HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1901-09-13, Page 8September 100 901
Handsome Fall
Dress Staf#s
THE CLINTON NEW ERA,
We are willing always to have. you judge this
store byits Dress Goods stocks.. Never were we
more so than th. season, . for never have we had
a son ,
socks that were more to ourliking, g, in every y way than
those we show to -day. The variety, the style, the
value, easily discount anything we have shown inthe
past. The cream of the season's selections are now
our counters,and the time to .'select your fall
on
costumenow,
is when the assortment is at its best.
Just a few hints here of what you. will find at the
s`c re. You can learn more about the goods and what
they are in five minutes at the store than, you could in
1 column of Newspaper talk. • Come : and see
a whole
glad will
Weblad to show' ihern at an .. • time:'
them.
No need to buy unless you wish.
Swtings, 25e.
Heavy Tweed Effect Suitinge, Chev-
iot finish, 40 inches wide, mixtures
of grey,brown, green -and navy,Will
make good akuff skirts,or children's
school suite, extra special value at, -
per yard
Cheviot Serge, 50e
Fine quality of pure wool Cheviot
. Serge, good weight, 39 .inches wide
a material that will make a dressy •
costume and stand no end of bard
wear, shales of navy, red,' brown
and blank, imported by .,oureelyes
direot from the British markets, •
would be good value at 60c, our
iffeaiai price,....
Fine Homespuus $1.00 and $1.25
50e.
Cloth Suitings,. 50c
Pure Wool ladies' clothsuitings,.
bright satin finish, very stylish
material, wears well. imported by
ourselves, all the popular fall ,
shad: e, as -as most atone
,
:ilial 60'4, one special pelts:.... 50c,
un• Au►tin Toc
.Hoine,.-sp s �e
Elegant R
e nt Homespun .snitings 'made.
from clean, pure Wool yarns, 'full
54 inches wide; nothing better for
outing Skirts or tailor made •snits, •
• ehades of brown, grey and black
rd... . _, Tot
peY. yard...
At these two prices we show a range of Snitings you will find it hard to oval,
either for style or value. They are made from pure•wools by the beet man-
ufaoturers of Canada. The weight they are heavy enough to make up with
out lining; the colors areabsolutely fast and.there is body enough in the
oloth to make it retain its shape after made up into a finished. garment:
Suit and skirt lengths in plain, twilled or basket weave effects, and all the1 2 a
fashionable Fall shades, including black,' per yard $1.00,
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'The abovelines are hints only of the many good
things
we
showinour Dress Goods Department.
TWO BARGAINS IN BLACK `SILKS
We imported this season two lines Of Black Silks that
we are able to sell a fool deal below; : their real value ; ; s
good silks for the price have never gone over our eounters,and
we are quite confident: that you cannot get any better value
anywhere. W e are' doubtful ul if you get has good,
Taffeta Silks 50c
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Plain Black Taffeta Silk, 21 inoltee wide, firm and strong, will give excellent
wear, suitable for waists,.lininge, or trimmings, you might .pay 60c or 050
for it and then be'„ atiog good value, our: specyialpride per' yard:........: : SQG
rainmc , SEPT, 0, 1901,
LOCAL NOTICES.
esarvest•Apples, Plums and pears wanted.
August le -tf (rentalonBrea, Quinton,
Beet Select Jtasin9-5o tier pound. at
14I118.
Direct froir the l'ottertes•9ome,af'ine Fanoy
Dinner Tea and Toilet Sets, to be sold cheat
at J. W. IRWIN'13. _
, chines* mixture. nine favored Tea only
15e per ib. Gtivelt a trail, at J. W. Il w151'a
*$Ib box Selected itatsiva, for 41,25 or E04
Per lb,, at J. W. IttWIN'$.
gown 00Pi6L.
