Holiday Gift Ideas From A Lively Store Catalog
A bustling holiday sales listing showcases coats suits skirts and furs plus a vast array of fabrics garments and accessories. Names like Bradley Munsing Packard Kenyon and E and W appear alongside prices from 10c to $12 in a dense, shop-window style inventory that invites readers to visit and view new arrivals daily.
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Kenyon Rain
Bradley
Boston
Paris
Beacon Falls
Kenyon
Genuine Kewpie Doll With Each Pair Ad Offered
A local retailer promotes their leather goods by offering a genuine Kewpie Doll with every purchase. The advertisement emphasizes the high quality leathers and the free gift to attract customers.
The Butler Weekly Times masthead and pricing note
The Butler Weekly Times is printed on Thursdays at Butler Missouri. It carries second class mail matter and lists a price of 1.00 per year for subscriptions.
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The
Butler Weekly Times
Close Arizona governor race awaits official count
General notes say the Arizona gubernatorial election is so tight that only the official tally will determine who occupies the governor's mansion. An explosion at a Russian ammunition plant reportedly killed about 1,000 people per Overseas News Agency quoting Red. Roosevelt cancels South Sea trip to join a devil fish hunting party in Caribbean. Look out for discovery of an Island of Doubt.
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Arizona
Red
Col. Roosevelt
South Sea
Carribean Sea
Quail Shipment Spotted En Route to Pittsburg Preserve
A car load of 6000 live quail traveling from Mexico to Pittsburg passed through Palestine Texas on Saturday. The quail are to be released on a Pittsburg club preserve several miles from the city as part of a planned release.
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Mexico
Pittsburg
Palestine
Texas
Berlin statement notes Dutch and Brazilian steamers seized
An official Berlin notice reports Flemish naval forces stopped the Dutch steamer Caledonia and the Brazilian steamer Rio Pardo, both headed to England with cotton, and brought them into harbor. The text also mentions a new pale emerald silk named Shadow Lawn, used for Southern sport suits, with Mrs. Wilson’s approval.
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Berlin
Caledonia
England
Rise of Sir Albert Stanley From Chore Boy to Cabinet
Sir Albert H. Stanley, slated for a place in the new British cabinet, rose from a chore boy in the Detroit United railways stable to his present position as a notable public figure.
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Albert H. Stanley
Detroit United Railways
Mammoth Cave Hotel Burns, Nation's Oldest Large Resort
The Mammoth Cave Hotel, 110 years old and reputedly the oldest large resort hotel in the United States, burned to the ground on Saturday. The fire swept rapidly through the wooden structure that had hosted many celebrities visiting the cave.
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Mammoth Cave
United States
States Abolish Death Penalty Including Arizona
The latest wave ends capital punishment in Arizona following a recent vote. Kansas Maine Michigan Minnesota North Dakota Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota Washington and Wisconsin have also abolished the death penalty in a regional shift.
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Arizona
Kansas
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
John A. Machibald Dies at Home in Tarrytown
John A. Machibald longtime president of Standard Oil died at his Tarrytown New York home last Tuesday. He began in oil as an office boy and rose to lead one of the world’s largest corporations.
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John A. Machibald
Standard Oil Company
Tarrytown
N. Y
Tarryvest
Osborne resigns as assistant secretary of state
John BE Osborne, assistant secretary of state, resigned Saturday and will return within a month to Rawlins Wyoming to devote himself to a ornate business. His successor has not been named. He was appointed in 1813 and with two exceptions has held the office longer than many predecessors.
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John BE. Osborne
Rawlins
Wyoming
Explosion at Lasatannaya factory kills about a thousand
A Russian report in Ryetsk via a press bureau statement says a blast at the Lasatannaya ammunition plant occurred when about one thousand workers were employed and all were believed dead. The account notes the workers perished in the explosion.
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Ryetsk
Lasatannaya
California Favorite Grand Champion Steer Sets Record
The grand champion Hereford short horn steer from the University of California sold at the International Livestock Show auction in Chicago last week for 1997.50 dollars. Sullivan Packing Company of Detroit bid in the animal at 1.75 dollars per pound, setting a new record 25 cents above the previous mark.
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California
Chicago
University of California
Sullivan Packing Company
Detroit
Pacific coast record price for Holstein bull
John von Herberg of Seattle paid twenty one thousand five hundred dollars for Finderme Mutual Fayne Valdres sa a junior yearling Holstein bull at the sixth annual Pacific International Exposition. The sale set a new high for a single animal on the Pacific coast. The bull’s dam was the world’s champion two year old butter producer.
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John von Herberg
Seattle
Finderme Mutual Fayne Valdressa
Pacific Coast
Miss Edith Colby Convicted of Second Degree Murder
Edith Colby a newspaper reporter was convicted of second degree murder for shooting A. C. Thomas a Thompson Falls Montana politician. She was sentenced Saturday to ten years in the penitentiary. The defense argued Thomas refused to apologize for an insult in an interview and that Colby was not responsible at the time of the shooting.
