Christmas Catalog Ad Offers Silk Ribbons and Fancy Goods
The advertisement lists Silk satin taffeta ribbons in various numbers and prices, fans 25c to 5 dollars, linen drawn work handkerchiefs, hemstitched pieces, eyelet handkerchiefs, Umbrellas, Kestner dolls, bronze figures, Iris Art Ware, Teplitz items, shell rings, leather and beaded chatelaine bags, dress lengths, trunks bags and cases, and cheap dress hats. The shop emphasizes aggressive low pricing and a philosophy of selling, not hoarding goods.
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Kestner
Iris
Teplitz
Christ
Gambling again at Special Trains Carry Gamblers to Betting Resort
Crownpoint Indiana reports that the Long Beach Turf Exchange has reopened for winter with four Lake Shore suburban trains to Chicago transporting patrons. The isolated sand-dune venue resembles a prison, guarded entry restricts locals, and betting on races and games continues with trains returning at 4 pm. Local letters urged Gov Durbin to close it, but no action was taken. Communities in Hammond Whiting and East Chicago gain from patrons funding saloons and Lakeside race course payouts.
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Crownpoint
Ind
Long Beach Turf Exchange
Lake Shore
Exchange
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Whiting
Lake Shore Railroad
Lake County
New Orleans
San Francisco
Indianapolis
Long Beach
Indianapolis Asking Them To Appeal To Gov. Durbin
Hammond
East Chicago
Lakeside
Hammond City
Fight WII Be Bitter And Dr King’s New Discovery
Beall of Beall Mississippi endorses Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and consumption. He claims his wife recovered after using four bottles and notes guaranteed效果, price 50 cents and 1.00, with trial bottles free.
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Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Wouseworth Bros
Lace Gown Dominates Afternoon to Evening Fashion
Lace gowns appear in large numbers for day and night wear. They are sought for afternoon receptions, evening wear, formal and informal use, signaling a lace gown season in fashion.
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Haness
Laces Dominate Afternoon Gown Styles
Textile notes describe lace as the smart choice for afternoon gowns with Cluny Suipure and Irish point patterns. Lace yokes and lace upper waist styles gain popularity while plain garments recede.
Fashionable net cape with ruched trim and bow
The description details a net cape with three ruched panels of evamuated width over the shoulders, two narrower sections near the neck. Each ruche has small white gathered ribbons, a center drawn cord, and long net ends. A center mount uses two yards of white satin ribbon for a soft throat bow.
Pennywise Home Tips From Everyday Life
A practical home guide suggests varnishing wallpaper to allow washing, pouring carbolic acid down drains for cleanliness, using kerosene oil on white enamel to remove grease, placing charcoal in the refrigerator to curb odors, clipping a worn whisk broom for dusting, mixing stove polish with soap for easier shining, balancing overly salty gravy with brown sugar, and tying charcoal in muslin inside a kettle with cabbage to mask boiled dinner smells.
Handsome gowns feature tailored black taffeta and lace
Handsome gowns use tailored black taffeta and machine embroidered waists rivaling hand embroidery. The latest lingerie shows fembroidered effects with lace. Yellow medallions on white cloth trim dark blue gowns as fashion notes suggest lower flare skirts.
Electric Bitters Promised to Restore Health
An ad extols Electric Bitters as a cure for nervousness digestion kidney and bowel issues and stomach upset. It claims the remedy tones the stomach liver and blood and promises satisfaction or money back.
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Houseworth Bros
Gifts for Men During Christmas Shopping Hint Guide
A dated guide advises cautious gifting for men as options are slim and pricey. It suggests practical, simple items like a silk covered mailing-tube tie rack and a basic collar with minimal fastening features, emphasizing usefulness and ease of use over flashy novelty.
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Lords of Creation
Making linen cases and hat box styling from pasting boards
The guide describes constructing linen cuff cases and collar boxes using pasteboard twelve by five inches with elastic ends and a strap closure. It notes lining with contrasting linen or silk, accordion folds, and monogram decoration. It also explains covering a handbox to resemble a leather hat box by extending lining material beyond pasteboard and cushioning the bottom.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted for quick relief
A right sized notice brims with remedies and hazards. It promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as best for burns cuts sores eczema and piles. Household drugstore listing in 75 cent range appears beside coal strike coverage from Scranton December 17.
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Bucklen
Houseworth Res
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad
Blunders are costly. Use Dr King s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dir si ness headaches liver or bowel troubles. They are gentle yet thorough 25c at Houseworth Bros drug store.
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Dr. King
Houseworth Bros
America May Lend Financial Aid to Venezuela
The Post reports the foreign office was told the United States may place funds at Castro to settle British German French and Italian claims to prevent Venezuela’s indebtedness growth. Washington seeks a peaceful, honorable mediation with United States Minister Bowen as mediator.
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America
Birmingham
England
the Post
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Europe
Castro
Nto
France
Italy
United States
Bowen
Post
Washington
Republic
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Fr Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio endorse the physicians and promise fulfillment of obligations. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price per bottle. Sold by all druggists. testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best.
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Hall
Fr. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wist& Tevax
O, Walding, Kinnank& Maryin
O, Walding, Kinnank& Maryin, Wholesale Drugeists
Hall's Faw
Pilig
Ohio River Barges Torn From Moorings In Flood
In Cincinnati fifty loaded barges ten coal laden boats sixty empty barges several towboats and dump boats and a whole coal fleet were torn from moorings by the Ohio River floodwaters yesterday morning. Some vessels smashed against the Cincinnati Southern bridge and others drift aimlessly. Property loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Southern
Britain Will Not Land Soldiers in Venezuela
In the House of Lords, the foreign secretary stated that German and British ships would blockade Venezuelan ports but Britain does not intend to land a force or occupy territory.
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Britain
London
House of Lords
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