inch Imported Cheviot
Finest finish and all
Wool, regular price $ 1.00.
This sale 72c a yard.
Beautiful Persian Glassa
TaffetaQrocho,
£1.50 values, this sale, 98c.
£1.25 values, this sale 70c.
£1.00 values, this sale 62c.
Imported Dross Flannel
AH Wool.
54 inches wide, an A1 ma-
terial for children's fall
aud winter garments,
worth 65c a yard
A Variety of Silk Damessa,
illuminated effect, very
choice, regular price
£1.50.
This sale $1.83 per yard.
' 27-inch Satin Duchess,
heavy quality, sold at
£1.50.
This week 99c a yard.
For six (lays' sale 89c yard. Black Satin Serge,
Black Silk Paie du Soie,
a handsome, heavy quali-
ty, regular £1.35 value.
This week 90c a yard.
Black French Armure
that sold at £1.25 and
£1.50.
This Mile 89c and SI a yard.
suitable for ladies' petti-
coats,
49c a yard
Large Assortment of
Fancy Italian B roc he,
sold at 50c,
During this sale 84c a yard
Our Six Days' Price On
Imported Novelty Dress Patterns
$37.50 Patterns $20.00 $15.00 Patterns $11-50
$20.00 Patterns $16.50 $12.50 Patterns 9 50
slG.00 Patterns #7.00
Ladies' and Misses' Cloaks, Jackets and Gapes
8- ZACHARIAS.
There was a young girl named
Slaughter,
Who had lots of nice fellows to
caugbter,
But a country "Gol durn"
Had money to barn,
And she stuck like a brick to the
maughter.
Everything is hustling around
the Santa Fe shops now.
For a perfect fit in a suit of
clothes go to Heninger Bros.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Mahoney, yesterday noon, a Bon.
J. L. Robertson and Miss Ella
Lee Tune were yesterday licensed
to marry.
Bailey is preaching the free
silver doctrine to large Kentucky
oongregations.
Mrs. C. H. Smith was much
better yesterday and is gaining
strength rapidly.
The Hemming Guards will meet
In their armory next Monday
uight at 9 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bridges are
the happy parents of twin boys,
born Thursday night.
A good opera house brings good
shows. There will be a good one
next Wednesday night.
S. Zacharias' clerks have all
they can do. The people know a
good thing when they see it.
F. J. Gates says the local freight
business of the Santa Fe during
September will amount to £75,000.
Major Dobbins has a large
force of hands at work on the
Broadway bridge and in a few
days the blockade will be re-
moved.
All the conductors on the
Houston and Texas Central, some
of whom have been running trains
for t wenty years, have been dis-
charged.
Work on the Water Company's
artesian well will be pushed rap-
idly. Some necessaiy repairs
about the machinery caused a de-
lay of several days.
Linemen were at work yester-
day stringing wires in MofiU's
park. The grounds will ba brill-
iantly lighted for the big .picnic
next Tuesday and Wednesday
nights.
The famous Ariel Ladies' Sex-
tette, the opening entertainment
of the Y. M. C. A. course, is
worth the price asked for the en-
tire list. The ladies have given
over 1000 concerts during the
past four years and have appeared
in every state in the Union except
two.
We see by the Abilene Report -1
er that S. Lapowski & Bro. are
winding up their business at that
point. We hope they will con-
clude to make their Gainesville
bouse the leading one, for they
are good business men and
Gainesville would be the gainer
by such a move.
The business men of Gainesville
are cordially iuvited to take part
in the parade on next Tuesday
The Geru ans are great believers
in holidays aud much hard work
has been done to make their two-
day picnic next week a great suc-
cess. Merchants will find it to
their interest to take part as much
as possible and contribute to its
success. It is expected that thou-
sands of visitor* will be here.
Encourage them, by all means.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday
will be lively days in Gainesville
and any one in «earch of amuse-
ment can certainly be satisfied.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The largest and best place to buy your Fall
Styles in Footwear Is at
Ehrnman & McCI ting's
New Shoe Store. East California St:
CATARRH
U a
LOCAL DISEASE
and it the mult of cold* and
»udden climatic change*.
It can be cured by a pleasant
remedy which ia applied di-
rectly into the nostrils. Be-
ine quickly absorbed it gives
relief at once.
Ely's Cream Balm
is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure for
Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and Hay Fever of all
remedies. It opens and cleanses the nnsal passages,
allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro-
tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses
rf taste and smell. Price 50c. at Druggists or by maiL.
ELY BKOTHKB8. M Warren Street- New fork.