DIVISION.. COURT. -•A short .si•
.ting of this court was held on Monday
before Judge Doyle. There were e
couple of unimportant garnishee case, ;
an action between A: Oantelon and A
J, Hill dispt ted settlement, wap di.
missed because it was not within the
court's jusisdiction. The legal re-.
presentative: present were Meseta
Proudfoot and Campion, Goderich, and
Mr Scott, Clinton.
SCARCITY OF TEACHERS. -Ws
understand that all the Modellltes wh,•
put'iu their term at the Model School
prior to the holidays, oecured schools,
and the demand for teachers is greater
than the supply, One lady,.in an ad
joining township, got married during
the holidays, . but the ,trustees of .her
section were unable to secure a. sub-
stitute, and persuaded her to 'remain
on until Christmas;
Black Penn de bole; Silk $1.00 -•
Very heavy quality blank Pean• de Soie Silk. fall width, guaranteed not to one,
will make a handsome dress or waist, and will wear well. A customer who
ie a good judge of silks, and saw it ehortly after being opened up, said, she
thought itgood yalue at $1,50 per yard, We,bougbt it cheap and pace it on
to you the same way, and our special price ie per yard... ................. LAM
• FALL MILLINERY.
NOTES. --A R Smith, late of Strut•
ford, who is starting business. in Wing.
ham, is an old Clinton boy, and was)
known when here as "Sandy Smith."
At 'the Toronto Exhibition Mestere
Bewden and McConnell, Exeter, took
let and 3rd prize for 1001 foal, in heavy
draught, class„ . „Messrs Fisher. and
Acheeon s n shipped a car lcad of apples
e.
to. Manitoba, on Friday, Will Fie.
Meer, of the Huron road, accompany
ing them ; the boys are said to have
made well in similar dealings last year,
and we hope they will come . out all
right in this, .. ,The frienddofJas. How■
son will bee pleased tolearn that he has.
almost entirely recovered from hie re-
cent illnese.....Thepublic echoed board
met on Monday evening for its regular
September meeting but only a few
matters of business were attended to;
the collegiate board also met on the
.same evening, and a committee was
Appointed to make arrangements for
the annual commencement sports on
Friday, Se t, 27th, the annual cora-
•'A MEANHAN AOT. -A mean act . was
performed by six boys the other day
towards a little girl, She Was walking
along the street with a basket of
apples, which' were covered by paper,.
and was mindingher own business,
when the six boys. raided her basket
and almost 91eatied it out, leaving the
child crying, on .the walk, . It was
neither manly or honest to do a thing
of that kind, and boys should' be
taught that such things are wrong,
NO1 DEAD. -Sometime ago it was
reported that Jas. Ball, formerly . f
this place, had been killed in South
Africa, to which place be had none.
with Abe Canadian contingent. We
are.gind to know. that the information
was Incorrect. Heis now a member of
the Northwest Mounted Pollee force at
Regina; and his cousin, Nelson Ball,'
had a letter from himwithin the last
three weeks,- wherein he etated he was
quite well except 'a soreness in one
arm caused •by an injury while in
'Africa,
NE WSPAPEE NOTES. -The editor
of the Now' ERA reaches his 49th mile-
stone to morrow; as does also the edit
or. of the.Parry Sound North Star, Mr
Ireland. The 'NS Ingham . Advance' en-
tered on its 20,h year last weea ; it. has
certainly improved very much •
under
its present management, but there is
yet altogether too much' vinegar in its
editorials. The Ingersoll Chronicle,
published In : ourold friend Elliott,:
formerly of the W Ingham `Times, has
entered on its 49th :year ; it is bright
breezy and clear.
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EXOU IL.S1ONS.-The people of Clin-
ton and neighborhood have pat ronized
the recent railway` excursions to a
lwento
large extent... Many to Toronto
Exhibition.: also taking advantage: of
the cheap far es to the Pan-American
at Buffalo. And now the crowds are
taking n the Western Fair at London;
for Tuesday a speciallylow rate was
d flu takenad t f
given, an fully van age n.
