Large Stock Sale From Shirt Factory Liquidation
We offer the entire stock of a large shirt factory including percales and madras ginghams worth 17c to 20c now 10c per yard Merc erized ginghams 12 1 2 c Standard prints 4 5c Muslin underwear sale January Ladies gowns 25c 35c and up Ladies drawers 15c 2c and up Children drawers 8c 1c and up Ladies long muslin skirts 25c Corset covers 10c and up Chemise 25c and up 300 walking skirts at 3.00 each Black mercerized petticoats 1.00 Each capes 4 to 7 50 each Laces Torchon Pat Val Paris Pal Cluny 3c 5c 10c Black laces 10c 25c 50c Dress trimmings White goods checks stripes 5c Remnants India linen 6 1 2 c Nainsooks 7 40 Striped Mulls 10c White Mercerized Walstings 40c value 20c per yard.
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Jae
L. L. Muslin
Lonsdale
Londale
Salem Sheets
Vulcan
Standard
Torchon
Pat Val
Paris Pal
India
Jesa
Baltimore Fire Sweeps Wholesale District In Historic Disaster
A massive blaze in Baltimore devastated the wholesale district center on Hopkins Place and blocks east and north. Four explosions, massive firefighting efforts from Washington and Philadelphia engines, and dynamite blasts marked a day of ruin with many buildings destroyed. Fire Chief Horton was injured, and insurers faced enormous losses as the city fought to contain the flames into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton
W Ho
McLane
Baltimore and Fayette
Herald
News and Sun
Associated Press
John E. Hurst & Co
Hopkins Place
Pear Hanover Street
United States
Board of Trade
Government
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Hurst
Washington
Philadelphia
Howard
Anne Arundel
Hartford
Baltimoore Street
Baltimore Street
Mullin
Mass Kemper
Hanna condition worsens as crisis looms in fever case
Washington February reports say Senator Hanna grows weaker with fever and fatigue. Doctors fear he may not withstand the crisis, despite optimistic bulletins noting good heart action and rising temperature, as bromide treatment proves ineffective. Dan R. Hanna may travel to Washington to stay near the senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Hanna
Esker
Rixby
Navy
Osler
Baltimore
Edward Ferkins Carter
Cleveland
Hanna
Arlington Hotel
Dan R. Hanna
Man Survives Walk Across Lake Ice to Shore
A. E. Allen, held on an ice floe fifteen miles from Muskegon harbor, endured forty hours on Lake Michigan before reaching shore unaided. Weather shift toward the west drove the floe inland. Allen said he would have crossed to Milwaukee if thaw and rain had not intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Allen
Muskegon
Mich
Lake Michigan
Muskegon Harbor
A. E. Allen
Alien
Milwaukee
Mine Explosion Fatal to Four
Fire boss Evan Gabriel at the Stars shaft of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad company was instantly killed. James Webber Edward Webber and William Jones were fatally injured when a gas explosion occurred during a condition investigation caused by a naked lamp carried by Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Bevan Gabriel
Stars Shaft
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
James
Edward Webber
Will'am Jones
Jones
Teenager Shoots Self After Tobacco Reprimand
In Paw Paw Michigan on February 8 Joan Terry aged 18, son of William Terry, a farmer, died by his own hand after his father reprimanded him for giving tobacco to a younger brother. He shot himself in the head with a revolver one and a half miles south of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paw Paw
Joan Terry
William Terry
Here
Murder suspects captured after river chase near Dix cliffs
Two suspects pursued by bloodhounds were captured at Valley View after a chase to the Dix river cliffs. They are suspected in the killing of William Rucker, a telegraph operator, in Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Dix
Valley
View
William Rucker
Danville
Richland County GOP Convention Sets Feb 22
Obscure report notes Republican convention in Richland County on February 22. Gubernatorial contest omitted due to Col. Aden Knoft's candidacy for state treasurer from Olney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Richland County
Aden Knoft
Chicago Business Review Highlights Mixed Week
R G Dun and Co reports Chicago week ended February 5 saw weather impede traffic but large merchandise distribution and strong demand for necessities. Retail trade steady with gains in apparel footwear and groceries. Raw cotton may raise finished goods costs, woolens and dress goods demand up. lumber activity rises and brick prices firm. Labor disruptions mild. manufacturing confident with boosted output. furniture shoes sporting woods brass sectors in good shape. Grain shipments total 2,464,767 bushels, corn 1,376,608, down 5.08 percent from last year. May wheat at 96 cents, closes 1 cent lower. coarse grains strong, corn up 5 cents oats up 3 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Youths Admit Bold Robbery in Sterling