HWFCVtli
J. Rackley
On Tuesday the Germans begin
their picnic and there will be a
ball game. On Wednesday the
Germans continue their picnic,
there will be another ball game,
at The Gallia "Jim, the Penman"
will hold forth, Prof. Gentry's
dog and pony show will be here
and at all the churches prayer-
meeting will be held.
S. Lapowski will made another
assault on prices. Beginning
next Monday they will offer
sooes, clothing, all kinds of dry
goods, and everything usually
kept in such magnificent estab-
lishments at prices that will be a]
revolutionary move unheard of
before. The low prices will hold; 205-207 E. California St. °' Gainesville, Texas
good but for three days. They; _
will soon tell you all about it.
The Leading
Furniture Dealer
—or—
North Texas.
Carries a full line of Win-
dow Shades, Mattresses,
Springs, Baby Carriages,
Refrigerators, Bamboo
Goods, Mirrors, Pictures
and Picture Frames; also
a complete line of
Undertakers'
- - - Goods
Wood and Metalic Cases,
all size?, always on hand.
Write for prices.
Embalming
a Specialty.
A large number of Woodmen
will go to Sherman on the 11th to
participate iu the unveiling four
monuments erected by the Sher-
man camp.
We carry the finest and largest
stock of qneensware in North
Texas. Tom J. William*.
DR.
RUST'S
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COTTON ROOT- PIGEON °WsY"J
ENNYROYALnilLSS:|m|LK '
always reliable and
always ask for Dr. Rust's
Pennyroyal Female
fall and never injure,
dress ou receipt of
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Original
aud
Genuine
safe. Liwliek!
Cotton Root and
Pills. They never plete in on* small package
Mailsdtoanrad- on receipt of $1 by
tl.oo by
The Itnot Medicine Co- St. Paul, Minn.
(INJECTION.)
Cures In 1 to 4 day*. Ii
dlate I: Uect; quick to ear*.
A I'oslth twsbiIts. Can M
carrtiM li. • * p. orftelall eoaa.
Mailed to a
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Notice.
The fourth quarterly confer-
ence for Denton street Methodist
church will be held on next Sat-
urday evening Oct. 3,'at 7:30. Let
all the stewards and other mem-
bers of the conference take due
notice and govern themselves
eordingly.
Jas. W. Hill, Pastor
ac-
Solid Oak Chairs at Rackley Ts
for 75 cents.
Look out for the grand opening
at Blue Front China Hall.
Tom J. Willtams.
For sale by N. A. Williams ft Co.
Wall Pape*' and
Artists' Material
i IT COSTS TWO CENTS to write for
samples and prices. We sell
Wall Paper at jobbers' prices—
from 5c a roll up. Artists' cat-
alogue gladly sent upon appli-
cation. Prices talk. We make a specialty of China Paints.
A. J. KNIGHT WALL PAPER CO., 279 Elm Street, Dallas, Tiim.
"We nave used Hood's Sar-
saparilla in our family as a blood
purifier and tonic and to avoid
billions attacks, and we have
found it a good m«*dicine.''—Mrs.
G. Fried burger, LaG range, lexis.
Hood's pills do nut purge, pain
or gripe.
Safes at Rackley's for $2.00.
REDUCED RATES VIA TIIE KATY.
$10.20 to Houston and return:
Sell Oct. 6th, 7tb and 8lh. Limit
Oct. i3th.
$2.00 to Fort Worth and re-
turn. Sell Oct. 12th and 13tb.
Limft Oct. 26tb.
$2 65 to Dallas and return.
Sell Oct. 9th to 25th. Limit Oct.
26th.
$7.90 to Austin and return.
Sell Oct. 13th and 14th. Limit
Oct. 19th.
$10.20 to Houston and return.
Sell Oct. 15th and 16th. Limit
Oct. 23rd.
119.70 to St. Loais and retnrn.
Sell Oct. 3rd to 8th. Limit Oct.
23rd.
$14.95 to Kansas City and re-
turn. Sell Oct. 3rd and 4th. Lim-
it Oct. 12th.
W. L. GBEENHHX, T. A.
Mrs. Lucille Daniel,
Dressmaker,
Up-stairs, over Madame Laura's.
Tailor Made Suits a Specialty.
Caveafa, and Trade-Marks obtaiaed and all ft
i eat busineae conducted for MoBiaan Flea.
aatc from Waahinf tea. ... . '
Mud modeL draw.o* or pkoto-, with dmria
don. We adviae, if patentable er sot, free af
charge. Oar fee not due till pateat ia secured.
a pamphlet. " How to Obtain Pateata," with
coTt of same m the U. S. aad foreign eoastriea
sent free. Address,
C.A.SNOW&CO.
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The Daily Hesperian (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 256, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 3, 1896, newspaper, October 3, 1896; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth505175/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.