The regular morning train and the spe-
cial, both withseven roaches, were
crowded, having, about`, 000 passengers
on board, there -being some 75 tickets
sold. at Clinton. The train on its re-
turn pas ed through here about 12.30
• p.m. For Friday theG,T.R.advertbed
thelow rate of -$2.45 for Buffalo, good
to return. until Monday; a large num-
ber from here are . faking this chance..
THE MARKETS.- Fruit' is still in
good supply and being freely handled.
The chief output at present'consists of
plums, Uantelon Bros. shipping large
quantities for the local.` trade; In pro-
duce there is the usual supply and de -
,nand The apple buyers find li . bard.
work get ting . enough fortheir wants,
and prices range considerable; those
haying any quantity will . reap a har-
vest. The evaporator here will start
:soon, and is ready to ` buy all kinds.
We hear that the potato crop is pick-
ing up, and, the price will not be as
high as was expected. The local quo-
tations are; Butter, 13c to 15c; .eggs,,
1Oc to 11c; apples, 50c to 60c per bag. or
51.50 per bbl. for early fall, and $2.25 to
$2 75. Cir choice winter fruit; plume, 25c
to 80c per basket; pears, 15c to 20c per
basket; peaches, 50c to 60c per 8 quart
basket, and 75c per 12. qt.; grapes, 30c
per small baQket; 60c to 60c per large
basket; tomatoes, 25c per basket; po-
tttoes, 00a per bushel. •
Miss Doyle and Miss 'Randall have 'returned from the
`Wholesale Millinery, Openings, and.. our Millinery Department
is now ready for Fall business. •
Outing Hats trimmed with soft, plain or fancy silks,
P
romise to be verypopular this season. The shapes that are
newest anad nattiest will be found in our show room., with vari-
ety enough to give ample choice and not enough of any one
kind. for them to become at all. common.
The stock of Trimmings and Untrimmed shapes is com-
Mete, and we are busy preparing for our formal opening, the
date of which will be announced later ; in the meantime early
orders will be promptly attended to.
Handsome
Wrapperettes
The prettiest Wrapperettes
we have ever shown came -in
the other day. They ° are
strong, heavy, fine cloths, and
the patterns are copies of
French
Flannel designs.
Vey come in Paisley patterns and
lanoy stripes%and in combinationq
of blues, rade, pinks, greys, hello-
imps and blacke,snitable for waists
�1reeeing saoke and , wrappeere, the 20�
/trit ee per WC,r r lril C, . 116c,
Heavy English Flanelettes
12-ic
These Flannelettes are im-
ported by ourselves direct from
England. When you get up
to goods of this price the Eng-
lish goods are easily ahead of
any of the Canadian makes.
Heavy English Flannelettes, soft
make, 33 inches wide, feet colors,
assorted fancy striptai, in pinker,
blotto, etc.; extra good 'talus Pere 0,10,
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erdat...• ,rr. ,,•r r'y'a.,.•„•..
HE WAS THERE. -F. ' Powell is
likely the only Olintonian.who can say
he heard the shot and saw Leon Czol-
oez, the Russian Pale, who shot "'reel -
dent McKinley at the Pun American.
at Buffalo on Friday last. We know
,of a metnber of Clinton people attend-
ing the Pan on that day but he was
the only one from her a we learnt of
who happened pened, to he at the Temple of
Music Building when the dastardly at-
tempt, was made, Mt' Powell -being
.near the President, was in tl:e hustle
and bustle when the arrest was made,
He says,when the people learnt .who.
had been shot, excitement was high
and indignation was so high tiiatlynch-
ing the assassian was feared, Others
who were in Buffalo on Saturday and
Sunday following when the noble pre-
sident's condition was doubtful say our
American friends were feeling very
blue and the streets around the Mil-
burn residence on Delaware avenue+
were continually crowded by ' those
feeking the latest despatches from the
doctors, The daily newspapers in all
the cities reaped a harvest by special.
