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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1904)
W e will dose out our en ANOTHER BIQ PIANO DEAL. l THE LOCAL FIELD tire stock at a very low cost. ♦ ♦ Twenty Seven Carloads, Worth ♦3 00 Ladies’ S hoes.......... **.50 $100,000, of Fine, New Chair repairing doue at Slayton 2.75 “ " U6 Chair Factory. Pianos Involved. 200 « “ .............. 1 50 | The Order of Foresters at Sublimity 1.65 “ “ .............. is preparing to organize a l>and. 125 Girls’ Shoes.................. 1 25 Gilt Edge Shoes.......... Mrs. Walker and children visited at 50c Baby “ the home of Dr. Kitchen this week. 3.50 Men’s “ Misses Ahhie Gohlen and Susan “ “ StretT are visiting friends at Mt. Angel. J 2 50 50c Ladies’ Rubbers.......... Mrs. E. G. Seigimind and daughter 75c Men’s “ Myrta visited friends in town Tuesday, j 35c Children’s “ D. \V. Cramer w rites to have Tns M ail sent him at Los Angeles, Calif. 1 35 160 1 00 35 3.00 2.00 .40 -0.» .25 E.V. Ferguson. The K. O. T. M. dance last night O l l I T t A KY. was well attended and everybody had a good time. Mrs. Matthew Bass died Monday Lester and Nellie Holt, of Crabtree, evening, following the birth and death visited this week at the home of their of an infant child. The cause of death aunt, Mrs. W. H Queener. was acute Bright’s disease. Alice Rosetta Gore was lx>rn Aug. 2, Cash paid for hides at the Chair 1861, in Grant county, Wia. She was Factory, Stay ton. manied to Mr. Ba»s April 26, 1676, The children of St. Boniface School, and came to Oregon in 1663. She was at Sublimity, give a musical and lit the mother of eight children, four of erary entertainment this afternoon. whom survive to mourn her death. Dr. Wilbur N. Pintler, dentist, will he in his office in Stavton the 16th to She became a member of the M. E. church eight years ago. 31st of each month. The funeral service was held at home Old chairs repaired and made new in this place, Tuesday, the 29th, con at Stayton Chair Factory. ducted by Rev. Elkins, and was at Wm. Brown left Saturday last for tended by a large number of sympu his home in Northeastern Calif. His thizing friends. father, Jas. Brown, is much improved. M AKK1KD. N. Lambert, one of the substantial Wednesday evening, l>ec. 23, at the farmers north of Sublimity, is one of residence of the officiating minister, the latest accessions to T he M ails Rev. T. B. Griswold, at Albany, occur growing list. red the marriage of Geo. C. Johnston, A. C. Thomas and wife left the first of Scio, and Miss Flora A. Layton, of of the week for Tacoma, Wash. We \ Lacomb. Both these young people look to see them return to Stayton are quite well known in and about soon to reside. Stayton, and their many friends will Work on the new Fret! Rock Mer join ns in be*t wishes. cantile Co. store will be completed HO W ARD-VAN NUYS-At the home next week, and new goods will begin of the bride’s parents, m West Stay- to arrive soon. ton, Sunday, December 27, 1903, at 11 o’clock a. in., Miss .Myrtle Van W. M. Thomas and wife left Satur Nuys to Mr. George Howard. day last for a visit at Sodaville, from The bride is the daughter of Mr. and where they will return to their home Mrs. R. W. Van Nuys, of West Stay in Tacoma, Wash. ton, and the groom is a prosperous Mrs. Herbert Downing left for her young farmer in the neighborhood of home near Lebanon, Monday, after an Stayton. The wedding was a very quiet extended stay at the home of her fa- j atiair, being attended by only the im ther, Henry Keene. mediate relatives of the contracting M rs. W.C. Uren. of Chataroy, Wash., parties. They will reside upon the expects to leave the first of next week groom’s farm near Stayton. for her home. Her father, Htnry One of rlie most frightful disasters Keene, may accompany her. in years occurred in Chicago Wednes The Jones boys have sold their Scio day afternoon. During the matinee saloon to W. E. Savage, a former resi performance of “ Bluebeard” at tlie dent of that place, recently arrived new Iroquois theatre, the house took from the Klondike. fire behind the scenes, and between Services at the Christian church, 600 and 700 persons, mostly women Sunday. Subject of the morning ser and children, were killed by being mon, “ Talents:” in the evening, “ Some burned, smothered or trampled on, and several hundred were injured. The things we can do without.” Several new subscribers have been story of the affair is appalling. Work is progressing on the new added to our list the past couple of walk to the cemetery. The expense of months. Tell your neighbor he ought building the walk is to lie divided be to take T he M ail and quit borrowing tween the Masons, the Odd Fellows, yours. Wm. Mount and wife, of Silverton, and