Silk Petticoats at Half Price for Quick Clearance
Leftover silk petticoats from a $6.50 line offered at $3.29. Made of chiffon taffeta and messaline with plain tailored flounces in street colors. Limited stock, quick sale.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1912
Page
15
Summer Linen Frock Linens Sale Listing
Clean up sale of white linens for summer dresses and suits. Ninety inch linen suiting 79 cents, ramie linen 62 cents, 36 inch waist linen 39 cents, 54 inch suiting 73 cents, 36 inch handkerchief linen 39 cents. All items stated as all-pure flax and suitably shrunk or sponged.
Lustrite Manicure Sets On Sale At Low Price
Lustrite manicure sets include a flexible steel file six emery boards and an orange-wood stick offered for 10 cents. Corylopsis talcum with oriental odor priced two cans for 25 cents. Peroxide toothpaste regular 25 cent tube available for 20 cents.
Boley Oklahoma Exposes Itself as Model Black Town
W R Toliver, editor and preacher, reports Boley Oklahoma as a thriving all Black town with 5000 residents, seven churches, two colleges, a high school, a $33 000 water system, and self governing government. He notes white visitors, professional classes, and strong independence with emphasis on education and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
W. R. Toliver
Grand Lodge of the
Negro Odd Fellows
Althoven Boley
Boley
Texas
William L. Jones
United States
Houston
Bishop College
Marshall
Tex
E. M. Watson
Ishop College
J. J. Scott
Perry- Young
Silent Electric Piano Haunts Memphis Night Club
In Memphis at the Owls' Home Adams Avenue and Second Street a piano went on playing after hours, drawing a theft scare until Patrolman Hoyle climbed to the third floor and opened an entry. A night watchman reported suspicious activity as the piano played on past closing time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Adams Avenue
Second Street
Hoyle
American trains praised but critiqued by Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett tests the New York to Chicago flyer and finds late starts icy cars and heatless berths. He notes dining cars scarce and a harsh delay at Elk Hart, while the Independent argues American rail service exaggerates its superiority over Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Bennett
Harper's Magazine
Albany
Elkhart
Chicago
Bennett
United States
Europe
The
Independent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Outlaw Hobble Skirt Provokes Bellefonte Police Warning
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania a young woman wearing a tight hobble skirt drew attention on the streets and prompted police to order her home to change or face arrest. Officials cited morals concerns and vowed to halt such attire amid public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Beware hygiene gaps that invite deadly microbes
An editorial urges readers to stop common habits that spread germs. Biting coins and fingers, wetting stamps, sharing pens and glasses, and handling animals risk transmitting diphtheria and other diseases. The piece cites Pearson's Weekly and repeats cautions on everyday risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railways
Andrew Carnegie
Pearson’s Weekly
Wilmington to reclaim long stored mill waste on flats
In Wilmington Delaware a waste problem from pauper mills accumulates for years. One factory dumped over 100000 tons of residuum from boilers on eight acres of nearby flats. The plan uses a process to extract carbon for market and convert the remainder into fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
CR AIR EAME BY Y CO. ICH PHONES 871
Fragmentary ad copy mentions air products and a phone number 871 with unclear branding. No distinct event or person identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. CO. Ich
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