editions for days after,
0, I. NOTES. -The Collegiate In-
stitute has commenced another school
year under host encouraging circum-
stances. Tha Board has put the pre-
mises in good order and made the sur-
roundings cheerful and bright by a
judicious application of paint. The at-
tendance of pupils shove a consider-
able increase and it is likely that there
will be more newcomers,. The Board
and staff are determined to do all in
their power to keep the school in the
front rank, It has been decided to add
stenography and typewriting and give
twat tuition for a full commercial couree
which includes book-keeping, business
forms and laws.; this work has. not
been arranged for before exce t one
year In part, The Board on Monday,
evening decided to buy a typewriter
for the tlse of the pcpils,The annual
eonnnencement.sports will, corn° off on
Friday, Sept 277th. A committee eon•
silting of te staff and Masts. Scott,
McTaggart andEansford were appoint-
ed to make arrangements for that day
as well as for the cornn]encenlent en.
tertalnmenl:, Which Will be held on
Friday, Noy. 15th. This will be inside
Glasgow, and F Hamilton, Liverpool.
Owing to ilinese Mies Taylor, me
of t.be Very beat teachers on the model
school staff, ham bad to temporarily
relinqnisb her work, until New Years;
Miss Grace Sheppard is supplying, her
Place and Miss Minnie Cooper supplied
forMiss Mary Robb
while
le t
he
latter
attended her brother's .weddin .
HORSE NOTES, --R. Graham, of the
Mason House, has bought a very flne,
well matched team of greys, from W.
Qudmore, Seaforth ....Messrs Wallis
and Hill ship a number of good horses
to the Soo this week, going by boat;
Chas, Wallis accompanies them.
MAKING MONEY. -A. certain far'.,
mer who resides not, far from Clinton,
has 12 cows.which bring hire in . the
neighborhood of $500 annually, in ad.
dition to giving him all the milk, and
he requires for bis own use.., He has a
permanent contract with a city house,
to take his butter the year round at
22.c er lb,
rneuceinent entertainment on Nov. P
15tb.....Section Foieman W Brown, PROPERTY QFIANGE.-W..King,
of the G. T. R. will be laid up from of the base. line, who a couple of weeks
w o oe- p
oak f s me timehe� having acct.
r a ng
ago advertised his choice property for
sale, sin the columna of the Now ERA.
bas found a purchaser in the person of
W, Elliott, of the Bayfield line; The
Property consiete of inacres, with :toed
house and outbuilding, and ' the price
aid is $2000.: W e understand that Mr
paid
will move into Clinton, and we
cordially welcome him as a resident,
BOW LING CONTESTS, -The bowl-
ing contests in doubles for the Crews
trophy is dwindling down, and the Vic-
torious couple will soon be known.
'There are eight sets left. as follows: -
No. 1, Dr.'Agnew and J. 13e11; 2, J. W.
Irwin and A. Armstrong;3, R. Holmes
and W. P. Spaulding; 4, not played; 5,
E. 0. Courtice and J. P. Tisdall; 6, E.
Hilton and J. Johnston; 7, not payed;
8,' F. J. Jackson and,E. M. McLean.
dently cut his leg with a broadaxe
while at work on the road the other
day ;; S. Appleby will take charge of
the gang until hie •recovery......
Among the stock shipments from the
yards the past week were:- On Mon-
day one carload of cattle by •S Smith
for Toronto and one of lambs by Cant-
elon and Wallis for'loronto ; on Tues-
day one of hogs by R. Fitzsimons for
Oollinggwood. The many friends of
Mr ft Plumsteel will be glad to know
that although he is confined to the
house, ! e is in. a fair way. of recovery.
