J C Penney Buys Golden Rule Stores in Major Consolidation
J C Penney Co announces the purchase of twenty Golden Rule Mercantile Company stores. The combined group will operate 885 stores with more than 150 million dollars in projected 1928 sales. The two firms, long tied by common origin, will proceed under the J C Penney name from January 1 1928 and maintain existing stores with Penney branding where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Hiatt
Oska
Topsa
E. M. Tower
Golden Rule Mercantile Company
New York City
3. C. Penney Company
Earl C. Sams
J. C. Penney Company
J. C. Penney
Evanstor
Wyoming
Guy Johnson
Mr. Johnson
R. W. Stevens
Mr. Penney
Kemmerer
Wyo
Mr. Stevens
Utah
Nevada
Montana
California
H. T. Heddon
J. A. Cooper
J. ©. Penney Company
Gilroy
Galif
Salinas
Calif
Billings
Mont
Dillon
Kimball
Nebr
Scotts Bluff
Elko
Nev
Winnemucca
Brigham
Morgan, Utah
Emmadine Farm
Hopewell Junction
N. Y
Guernsey
Whitehaven
White Plains
Hampshire
Minnie Miller
Idaho
Penney Farms
Florida
Immodest dress blamed for crime by prison doctor
Dr. Perry M. Lichtenstein, longtime physician at Tombs Prison in New York City, argues in a Philadelphia Public Ledger statement that crimes of passion rise with today’s immodest dress. He cites prison exposure to 170,000 inmates and claims rolled stockings and similar styles incite crime, keeping the warning within a broader social critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry M. Lichtenstein
Tombs
New York City
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Unnamed King’s Business Critiques Fashion’s Attractiveness
A commentary condemns suggestive fashion and underworld tactics that exploit female attire. It argues such appeals invite only unworthy men, urging honest Christian suitors to reject immorality and uphold chastity, predicting fewer crimes and broken homes if these tactics are discarded.
Aged Knoxville lad suffers broken arm in fall
Mrs Mary Finarty wife of the late J W Finarty and sister of the late Tom Auldoxville, a noted philanthropist, fell and broke her left arm at her Knoxville home. Although over 80, her condition is reported satisfactory by her physician.
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County News Service
Mary Finarty
J. W. Finarty
Tom Auldoxville
Aliens Helped to Make Good Citizens
Washington district report notes progress in Americanization as federal involvement expands. Since 1915 federal participation linked state and agency efforts into a common national goal, with laws and school programs funding citizenship instruction and a citizen text book distributed to hundreds of communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Naturalization Bureau
Christian Science Monitor
Naturalization Bulletin Authority Cited in 1927 Text
Raymond F. commissioner of naturalization is authorized by law to publish this text book and a monthly naturalization bulletin. He operates with official state and national organizations, including those associated with vocational education, across the country during the fiscal year 1927.
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Raymond F
Naturalization
Parsons College Student Runs Over Knoxville Boy
Gilbert Clark, 7, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Clark of Knoxville, was injured last Friday when an automobile driven by Parsons College student Richard Chambers of Fairfield ran over him as witnesses say the boy dashed into the street near the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County News Service
Gilbert Clark
Bert Clark
Knoxville
Richard Chambers
Fairfield
Parsons College
Fairfield youths hurt in Indianola football party crash
Chambers and companions Charles Oderone and Lloyd Krivill of Fairfield were returning from the Parsons-Simpson game at Indianola when their car struck the front of another, sending a youth tumbling to the pavement. He lay unconscious all night but sustained only minor injuries otherwise, though one wheel passed over him.
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Chambers
Charles Oderone
Lloyd Krivill
Fairfield
Indianola
Word of God deserves noble reading and care
James Black argues that scripture should be read with utmost seriousness as the message of God and life source for believers. He emphasizes careful preparation and notes that hearing the Word rightly is more important than commentary about it.
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God
James Black
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J. C. Penney CO
Golden Rule
R. W. Steven
Ogden
J.C. Penney Company
Stevens
RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Oxfords
Trade Home Chain
High Ave. W. Oskaloosa
Mid-West
Jcpenneyco
High Ave
Oskaloosa
Jersey
Bolivia
A. B. van Houweling Auto Co
Pella, Iowa
Coats
Oppenheimer-Alsop CO
Oskaloosa, Iowa
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