20 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
1
Shoes for all ages advertised with prices from 98 cents to 2 dollars. Children’s Gun Metal Shoes 98c to 1.48, Boys’ Logan Shoes 98c to 1.65, Men’s and Ladies’ styles 1.50 to 2.25 with higher value pairs listed.
Large sale listing offers men's overcoats at 7.50 and 7.50, with original value up to 12.00 in brown gray and herringbone. Men’s suits from 9.98 to 6.98, including Worsted blue and English Young Men sets, plus black serge suits at 5.50. Coats 2.98 and 4.25 in Bal macaan and blue kersey styles.
Sale ad lists duck vamp rolled edge Gum Boot at 2.79 and 3.25 value, duck vamp rolled edge Felt Boots at 1.98, Arctic boots at 2.00 value 1.39 price, plus boys and girls Arctics and rubbers for the family, all one third less than rival stores.
In the Black Sea off Anatolia, Russian forces engaged the Turkish Goeben and Breslau. The Goeben was heavily hit and set on fire, withdrew into fog, while Breslau stayed on the horizon. Russian losses included one lieutenant and nineteen sailors killed and five sailors wounded.
A sleek promotional note invites patrons to visit The New Buffalo tonight for top goods and attentive service. Four waiters are ready to serve, with promises of satisfaction and a friendly, inviting display to draw customers in.
M. T. Engle, proprietor, offers wholesale and retail meat deals. Advertises guaranteed meat bought from them, a pudding and lard option, and their celebrated own cured bacon. Claims to handle everything in the meat line.
Wives, mothers and sisters praise Orrine for curing the drink habit and restoring happiness at home. The ad claims secrecy and offers a free booklet, with Orrine priced at 100 per box and sold by J. A. Williamson at 4 Market Street North.
The article quotes the Kaiser's son-in-law asserting Romania must choose between alignment with Germany and Turkey or support for the principles of European law, framing a pivotal foreign policy dilemma for Romania. The wording reflects imperial influence and calls for legalistic alignment in European affairs.
In New York on November 20 relatives of hundreds of people who died in Bellevue and Harlem hospitals testified in an inquiry into the coroner’s house abolition. Dr Timothy Lede and coroner’s physician said autopsies numbered thousands and that staff members often demanded bodies from grieving kin to supply dissecting needs. The testimony described hundreds of weeping relatives powerless to save their dead from the dissecting table.
Eight year old Ather Kraft was found strangled in a culvert under the Reading Railway near Fifty sixth street and Gibson avenue Philadelphia. Deep finger marks and a protruding tongue indicate a desperate struggle as stones were moved to reveal a sewer beneath. The body was found by Read ing brakeman Anderson Grodm and taken to the morgue.
Reports from the front describe renewed fighting in the Argonne and Meuse regions near Paris while German forces advance in Russian territory. Belgian fighting continues with little decisive gain as weather hinders operations and bombardment remains intense along the Flemish coast.
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