the town. This walk, which and Mrs. Guy Buffington, of Roseburg, should be built by adjacent property were guests at the M. A. Stayton home owners, emphasizes the fact that the over Christmas. The ladies are daugh toundaries of the incorporation are altogether too small. ters of Mr. and Mrs. Stayton. When bilious try a dose of Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and realize for once how quickly a firtt-class up-to-date medicine will cor rect the disorder. For sale by Brewer Drug Co. Mr. Samuels was home from Port land over last Sunday, returning Mon day accompanied by his two oldest daughters. Misses Hallie and Katie Shelly also accompanied him, for a visit with Portland friends. Mr. Wm. S. Crane, of California, Md., suffered for years w ith rheumat ism and lumbago. He was finally sd- vised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which lie did and it effected a com plete cure. For sale by Brew er Drug Co On the night of the Masonic ban quet, the 18th, Mrs. Uriah Whitney sustained a fall on the walk near W. II. Hobson’s and severely bruised one of her shoulders. She has since suffer ed considerable pain and inconvenience from the injury. There will he a meeting of the Di rectors of the Farmers’ Fire Relief Association held at the Sublimity pub lic school house, Jan. fitli, 1904, at 10 a. m. Also tiie eighth annual session ol the members of the Farmers’ Fire Relief Association of Sublimity, Ore., on the same day at 11 a. m. Every body interested in farmers' mutual in surance is invited to attend. C has . H ottinukk , See. Mrs. F. H. Downs anti baby, of A rate of one fare w ill l>e made by Downs Station, are guests at tlie J. P. the C. A E. K, R. for the round trip) Davie home. Yesterday morning the iietween all stations during Christmas I little toddler got hold of a buttle of holidays. Tickets for sale and good croup medicine, and drank a good going Saturday, Dec. 19th to Saturday sized quantity of it. Except lor mak Jan. 2, 1904, and for return at any ing it pretty sick for a while, no harm time on or before Monday, Jan. 4th. was done. G rief K ino , Agent, Kingston, Or. W A NT ED— F A ITH FU L PE RSON Wednesday noon, the 30th, at the TO TRAVEL for well established house home of the bride, near Fox Valley, in a few counties, calling on retail occurred the marriage of Geo. Berry merchants and agents. Local terri to Miss Rosa Bodeker. The bride is tory. Salary *20 00 |>er week with ex- tine of Fox Valley’s most estimable > | m : usch additional, all payable in casli voting Indies. The groom is an in each week. Money for expenses ad dustrious young man from the upper vanced. Position permanent. Business country, and at present employed by successful and rushing. — Standard House, 330 Dearborn St., Chicago. Gardner Bros as teamster. Eilers Piano House organized five more eo operative piano cluhs-sale and delivery to la-gin at once— price* vir tually cut in two— payments of *5 monthly in Club A, and *1.60 a week in Club It. Over four hundred fine, new piano* were sold inside of five weeks in the Fall of 1902 by Filers Piano House on the eo operative plan, which was then for the first time introduced in West ern piano selling. The idea originated in Philadelphia, and i* a plan that ap peals at once to the best judgement of practical people. Five hundred pianos can tie sold in five lots a great deal cheaper than they can be sold in the regular retail way to live hundred in dividual buyers. It is tiie M i m i c principal of selling large quantities to u single ti.in up- pli >d to selling One Hundred Pianos tons many |»eople who unite in one Cltili for that purchase. Two of M onth« I* rr |» m r * t i o n . Over two months of most |>aiii*-tak- ing preparation have lieen devoted to tlie*e five new piano clubs. Over a bundled thousand dollars worth of strictly standard, brand new, fully warranted Pianos are involved, among them tiie most costly Kimballs, and Cliickerings, and Weber*, together with such famous makes a* the Vose, the Hobart M Cable, the Hallett A Davis and twenty other high grade makes. B etter Than Last few oT the B riers. It is ini|H>n*ible for (is to make de tailed mention of prices here. Suffice it to say that Pianos for which ordin arily *225 and *250 is asked are now *118, *137 up to *l*’»4 and *178 for the regular *275 and *300 styles. (Class A ) In Class B are found the choicest of Marshall A Wentlel, Ricca A Won, Weser and the beautiful Bailey pianos. *186, *214, *226 and payments of *6 down and *1 60 a week buys them. These are posi.ively the lowest prices ever seen in print. Corresponding reductions pievail also in Class C, D E. Full particulars W'll appear in these columns each week till sale closes. O r * an C 'lul)*, M