Grand April Carpet Sale Offers Wide Selection
March sale below full retail with yard wide Carpets 25c to 65c and Wool Ingrains 50c to 65c. Rugs 9x12 ft from $10 to $35 and Wilton, Axminster, Tapestry styles listed with prices. Linoleums, mattings, shades, lace curtains, draperies, and hosiery featured. March free carpet sewing and new spring apparel items announced.
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Lowell
Tokio Terry
Kobe Terry
Middlesex
Tabriz
Afghanistan
Beauvais
Wilton Hall
Wild
King’s Scotch Holland
Gilray
Pneumonia Fears Diminished by Foley’s Honey and Tar
Geo Wyman & Co of South Bend advertises Foley's Honey and Tar claiming it stops coughs and heals lungs to prevent pneumonia when taken early. Substitutes are refused. Also notes at a London auction a Stradivarius violin sold for 2800 and a Hieronymous Amara instrument for 375. A tonic promises rich red blood and vitality with Kellisters Rocky Mountain Tea at 36 cents.
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Foley
Houseworth Bros
London
Hieronymous Amara
Kfellisters
Rocky Mountain
Houseworth: Bros
Notre Dame Practice Opens For Baseball Season
Grant’s squad of 17 works indoors then outdoors amid bad weather. The Ramblers beat the Maroons 5 to 4 in a ninth inning finish at Allendale as high school and alumni teams win big in practice games. Riverside Colts crush Clement’s 123 to 3 in a prep contest ahead of upcoming games.
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South Bend Tribune
Grant
Notre Dame
Corby Hall
Varsity
Sager
Ramblers
Maroons
Allendale
Brady c
Williams P
T. Clarke
Havens
Sanders Sr
Quimby
R. Clarke
Biller
Bowers Lf
Riblett
Fetterly
Eddy P
Rhodes Ib
Johnson
Strintz Ss
Nusbaum $B
Krienkerf
Eddy Cf
Keene If
Riverside Colts
Clement
Colts
Horner
Shaffer
Wall
Bell
Eliott
McCoy
Swaffield
Bash
Walters
Ray Horner
Marion Street
Van Dyke & Eaton Company Set to Open In Elkhart
The 16 member troupe, proven together twelve years, arrives in Elkhart with a four act drama In the Hands of the Czar. Special features between acts include Roulette hoop roller Bessie Jackson and musical acts McCoy and Jackson. Tonight one lady admitted free with each 30 cent ticket before 6 pm, as crowds rush to seats.
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van Dyke & Eaton Company
Elkhart
Hoop Roller
Bessie Jackson
McCoy
Jackson
Chicos cigars claim 5 cent savings for ten cent smokers
Leonard and Bentz secure agency for Wadsworth Bros. Chicos inviting ten cent smokers to save 5 cents on every cigar. The 5 cent cigars are advertised as equal to other 10 cent smokes, smoke free and well made, with a money back guarantee.
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Wadsworth Bros
County Treasurer's March Report Highlights Cash Totals
The county treasurer's report for March shows receipts on hand 14892.48 current taxes 23205.30 delinquent taxes 268.15 county revenue 2491.55 adv fees 8.40 miscellaneous revenue 1471.02 liquor license 500 redemption 100.73 school principal 2162 interest 841.94 congressional school principal interest 367.67 per End interest 33 state revenue 88 total 46380.24 disbursements warranted redeemed 16993.69 road receipts 3292.57 advancement to state 7030 cash on deposit balances in multiple banks 557.28 16732.42 188.17 21.85 736.18 19.36 and office 617.72 balance on hand 19063.98 total 46380.24 Everything good to satisfy the appetite at the Baptist supper.
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Congressional
State Bank
City National
Salem Bank
First . National
First State Bank
St. Joseph Valley Bank
Harakiri in Japan Describe High Rank Self Dispatch Ritual
Baron Sugematsu explains the ritual of seppuku among daimyos and samurai, detailing the special apartment, ceremonial dress, and tools. The kai shaku nin, chosen from relatives or retainers, assists the condemned as the sword is presented and the head is struck after the abdomen is cut. The process emphasizes formal etiquette and ceremonial precision.
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Sugematsu
Baron Sugematsu
Japan
Wonders of London's Coliseum Stage Features
The London Coliseum will have three revolving platforms capable of twenty mph. Stage illumination reaches 64 000 candlepower with a fifty five foot proscenium opening. A two alcove chorus provides trained singers for refrains while scenes are moved by electric winches on an overhead railway. The stage is large enough to host a football match.
