Closing Out Holiday Gift Items At Deep Discounts
All silver mounted canes priced to close at 79 cents and 1 to 2 dollars. Umbrellas with fancy handles 75 cents to 1.50, many down from 3.50. Ebony head canes reduced to 3.49, plus presents for Christmas. Match boxes with Harvard Yale decorations cut to 39 cents. Pearl handled cold pens and razors half price. Do collars and other accessories marked down. whips, leashes, combs, brushes, and muzzles heavily discounted.
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Harvard
Yale
Boys and Girls Watches Prices In Nickel and Silver
Boys watches with American movement in a handsome nickel case cost 2.50. American movement in a solid silver warranted case sells for 3.50. Misses solid silver watches with stem wind and stem set priced at 3.00.
Jewelry sale cuts prices across gold and silver items
A local sale advertises deep price cuts on solid gold studs and earrings at $1 per pair, solid gold link buttons at $2.25, solid silver thimbles and pins, sterling silver pocket books at 50 cents, and chain bracelets with substantial savings from typical uptown prices. The ad emphasizes marked-down prices for ladies bracelets and silver chain bracelets now offered at reduced rates.
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Uptown
Tiffany
New Marquise Silverware Sale by William Rogers Co
William Rogers Mfg Co cuts prices on the New Marquise pattern flatware in a sale. Bold discounts aim to attract buyers seeking upgraded place settings.
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William Rogers Mfg. Co
Sale on Parlor and Kitchen Clocks inDowntown Shop
Parlor clocks with marbleized, eight day movement and cathedral gong priced at 2.97 after markdown. Enamelled iron eight day clocks with half hour strike now 4.50. French carriage eight day clocks cut from 7.00 to 5.00. Kitchen clocks reliable timekeepers now 2.00 from 2.59. Onyx parlor clocks eight day half hour strike cathedral gong offered in many pieces with some marked from 16.00 in this sale.
Lost His Bride But She Is Found in Vermont
A man travels from New York seeking his bride who has been located in Vermont and intends to join her there. The search ends with reunion as he plans to reunite with his spouse in the Green Mountain State.
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Vermont
Bronxborough Bank
Hattie
Della Fox
Chicago
Groom’s Honeymoon Ends In Mysterious Disappearance
Michael Clark, married in Northampton, Mass, during a brief honeymoon in New York, lost both wife and money after an excursion and use of knock-out drops. He remained in police custody while trying to locate the hotel rooms. Mrs Maria Ryan Clark fled to Rutland Vermont, leaving a note that she feared he’d been disappointed. Clark plans to pursue her immediately.
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New York
Michael Clark
Northampton
Mass
Clark
Boyle Bros Display Immense Whit ten Stock and New Salesrooms
Boyle Bros advertise the relocation of Whitten, Burdett & Co. stock to 863 Washington Street in the South End for a two week sale. The new salesrooms feature extensive space across multiple floors, bright lighting, heavy construction, and cash prices with easy terms.
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Boyle Bros
Whitten, Burdett & Co
Washington Street
Boylston Street
Broadway
Library visitor seeks dilapidated cover novel on Sunday
A library applicant asks for the book with the most dilapidated cover after being asked to fill a slip. Dialogues include Miss Dashleigh and Miss Hapgood recalling George Hamby and a candy box exchanged with the phrase sweets to the sweet.
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Somerville Journal
Miss Dashleigh
George Hamby
Miss Hapgood
Chicago News
Train Collision Delays noon No 78 at Amherst
The noon southbound No 78 on the New London and Northern Railroad collided with a freight train switching north of the Amherst passenger station. A loaded freight car overturned and a second damaged as the passenger engine’s cow catcher and steam chest were torn. No injuries. engineers Burdeth and Reed escaped. The crash occurred on a snowy, slippery track, delaying the train nearly three hours.
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Amherst
New London & Northern
Burdeth
Reed
Coal Dumped Behind Stove Causes Church Mix Up
In Woburn the Democratic headquarters in the Independent Baptist Church built two front rooms upstairs. A coal dealer sent half a ton of coal with a note to put it behind the stove. The coal heaver misread and dumped coal behind the stove in the church auditorium. A Democratic committee member visited, explanations followed, and the coal was removed.
