Spectal Calicos and Ginghams on Sale at Low Prices
A limited amount of Calicos and Ginghams, worth up to 15 cents, will go while they last at per yard pricing. Shoppers should hurry to secure fabrics before stock runs out.
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Marshfield
Central Avenue
Corner Sixth
Kuppenheimer
Sincerity
Sweet Orr & Co
Wilson Bros
Monarch
Bates, Gitchee
Gamee
King Quality
Foot Schulze
O’donnell
Dace Deerweet
Kupenheimer
Owen
Ode
Eeeseeeeeeaseeer Essen
Bates
Sus Bae
Fen’ Smethy
Gil-Wolf Mackinnon Mills
Fleischer
Lee
Wireless Messaging Efficiency Across Times and Seasons
A Times report describes wireless message transmission improving at night versus day, and in winter versus summer. Under favorable conditions, midnight in midwinter shows several hundred percent better performance than noon in midsummer.
The Barrier and the Vegitarian Dog Net
Two haggling tramps debate a barrier claim about vegetarians in the area. The exchange signals a rough street scene and a humorous misunderstanding amid urban tension. The Philadelphia Inquirer tone reflects city life and social observation.
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Philadelphia Taquirer
The Servant Question and Public Mirth
A mash of quotations from Florida Times Union and Boston Transcript on domestic labor political sentiment and business efficiency. It notes women doing multiple tasks, Dickens quotes, and a humorous remark about equal world wealth. It ends by advertising office supplies like files and cabinets for merchants and farmers.
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Florida Times Union
Gossip About Gwendolin Eyebrows In Baltimore American
Gossip columns note public curiosity about Gwendolin’s eyebrows. Critics claim they appear darker than the painted description suggests, stirring chatter among readers of the Baltimore American.
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Gwendolin
Baltimore American
The Whale's Blow and Cornish Jest
A Cornish exchange frames a joke about the whale swallowing Jo nab and the ongoing effect of his feat. The English Illustrated Magazine is cited as noting Cornish humor often appears unconscious and offers a concrete example. Local humor persists in a dialogue about a boy learning the fiddle and a boastful herd.
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Pornoise
English Illustrated
Gwain
Corniehman
Antiquity of Petroleum Use in Ancient Civilizations
R. J. Strauss notes that petroleum was used in ancient times as an industrial material. He cites Nineveh and Babylon walls where petroleum was mixed into mortar to improve cohesion and seal against dampness. Traces of bitumen appear in ruins, and petroleum springs near Ig, about 320 miles from old Babylon, suggest early sources.
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Nineveh
Babylon
Old
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L. Danciger
Central Avenue—Corner
Rockford
E. F. Mechler
the Times
Cohan
Euroadway
New
Adler Opera House
Dickens
Mudge
Meeg
Boston Transcript
R. J. Strauss
Wisconsin
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