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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1904-03-31, Page 8A Great Exhibition Easter OF Spring .Fashions. Our great Easter exhibition of Spring fashions commenced Wednesday, March 30th. Every de- partment contributes its quota to the general display and shows its leading styles for the Spring of 1904. The great centre of attraction iso,the Millinery. Here we have out -stripped all pmvious records and are showing to -day a collection of high class and stylish Millinery that would not be out of place in a store many times larger than this. The Opening will be continued all next week. Come and look the new Millinery over whenever and as often as you wish. Spring Styles- In Black Dress qoods. The last of our new black DresS Goods are here and we show to -day the most comp.lete, the most exclusive, the most comprehensive stock of fine black Dress Goods that has ever been in this store. French, German and English Fabrics. Every piece guaranteed correct in style, wear and finish. • Mat- erials for every style of costume for street and house wear. Plain Cheviots. Fancy Cheviots. Plain 'Voiles. Silk Spot Voiles. Silk Eollonneg. Panama Clothes, Amazons: Broadcloth Sititings. Plain Mohan's. Fancy -Moha, irs. IR fact a wide range of the Season's choicest and most popular fabrics; all at. economical prices. Easter Gloves Eggs Cards • Booklets Novelties A social and coimneralable feature of the Easter season is the sending to yam friends = appranriate card, isa. custom growing in favor every - year. or those who are looking for the best in art at a fair price we have 64 liberal selection of liemitiful and artistic creations • n delicately le - lined colorings, invested withall the hanneny finagle:salon /night be expect- ed to suggest. NOVELTIES THAT WILL PLEASE THE CHILDREN AND ADORN HONE. Chicks and Rabbits represented as do- ing all kinds of funny things, attached to miniature carts, playing sew -saw, etc., etc. Cheep and New. . ". Our windicws show the goods and tell the story better titan we can liere. See them. • . . Agents Parker's. Dye Works, W. B. -Co. Often the Cheapest. Always the Best. Everybody wants a new pair Of Gloves for Easter Sunday. No better stock here -a -bouts to make your selection from. Fresh new stocks justin,..all the inadiflo'-ehades itt our , three well known qualities. The 'Peerless" 81.00. This glove is made from fine soft skins, has two large dome fast- eners, is made by one of the leadingFrench makers, comes in all sizes, in blacks, fawns greys, tans, etc., a glove that could be sold a,nd be good value at $1.25, our special price per. pe The "Greylock" $1,25 This is a Trefousse Glove. It is Every pair of glove,* we sell we guarantee. You absolutely no risk doing .yourg-luvre buying here. .made froth real French 'skins, verY fine, soft and pliable, we cearyit in black aridall the Pi:molar shades, both derk and .; light, 0, dome fasteners, per pr, 1.-4p The' "borotheyt' $1.50 1,00 This is finer grade of skin than • the "Greylock," and a very dur- . able glove, many of our cos - coolers will take no other inake, blacks and colors, per pair-, ileUV t • • have :rho waus e9, Washing Glove. This glove comes in all the leading shades, such as pearl grey, champaigne, cream, etcand can be washed in soap and water when soiled. People who have tried it once buy it again, and our sales. are steadily increasing, • Price per pair $1.50. # B. & I. t ro Mon A poor fitting Corset will mar the effect of the mot - stylish gown you can have made.. Our correct trade keeps going b-ecause we e1Ltheist makes we can find in the mar- ket. These are W. B., the leading American Corset having the largest sale of any Corset in the United States. Crompton the well known and reliable Canad`4if make and the B, .8t 1, the new Bias filled Corset that is growl g more popular every day W. 11 Corsets $1.00.