For a couple of months Mr D Barge
has been on the sick list, but we are
glad to know that he is now recover-'
ing...... Mr .clot;, Mason, of Albert St.,
we are sorry to know has recently
taken an unfavorable turn and is con-
fined to his room,....Friends will re-
gret to learn that Mrs J Medd has
been confined to bed this week with
congestion of the lungs Mr Joseph
Proctor, one Of the•oldest and most
highly esteemed residents of Goderich.
township, expects to. move into Clin-
ton ere long, wherehe has property
if he does not buy a house, he will
build one.'..:. Mrs Andrew Porter . will
be at home, Tuesday .and Wednesday
Sept. 17th and 18th, ...Persons hold-
ing keys are. asked to bring them in to
Newcombe's either Tuesday, Wednes
day orThuredal*,_next.....,Mr James
McGuire, late:of the Olarenden, is
about buying out a hotel at Madoc,.
and Mr W J'Paisley will go and value
the effects for him..... Mr McGregor,
who is : working inCollingwood; has
decided to take up his residence There,
and is offering his house on Isaac St.
for sale... -.The inembera of the Grand
Jury, Mr Bell, :foreman, drove. down:
on Tuesdayand made'an inspection of.
the House f Refuge, beingver. fav-
orably°impressed:gvith all they saw.
Mies . Lucy Brewer 'enteitattled' a num-
ber of young friends toa card party.•on
Wednesday evening.....U,.pts Shaw.
and Combo are drilling recruits these
nis'hts preparatory to take part in the
Royal Military Review in Toronto on
the 8th ofnext month,...The County
House of Refuge'Committee met here
on Thursday morning to attend to a
few matters connected with this
in
-
stitution , among the business done
was the purchase of an organ for the
House....D.Cante'on shipped three cars.
of apples to Winnipeg this week, and
Robt. Elliott shipped a car to Liver-
pool, .9n Wednesday Mr Cantelon
had a visit fromtwo old country pro-
duce dealers -Messrs Thos.. Russell, of
ABOUT :POTATOES. -The potato
crop in this section is not expected to
be as good as in farmer years, owing to
the dry weather. But some farmers
expect a__g�ood yield, : One of these ie.
A.dam•Weir, Huhett, who every year
follows a system, :.with the result that
he invariably has a suitable crop. He
believes that the moon has some in-
fluence on growth, and -always plants
his potatoes in the dark of the moon.
Some..persons may be skeptical about
the lunar orbit having any influence
of this..kind,,_ but .the.: factY reinee te,that
Mr Weir has a good crop of potatoes
in seasons when others have little or
none.
MILDICAL A 6ol?IATION-,rhe regulate
8
quarterly medting of the Huron Medi-
cal Association was held in the Council
Chamber, 'Olinton,. on Sept: 8, those
present bein Drs, Turnbull, Goderich;
Woody Bayfield; Smith, Mitchell; Mo-.
Kenzie, .Mon'kton; McCallum, Londe:-
boro; Robertson and. Dunemore,. Strat-
ford; Burrows, Seafortb; Shaw, Gunn,
Graham and: Thompson, Clinton.. Dr.
Dunsruore• was elected. President; Dr.
Burrows, Vice; and Dr.Shaw re-elected
Sec-Treas. Dr. Smith read a paper on
Erythema Multiformes which simulated
small pox, rendering much euro in pro-
nouncing a diagnosis . Dr. McKenzie
read a paper on, Lightning Stroke, ex-
hihiting'the clothing and shoes that
had been badly b . >~
urn. 'still no bad
ef-
fedts followed ; he also ,.read a paper
on three cases of nervous diseases in
children., Dr Shaw read a paper on the
treatment of the prostrate. gland, Dr.,
Graham taking the medical treatment,
Dr. McKay, etiology, Dr. Gunn,, the
su gical.treatment.
New • Idea
:.
Pattern given absolutely free with
every 25c purchase at our store,
Our idea is to stimulatetrade during,
the usually quiet. month of Au st.
They are the pattern regularly sold
at•i2o each and the assortment con-,
slats of nearly 200 different styles.