Edward Cramer aged 17 and Edward Atkins 23 were arrested in Sterling for robbing Adams Express of 2087 dollars. They pleaded guilty and were bound over to the grand jury in default of bail. The two planned the crime after reading about Chicago car bandits. Atkins was due to marry on Feb 10 in Dixon, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, AL
Edward Cramer
Edward Atkins
Adams Express Company
Grand
Chicago
Atkins
Dixon, I
Colombia to End Relations with United States Move
Caracas dispatch reports Colombia plans to sever ties with the United States. The United States legation is asked to hand over Colombian government archives to Spanish chargé d affaires Gil Delgado, following the rupture with Venezuela and departure of Senora Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
United States
Senor Gil Delgado
Legation
Venezuela
Colombia
Senora Rico
Alder man James Mol denies water scandal links
Grand Rapids, Feb 6. James Mol testified he had no involvement in the water scandal and rejected all charges by former City Attorney Lant K. Salsbury, the prosecution's main witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
James Mol
Lant K. Salsbury
Archbishop Quigley Dedicates Sterling Church
Archbishop Quigley dedicates St Marys Catholic Church in Sterling with imposing ceremonies. The magnificent church is valued at $50,000 and is reported to be out of debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Quigley
Site of Murder Agreement Shrouded by Fragment
Fragmentary OCR shows only partial phrase about a murder site and an agreement noted as “gur jisagreement.” No clear names, dates, or places are readable to identify involved parties or specifics.
Boers Seek Farms in Montana Colony Plan Near Hinsdale
Gen Jou bert and Capt. O'Donnell of South Africa seek lands near Hinsdale for a colony of 500 Boer families. They will visit Great Falls before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Hinsdale
Mont
Joubert
Capt. O'Donnell
South Africa
Great Falls
Youthful capture in Doddsville posse report
A posse captures a youth in Doddsville Mississippi on February 6 as part of ongoing local crime coverage. The report notes the suspect is the son of a local resident, with sparse details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doddsville Miss
Son of Luth
Cuban bonds placed at par by New York syndicate
A Cuban commission in New York works to place a 35 million dollar loan largely to pay veteran soldiers of the Cuban liberation army. The Havana mission has returned home except Senor Gonzales de Quesada the resident minister. Success reported, bonds to be placed at par by a New York capitalist syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand Elopes with Germanized Plebeian Bride
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and a restaurant keeper’s daughter Nitzko fled Vienna on February 5 and are believed to have gone to Germany to marry. He is brother to the former crown princess of Saxony who eloped with her child’s tutor. His brother Leopold Salvator used the name Leopold Walfling after marrying a dancer in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Archdukke
Joseph Ferdinand
Nitzko
Germany
Archduke
Saxony
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Leopold Walfling
Adamowicz
Dismisses All Army Chiefs Under War Office Reform
London reports that all heads of departments at the war office have received dismissal letters and will be employed elsewhere. Lord Roberts commander in chief and other senior generals were invited to join the new army council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Lord Grenfell
Fourth Army Corps
John French
First Army Corps
William Butler
West District
Army Council
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See, Wyman & Co
South Bend, Ind
Front Street
City Hospital
Calvert
Saratoga Streets
Sisters of Mercy
West Lombard Street
Hanover Street
Fayette
Union Trust
Carrollton
Continental Trust
Postal Telegraph
B. Ji. Moore
Western Union
Court House
Fayette Street
St. Paul
Calvert Streets
Post Office
City Hall
Calvert Office
St. Paul Streets
Baltimore “American
Baltimore Herald
Associated’ Press
L. S
M. S
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Bilk- Hart
Ola Road
Ahd
Grand Rapids
Pacific Express
Fast Mail Ltd
Elk & Ohgo Accom
Boston
Toledo & Chic Exe
Aeake Shore Limited
Ohgo Accommods
Western Express
TTR Benrece
Lanwanit
Weil
Fire Boss
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Giers
Roosevelt
Fez
Féz
Tangiers
Sherreeff Rustici
Mohammed Ben Jel Ali
Hohenzollern
Langermann
Island Commission
Sation
Chicago Board of Trade
Lord
Hobtier
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