$121, and $t 00. Croniptna'S Corsets 75e, 81.00, *1.25 and $t.00.. 11. a 1. corsets,.$1•00, $itr) and itit.00. Spring -Novelties in Belts, We opened up some riew Belts this week, •.natty American styles that are a bit'different from ordinary makes. • 25e, 40c, Vicand $1.00. Not Many of any one kind. inaologrim, Cashmere Hose 25c. Special Value. 300 pairs Cashmere Hose just received to sell at Qs,. a pair. Special line, good enough to sell at 35c in the regu1o7 way. Ladies plain black Oashinere nose, all pare wool, toll fashionert spliced heel, made film) One, soft, yarns, WillEiive excellent wear, per pan' About F'eople We Know Mr. S. Smith Ilea returned to N•ap,iiike,'' 11.aines f 3Itoc.il left IttlesaY for • the Northwest: ' • - Miss Martha Mr.:la-leaves in .a fortnight :far Fort Francis, • • Miss DinsIey was- the guest. of Miss 'Monteith orLonclon last week, Miss Mary Agnew Of Wingliain Was the agaest of her brother, Dr, Agnew, this . Ferguon, enera sGl Road•Mas- . • ter of the Middle Division, went over • the 14., H. and. B. c Teesday, . Mr, •Jainea Ball, . who spent a few 'days *in Clinton, has retuaned to Chetharn where he. will spend . the simmer. ,• • • . Mr. and Mrs. ..Taine's Eagleson were in tOwn Tuesday. on. tlie way from Lan- don to Goderich where- they . • hav e.• taken up.their abode. : • Messrs. jOsh. 'Cook; W. •Cantelon, • H. W. Cook.' and J Huller have return- • • ed frona: Newtora 'where they: *; were . peeking apples for Mia. D. •Cantelon.. .1l1r. ',Tame& Danford of Listowel was. in ' town from Satiirday.. until Monday afternoon. - .The many friends ' ' its 'Clinton. of the . genial Jatries were •-plased to. 119,ve the.opporttin- ity of agent meeting him-, .. Mr .Ptiter, •Ker Jeft 'Illauday. for Lang-. . • don, North Daltotg:, with -.the- biteit7. .tion 01 spending the • summer, there. • This Will be Isis third season at Langdori aeliase "horn' he has. biotin" :Many tim-es the .rest winter, • • .11(fr4 A; S. lie'dge; Toronto,, of the ' Lest Goods departifient of the G. T. It., \vas in tOwti yesterday. •, It is his duty to -lbok.ap freight- that has been stolen or' 'strayed and -the 'hIckItti.de las given hith a • lot of estra. 'work. Mr.- and .Mrs. W. Eagleson after *. speiiU- ing three months. at lir. James 'Stevens' ane, in visiting Mrs, E's Cid • Lome' in-13aYfield, his brother in Ge,d. erith and' other friends), left 'Monday • .a.fternooe lot -their home in Araedeen, South Dakota, ' ", • mcgonto Windscr,•• on- ginizer .of the 'Woodman of. the is inatown, this week in the inter-. ests of the :local.' civib. He kfas very . few simoriors as; ast °itemizer and on ciehof las viaits has been the toca.us ofadding .1argelyto tlih membership. The . head. of. the Order, ''Mr. C: C. ..11oegate Of Lucan,will pay Clinton 7 *tc, n..g. a!n; oflic i . al . nest Monday , . flullett TownsitEn. •,..Mr.S. Thos. Fear shaS. a ract.'is • is :covered With blossciins, :there...being by actual 'count. nor lesS thati T3O of thein.. Mrs. Fear.. is -a.•groat ite:er dowers and 'always has a large. :•:•antl beau tifel display. • • .' • . Wes.. • Farquhar of' tbe •8t1i has' hired for :the season.'With 'Rabot Scott ou the 11th... •'... • • ' • • bieeky tet iti -of horses fronv Mr.. Tathes. Dale .o.",! the 7th' etincessionencl.& thoris4 bred Durham. bull,- of the milking.atiaa; ..;froni the celebrated herd •of'W1•11i- ain Grainger & Sen. Mr: -•John II. Medd of.- tha 17t11 -con.. lost mare last -.week' which was..val- tied .at, Szso. Paralysis. t:Vasthe cense *of its •death. wo.unaorstztita..amoUtet .farnicr in the- -iieenc. direction:- has -lost two 'horses from..the spine .Cause. ' •, .• ...pea:beef ring of the -.9th eon.. will Open o11-IleXt Moliday..-• 'I be •Patrons ,will-•,• please- talqi notice and canto: ..for their- meat the following morning. . 