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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
4
Display advertisements must be received by 9 o'clock a.m. to be inserted in the next issue. Late submissions will not appear until the following issue.
The National Prosperity association of St Louis issues a letter to business interests nationwide urging press and organizational cooperation to restore confidence and speed prosperity. It argues prosperity benefits all and that if US business leaders join, 1908 can be a strong year with rapid recovery and renewed employment.
A fragment from the Bridgeport Post notes that bank robberies are seen as signaling front prosperity in the west and southwest, suggesting a resume of full-time work in a thriving industry. A New London Telegraph blurb mentions a London clergyman who writes sermons while shaving, pondering pulpit thoughts.
Governor Hughes signed anti race track gambling bills making betting at tracks punishable by imprisonment and ordered a legal test of constitutionality of Senator Wallace's election. Racing schedules from Gravesend to Saratoga appear intact with plans to continue amid new restrictions. The Jockey Club and track officials prepared actions while authorities promise to enforce the new penalties.
Albany June 12. The vote of Senator Otto Foelker of Kings county in 1880 nearly inaudible, carried to Albany, contributed to Governor Hughes victory. The damaged OCR fragment notes Foelker’s weak vote aiding Hughes in his bid.
A Matin dispatch from Tahitu Siberia reports the German and American cars in the New York to Paris race reaching Harbin in a lamentable state after three upsets. After repairs the American car left June 6, abandoning the trans siberian route, and passed Tsitsikhar on June 8 about seventy five miles from Harbin Tuesday. Delays came from railroad authorities forcing stops at stations until tracks were cleared. The Italian car, on June 8, stood at Pogranitohnaya awaiting a telegraph operator to accompany along the tracks.
During the closing hours of the extraordinary session in Albany on June 12, the legislature passed the Allds Lansing agriculture law amendment to aid the state department of agriculture in suppressing bovine tuberculosis. The bill includes a $145,000 appropriation for paying for diseased cattle condemned by the state, and raises the maximum compensation per animal destroyed from $60 to $75.
Sale begins Saturday June 13 and closes Thursday June 23 featuring inexpensive ready made garments under the National Consumers League label guaranteeing clean healthful surroundings. Catalog includes corset covers drawers skirts nightgowns chemises and slips in cambric muslin lawn and nainsook with lace ruffles embroidery and tucks.
An advertisement notes wholesale pricing on white and colored lawn from $1 to $1.10 and a splendid assortment of waists including dotted Swiss and lawn fabrics. Also priced are linen tailor made waists with Venise embroidery, dotted Swiss waist fronts, and buttoned backs with three-quarter sleeves.
Market notes show price concessions for kimonas and dressing sacques in June sale ranges. Listings include 250 kimonas of figured lawn with button hole stitched edges, 600 kimonas of white lawn with pink and light blue bands, square necks, and three quarter sleeves.
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