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London
Coliseum
London Mail
Song For the New Year From the Atlanta Constitution
Poetic verse urging faith and endurance in the new year. Emphasizes truth, love, and hope guiding humanity through hardship toward dawn. Contains religious imagery and calls to keep dreaming and acting on dreams.
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Atlanta Constitution
Washington Letter on Saturday Half Holiday and Public Affairs
Discussion in Washington outlines the District court of appeals ruling that Saturday afternoon is a legal half holiday for all purposes. Government departments are expected to stay open until normal closing hours. Other items include the Dead Letter Sale totals, Cortelyou as postmaster general and Republican committee chair, tobacco and food coloring trends, wartime telegraph relics, mail clerk safety penalties, Potomac water use by federal offices, and Librarian Putnam’s report on the Library of Congress holdings and copyright records. Carl Schofield.
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Washington
District ‘Court of Appeals
Corporation Counsel
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
New York
House
Potomac
United States
Capitol
Congress
Government Printing Office
Library of Congress
White House
Fountain
Treasury Department
Navy Yard
State Department
Botanic Gardens
Congressional Library
Herbert Putnam
Carl Schofield
Call to omit third verse of Star Spangled Banner
British MP Sir Howard Vincent urges teaching to omit the third verse to ease Anglo American tensions. Army and navy officials in Washington largely approve, noting the verse offends English readers and is outdated, while some fear public resistance to changing the song.
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Howard Vincent
Paris
New York Herald
America
England
Young Key
Baltimore
Army
Washington
Russian Recruits in Press Mention of Ulmann Opera Singer
A German newspaper reports Russia is conscripting recruits abroad and at home including Albrecht von Ulmann an opera singer from Nuremberg aged thirty three and married.
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Russia
Albrecht von Ulmann
Nuremberg
Heat in Simplon Tunnel Hinders Work Pace
Heat in the remaining section of the Simplon tunnel makes workers unable to toil more than half an hour at a stretch. Previously a day’s work could be completed. now it stretches to about a fortnight.
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Simplon Tunnel
Care of Gas Stoves in the Home
Practical advice on maintaining gas stoves and fireplaces from cleaning to freeing clogged burner holes. Use salt to remove discoloration from asbestos, lift burners weekly to knock out soot, and use a hatpin for stubborn particles. Keep lids on when not in use and wipe clean to prevent rust and stains.
How to Use a Face Brush
Instructions for cleansing the face with a brush. Immerse the brush in hot water, soap well, scrub the face paying attention to hard to reach areas. Rinse with cooler water to remove soap from pores. Dry thoroughly and apply a cream or toilet balsam. Any good emollient may be used.
How to Have New Shoes Fitted
An experienced salesman warns buyers of ready made shoes to stand while fitting. He notes many customers, especially women, prefer sitting and only discover discomfort after walking. Exercise enlarges the feet, so fitting should consider standing and walking for proper room.
How to Blanch and Shell Chestnuts Instructions
Slit each shell with a sharp knife, boil one minute, drain and dry. For each pint add a teaspoon of butter and cook three to four minutes in heat then remove shell and skin. Keep nuts covered with a cloth as they shell more easily while hot.
How to Open a New Book
Advice on careful handling of new books to prevent damage. Open covers one by one, lay back to tabs, and gradually rest leaves on covers. Use a bookmark instead of placing the book face down or between pages.
How to Cover Schoolbooks With Durable Cloth
Paper silesia or calico quickly soils or wears out. Table oilcloth or enameled cloth lasts long does not show dirt and cleans with a wet cloth. Available in white and in blue brown green patterns.
How to Restore Crushed Velvet
Velvet must be carefully handled to stay fresh. When a velvet gown creases the method is to hold the damaged area over a basin of hot water with the fabric facing away. A velvet ribbon can be pressed on the wrong side by one person while another holds the ribbon. Use a not too hot flatiron and repeat two or three times if needed to restore the fabric.
Brown Bread Ice Cream Toast
A club woman shares a method to make brown bread ice cream. Toast three slices of brown bread in a cool oven, roll and sift. Heat a pint of cream in a kettle, add sugar until dissolved, mix in remaining cream, cool, freeze, then beat in the crumbled brown bread after two hours.
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Geo. Wyman & Company
Geo. Wyman & Co
South Bend, Ind
Nock
Sports
Master Mechanics
Railroad Boys
Harakiri
Daimio
Uncle Sam
Post Office Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Wiley
Chemical Laboratory
Department
National Museum
Manassas
Bull Run
Richmond
Mail Clerka
Wynne
Sir Howard Vincent
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