'Oe •acciarait af thecondition of the roads and the .river flowing' over the road ,Iniarthe schcol, the Public . ex- aminatica to have been held by S.• S. No.. s': on the •srst inst.. has heen ina delirilt ely postponed. . • • . . The' township council niet roe the x7t1L March 'purposely for considering . . largely signed petition' asking for a. ilonuS to aid the eXtemiien of the. Gee], ph Junction,. Railway to. ,Goilerielt. A niunber •of prominent _ratepayers of 1.116 district were present, all or them i'very much irt fat -or (y1 the- petition and • the latoposecl railway extension. The .coura oil granted their petition and passed a reset -Intim instructing the clerk tb have hy-law 1)11e,1*.A•ed•ilt accordance with the saidpetition to be intreduced sad considered at a meeting . to be held 1Vtar1i: ehtle The by-lawaprovided-. fellows : Tlat s, straight bones of 54,000 be, given to: the Guelph Jute. - tion • • litieWay Co,. paid over in :crie sine 1.13 SO011..as the road is finished ntiid .ready • for operaticn. • That atatioti houses: be .erected and ,itiaintained at cr neer • the villages of Manchester, Myth. and; Walton. That .during the' cerreacy of the .debentures there shall be raised ammally the soth of. 44194.3.3.• by. special rate upon the property .cle- scribed in the petition, being . all of ec.ncessions. 8, TO, TT, 121 13, and 14 and alsci that part of the township kraiwn as 04 Maitland hloek. • That the votes of the electors of the •said portion re2 the townslOp shall be taken on the by-law at Alm following times and pla.ces„ that is to say me Friday,: the 29th day of April, at divi- ' Sion . No. 21 narlock„Tames Wil,t.t D. 12., 0. ; No, 4, at rcrester's * &shore., • R. Adiona D. R. O. ; No. 6, Bios.including that part of No. s from, lots . 26 • con 8 and 9, to Iots ss inclueive, at the township hal', M. Braithwaite D. R.10. ; No. 7, at schaol house Nr, in John Ioingland D. R. Cum). bvtlf dork, _ The.Clintott News•Record March 31st 1904 Spring .Millinery Beailty . Has Crowning Display Here. 1 1111 1 • Magnificent beydnd our powers of description is the showing we make of Trimmed Hats. Dozens of them here, each 'one a model of elegance and style—novel designs and artistic color effects—exquisite copies of the latest Paris and New York pattern hats. Nowhere for many miles around Clinton will such a display as ours be seen—nowhere could you get sueb millinery richness for prices anything like what we ask. OUTiNQ HATS—This week we are making A special showing of the very • latest New York ready-to-wear Hats at $1.50, $2.00 to $5.00. The Newest In Spring Carpets and Curtains MiWe extend a cordial invitation to everyone to visit our store and examine our stock of Carpets and Curtains which is the finest we have ever shown. We were very fortunate in securing nearly ?,000 yards of Carpet frem one of Canada's best mills at a very low price—these bargains we intend to turn over to our customers at the same saving. In reference to our lace curtain stock we might just say that our values this season are better than ever—and you will find, it will pay you to buy here, . Lace Curtains at per pair 25c, 50c,- 75c, 85c, $1, $1.2$,41.50-ii46:-56. Our Ready=to-wear Departrne.14 For Women If you have net yet seen our nevr.teady-to-wear department, we speeially invite you to come as .soon as you can. It is . hard for us to tell you of all the exquisite styles in skirts we are showing—all of which are much lower in price than you • would expect for such worthy valities. . . Ever since this Department has been enlarged we hear the opinion expressed on every side that for beauty, correctness i of style, large assortment, this is the best exhibit in Clinton. • . Through the preparations.m.ade this year, and large buying, we are..enabled to quote prices lower than ever before. . . . . Just .a hint olthe qualities and prices : .. . . . .