Christmas shopping spree makes New York world’s costliest season
New York roars through a record Christmas as hotels fill to capacity and luxury shops showcase extravagant gifts. Fifth Avenue glitters with items from Tudor houses to diamonds and ancient rugs, while theatres report full houses at premium prices. Trade in precious stones signals unprecedented prosperity.
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New York
Sam
Fifth Ave
England
South Africa
Persia
Wilson
Ashford
Kent
America
Poinsettias Nature’s tribute to the holiday spirit
The article extols poinsettias as a simple yet beautiful holiday emblem. It notes dark green foliage sets off bright scarlet blossoms, highlighting extra fine specimens.
Make It a Gladsome Floral Christmas for You and Yours
A holiday floral appeal urges readers to order Christmas blooms to gladden homes under the Yuletide roof. It touts Hollywood quality and moderate Holly wood prices with the shop described as a bower of beauty.
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Hollywood
Christmas Gifts Hit Billion Dollar Prices on Fifth Avenue
Tiffany's displays a $500,000 pearl necklace while Dretcer & Co shows an octagonal sapphire ring for $9,500. A Fifth Avenue hosiery shop offers silk knee stockings with lace at $225 and a candy shop sells a five pound box of gold-crete Christmas candy for $250. These dazzling prices highlight the season's luxurious gifts.
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Tiffany's
Dretcer & Co
Hoelery
Fifth Ave
Crete
Jury Sees War's Women Film as Evidence in City Obscenity Case
The jury in the case against W. H. Smyth, manager of the Strand theatre, viewed War's Women at the Colonial theatre as part of the city's obscenity prosecution. Smyth argues the film was approved by the national and city censorship boards and that Mayor Gill overstepped authority by ordering its stoppage.
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Supertes Juden Smith
W. H. Smyth
Strand Theatre
Colonial Theatre
Winesa
Smyth
National Board
City Board of Censorship
Gill
Santa Themed Theft Report And Local Court Action
CE Krause of 7618 Aurora Ave reports a theft of 710 in stock from his holiday merchandise. David and Isaac Jacobs of Bellingham were jailed by Judge Neterer for contempt in a bank bankruptcy proceeding.
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CE. Krause
Aurora Ave
David and
Isaac Jacobs
Bellingham
Whatcom County
Neterer
Taming the Wild and Woolly Puyallup
The final article in a series on a $1.5 million flood prevention project notes the intercounty river improvement commission and joint funding ending decades of county bickering over river shifts. Dredges and drift barriers are reshaping the White and Puyallup rivers, clearing 35 000 cords of drift, straightening channels, and lowering flood risk as farms and roads are relocated and rebuilt along new levees and cutoffs.
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Thie
Pierce
King Counties
Duwamish
Stuck
Puyallup
Intercounty River Improvement Commission
White River
H. Nyman
Roberts
Franklin Conservancy
Ohio
Pittsburg
Auburn
I” Wafe
Stevens Not Lost After Mediterranean Sinking Report
Frank Stevens of 4142 Alki Avenue reported lost after a sinking of an English transport on December 14 in the Mediterranean. Mrs Jessie Stevens, his mother, has word from Furniss Whitney Co transport operators that he was saved.
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Frank Stevens
Alki Ave
Mediterranean
Jessie Stevens
Furniss-Whitney Co
Classified Ad Experiment Yields Quick Results
A reader tests a Star Classified Ad and reports fast responses. The ad prompts inquiries and several potential leads emerge from the sample, suggesting strong interest in the advertised items.
No Heat Reported on Phinney Ave Cars
A letter to the editor questions heat in Phinney Avenue streetcars. The writer alleges most cars lack heating despite claims of six heated units, recounts long waits on the line from Jackson to the end, and notes conductors refuse to adjust heat due to complaints of warmth.
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Phinney Ave
Star
Phinney
Jackson
J. E
Portland Clerk Husband Shot by Bride-to-Be in Salem
Salem report says Myrtle White, a hotel clerk, shot and killed her fiancé Thomas Cummings on the way from Portland to their wedding and then killed herself after saying he had not treated her right.
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J. Hiller
Hiller
Bryan
Salem
Ore
Portland
Thomas Cummings
Myrtle White
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