Shipping Now Do Necessary Freight Advice From Boswell
Boswell visits Chicago after coal hearing urges immediate action by shippers to avert winter and spring congestion. He warns government freight moves will strain railroads, notes a 15 cent coal and coke advance, and urges loading cars to capacity and unloading promptly to minimize embargo effects. He says the rail system cannot handle all government business and that preparations are essential.
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L. B. Boswell
Quincy Freight Bureau
State Public Utilities Commission
Boswell
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hod Carriers Picnic at Highland Park
The fifteenth annual Hod Carriers' union picnic No. 320 will be at Baldwin park on Saturday July 28. Activities include foot sack and auto races, food and drink, dancing all day, and music. A baseball game is set for 2:30 pm between Hod Carriers and Brick Layers. Committee: William F. Fischer Goldie Smith E H Burnett Elbert Tate James Shoemaker Howard Green John Lewis.
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Hod Carriers’ Union
Baldwin Park
William F. Fischer
Goldie Smith
E. H. Burnett
Elbert Tate
James Shoemaker
Howard Green
John Lewis
Webster Children Work With Raffia on School Grounds
Webster school children move to outdoor industrial tasks during hot periods making raffia baskets knitting and weaving rugs for doll houses. The playgrounds receive croquet sets and balls while sand is added for smaller children. Attendance rises to levels seen at Franklin and Washington yards.
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Webster School
Franklin and Washington
Birth for LaVeie family in Chicago Adene Elizabeth born
A daughter was born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. LaVeie of Chicago. The mother is the daughter of Fred Watt. The infant is named Adene Elizabeth.
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L. A. LaVeie
Chicago
Wednesday
Registration Board Seeks Ten Stenographers Next Week
The Quincy draft registration board seeks about ten stenographers for Monday and Tuesday to rush notices to men summoned for examination. Businesses may donate one stenographer for two days, or twenty firms split the work. Interested firms should contact J. R. Pearce at the Ricker National Bank.
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Quincy
J. R. Pearce
Ricker National Bank
Wabash Officials Visit in Quincy
S. KE. Cotter general manager and C. E. Brown division superintendent of the Wabash arrived in Quincy in the private car Missouri at 11:25 Thursday morning and left at 2 p m for St Louis.
Red Cross contributions invited at plant house warming
There will be a house warming tonight for the daylight addition to the Gardner Governor plant. Employees stockholders friends and youth participants in a benefitting Orpheum play are invited. A box will be set in a corner for Red Cross donations and a Red Cross worker in costume will collect contributions.
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Gardner Governor
Woodland
Orpheum
Red Cross
Suits and Coats Sale Friday on Limited Assortment
A limited stock of well made suits and coats offers style and durability in gabardine serge poplin and mixtures. Nearly all popular colors available with deep reductions that omit former prices. Early purchase advised to secure fall apparel at substantial savings. Second Floor sale counter.
Friday dress skirts at special price this week
Friday is the only day these attractive dress skirts will be offered at this price in the Palm Beach summer wear lot. The assortment includes plain colors and striped mixtures in wool, with stylish color ranges. Priced for Friday at 3.95, Second Floor.
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Palm Beach
Lengths and widths of yardage for sale at Main Floor
Yard details list pieces 2 yards, 24 yards, and 3 yards long all 2 yards wide. Items priced up to 4 dollars and 50 cents. Special NOW at CCSCESERENCEvccee near D198 Main Floor.
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Filet Curtain Net Sale Opens Friday at Low Prices
New filet curtain net patterns go on sale Friday with prices at 29 cents per yard. Ivory, ecru and white colors featured and savings expected to be substantial.
Sale of men’s white shirts with linen fronts
Friday sale offers well made white shirts with linen fronts. Sizes available are 16% and 17s. All shirts are slightly soiled from handling and priced at 106.
Reduced price fibre silk boots for women and misses
Boots with strong cotton tops and reinforced toes and heels were regularly sold at 29c and are now offered at a reduced price of 19c. The item targets women and misses seeking quality fibre silk footwear with durable construction.
Friday Jewelry Sale Offers Frugal Bargains
Friday sale offers odds and ends jewelry at 10c and 19c, with 50c values marked 10c and $1 values marked 19c. The assortment includes cuff buttons belt pins scarf pins hat pins watch pins ear rings coin purses vanity cases lockets la vallieres and more.
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Thia
Silk Vests on Sale at Nine Eighths Price
Women with a taste for silk underwear can save in a sale of pure silk Swiss ribbed vests. Low neck sleeveless style in regular sizes. Former price two dollars and fifty cents. Friday price nine tenths of a dollar.
Friday Sale Perfume Special at 10c Bottle
A local sale advertises La Campagne Vendome perfume at 10 cents per bottle all day Friday. The offer emphasizes a popular fragrance with a striking low price to attract shoppers.
Voile Emb Flouncing Sale Friday at Reduced Prices
A Friday sale offers Voile Embroidered Flouncings in 42 inch width at 89 cents a yard, down from regular 1.25. The items, described as dainty flouncing, are marketed to appeal to women shoppers seeking affordable fabric values.
Sale of Lace Curtains Friday offers worthwhile savings
Lace Curtains are on sale Friday in an odd lots sale. Lots come in pairs and a half, with every quality priced from $1 to $7.50. A choice selection is available at half price.
Velvet Rugs 27x54 on sale this Friday
Attractively priced Velvet Rugs in 27x54 size offered in several patterns. Friday is the day to buy and enhance rooms with this small rug option.
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Choice Friday Crepe De Chine Envelope Chemises
From a lot of crepe de chine envelope chemises. Bodice style trimmed with imitation Filet lace yoke on back and front. Satin ribbon shoulder straps in flesh color. Heguly 95 quality priced at 1.69 each.
Summer Suitings Sale From Odd Lot Fabrics
Reduction sale of striped linen lawn suitings poplin ratine silk mull and similar fabrics. Prices advertised at 10 cents per yard, with 5 yard minimums and original values up to 60 cents. Limited quantities available Friday only.
Cambric Emb Edges Offered At Friday Price
Friday sale announces high grade cambric embroidered edges in a splendid variety of patterns up to 4 inches wide. Special Friday offer: 3 yards for 100.
Basement Bargains and Fr iday Specials At Local Store
A list of Friday only sales includes women’s ribbed bed vests in assorted sizes at three for 26 cents, extra heavy linen bleached toweling at 1 4 cents per yard, Sunbrite cleaner in 3 percent cans for 100, 60 cent Liquid Veneer, Veneer Dust Cloth, Austrian China Cups and Saucers at six for 1 dollar, and plain white breakfast plates at 100 per set.
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Rover
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