Wash Fabrics Catalog Offers Wide Cotton Goods Display
Notwithstanding the backward spring a vast sale of Cotton goods is noted featuring O. RR 8 Pere scales Zephyr Ginghams and Marlboro Satins in many designs and colors. Samples free by mail. Fabrics include Percale 32 inches wide at 2 a yard and 400 designs 12 or 12 1 2 c. yard. Zephyr Ginghams from domestics Scotch and French rouls range 12 1 2 c to 6 0 0 c per yard. Includes Calicoes and indigo prints with polka stripes and figures.
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Zephyr Ginghams
Wwe
Turkey
Colored short sleeve shirts in new Manhattan designs
The advertisement touts Manhattan brand colored shirts in latest designs and colorings. Shirts are made of fine percales and madras cloths with stylish finishes and detachable cuffs. Prices range from 1.50 to 2.50. Additional Fancy Colored Shirts by Wilson Bros and Cluett, Coon & Co offer open back and front styles with various stripes and sleeve options in all sizes.
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Wilson Bros
Cluett, Coon & Co
White Shirts Feature Linen Details and Low Prices
The Manhattan White Shirts are described in muslin with linen cuffs neck band and bosom. Styles include coat and short bosom opened fronts. Prices start at 50 cents with additional sizes and sleeve lengths available.
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Manhattan
Buller pushes force toward Van Reenan’s pass in Natal
Reports say Buller’s column uses the Harrismith railroad for communications as Boers prepare to contest lines in the Biggersberg and Glencoe passes. Casualty lists show 1,859 rank and file losses to date amid Roberts’s uncertain plans and renewed peace rumors.
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London
Lord Roberts
Natal
Buller
Harrismith
van Reenan’s Pass
Biggersberg Range
Glencoe
Roberts
Free State
The
Times Today
Capetown
Butler
Inniskillings
Dublin Fuslleers
Connaught Rangers
Royal Irish Fusileers
Scots Fusileers
Ladysmith
Osfontein
Modder River
Colville
Kelly-Kenny
Tucker
Guards Brigade
Pole-Carew
Retreat From Biggersberg After British Setback
Federals retreat from the Biggersberg chain south of Dundee after a commandant order to retire without cause. News from Modder River prompts wagons to move to Blegeraberg and Imager west of Ladysmith. Convoys and tents abandoned as the British position weakens.
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Biggersberg
Natal
Dundee
Ladysmith
Modder
Blegeraberg
Drakenberg
British Troops Enter Transvaal in Durban Dispatch
A Durban special dispatch reports a flying column of British troops from Zululand entering the Transvaal and engaging in daily skirmishes with small Boer parties, marking a tense advance in the region.
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London
Durban
Saya
Lord Roberts Reports Advance and Retreat in Osfontein Fight
Roberts telegrams from Osfontein state the British advanced on March 7, the enemy was in full retreat, followed by our troops, with few casualties.
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London
Lord ‘Roberts
Osfontein
Boers Mass Near Bloemfontein Defend Key Positions
London dispatch reports General Joubert and President Steyn massing forces to shield Bloemfontein with a strong hill defile south of the Modder river. Roberts plans a turning move via French brigade and troop reinforcements march to Vrugburg and Mafeking while Gatacre secures Stormberg and advances toward the Orange river.
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New York
The
Tribune
London
Joubert
Steyn
Bloemfontein
Modder River
Tugela
Lord Roberts
Tucker
French
Vet River
Winburg
Ventersburg
Senekal
Vet
Valach
Free State
Bethlehem
Kronstadt
Vaal
Kopjes
Witwaresand
Johannesburg
Vruburg
Mafeking
Orange River
Gatacre
Stormberg
Rootkop
Burgersdorp
Middleburg
Russian fleet officers urge coercive leverage in Korea
The Odessa journal and Advertiser reports officers of the volunteer cruiser fleet who just returned from the far east believe Russia will station large garrisons at Port Arthur Dalni and Vladivostock. They think these forces will pressure Japan to abandon ambitions in Korea and allow a Russian protectorate to unfold within the year.
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New York
Journal and Advertiser
Odessa
Far East
Port Arthur
Dalni
Vladivostock
Korea
Far Eastern
Supposed Plague Case Reported in San Francisco Chinatown
A suspected bubonic plague case has been found in Chinatown, San Francisco. The patient, a Chinese resident at 1004 Dupont Street, has been isolated and Chinatown placed under strict quarantine with police enforcing the measures while bacteriological tests proceed. Doctors have not issued a definite statement yet.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Dupont Street
Police cordon keeps watch over Chinatown after incident
The report discusses a case with a dead man well established in the city. It notes the case may not indicate a plague and explains authorities maintain a police cordon in Chinatown as a precautionary measure.
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Orient
China Town
Clash In The Orient Predicts War Delay
The Yokohama Herald notes no Tokyo legation or Japanese official acknowledges immediate war with Russia. Diplomatic observers say both nations seek Korea concessions, while Japan faces financial limits and a partially incomplete Trans Siberian line. An American engineer cites nine months before usable rail. Russia is reshuffling envoys. a crisis could come, but not imminent.
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New York
Herald
Yokohama
Tokio
Russia
Japan
Korea
Nagasaki
Port Arthur
Shanghai
Sovereign Tells Of Conditions In Coeur d Alenes
Washington March 7 James R Sovereign resumes testimony before the house military affairs committee He says there is no law forcing labor union members to hide criminals names He recalls mothers wives and sisters weeping and condemns officers describing bread and water as inhumane He notes preconcerted miner action before a mill explosion and cites a paper article about the Bunker Hill destroyer detailing masked men and dynamite used in the attack.