• • . • Ladies' tailor-made Skirts of an all wool homespun, and in gfinished, verrey and 'black only, come in assorted sizes, e. xtra, well inside Skirts at $5.75 and $6.75 spew"' at each ••••' .u hese two prices we are showidg an elegant range -of Skirts' made' of ' y r 0 Al t . tweeds. " iese are all nicely trimmed with buttons .• . ... . . .. ... 2 .• '• atnnd self strappings, also self pleates, the fit and finish or these ekirts n• 7 r fancye new Ladies.' tallor-made skirts of heavy homespun in grey and black, perfect is of the very best, prices , in fit and finish, some are trimmed with of satin, others plain n .. 47-75 and Ua &minl i'l and Itried with self strapping and buttons*, p3r.i oc e os eachand3.5. Black Skirts at $5 75 and $6 75 The best values we have ever had in Black Skirts are the ones we are_ 1 . g .. y are 'mule of a ' Tedor•Made Skirts of black bornenow shotvinat these.pricesThe spuns, in grey and black. These ..,, ' - skirts are extra well made and finished. They are nicely trimmed. . vvitb braids,' buttons, etc., and come in assorted slam ', This is one 4 50 of our leading sellers at.......... ... . ...... .... . -..., - • Ladies' Tailor•Made Skirts of fine all wool hoinespuns in grey, black and ' navy, some are trimmed with self strappings fortning a yoke, also m trimed with buttons, others are trimmed with pleates, etc., we K Kn have tunny stylas tochoolie from at ........ ".*8.00.and U a very, U U . of broadcloth and are trimmed with rows of satin.' We can guaran- auaity • • . tee the wear and tit of every skirt we send out. - Skirts at $7.50, 8.50, 9.00 and 12..00 At these•prices We are showing , a .verv fine range of Skirts made of : tweeds and fine black venetian, allbeautirullyarininied and finish- ' ed and come in assorted lengths. If you want a skirt•a little out of . the ordinary be sure and see the.ones at these prires...... • ... .. • • • • ••• • - .... *7-50, ./48-13.0, $9.00 and , 12-0.0 . . . Spring coats For Rain Or: Shine We are showing an elegant lot of new Spring Coats in three quarter and full lengths. They c3me in shades of grey and olive, also mixed tweed effects and are made in the very newest styles with and without capes. If you are going to buy a spring coat be sure and examine our stock. We are sure a will be to your advantage to - buy here, Prices $3.7.5, $5.00 to $10,00. TVR noisy RACIL IP Tov•wast 1,121101:KNOINCORMS., • I?Tullett Township. Saint-eI,AprIebv has rented' his fiftv... acre farm on 01e 9th concessiou to -Mr. Harry LiN.ernicre for a...terni of years.' • . .• • A :fewdays • age, while Mr. Eple . BraWil was fcrking straw he fell out of his barn a distance of nine *feet, end ...hes since becn limping around with a stick., • ' Mr. Sainuel, Appleby:has borght ...e : . : • • •': • Myth. he Clilnese social' held' in ' the Meth- odist • Chuirclo .selmel rooms: on Friday evening last, notwitlistarding the dis-' agreeable ti1it,. was erY well attend-',' ec!..• Proceeds 5x4., ' . . • :-The choir of St. Andrew's (Voile. ov- •er to •Auburic.on Monday evening . take . Part itt the services held.an the Presbyterian church of that town. . • Miss Lizzie Drown returned -to De- troit cit TIOISdaY aftethavimapaid:iin extensive visit. -under the pareate.1 reef.. Mr. e.ncl• Mrs. :T. W. Scott were call- ed 'away to London to attend the fen. - Oat of Mr. Scott's brother on Tues- day. ' On Tuesday' thelast of onr monthly horse andcattle fairs was Tad, but owing' . to the bad state: c..f the roads there was nota very. large crowd pre- sent. • ; Mr, Isaac Cowan, who.lias hired with ear townsman; Mr, Geo. Powell, to look after his term itt East Wawanosh for one year, intends moving canto it this week. • Mr. McBeatli held his spring cpening on Tuesday. and Wedries- day eveniegs. • Theta was a fine dis- play of the latest fashions and a large attendance of ladies. - Divine service is to lie held in the English eluirch at. Ix a. ire Orj. ood Friday. . As tisral all lnisiness places will...be closed on Good Friday. West Tuekersmith. Mr, Thos. 