Shoes Department Booms with New Styles and Prices Rising
The store reports its shoe department as the busiest with tan buttons and English lasts favored in both high and medium button boots and oxford styles. Prices are up 50 cents to $1.00 in ladies sizes, while low cuts see profit cuts to hold old prices. White buckskin and duck shoes sell well as gun metal boots remain popular, with many options from 2A to 9E and pumps in velvet satin suede or patent leather. House shoes offer over twenty styles at substantial savings and comfort, with a full range for boys and girls.
Leaders Hope to Stick to Tariff In Extra Session
The extra session likely focuses on tariff bills with currency reform tied to President Wilson's agenda. Banking leaders and Democrats push independence for the Philippines but doubt quick action. Debate centers on committee control and budget plans while Congress expands in size and faces economic restraint and anti trust moves.
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Wilson
Congress
Glass
Banking and Currency Committee
House
Democrats
Senate
Ways Land Means Committee
Ianama
Democrats Control First Session in Years as Wilson Calls Congress
The extra session is notable with Democrats controlling every legislative branch for the first time in twenty years. President Wilson convenes a new generation of lawmakers, shifting from Republican rule and placing tariff revision at the forefront, though details and reception of changes remain uncertain.
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Philippine
United States
Wilson
Jones
Bryan
Redfield
Congress
Cleveland
Testimonial Promotes Pinkham Vegetable Compound
Adrian Texas resident Jessie Marsh credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of painful cramps chills and hemorrhages after five doctors failed. She says she gained 30 pounds and urges others to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Adrian
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jessie Marsh
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
The Easter Lily Hymn Poem
A verse praising the Easter Lily as the bright festival flower of spring. It notes children finding eggs and expresses the lily’s symbol of faith and peace, wishing its fragrance carry the message of life and goodwill to all.
Tax assessment corrections and property omissions urged
In Chehalis County during 1913 a petition seeks an alternative writ of mandate to compel entry of omitted timber and other properties onto current rolls. The request targets clerical errors on prior rolls and demands correction to prevent tax loss to taxpayers.
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N. W
N. R
Chehalis County
Board of Equalization
Hemlock
Taggart & Phillips
State of Washington
Chehalis
W. H. Bush
H. Bush
E. Taggart
State of
Washington
Aberdeen
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Arthur Ww. Dunn
Ways and Means
Cannon
Panama Canal
Aldrich
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Federal
House of Representatives
Elliott Woods
Capitol
Judiciary Committee
Ing
Wheeler & Wilson
Victor
Edison
Columbia
Payette Music House
Wolff
Nemo and Redfern
Nemo
Redfern
Geo. J. Wolff
Municipal Free Employment Bureau
Wishkah
Wesmonds OF
Wie
Asa
MR. Householder
Grays Harbor
the Electric Service and Supply Company
Grays Harbor Railway and Light Company
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