Spanish American War Photo Album Offer
A wartime album features 160 half tone engravings from campaigns in Cuba the Philippines and at sea. It highlights leaders Dewey Roosevelt Sampson Weyler and others with scenes from battles ships hospitals and civilian life. Free via mail with 12 cents postage from Warren J. Lynch Big Four Route Cincinnati Ohio, limited edition.
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Cuba
Havana
Ma- Milla
New Islands
Dewey
Chas. King
Charles King
Wheeler
Hobson
Roosevelt
Sampson
Miles
Schley
Shafter
Lee
Brooks
Carroll
Warren J. Lynch
Big Four
Cincinnati
New Ross Locals Visit and Local News Snippet
Enos Norman visited Crawfords ville while others attended events in nearby towns. Several locals attended the K of P hall dedication at Mace, and Miss Lulu Turner returned home from Clark township. Local trades, travels, and a livestock sale are noted, along with a preaching engagement by Rev. L. E. Murray and a funeral in Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos Norman
Crawfordsville
Dr. King and Wife
Thomas Rains
Ladoga
Charles Routh
Mace
K. of P. Hall
Gilbert Shaw
Crawfordaville
Mr. Fleece
North Salem
Joe Emmerson
Indianapolis
Bill Fishback
Bob Rogers
Emmerson
Henry Jesse
Minnesota
Lulu Turner
Clark Township
Thomas Evans
Finest laundry in the state at Adkins store
Warner Peterson represents Gem Laundry offering top quality service with satisfaction guaranteed. Miss Susie Tipton, after an Indianapolis operation, has returned home and is not recovering well. Miss Stella Bowers, Bertie Dorsey, Leota Shepherd, and the Rouk sisters stayed up all night to see for a comet shower but saw only one star. Locals await a nebular display astronomers say may occur soon, possibly by the twenty fifth of the month, the last similar event 82 years ago. New Ross residents expect the first star to fall as the spectacle nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkins
Warner Peterson
Agent Gem
Susie Tipton
Indianapolis
Stella Bowers
Bertie Dorsey
Leota Shepherd
Lulu
Laura Rouk
Hicks
New Ross
Indianapolis Press Declares Strong Start for Independent Daily
The Indianapolis Press launches with 25 000 bona fide subscribers and promises a strictly independent, reliable newspaper. Mesera Holliday and Richards pledge par excellence journalism and aim to fill a long felt want in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Press
Mesera
Holliday
Richards
Community Happenings and Notables in Advance
Advance report lists residents and visitors with local events from Thursday to Sunday. Names include Jennie Erkskine, Mrs N T Caldwell, Tim Smith, Rev Smith of Ladoga, Miss Vernie Harrod, Bert Epperson, Emma Feather, Shera Bowman, John Sublette, Carrie Ross, Manda Fall, Milford Hedge, Eli Brown, Eva McMein, Robert Sanford, Rev Oliphant, Bella Caplinger, and Mrs Joe Lasley. events cover travels, weddings, a K P hall dedication, a masquerade, pie social, and a death aged sixty seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Ladoga
Neal
Midland Railroad
Vernie Harrod
Roachdale
Ward Meeting
Bettie Smith
Ada Keeney
Lebanon
Bert Epperson
Frank Jones
Emma Feather
California
Shera & Bowman
Indianapolis
John H. Sublette
Brown County
Oliphant
Eva McClelen
Morgan County
Bella Caplinger
Henry Deatrick
Emmett
North Salem
Jamestown
Joe Lasley
Max
Wm. Lasley
This
Wheat and corn report and barn project noted
Wheat looks well and corn is cribbed in good condition. The supervisor scraped the roads. Hievins Bros. are building a barn for John Stasel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hievins Bros
John Stasel
Local notes sketch community life around Whitesville area
Henry Burcett near Whitesville reports a wedding rumor near the north boundary. A Providence meeting is planned next Sunday at 11 am. Henry Ashley will preach. Aunt Susan Bowman stays with Chris Bowman in Darlington. J W Stone and wife visited Tom Garner near Shannondale. John Dale moved to his mother's farm. Gertie Brown returned from Waveland. F P Mounts of Crawfordsville visited E C Mount. Hunters threaten livestock as fields fill with hunters. Anna Bowman died in Darlington. funeral at Bethel and burial at Shannondale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Lewis
L. E. Murray
Irvington
Providence
R. L. Bratton
William Burrows
Crawfordsville
J. W. Stone
Tom Garner
Shannondale
John Dale
Gertie Brown
Waveland
F. P
Mount
E. C. Mount’s
Tom Evans
Anna Bowman
Darlington
Bethel
Local Notes From Pittsboro and Nearby Towns
Reports from Pittsboro and surrounding areas include Miss Alice Leachman visiting the city, Miss Edith Leak ill with scarlet fever, and schools closing due to the illness. A birthday party for Eddie Leak was held, and social visits took place at Nicholas Kennedy’s and with the Kennedy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Leachman
Edith Leak
O. B. Johnson
Homer Kennedy
Danville
M. E
Maggie Halfacre
Pittsboro
Mabel Brambel
World War II Era Column Policy Sparks Laughs
WWLF correspondents refuse to publish unsigned jokes. The note cites policy against naming contributors and jokes that lack attribution, signaling editors will avoid publishing humorous items tied to unsign staff.
Community News Contest Seeks Local Reports From Schools
Readers encouraged to send weekly reports from school-house localities within five to eight miles. Fifteen cents prize for top reporter and ten cents for the second. Stationery and postage provided. New Ross and Jamestown not counted. Reports must arrive by Wednesday morning.