'Bennett of tlo London Road has accepted it ..sittaition With farmer near Mitchell and moved his houselaild effects down on Saterclay last. Mr, 'fleanett has been with Mr. Pleinsteel for twelve years aral „he and family will be missed( on the. Road. The Itlesiirs. Stanbury had a •ditv's threshing the week past. which fitiislies up the pest seasen's work , in this lo- cality. Mr. Wm. Stanbury delivered four heifers to Mr. John Scruton of Clin- ton for Easter beef on Mciliday, Mr. Gordon Waldron ..ef Toronto paid his old home it visit oit Monday week. Ile Wr.3 Off Itis way to Nicene, gap; where be is intereSted itt it banana plantation,t On Sunday 1te 1 33 Coupland : of Aiiburri Will preach here .in the inter- ests of the W. -M. S. The usual Easter tbankolliering ' taken at .. the .services., On .11,forAlay evenng the Hp- -worth Leeglie are having .an entertain- ment when Rev, Coupland' will 'give series of moving pictures and ari ad- dress.. Suitable- music 'Win be furnish- ed. De sure and ,ccene as it Will be quite interesting., Adthission, toe and zoc. ' • DIrS., Bailie has returned to her lidine• 'in Ordlia after spending several days With her brother, A,: 3. COurticea. - Mr. mid. Mrs. John, 11IeCartney. have returned' to our village and arelitiing with their son Ad, • . • -Mr. A. Willson . attended the Greed., Lodge of Chaser). Friends at. 'Toronto Past. Week. • •• .• ' Mr: D. ,Se .ott of Str Illatford • spent , :several- daYs • in our village . visiting friends. ' • Mrs, Ledd IS visiting friends:in Aly- incr. Mr. .Fleteher McCartney. had to • kill his . horse which broke itslege a '19,7 weeks ago. This is. quite a loss. • , The iee :on the. Maitland river broke mnon Friday .and piled so high on the road as to make it impassable. r Miss Susie Acheson is visiting fri- ends ill Weodstock and Toronto. • . . . • • . Miss 'Whiteman 'hes tett-ailed to her - home in Exeter after 'spending a few weeks here. • Mre. R. E. Clegg spent &Jew days last week in -tendon attending the Miecting of the :Woinen's Missionary Society. Miss Horton of Exeter is visiting in the hothe of Mr. Sohn DOTSdale. M.t are rrejof'cediAltoel..).enlitir°110T hInis"Yfr progicrhees: travards recovery after a severe attach - of mieumonia. - Mr, Wilson of Stratford spent a few. days last week with friends fir this vicinity, Mrs. Thos. Meelyrnont has returned from Xing -whither she was called it week before on accaunt of the illneas of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Mcelyniont. She arrived only. a few hours before the latter died who had been ill el comer Lor it long time, Mrs. Mcelyinont brought back , With lair her grandson, Wilbur, who will live with his grandparents for etinie at least. Tht bCiya of XO. 14, Stanley, phxycd friendly game of football with the boys of.' No. to, the score being 3 to in favor of No. 14. Maud!. Sotai Illatcliford, who Itaa bete ser - !misty ill for Ironic weeks, is now on a iikir Way to recovery. .OLINTON .iierseanar^,/ The "King 131ack and Cuba Brown , The."King" Stiff Black only: That .ar.e rjght... The Hit that is proper ,style- and is. made from .good.ma,terials is the .Hat.. to; buy. Our, close connection with with best Markets both English and Aniericans . sures Us a ..cOnstant supply of correct: styles in Men's, Headwear. There Is al, ,ways something new in Hats to be . seen here. Conie. arid ..see the new Easter styles. Here are four of our leading styles. • Hodgens Bros' • ..Clothing and Men's furnishings. Ontario. Clinton , womilimiisioniriimmtledairkroirt The "Tokio" Black and &son Brown • $1.O to $3.00, The "Yokohama" Black and New Shades' Meson !from, #$L25 to $3.00.