M * è f JSee Our v* New Goods! k J I s Dry Goods Clothing Dress Goods Shoes J J ^ THEO. GEHLEN, Stayton. f • 'MVMX'WX'jy 'A w m m w m a c* Year, There i* no question now as to our ability to fill these clubs. No one w ill have to wait now for others to join, nor until the club is filled to get his or her piano. Members of these clubs do not even have to know now wiio tiie other memliers of tiie club are. Selection is not limited to a few makes. The entire Eilers Piano House lines are included ill these dub*. The instruments are here in Portland for you to select from. They have lieen coming in each day at the rate of two or more carloads, and on one single day last week lio less than nine car load* arrived. When you have chosen your piano and made the initial pay ment tiie Piano is delivered promptly, accompanied t>y the manufacturer’s guarantee and also by Filers Piano House "Money hack if not satisfactory’’ agreement. And the payments range from *1.50 a week (or *5 a month; in *1.60, *2 and *2.50 a week, or corres ponding amounts if you prefer to pay by tiie month. A •X+AtAtAtAtAtAto Too. # Two organ clubs w ill be organized by Jail. 2. Remember when you deal with Fil ers Piano House yon are dealing with tiie strongest, largest and oldest Piano firm, wiio sell instruments at all times on their merits alone, and at prices made possible only by the many unique and up to-date advantages they employ. Hale commences and clubs are all open to-morrow. Earliest buyers have the pick of tiie largest, finest collection of Pisnos ever seen in Portland. Eilers Piano House, 351 Washington street, cornerPark. Write us for further particulars etc. Out of town inquiries promptly attended to. We want your shoe trade during 1904, and shall do our best to merit it. Our increased business during the past /ear assures us that good goods, low prices and fair dealing are appreciated. See our shoes and furnishing goods. J. E. W HITEHEAD, Stayton. Another substantial brick ¿milling tn l>.- aildeil 111 Haleni’it many hand- .iiine *tructures. The Brewer Drug Company, recently organised and in corporated under 1 lie Oregon law*, of which Dr. .1 11. Brewer, of tbiacity, i* tiie principal stock holder, ha* a force of men excavating, preparatory to tin* erection of u modern brick building, ■ m tiie northeast, corner of Lila-rty street*. This company will build a brick block, 25x57$ feet, and two stor ies high. The building will lie strictly up to date in architecture, and will have all tiie modern conveniences. Tiie building will front on Court street, and the entrance to the second story will in-at tin* rear on Lila-rty street. The ground Hour i* to furnish a mod ern and convenient store room, while tiie second floor will contain many office and other rooms. Tiie fruit of the new business block will la- provid ed witll fine plate gla-s, and the build ing w ill also have a spacious basement. The estimated cost is about *6<XH), and will lie a valuable addition to the Cap ital City’s rapidly glowing business center. It is not known whit kind of a business will in- established in the new store room when completed, but there is no doubt hut that there will be plenty of application* for the use of the new building.—Statesman. 1 * There iri consolation in the statement made f j u medical authority that It Is a “ cry bad practice to Jump out of bid Immediately on nwnkcning in the morning. There Is n little more of tiie honor able In the London visitors than In their entertainers, the Boston Ancients. The Londoners spell It with a “ u.” WANTED—TRUSTWORTHY I. \ dy or gentleman to manage bosun-.* in ibis county and adjoining territorv (or house of solid tinaneial standing. *20 (IO stringhi cash salary slid ex penses pani each Monday direct from headquarter*. Ex pens» money ad vanced; (termiilieut position. Address M a unger, 605 Mnmm Bldg, l'Imago. Portland and Return Only $2.75 The Southern Pacific Co. is now selling round trip tickets to Portland from West Slayton for *2 75, good giv ing Saturday or Sunday, returning Sunday and Monday, giving nl! day Sunday and Monday in Portland. The same arrangement applies from Port land, giving Portland people a elilinee to visit \ally points at greatly re duced rates. Sunset Magazine Full of Fascinating Features of the Wonderful West. Beautifully Illustratisi. $1.00 Per Year--10 cents a Copy A Free Sample Copy te all requesting. AGENTS WANTED. SI NHKT wants a aidiscrrptinn representative in every rnty and town. To those w ho wifi» give all nr a portion of their time it offer* attractive work and pay* exceed- ¡ugly liberal commissions. It will pay you to investigate. A*|M>stal card will bring particulars*. 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