Paving the Way for Higher Shoe Prices
A Philadelphia shoe merchant in Butte warns that prices will rise sharply for both men and women. He predicts $18 for women's high tops and $14 to $18 within months, with children’s footwear up about 25 percent. He blames dye costs and material shortages and suggests consumer boycott of costly styles to curb prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Miller
Philadelphia
Butte
Judith
Miner
Germany
Mr. Miller
Underwood Typewriter Plans Employee Stock Distribution
The Underwood Typewriter company approved a plan sharing 20 percent of net earnings as stock with employees worldwide. A board named to administer the fund includes John T Underwood and Clinton J. Rossiter. The move aims to strengthen loyalty and cooperation, with eligibility from two to five years of service. The company also bought 4,000 shares to cancel $1,000,000 in preferred stock. Dividends: 1% on preferred, 1.5% on common, payable June 2, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortune
Underwood Typewriter Company
John T Underwood
Clinton J. Rossiter
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Charles Strauss
New York City
Underwood Army
Fighting Boys Spark South Side Theater Trouble
Police answered an emergency call at Harrison Avenue theater yesterday afternoon after a free-for-all among boys caused alarm. A patrol wagon dispersed the group, with theater managers and local owners noting daily fights at the corner. Police Chief Murphy arranged readiness to haul troublemakers to jail to curb future incidents.
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Harrison Avenue
Murphy
Apples from North Yakima tripled harvest impact in fall
D W Symons of Hut te reports more than 9000 carloads of apples shipped from North Yakima Wash this fall with 6000 more awaiting shipment. He says apples are of better quality than four years ago and plentiful. Also notes use of apples for health and cost of living. Local ad notes cash for used furniture by Kelly Alton at 211 East Park Street.
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Yakima
Wash
D. W. Symons
Hutte
Washington City
Symons
Kelly & Alton
East Park Street
Villa Has Chihuahua City Accorded To Late Word
El Paso reports refugees arriving from Sauz say Villa currently holds Chihuahua City. George Brittingham, among six Americans in the city, survived until forced to board a train back to hiding. Refugees describe looting by Villa bandits and gunfire as trains departed.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
EL Paso
Texas
Sauz
George Brittingham
Brittingham
Addieval Ozuna
Juarez
Trevino
Fraisco Trevino
Chihuahua
Rising Young Attorney Weds Accomplished Lady
San Diego deputy city attorney F Lorenz wed Miss Helen Copenharve daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Copenharve of Butte in St Paul Episcopal church. The ceremony included a blessing message from Dr Mozeumdar. A wedding breakfast at the U S Grant hotel followed and the party celebrated at Stratford Inn Delmar. The couple will honeymoon in Southern California before returning to Butte for Christmas.
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Spec
San Diego
F. Lorenz
Butte
Helen M. Copenharve
Charles Copenharve
James F. Barnes
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
A. K. Mozeumdar
New Religious Society
Mozeumdar
Copenharve
U.S. Grant Hotel
Stratford Inn
Delmar
Vince
Mise Copenharve
California
Lorenz
Fornia
Bute
Putte
Loreng i
Germany offers to pay damages for Bloomersdijk
The Hague announce that Germany is ready to pay damages for the freighter Bloomersdijk and part of its cargo, while the remainder of the vessel’s cargo is to be sent to a prize court. The Bloomersdijk was mined near Nantucket in October by a German submarine.
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Wil
Hague
London
Germany
Netherlands
Bloomersdijk
Associated Press
Mini
Nantucket
Woman killed by auto in Tacoma incident
Tacoma reports Bary Jean Mean, wife of F C Mean, died in hospital after being struck by a truck last night. She was 44 and survived by three married daughters including Mrs M J Hanmore of Seattle, and one son. The driver of the automobile remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Bary Jean
F.C. Mean
M. J. Hanmore
Seattle
Murguia Reported Moving on Chihuahua City
From the south, Carranza officials said General Murguia was moving toward Chihuahua City on Sunday, with unconfirmed reports of an attack. In New York, four battleships and five cruisers anchored in the upper Hudson for Thanksgiving, including the Texas New York Connecticut and Wyoming.
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T. Juares
Carranza
Murguia
Bachima
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Liberty
New York
Upper
Hudson
Texas
Connecticut
Wyoming
Skirts for Bathing Habits Roil Purity Crusade
A garbled OCR fragment depicts a 1920s era debate over women’s dress, bathing suits, and skirts as a purity issue. It references banning certain outfits, pressures to wear skirts, and public reactions to women’s appearance in parks and seaside settings, with mentions of bathing caps and fashion norms.
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West Park
Dracos
Reuter
Athens
Dracox
Hatzopoulos
Corfu
Athine
Alexander Taclos
Interior
Gonzales
South SI
Cxecfairbank Comany
Chicago
Beded
Hennessy's
Sro
Helen Marve
Port Angeles
Whalen Bros
Mills Creek
British Columbia
James Tyson
San Francisco
Puget Sound Mills and Timber Company
Whalens
Balee Fook
Charl Nelson Company
Puget Sound
Leeacn
Ray
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