Thorne's 200 Mile Run Precedes Yale Harvard Race
A Harvard crew tale overlaps with Thorne racing 200 miles round trip from New London to Cambridge and back to aid his sister while the Yale Harvard boat race begins. The scene shifts to Boston then back to New London as Thorne accuses Tom Brown of treachery.
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Thorne
Troke-Caraman
Harvard
New London
Connecticut
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Thames
Boston
Tom Brown
Brown
Clemmer
Fish merger ties Lee Wakefield to Wilson Co
Two million dollars are said to be involved in the merger of Lee H H Wakefield fishing interests with Wilson & Co of Chicago. The new firm, Wilson Fisheries Co, will be headquartered in Seattle.
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Lee HH. Wakefield
Wilson & Co
Chicago
Wilson Fisheries Co
Seattle
50 Party Frocks At $9.50 Each
Fifty dresses offered at $9.50 each in a basement salesroom. Styles include Silver Cloth Crepe de Chine and Satin gowns in Nile-green to White with draped hip and bustle designs. Bodices feature metallic lace corsage bouquets, sizes 16 and 15, 30 to 40, with silk tulle flounces and braid trim.
Silk Petticoats Featured At Unusually Low Price
Exceptional values on a SAMPLE line of Silk Petticoats priced at 3.95. Petticoats include All Jersey Silk Jersey and Taffeta Plain Messalines and Plain Taffeta Silks in varied styles with accordion pleats, ruffles, fitted lines and tailoring. Assorted lengths offered in a Thursday showcase at Basement Salearoom.
Boys' Suits Sale Cut Prices to 3 65 and 5 00
Local store advertises dramatic price cuts on boys suits with extra knickerbocker styles at 3.65 and long trouser models at 5.00. Details list sizes 13 through 16 and limited stock across five to nine pieces per size.
Winter Millinery Clearance Offers Hats and Caps
An odd assortment of winter hats trimmed and untrimmed is reduced to 1.00. Knitted caps in tasseled style for children and skating wear, in red gray and blue, reduced to 0.75. Basement Salesroom.
Casseroles and Bean Jars At 1.35 Each
Advertising copy notes brown and white fire proof glazed earthenware casseroles and bean jars in nickel plated frames. Eight inch round casseroles and six inch bean jars available, only seventy casseroles and twenty bean jars in stock at 1.35 dollars each.
Engraved Water Sets Featured in Star and Grapes Pattern
Engraved water sets offered at $1.25 feature popular star and grape arrangements. Includes a pitcher and six thin blown tumblers, all priced at $1.25.
Lace Curtain Sale Reduces to 10 Cents Each
Nottingham lace curtains offered in large and small patterns in ecru and white are reduced to 10 cents each. The sale provides an affordable opportunity to fix small windows with inexpensive curtains.
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Nottingham
Women’s Underwear Reduced to 19c Garment
OMEN'S cotton vests offered in sizes 7 8 and 9 with high neck sleeves and crochet edge. Pants knee length in sizes 4 and 5 advertised as 19 cents per garment in a clearance sale.
Silk boot Stockings at low price for women
Advertisement notes Phoenix Silk Boot Stockings offered in black and white with slight imperfections. Priced exceptionally low at 48 cents per pair, calling attention to the bargain due to minor flaws.
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Phoenix
Motoring Scarfs Reduced to 15c and 25c
Advertisement notes price drops for motoring scarfs to 15 cents and 25 cents with a 25 cent emphasis, indicating a sale or clearance in a period newspaper style. The item appears as a brief promotional snippet without additional context or dates.
9 Piece Cooking Set at Basement Salesroom
98 cent value in brown and white ware. Includes one casserole with cover one pudding dish one mixing bowl and six custard cups. Complete 9 piece set offered at basement salesroom.
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Lamire
Snowita Lone Low
Tance
Ssth
Ench
Lippe
Der
Yowitz
Tebourgrininius
Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mary
Coliseum
Metropolitan
Fields of Honor
Mae Marsh
Strand
Vernon Castle
New York
Vernon Castle Choese
Anita
Anita Stewart
Robert W. Chambers
Philippa
the Colonial
Vitagraph Company
Pathe
Liberty
Alfred Brandt
Brandt
Taylor Holmes
Bill Hart
the Liberty
Climmer
Hazel Daly
Tom
Colontal
Pexx
Vernon Castile
Arcadia
Eiver
Guterson
Queen Lalioukalani
Frederick & Nelson
aDee
Banement Salesroom
P. N. Corset
Crepe de Chine
Messaline
Goodyear
Aledo
Seco
Delft
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