Gloom as Christmas Gift Ban Sweeps Thompson's Spa
A white placard in Thompson's Spa dressing room forbids counter clerks from accepting Christmas gifts from patrons, sparking gloom as staff recall long-standing tipping and conversation rules and a sudden crank of penalties for holiday exchanges.
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Thompson’s Spa
Trust Company Watch Case Lawsuit Details Antitrust Case
The government charges Keystone Watch Case Company with exclusive export contracts with Elgin and Waltham to control foreign trade, price fixing for Howard movements, blacklisting dealers, and plans to drive rivals out. The suit alleges deceptive labeling and collusion against competitors. A separate society-column note describes guests reacting to a Burgettstown party story.
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Keystone Company
Elgin National Watch Company
Elgin Company
Canada
Waltham Watch Company
Great Britain
France
Spain
Waltham and Elgin Companies
United States
Howard Movement
Self
Burgettstown
Women to Earn Own Fund for Suffrage War
In Pera Kansas on December 20, Kansas women seeking full voting rights plan to raise their campaign funds themselves. Each woman will be assessed her share and urged not to ask male relatives or friends for money. The 1911 legislature proposed equal voting rights to be decided in 1912, with an estimated need around $100,000.
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Pera
Kan
Kansas
Relief for Rheumatism Promised by N Y 2851 Remedy
Advertisement notes Eimer & Amend offer N Y 2851 for rheumatism relief with T Metcalf Co Boston carrying the product. The brief notice urges readers to obtain the remedy locally.
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Tism, Eimer & Amend’s
N. Y
T. Metcalf Co
Boston
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