Dress Patterns and Embroidering Kits Sale
An extended catalog item lists holiday dress patterns folded in dress lengths with holly designs and greetings, including Cheviots Cloths Pajamias Plaids and winter weaves. It highlights colored and black wool dress patterns with prices and stamped linen embroidery pieces with outfits and diagrams. Also featured are Apnold Knit Night Drawers infant sleep protection and a broad range of women's slippers for evening wear and house use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biedermaie
Biedermaier
Aleo House
Austrian police tile theft prank echoes early 1900s transit leaders
A Troppau police station roof was removed by two men in municipal fire brigade uniforms claiming dangerous metallic tiles. The stunt left officers exposed to rain while authorities investigated delays. Separately, long career shifts place Thomas A. Cassatt as Pennsylvania Railroad president and a noted railroad transportation mastermind.
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Vienna
Troppau
Thomas A. Scott
Mr. Cassatt
Cassatt
Pennsylvania
America
History Dates and Notable Births and Deaths
A chronological note lists key historical dates and figures: Henry Laurens died in 1792. Henry Timrod born 1829 and died 1867. Bjorn Bjornson born 1832. Thomas R Bard born 1841. Dr Meyer trial began 1904 in New York. Herbert Spencer died 1908. Cassie Chadwick imprisoned in Tombs in 1904.
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Henry Laurens
South Carolina
Henry Timrod
Bjornsterne Bjornson
Thomas R. Bard
United States
California
Dr. Meyer
New York City
Herbert Spencer
Cassie Chadwick
the Tombs
New York
Alexander Johnston Cassat 67th Birthday Note Found
Alexander Johnston Cassat, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, born in Pittsburg on December 8, 1739. He studied at Heidelberg University then pursued oil engineering before aiding railroad location in Georgia and returning to Pittsburgh to join the Pennsylvania Railroad as a rodman in 1861. In 1867 he advanced to higher duties.
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Alexander Johnston Cassat
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
University of Heidelberg
Georgia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ya Rodman
Combined Ages of Bride and Groom in Hampton Marriage
William M. West 75 and Mrs. Sarah Gibson 73 wed in Elizabeth City county after living single years. The license and ceremony followed a recent divorce for the bride, remarking a combined age of 148 years as a record for local licenses.
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Hampton
William M. West
Elizabeth City
Sarah Gibson
Yall
Mt. Vernon Flour Santa Claus Headquarters Ad
An urban ad notes Santa Claus headquarters at Mt. Vernon Flour stores with a promo urging shoppers to buy Christmas gifts from a vast selection. It mentions replenishing stocks with toys and dolls and highlights low prices across The 5 and 10 Cent Stores and The Surprise Stores.
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Santa Claus
Bjornson Reaches Seventy Five as Norway Celebrates
Norway marks Bjornson's seventy fifth birthday with nationwide celebrations led by political, literary, and singing societies. The national poet is praised for shaping Norwegian progress, through peasant life novels, patriotic songs, historic and social dramas, and modern realist works.
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Christiania
Bjornatjerne Bjornson
Norway
Bjornson
Isis
Philadelphians Protest Against Negroes Discharge
A December mass meeting at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia protested the president’s refusal to reopen the case of negro soldiers dishonorably dismissed after the Brownsville riots. Speakers included Gen. Henry Main, Joseph Smith of Massachusetts, and J. H. Manning of Alabama.
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Phidelphia
Brownsville
Academy of Music
B. Tre
Henry Main
Joseph Smith
Massachusetts
J. H. Manning
Alabama
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington, D
Batiste
W. & L. Dollar
Germany
Ren
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co
Wh. Ticcaphy
H. H. Kennedy
Cashier
Jlupfield
B. Wa
Qecamber
Alexander
Cassat
Sublette & Barnes
Youman
Young
Pedigo’s
Dilger
Thomas
Mattamac
Syp
Bluefield
Mt. Vernon
Simpleville Gadets
Simon Simple
Eiks’ Opera House
Japan
Rayo Lam
Standard Oil Company
Bluefield Inn
Myron Marsh
Roanoke
Ohio
Holmboe & Lafferty
Architects
Bluefield Brewing Company
Bluefield Bee
Professor Molescott
Ont Mann
Pontock
Onsbier
L. A. Hoopeer
Ossl First National Bank
W. VA
Bland Street
Princete Avenue
Thomas E. Peery
Nx, & We Railway
Gertrude D. Wat
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