Gloves and ribbons highlight spring dress goods sale
Fashion demands long gloves with scarce stock driving early purchases. 12 and 16 patton suede and grace gloves in white and black priced 1.75 to 3.00 along with in skin gloves at 50 and 75 cents and lace tops one dollar. Fancy ribbons from 20 to 50 cents per yard and silk ribbons up to 1 dollar. Black lamine skirts in 1.50 value now 98 cents and black silk skirts 3.98. Remaining stock includes a 7 dollar skirt now 5 dollars.
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Patton
Dress Skirts Line With Novel No Nama And Circular Flounce
A new dress skirts line arrives in black blue gray and tan. Features No Nama novelty and Circular Flounce with prices from 2.50 to 10.00. Skirts cut by top tailors and finished by experienced makers, promising high value and quality. Remnants and new dress goods also on centre counters at reduced half prices.
Des Moines Woman Fires on Husband in Saloon Tragedy
In Des Moines on March 16 Mrs. John Keller followed her husband and his companion from a saloon after a night out. She wounded her husband fatally and injured the bartender, then surrendered to Officer Nicholson. The other woman involved remains unnamed and at large.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Mort Dodge
John Keller
Jessick
Keller
Nicholson
Unprecedented storm and flood threat near Fresno
Fresno reports 60 hours of violent weather with record snowfalls in the Sierra. The San Joaquin and Kings rivers run above danger levels as Pine Ridge records 19 feet of snow at 5000 feet. Garfield vineyard levee work fails as a massive overflow wave sweeps through the region.
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Fresno
Cal
San Joaquin
Kings
Pine Ridge
Garfield Vineyard
Peanut Factory Planned for Norfolk Virginia
P D Gwaltney president of the American Peanut Corporation announced the chartering yesterday and the company will install machinery in the Roper storage warehouse bought for 70000 dollars. A peanut cleaning factory will operate before next winter employing about 500 people. The warehouse stores up to 5000 bags of nuts. The local vice president is P D Bain.
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P. D. Gwaltney
American Peanut Corporation
Roper
P. D. Bain
Security & Equity Bond Company OF Virginia Inc
Security & Equity Bond Co. of Virginia, Inc
Jackson Coal & Coke Co. Building
Geo. Cameron, Jr
T. F. Heath
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M. A. Finn
Harvey Seward
Thos. M. Davis
He Loved a Married Woman
Sydney Killingsworth, a Chicago firm employee in Knoxville, left a note for his parents before jumping into the Tennessee River saying he would end his life because he could not be with the married woman he loved and that she loved him.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Sydney Killingsworth
Tennessee
Killingsworth
Chicago
Funeral for Mrs. John A. Pilcher at First Baptist
The funeral of the late Mrs. John A. Pilcher will be held this Saturday at 4 o'clock from the First Baptist church. Friends and acquaintances of the family are invited to attend.
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John A. Pilcher
First Baptist Church
Developing the Chest for Health and Form
The article urges daily chest exercises to improve health, posture, and appearance. It highlights simple routines requiring five minutes twice daily, the value of professional guidance, and warns that poor posture and lingering sorrow can harm lung capacity and risk diseases.
Fashioning Women Across Cultures and Household Etiquette
A London World item surveys women’s beauty practices from Japan to New Holland, noting body decorations and rituals. It then shifts to home care tips for table linens, stressing neatness, stain prevention, ironing, and handling embroidered pieces, with a brief remark on aging romances in society.
Floatingeutshing Fires in London Water Use
An enormous mass of water was used to suppress fires in London, totaling 29,000,000 fallons or 129,466 tons that year. About one sixth was drawn by fire engines and canals, while the remainder flooded streets and avenues as part of firefighting effort.
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London
Tan
Me Street
Avndas
Low
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