Old Game of the Swindlers Exposed by U S Consulate
A Barcelo na Spain report warns of con artists posing as prisoners seeking US relatives to assume guardianship of a dying Cuban prisoner’s daughter and fortune of about $20,000. The plot centers on a concealed valise with a certificate of deposit, a begging priest, and a one fourth reward, urging the distant relative to send funds to free the valise and enable transfer to America.
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Department of State
Washington
Barcelona
Spain
Sain
United States
Cuba
Carthagena
America
Partriot
Augustin Laflente
Barce Inca
Stylish Women and What Makes Them Attracti ve
Fashion note on style and fit stressing that attractiveness comes from well fitting clothes and careful tailoring. It claims stylish dress lowers overall clothing costs and urges discerning trade. Mentions fabrics, models, tailoring, individuality, and a store ethos of good goods made popular.
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Michael
Merode Knit Underwear for Misses and Children
The Little Folks advertises Merode Knit Underwear for misses and children. Products include cotton and wool blends, 2 piece suits, shirts and drawers, and union suits with prices starting at 25 cents. Winter weight garments for boys, girls, and women feature value specials around 25 to 50 cents.
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Merode
Warm Coats for Children at Michael's Store
Michael's offers fifty coats for ages 6 to 12 priced from 2.00 to 5.00 with a range including a better coat at 3.50 and a premium option at 5.00. The ad stresses warmth and safety from heated spaces and promises style and workmanship across selections in Georgia.
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Pelee
Georgia
Michael
Sweater Coats for School Girls and Women
The Sweater Coat, called Golf Coats by some and Motor Coats by others, is presented as a sensible, affordable garment for girls, teachers, and women. Available in sizes from baby to large, in white and several colors, with prices ranging from 1.00 to 12.50 for ladies and 1.00 to 1.50 for children.
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Athens
The Goat Suit Coat Suits at Michael's
A leading coat suit maker shipped 48 unique suits with perfect tailoring and appealing models. Prices highlighted include 15 and 20 dollars, with selected pieces at 25 dollars and claims of higher value elsewhere. A New York representative oversees rapid restocking of new models.
Fashionable Costumes Draw on Nine Historical Periods
The Dry Goods Economist notes designers of Fashionable Costumes draw inspiration from nine periods or countries including Louis XIII, Italian or Venetian, Louis XIV, Moyen Age, Laue XV, Louis XVI, Russian influences. Designers, skilled artists, study museums and exhibitions to adapt ideas from bygone times amid current events and Paris theatre trends.
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Louis XIV
Paris
Long Coats Arrive in Varied Styles and Prices
Lady Fashion presents the Long Coat collection with options in Striped Mannish, Kersey Mixtures, and all Wool Scotch Cheviot. Prices range from 7.50 to 32.50, with brown, tan and navy colors. Each coat is perfectly tailored and guaranteed to fit, extending from neck to ankle.
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Michael
Corset History and Modern Fitting at Michael's
A historical overview traces corset evolution from primitive steel bands to the whalebone and luxurious fabrics of the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries, noting how fashion shaped comfort. The article promotes Michael's corset department with an experienced corsetiere offering fittings and models from An&G, American Lady, LaGrecque, Lyra, and Redfern at prices from 1 to 15 dollars.
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Charles VI
France
Rigald
An & G
Redfern
Michael's
Home furnishings offer durable matting and rugs at Michael's
The ad promotes Matting as a year round floor cover with 40 yard rolls priced at 10 to 12.50, claims superior quality and longevity vs cheap mats, and highlights a wide Rug selection including Axminster Wilton Smyrna and Oriental styles plus curtains and stain materials. It promises good wear and surprises from Michael's.
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America
Jong
Michael
Our Dress Trimming Stock at Michaels and More
Our Dress Trimming Stock compri es all the Novelties of the season at Michael's featuring Pretty Combs and Barrettes as a highlight of the assortment for stylish dressmaking.
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Michael
Infant apparel department showcases baby cloaks dresses
A newspaper blurb highlights our new Infant department offering cloaks and long and short dresses for ages six months to four years. Fabrics include white wool serge Henrietta Tamise and Bedford cords with prices from 98 cents to 12.50, noting the 12.50 garment costs 18.50 in big cities. Cape and hood sets and matching cloaks are also displayed inviting shoppers to view the collection.
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Michael
Stylish Capes at Michael's Offer Diverse Prices and Colors
A vintage mall listing from Michael's highlights stylish capes priced from 7.50 to 85.00 with options in Electric Blue Grey Lavender Beach Tan Raisin Green and other colors. It promotes novelty braid sleeve effects and multiple uses from everyday wear to theatre with notes on competing 12.50 capes and a range of seasonal designs.
Confessed Conspiracy Swindle Targets Americans Abroad
A long warning outlines a global confidence scam run by organized swindlers who use social engineering and letters from imagined relatives to dupe victims. It notes legal hurdles under Spanish law, ongoing arrests, and the lack of convictions, while urging distrust of such ploys and citing Taft’s political scene and a foot powder advertisement side note.
Hat fashions and furs at Michael's shop in lively prices
A promotional piece for Michael's highlights stylish hats from Paris and New York priced from 5 to 85 dollars, stressing value and wearability over cheap purchases. It also previews fur pieces from Black Coney to Sitka Fox with bold price ranges and notes Roosevelt’s Africa trip as context.
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Paris
New York
Phipps, Castle, Burgesser
Knox
America
Michael
Pres
Roosevelt
Aftica
Comfortables for Home Attire at Michael's
At home wear emphasis on kimonas, dressing lacques, night gowns, and short outing skirts. Silk and crepe gowns range 1.50 to 15.09, other fabrics 0.65 to 3.00, with colors red navy brown green gray black and white. Night gowns of cotton priced from 0.59 to 1.50, skirts around 0.35 to 1.00. neckwear updates arrive daily.
Worth Knowing Bargain Column Highlights Low Price Goods
A shopping column touts a sale with limited stock on Black Silk Hose at $1.00 from 1.50, plus 50 dozen items across 50 pieces of Black and Colored Velings. It lists children pants, hose, Linen Sheeting, Broadcloth, Taffeta Silk, White Lawn, Huck Towels, Flannels and Outings with deep discounts and urges readers to make a list and visit to buy.
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Michael
Sleep Comfort Sale At Michaels Ad
A vintage ad urges comfort in bed for long health and invites readers to tomorrow’s special sales on sheets pillow cases quilts and blankets from Michaels.
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Michael’s
Human Nature Under Fire Tale From Success Magazine
Will Irwin recounts a San Francisco quake episode showing how few buildings collapsed and how a middle aged couple escaped a bed that slid onto the sidewalk. A wife quips about needing a nightshirt for her husband.
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Success Magazine
Will Irwin
San Francisco
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Laue XV
Lous XVI
Ita
Lawa
England
Washington, D. C
Taft
South
Allen
Sanitary Cor Pac
Allen S. Olmstead
le Roy
N. C
Portland
Ore
New Haven
Conn
Sitka Fox
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