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New Ross
Jamestown
Dress Goods Versatile Silk and Mohair Crepons Highlight Local Stock
Candyed with texture and shine the display features black silk and wool crepons priced from 1.50 to 2.50 plus. Makers range from home weavers to trained artisans preserving handwork over machine work. Mohair crepons offer luster at 1 to 1.75 with widths about 42 inches.
Sleeping Comforts and Bargains in Bedding Stock
Our bedding stock highlights comforts from five cents, cotton blankets from forty five cents per pair, and wool blankets from thirty two dollars and forty eight cents. We feature Yountsville and St Mary's blankets at factory prices with Merritt Health wool comforts in silkolene coverings. Third floor elevator access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yountsville
St. Mary's
Merritt-Health
Silk stock sale offers ten silk designs and colors
The ad lists ten silk designs and colorings in high quality silk lines. It notes a regular 12 grade offered at 10 cents per yard while supplies last.
Silks and Colored Taffetas in Demand
Silk buyers seek colored taffetas praised for sheen and rustle. A local maker improves yarn twist for durability. Stock is abundant with varied shades. Prices at 85c per yard for 1 dollar quality.
Linen sale highlights attract buyers again
The notice promotes a linens sale two weeks after a special offering. It invites customers to view remaining items including a 70 inch all linen damask at four cents per yard, brown crash fabric, and white glass crash with red and blue borders priced at four cents per yard.
Ladies Underwear Offers Great Value This Season
Fifty cent garments appeal to all buyers with excellent value for the money. Features include super balbriggan extra heavy fleeced jersey ribbed fabrics in full sizes with finished seams. Vests have silk crocheted edges and silk tape buttons. Drawers use French joke band. Only 50c per garment or $1 the suit.
Men's Smoking and House Jackets Go On Sale
Local retailer promotes men's smoking jackets and house jackets as popular holiday gifts. Call to view the line and reserve items for delivery before Christmas.
Ladies' Fleece Lined Wrappers in Fancy Prints
A local listing offers 75 fleece lined ladies wrappers in red blue and brown prints priced at 75 cents each.
Men’s neckwear and handkerchiefs on sale at bargains
Thirty dozen neckwear items in various styles and fifty dozen border and white handkerchiefs offered as Wilson Bros traveling samples. Most are linen and cambric, some slightly soiled, all priced as bargains at 50c per group or 3 for 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bros
Ladies and Children's Cloaks Sale
Selection includes 25 ladies lined jackets in dark colors with darted sleeves at 1.89. 23 ladies capes of smooth kersey and blue cloth at 1.98. Children’s jackets of rough cloth sizes 6 to 12 years at 1.78. Fifty ladies and misses jackets in woolen kersey and astrakan cloths from 83.89 per lot.
Fancy Work Materials for the Season
This notice promotes a store’s full stock of fancy work materials including Battenburg patterns braids rings horizon lace point lace braids threads pillow tops handkerchief linens stamped linens embroidery silks flosses crochet cottons and silks and a wide ribbon selection with plain and novelty shades.
Toilet Articles Offer Bargains At Special Prices
This new department gains popularity with low prices on standard goods. Espey’s Fragrant Cream 25q size, Woodbury creams and soaps, Rubifoam, Sozodont, Powders from Pozzoni and Tetlow, Mennen’s Talc, Listerine, Craddock’s Soap, Cosmo Buttermilk Soap and more. Popular odors offered in bottles or by the ounce. Crown Perfumery and Daybrook perfumes listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Espey
Woodbury
Pozzoni
Tetlow
Mennen
Reiger
Pinaud
Packer
Cosmo
Craddock
Crown Perfumery Co
Roger & Gallett
Woodworth
Sicily
Daybrook
Late copyright novels on sale in cloth bindings
Books offer The Adventures of Francois by Dr S Weir Mitchell and A Lady of Quality by Francis Hodgson Burnett at 53 cents each. Also listed are The Hon Peter Sterling by Paul Leicester Ford Caleb West by F Hopkinson Smith The Choir Invisible by James Lane Allen with additional titles by J G Holland Frank R Stockton Rev J H Ingraham and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois
S. Weir Mitchell
Lady of
Quality
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Peter Sterling
Paul Leicester Ford
Caleb West
F. Hopkinson Smith
Choir Invisible
James Lane Allen
J. G. Holland
Frank R. Stockton
J. H. Ingraham
Candy Department Offers Fresh Confections At Special Prices
The shop lists Huylers, Lowners, Gunthers, Allegretti chocolates and bon bons. Fresh cream dates sold by the pound, Hoarhound wafers, marshmallows, Buttercups, and paperbacks priced 20c to 25c per pound. Several titles including When Knighthood Was in Flower and The Black Wolf's Breed offer value at 1.10, below published 1.50 pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huylers
Lowners
Gunthers
Allegretti
Legionaires
Complete Line of Yountsville Patterns and Goods
New idea paper patterns and related textiles listed at ten cents each with bulk deals of ten more. Includes flannel blankets skirts and yarns from Yountsville, indicating a discount sale on pattern goods and fabric items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yountsville
New Idea
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B. T. Magers
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The
Tim Smith
N. T. Caldwell
Tommy Smith
Carrie Ross
Dale School
Manda Fall
Will
Milford Hedge
Eli Brown
Eva McMein
Terre Haute
Robert Sanford
Orth
Henry Burcett
Whitesville
Henry Ashley
Susan Bowman
Chris Bowman
Liston
Mr. Sliger
Wwlf
Litton
Sleeping Comforts
Silkojenes
Candy Department
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