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Woburn
Independent Baptist Church
Democratic Committee
Spankings and Marriages Highlight Court and Church Scandals
In New York a appellate division rules a wife cannot collect damages for assault by her husband, citing one and the same person. In Barrington a church court finds Deacon Mark Wood guilty of spanking his wife claiming exorcism of demons. Mrs Hess Wood seeks divorce.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
New York State
Kate Abbe
Richard F. Abbe
Hurd
Barrington
R. I
High Court
Congregational Church Society
Christian
Mark H. Wood
Farnham and Flanders Vie for Malden Mayor in Packed Dem Race
Malden faces a Democratic mayoral contest with John J. Farnham and Dana J. Flanders as nominees. Republicans split hopes, aiming to influence Alderman seats. Ward 6 shows intense races, while temperance groups push to increase no license votes. A Reader's letter analyzes conditions ahead of the December 7 election.
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Malden
John J. Farnham
Dana J. Flanders
Farnham
Charles T. Hall
Warren
Cushing
Flanders
Boston & Maine Railroad
Page
G. Louis Richards
John H. Farnham
Messrs. Schumaker
Thompson
Hawkes
Mr. Schumaker
Board of Aldermen
Mr. Heagney
Messrs
Cassidy
Trafton
Citizen
Henry George Jr to wed Miss Hitch in Chicago
Henry George Jr took out a marriage license for a December wedding to Miss Marie Hitch at her parents house 26 East Ontario. The couple planned to live at Fort Hamilton and the ceremony was postponed after Henry George's death. a new date of December 2 was rumored to avoid a Friday. Only close relatives would attend.
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Chicago
Henry George
Marie Hitch
East
Ontario Street
George
Greater New York
Hitch
Fort Hamilton
Countess Elope Follows Family Custom in Denmark Marriage
In Janesville Wisconsin on December 1 Miss Alice Arthur Starrett heiress to Danish title Countess Ferselew secretly married Robert C. Tetzlaff a poor chore boy, after a long line of elopements in her family. The tale connects through generations to Martha Doe and General J B Doe’s kin with a broader portrait of chivalry and downfall.
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Janesville
Wis
Countess Ferselew
Alice Arthur Starrett
Denmark
Robert C. Tetzlaff
J. R. Doe
Martha
Count Ferselew
America
Martha Doe
Starrett
Alice Starrett
Ferselen
Ferselew
R. Qualentine
J. B. Doe
Cleveland
Englishman Alfred G. Jobson Dying In New York
Alfred G. Jobson a strong Englishman lies dying in a New York hospital from a fractured skull. He was lured from Rahway New Jersey by a decoy letter claiming to come from Miss Stanley of the Stanley family. He worked briefly as a Waldorf Astoria footman before being attacked while in Rahway.
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New York
Alfred G. Jobson
Rahway
N. J
Stanley Family
America
Stanleys
Fourteenth Hussars
Miss Stanley
Waldorf-Astoria
Hussars
Swains
Jobson
Elizabeth Avenue
Irving Street
Radnhy
Waldorf Astoria
England
Rogues Gallery Photo Shocks Tremont Row
Nellie Oliver, listed among Tuesday shoplifters, caused a sensation at the post's rogues gallery. She screamed and fought inspectors for a half hour before a photographer captured her in Tremont row. Known by many aliases, she has a New York origin and a long police record for theft.
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Nellie Oliver
Rogues’ Gallery
Nellie
Tremont Row
Moore
Oates
Oliver
Wilson
Grant
New York
Boston Police
Sorry He Loved Her Embezzler Confesses Theft
Donald McClelland, a young man, admits stealing 2500 from a woman who allegedly laughed at him. The New York item notes the self confessed embezzlement and the motive linked to romance.
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New York
Donald McClelland
Armor Plant Cost Report For Naval Armor Plant
The naval board report to Secretary Long sets the cost of a 6000 ton per year armor plant at about three and three quarter million dollars. Long will invite proposals by advertisement to build the plant and Congress will be advised of offers from existing armor makers to sell to the government.
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Washington
Naval Board
Congress
Commodore Howell
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New England
Morocco
Diamonds
Sterlin
Masons
Odd Fellows
Boston
Wilson Brothers
Bunco
Knockout
Hawmui
Merchants
Glen Shirt & Collar CO
Tremont &St
Children’s Institutions Department
Massachusetts School For
Waltham
Baldwinsville
Perkins Institution For the Blind
Marcella Street
Archbishop Williams
Cushing Process CO
Church
Sweetheart
Countess
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Farnum and Flanders
Aldermanic
Jordan
Marsh
Miss Hitch
Wisconsin
Romeo
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