Cotton Shortage Boosts Prosperity Rumors Across South
New York reports a global cotton shortage with plenty of work for Southern growers and Northern and Western mills. World demand exceeds supply as 1916 1917 stockpiles tighten, with millions employed in cotton from planting to milling. The article notes potential rationing and large future needs.
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New York
Amica
United States
Germany
Austria
Britain
France
Belgium
Spain
Cotton Exchange
President Ship Expected in Boston Monday
Boston, Feb 20 The transport Gedeee Washington is expected to arrive in Boston Monday, according to Admiral Boencer Wood of the First Naval district. The information came from one of the vessels conveying the president ship.
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Boston
Gedeee Washington
Boencer Wood
First Naval District
Death of Capt Frederick De Wolf Former Charlotte Mayor
Capt Frederick De Wolf former mayor of Charlotte North Carolina died at his daughter Mrs K Toe residence 1144 PF federal ave Seattle where he had lived for 26 years He was a Confederate veteran and a retired hewyer
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Frederick 8. de Wolf
Charlotte
N. C
K. Toe
Federal Ave
Seattle
Learns to Read at 67 After Foreign Service
Sir Maenard Grey, aged 67 and retired after 11 years as Britain’s foreign minister, begins learning Braille due to total blindness. The long battle with failing eyesight leads him to study reading anew, joining the many blinded veterans and others at institutions for the blind.
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London
Britain
Maenard Grey
Favors For Washington Birthday Party Supplies
Red white and blue line favors for Washington birthday parties includes nut cups at 40 cents per dozen and 60e cents, Cherry Trees small decorations 15cc, hatchet stickers 10 cents per package, located on upper main floor.
Decorations for the 22nd bed and Washington birthday
White and blue bunting priced at 12 1/2 cents per yard for George Washington's Birthday. Options include stripes with stars on a blue field or starry stripes. Mention of drapery section on third floor.
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George Washington
Flags for Sale at Basement Union Street Side
Muslin flags 11x18 inches priced 10c each. Silk flags 8x12 inches 50c each. Cotton flags 214x4 feet for $1.00. Silk bow flags to wear on your coat two for 25c. Basement Union St side.
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Union ST. Side
Middies and Bloomers Featured for Girls and Misses
Advertises white jean middies for girls and misses in five styles priced at $1.25. Includes bloomers of sateen with elastic belts and knee elastics in sizes 12 to 18 years. Also presents Second Floor Bon Marche regulation coats for middies with laced or buttoned fronts in blue red or green sizes 8 to 18.
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BON Marche
Billie Burke
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Lee Unionalls
ARMY
Prederick Monprey
Wark
Washington’s
Washington
the Bon Marché Bakery and Delicatessen
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Florence Barclay
Holman Day
West Is West
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Talbot Monday
Iona Gale
Rosamond
Constance Skinner
Hamlin Garland -Kenny
Leona Dalrymple
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Bromley
Alice Brown
Owen Johnson
Anita Stewart
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