Glove and ribbon sale promises scarce long gloves
Fashion dictates long gloves, with 12 and 16 button kid styles in white and black from 1.75 to 5.00. Silk gloves at 50 and 75 cents, lace tops 1.00. Short gloves remain in demand. Trefois Kid praised. Ribbons in fanciful styles 20 to 50 cents per yard, up to 1.00 for silk. Skirts discounted, black satin originally 1.70 value now 98 cents. black silk skirts 5.00 class now 3.98. limited stock at 5.00 value cut to 3.98.
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Auode
Grace
New Line of Dress Skirts in Various Colors and Prices
An entirely new line of dress skirts in black, blue, grey and tan offers Nos Name and Circular Flernese styles, priced from 2.60 to 10 dollars. Skirts are cut by top tailors, with emphasis on material, cut and finish, while remnants sale returns at about half price. New dress goods and fabrics arriving, details to follow.
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Hosine
Mason & Hamlin
Putnam
Chase
Wilbur
Victor
Marie
ETRANGA FINDS IN BOOKS AND OTHER STRANGE ITEMS
A city library reveals odd discoveries in returned volumes. Registers show spectacles and even used letters, endorsed checks and a watch turned compass trick. The piece recounts unusual finds, a notice of mail left in books, and a snippet on a 1783 English labor law with six clauses.
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Tharesa
Hardening Wood by Boiling Sugar Treatment
Description of a timber hardening process where wood is saturated with a sugar solution at boiling point and then dried, filling pores with solid matter to vulcanize and preserve the wood. Includes a cultural note about Lolo wedding customs in Western China where a bride ascends a tree and is defended by elder women with blows until the groom retrieves her.
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Western
China
Speaking God of the Lake and the Ostrich Race
A Manitoba lake named for a mysterious night sound on an island off Fort Garry is linked to Ojibway superstition about the Manitou. The sound results from waves on pebbles and a limestone cliff, with bells and whistling tones reported on north winds. ostrich selection in Africa favors swift, healthy birds, tested by a race for figs showing remarkable speed and competitive drive.
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Manitoba Lake
Fort Garry
Red River
Africa
Tradesmen in Japan Tattoo Trade Mark Symbols
In smaller Nippon towns Japanese tradesmen advertise by tattooing on their right forearms. The shoemaker shows a shoe, the woodcutter an ax, the butcher a cleaver. Beneath the emblems they inscribe modest work claims and skill statements, then parade barefoot arms when seeking work.
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Nippon
Handkerchiefs in the Army and a Wordy Oddity
The Russian government declares that all Empire soldiers must use handkerchiefs with life in battle and peace imagery. A garbled note then mentions Girafe Caimot Swim and a claim that the giraffe cannot swim due to its long neck, while other animals could swim when forced.
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Empire
Xeon
Bride in Coffin Sits Up in Wisconsin Trance
In Lacrosse Wisconsin Mrs W R Sherwood twenty five year old a bride of a week living at Habel near here was pronounced dead by physicians and the undertaker was about to bury her when she suddenly revived from a deathlike trance. Family friends sat beside the coffin when a shriek was heard and the bride sat up demanding to know why she was imprisoned.
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Lacrosse
Wis
W. R. Sherwood
Habel
Count di Castelmenardo Convicted of Adultery in Genoa
Genoa March 11 Count di Castelmenardo was found guilty of adultery with Edith Van Buren, sister of the American consul at Nice. He was sentenced to three months in prison and to pay costs. The count appealed the verdict.
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Genoa
Comeplaint
Edith van Buren
Nice
Count di Castelmenardo
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