Handkerchief Counter Offers Elegant Gift Boxes
A short catalog blurb advertises two and three in an elegant box priced at 0c. 490, described as a fine choice for a Christmas present and suitable for gifting during the season.
13 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Middletown Daily Argus
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1898
Page
1
A short catalog blurb advertises two and three in an elegant box priced at 0c. 490, described as a fine choice for a Christmas present and suitable for gifting during the season.
A holiday sale advertises gloves and accessories with low prices. Three hundred pairs of kid gloves in multiple colors. Umbrellas and canes offered in various sizes and price points. Store promises delivery with small deposits and holiday gift appeal.
The snippet notes small price points such as 50e 50c and 1.25 1.00. It references preparations before Christmas, implying market or shopping context without further details.
Havana dispatch reports three Cubans killed and several wounded in a Sunday night affray between off duty Spanish officers and Cuban civilians after General Garcia’s death. The Hotel Inglaterra siege ended with scattered injuries, arrests, and Cuban relocation to a camp near Marianao as U.S. and British officials sought order. The First North Carolinas regiment arrived in Havana to aid security amid the crisis.
In Huntsville Alabama on December 4, Henry J. Nelligan a cook and George W Beverly a bugler both of Company G First Florida were killed after a camp fight. Nelligan stabbed Beverly who drew a pistol, Nelligan’s brother shot Beverly dead and Porter Weishant was wounded in a separate incident on West Holmes Street.
In the Paris chamber of deputies Radical Grousset denounced alleged military indiscretions behind the Dreyfus affair, prompting a fierce uproar as deputies clashed and foreign references were invoked. Dupuy and the War Minister defended the army while the chamber adjourned after voting to close the debate.
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