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Edith Colby
A. C. Thomas
Thompson Falls
Montana
Thomas
Miss Colby
Secretaries Seek Pay Rise for Congress Members
Secretaries for members of the Tlouse of Congress aim to raise their pay from 1500 to 2000 dollars a year. They held a meeting Friday to discuss methods to secure the increase, citing high living costs and the fact that 10 senators already earn 2000 dollars and have others to handle much of the work. Previously members have taken the 1500 allowance and hired a secretary for about 1000 or gone without.
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Tlouse
Congress
Vessels Sail Friday From New York To Europe Carry Large Passenger Loads
Vessels sailing Friday from New York to Europe carried 2 289 passengers as many head home for Christmas. The St Louis bound for Liverpool carried 599 cabin passengers, a record for the boat, and 7 239 sacks of mail, second only to the Lusitania. Passenger Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France, travels to supervise the American Ambulance Hospital work in France.
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New York
Europe
St. Louis
Liverpool
Lusitania
Robert Bacon
France
American Ambulance Hospital
Resolution Introduced in Senate by Senator Shafroth
A resolution introduced in the United States Senate by Senator Shafroth of Colorado proposes an amendment. The measure seeks to modify existing law and set forth new guiding principles to govern federal action. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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United States
Senate
Shafroth
Colorado
Proposed Constitutional Change Abolishes Electoral College
A historical note describes a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to elect the president and vice president without the electoral college. It specifies a six year presidential term beginning the third Tuesday of January after the election and outlines when terms for senators and representatives would start.
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the United
Electoral College
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Compton in Deepwater
A December 8 191 birthday celebration honored Mrs W G Compton at Mrs Clara Batchelor’s Deepwater home, marking her seventy third birthday. Attendees included C W Hedrick Ed Collings T D Day Charley Johnson and the Cumptons among others, with a cake bearing seventy three candles and a display of American Beauty roses and pink and white chrysanthemums.
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W. G. Compton
Clara Batchelor
Deepwater
Township
CC. W
Hedrick
C. W. Hedrick
Mgr. Ed Collings
Kansas City
T. D. Day
Charley Johnson
W. G. Cumpton
T. 2. Cumpton
D. M. Cumpton
Mrs Hannah Richardson Dead in This City
Mrs Hannah Richardson died at her home on South Mechanic Street after several weeks of pneumonia. Born January 10, 1842 in Mt Jefferson Ohio, she married Caleb Richardson September 14, 1860. Survived by son E E Richardson Joplin and Mrs Harry Funk near Butler, plus sisters Mrs H Welch and Mrs Aaron Duncan of Kansas. Funeral Thursday at the Presbyterian church and burial in OsK Hill Cemetery.
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Hannah Richardson
Mechanic Street
Mt. Jefferson
Ohio
Caleb Richardson
E. E. Richardson
Joplin
Harry Funk
Butler
H. Welch
Aaron Duncan
Kansas
Presbyterian Church
Osk Hill Cemetery
German Raider Out in North Sea Spark Alarm
Halifax reports warn of a possible German raider at sea with allied shipping on alert. British naval authorities tighten watch after sightings of a submarine near the Atlantic coast as lights are dimmed and warnings spread to St John and nearby towns.
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London
North Sea
Atlantic
Halifax
N. S
St. John
N. B
Kansas City Parties to Erect Club House Near Rich Hill
John W. Jamison visited Kansas City on business and sold 272 acres of Beal river bottom farm, four miles north of Rich Hill, to Kansas City parties for 8100 dollars. The land, owned by W. W. Ferguson and Jamison, will become a game reserve with a club house and extensive improvements.
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John W. Jamison
Kansas City
Beal River
Rich Hill
W. W. Ferguson
Jamison
Rich
Britain and Germany Fix Plans to Exchange Civilians
London reports after long talks through the United States that an exchange of civilian prisoners over 45 years old is arranged. About 4,000 Germans are interned in the United Kingdom and 700 British civilians in Germany. Whether return is possible depends on securing a neutral steamer for the exchange. Camps for Germans in the Isle of Man and British prisoners in Germany will be broken up. Only 2,200 Germans in Britain expressed a desire to return home. many might prefer to go to America.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Admiralty
Germis
Man
America
Missouri Field Artillery Units Ordered Home
The Missouri Field Artillery batteries A of St. Louis B of Kansas City and C of Independence, stationed on the border since last June, have been ordered home and are expected to arrive this week. No orders yet for the Second Infantry with the Butler boys.
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Missouri Field Artillery
St. Louis
Kansas City
Independence
Second Infantry
Butler
Notice to forbids hunting on farms listed
We the undersigned forbid any hunting or trespassing on our farms naming J C Berry W S Chandler Jno McKissick S V Ehart Milo Hill N B Berry Henry Herman J A A 0 Calvert W J Strein A W Shay Mrs Weddle Dr J T Hull W H Simpson C G Weins Geo Lee dated 7 3.
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J.C. Berry
W.S. Chandler
Jno
McKissick
S. V. Ehart
Milo Hill
N. B Berry
Henry
Herman
Calvert
W. J. Strein
A. W. Shay
Mrs. Weddle
J.T. Hull
W. H. Simpson
C. G. Weins
Geo. Lee
German submarine lands at Weser river port
The Deutschland Home Safe. Berlin reports the German submarine Deutschland completed a rapid return trip from the United States and arrived at the Weser river by noon today.
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Berlin
Deutschland
United States
Weser
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the Deutschland
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