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Washington
James R. Sovereign
Coeur d’Alene
House Committee On Military Affairs
Lenis
Sovereign
Andersonville
Hull
Bunker Hill
Aeab
Root's Visit to Cuba Arrives Aboard Sedgwick
Secretary Root arrived in Havana aboard the Sedgwick this morning and was greeted with a salute from Cabanas fortress. General Ludlow Governor General Wood and the Havana staff escorted the party ashore, with prominent Cubans including the chief justice secretarys mayor civil governor and chief of police visiting the Sedgwick.
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Havana
Root
Sedgwick
Cabanas Fortress
Ludlow
Wood
Corporal Polk Nominated for Second Lieutenant
Washington March 7 The president nominated Corporal F M Polk of Company C thirty ninth infantry to second lieutenant United States volunteers.
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Washington
F. M. Polk
Thirty-Ninth Infantry
United States Volunteers
Senate row over Boer sympathy resolution and Philippine policy
Senator Mason objects to delaying action on his sympathy for the Boers resolution while Magon moves to discharge the foreign relations committee on the Boer measure. Lodge addresses Philippine governance authority as Spooner plan cited amid Senate debate on U S rights in the Philippines.
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Washington
Sullivan
Senate
Philippine Islands
United States
Magon
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Mason
Gilyen
Lodge
Philippine
Philippines
Committee and Foreign Relations
Spooner
Congress
House Honors Harmer as Pennsylvania Lawmaker Dies
Washington March 7 The house in session adjourned early to honor the memory of the late Representative Harmer of Pennsylvania known as the Father of the House who died yesterday A funeral committee was named The Aldrich Robbina contested election vote was postponed to tomorrow and the conference report on the financial bill was presented with no time set for consideration.
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Washington
Representative Harmer
Pennsylvania
House
Aldrich-Robbina
Senate
Berlin interview hints future plans after Andre death
A Lokal Anzeiger correspondent reports Herr Fridhjot Nansen in Berlin on his way to Breslau. He discusses plans after the death of Andre and says he will leave Christiana on May 15 to pursue hydrology.
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New York
The
Herald From
Berlin
Fridhjot Nansen
Lokal Anzeiger
Breslau
Andre
Christiana
No Hope For Entombed Miners In Charleston Shaft
Charleston West Virginia March 7 Hope for the rescue alive of the 80 or 90 miners believed trapped in the shaft is nearly dead. After 11 o'clock last night more bodies were recovered and despite unremitting efforts the workmen remain cut off. Atkinson and the inspector direct the relief operations as they strive to reach the trapped men.
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Charleston
W. Va
Etir Atkinson
Icelandic voyage plans stir Arctic curiosity
The report notes a specially constructed vessel akin to the Fram, smaller in size, ordered for a voyage with an autumn return. Nansen hints at secret plans and expresses dwindling hope for a companion, fearing recovery may be the only outcome.
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Cal
Iceland
Itwlar
Fram
Herr Nansen
Andre
Nanses
Drennan Funeral Delayed to Midweek in Bozeman
Advices from Bozeman report Major James Keown nephew of the late Major James Drennan of the First Montana that the funeral planned for next Sunday in Bozeman cannot be held then. The body did not leave San Francisco as announced and Keown will inform the public when the service is rescheduled likely for midweek.
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Helena
Bozeman
James Keown
James Drennan
Montana
Philippines
San Francisco
Keown
Fraternal Conference Between Montana Methodist Branches
Representatives of both lay and clerical wings met in Helena for a two day fraternal conference. The aim is to craft a plan of united action to improve harmony and cooperation without consolidation. It marks the first such meeting in the state.
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Helena
Methodist Church of Montana
United Action
Split in the Republican Texas Convention Sparks Fights
At the Texas Republican state convention in Waco on March 7 a sharp split emerged over temporary chairmen with McDonald backed by the Green faction and Ferguson by the opposition. As McDonald attempted to call the session to order Ferguson’s side seized the rostrum, triggering numerous fist fights and prompting an early adjournment for the afternoon.
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Waco
Texas
McDonald
Ferguson
Fire sweeps Philadelphia dry goods district causing massive losses
A major blaze in Philadelphia early today destroyed parts of Rhoneman Brothers dry goods and millinery store at Eighth and Avon, with four story Rhoneman building to cost 300000 and five story Marks Brothers store gutted for about 300000. Myerhoff Brothers clothing and Philadelphia Electric Equipment Co. suffered combined estimated losses over 200000, with several adjoining buildings damaged.
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Philadelphia
Rhoneman Brothers
Eighth
Avon Streets
Rhoneman Bros
Marks Brothers
Myerhoff Brothers
Philadelphia Electric Equipment Co
Social Democracy Convention confirms nominations day end
In Indianapolis on March 7 the social democratic convention discussed committee reports. Nominations proceeded and the final order of business likely to be reached tomorrow. The secretary treasurer reported 226 branches with 4 536 members and 3%% states. Fred Strickland of Chicago was elected permanent secretary.
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Indianapolis
Fred Strickland
Chicago
Georgia Republicans Conclude Convention in Atlanta
Georgia Republicans met in Atlanta on March 7 to settle multiple contests amid expected lengthy sessions. Colonel Johnson of Atlanta was elected chairman of the central committee as debates and controversy surfaced during the gathering.
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Atlanta
Johnson
Central Committee
Wages Rise at National Tube Works in McKeesport
Four thousand National Tube Company workers at McKeesport receive a 10 percent wage increase effective April. This marks the second such raise at National Tube plants, lifting common labor wages to a record high and promising similar advances for all tube workers nationwide.
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Pittsburg
National Tube Company
McKeenport
National Tube
Combine
United States
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Drennan
Social Democrat Convention
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