Soviets Seize Church Treasures for Gold and Gems
Moscow August 18 reports from Pravda detail the confiscation of Russian church treasures melted at Ekaterinburg and other smelting works. By June 25 vast quantities of gold silver diamonds pearls rubies and sacred garments were requisitioned much of it from Moscow churches. Officials expected 100 million gold rubles value but current holdings approximate only a quarter of that. Some priceless items remained hidden or spared.
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Moscow
Ekaterinburg
Ural Mountains
Russia
Petrograd
M. Kalenin
All- Russian Central Executive Committee
Victoria Drummond Seeks Seagoing Engineering Post
Victoria Drummond, granddaughter of the late Lord Ambhers of Hark, seeks a job as engineer on a seagoing steamer. A Marine Engineers Institute graduate, she aims to convince examiners that a woman should not be barred from eight hours a day among engine room duties.
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Liverpool
Ens
Victoria Drummond
Lord Ambhers of
Hark
Lorraine's Beauty and Waggers Jewelry Mystery
A fragment hints at a witch themed line and a prompt about second hand timing. It mentions Waggers Jewelry Store and a possible arrest or rest context around a new item or event. The readable parts point to Lorraine and a crime related implication at a jewelry shop.
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Waggers Jewelry Store
Bedding and furniture offered by Kester-Weaver Furniture Co
A classified note urges readers to obtain blankets bedding and furniture from Kester-Weaver Furniture Company located by the phone number 2788. It hints at avoiding trouble and suggests shopping for home goods.
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Kester-Weaver Furniture Company
When Girls Dance Stocking Less on Stage
A fragment notes that dancing in stockings is undesirable but promotes The City Market as the best place to find dressed calves and mentions phone 2355 for contact.
Beagans' Ladies' Store Sells Dry Goods
A promotional line touts Beagans' as the place where women find satisfaction with dry goods while men seek wet goods, implying a store rivalry or marketing slogan.
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Beagans
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Lorraine
Mile. M. Forrest
Queen of Queens
Metz
Hart Prug Co
Commercial National Bank
Goodrich
Rugge Construction
Whiteway Motor Co
Hyatt Tire Co
Wilson Motor Co
S Sale
Kaos Yy Waea Yelous Piwmhenas
United States
Hic
Oxford
Newark
America
Righ Point Store
South Main Street
Curtor
Pyya
Latfetas
Orgeandie
Perete Fee
Ad Li ‘ Eood
Heavy Mat
AQ McEne
Fancy Ticking
Cretonne
O and Brown
Efird’s Department Store
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