It just mbans that you get
370 worth of merchandise
for25o , :.
Is it not a saving proposition for ou?
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The W. D. FAIR CQ Gunton
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Midsummer
Sale.
Clearing
In order'to 'clear out the balance of oursummer
footwear. (and. to make room for, fallgoods)
we are
offeringspecial inducements for the next 10 days.
Read carefully the following list 'of prices,• they are
money savers.•
'Men'splew shoes well worth 1.00, going at 75o. •
Men's box calfgaiters and laced boots regular 62 ,50, only.62.00.
Men's boa oat! and kid laced boots, regular $3,00, for $2.5.
Men's tan calf laced boots, 20 per cent demount of regular prioee. .
' Women's tan oxfords, wiau•kid, worth $2.25, only $1.49.
Women's tan oxfords, regular $1 60 to. $1.75. for $1:18. ~ -
Wowen's and Misses'orforde, worth $1.35 to $1.6e, going at 99o.
• • Boy's. and Youths' tan laced boots 20 per gent Discount. •
Women's'dongola'kid laced ant buttoned boots at 82.25.
The aboveinolndee all our best goods. The King Quality, The Sever-
ion, The Bell, and,Amerioan linea.` The regular prices run from $3.00 to
$3,50 all going at one price, $2,25 don't miss this opportunity to get up 'to
date goods at less than wholesale prices:
See' our Bargain Ranke for the best values in boye°and girls school boots
•ever offered in Clinton.
• Our low prices are load talkers, No trouble to show good"' "----.,
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The Store.Never,• . s . p ints
Taylor
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each and One Merles, a .
Sutter and Eggs taken as Cash.
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Weekly Announcement
A Chat: on
BOJ s'
o loth ing
Boys will be boys.
The average youngster will
slide down banisters, climb
fences, fall off - hen roosts
and break things generally.
He will rip seams,:* tear out
f the knees andelbows of his
clothes, and often require a
new seat in his trousers.1'
But this is better than, pining away on a silk bed
andrunning up doctor's bills.So when it comes to a
question of Boys' Clothing it is easily seen that •the best
is none too good, and when you want reliablegoods you
should come and see our stock. We eau show you the
biggest selection in the West, and our business is grow-
ing every season,
at 50c, 60c, 75c, made by ourselves are the great
est sellers ever placed on the market, and we sell hun—
dreds of theta.
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Cur new line of Boys'
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Odd School Coats
at $1.25 and
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1•5 will be justias big sellers as the
above Zine; and for school suits there s nothing to equal
them in Western. Ontario. On account of making them
ourselves we car furnish pieces for repairs.
We are making big' preparations for fall trade.
Our stock will not be equaled in this section, ,
Otte sai;e of
S:hfrts
this season has been the largest in the
history of our establishment and little
wonder, because our prices have been
so low. We still sell reliable goods' at
less than cost. You get $1:50 and
$1.25 goods for '75c. •
We' have a.Iittle Hot
Weather Clothing
left over
and if you want to be cool and
comfortable during the hot spell that
is coming, get one of our LightCoats,.
which we are selling at less -than cost.
They are $1.50 Coats, but 89c takes them as
they last. •A GREAT SNAP.
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long as
For the Threshersti
We are doing a big trade in goods suitable for the
threshers, and you will find with us a large stock of Over
alts, Jumpers and Jackets. The prices are no higher
than what you pay for goods. very much inferior. We
think our Overalls .at 75e and $1 are the best goods in thine. —40
trade for the annoy. We have all sizes.
Bois black Sateen
Shirts......._......;
are the proper thing at the.present time, and our
line at 500 sells yery fast.
bur Boys' Black c'1 Cotton
Hosiery
at 20c and 25c seem to be the best value in this-
section,
hinsection, judging front the way they.. sell, Keenbuyers
should see them. We have another big stook coining ---a.
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out from England.
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