Flannelette Fabrics in Striped and Figured Patterns
A sale listing 27 and 36 inch flannelette in striped and figured patterns. Priced 25 to 45 cents a yard. Includes new patterns and plain colors suitable for smart dresses. 25 and 35 cents a yard.
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Newspaper
The Daily Alaska Empire
Location
Juneau, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
2
A sale listing 27 and 36 inch flannelette in striped and figured patterns. Priced 25 to 45 cents a yard. Includes new patterns and plain colors suitable for smart dresses. 25 and 35 cents a yard.
Men receive a display of new season caps in color and style to suit all tastes. Prices range from 2.50 to 3.50 each. Boys' Roughneck Sweaters offered in plain and fancy patterns in all sizes.
The advertisement promotes Poll Parrot Shoes for children, noting solid leather construction and durable service while remaining neat in appearance for school wear.
Douglas W F Coffee of Madison Wisconsin, eighteen, has invented a process to transmit moving pictures over the radio for seven miles. He claims the method is his own and was developed independently.
William H H Monahan of Kansas City aged is offered a gold watch worth 500 dollars and full retirement pay by Central Coal and Coke company after fifty years of service. He declines to quit work asserting he will keep working despite the incentive.
Pittsburgh Oct 1 Thirty two fast passenger trains on the Pennsylvania railroad between New York and Pittsburgh are now operated with no change of locomotives. The plan was tested on two trains and then extended to Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Chicago routes. Heavier locomotives replaced lighter ones to ensure the non change system and speed on level ground and mountain hauls.
Rome October 1 a senatorial committee has completed its preliminary work on the new official Italian encyclopedia and accepted a program to finish the task in 1933.
A committee contemplates a sixteen volume biographical dictionary totaling about 32,000 pages. The plan would cover historical figures from Roman times to modern days and evaluate scope and feasibility.
London October 1 John Ruskin's home Brantwood House Coniston Lancashire where the poet lived for 25 years and died in 1900 is to be sold. In 1885 he deeded the house and grounds to Mr and Mrs Arthur Severn urging they never sell the estate or lease it. He asked they allow 80 consecutive days yearly for visitors to view the house and pictures. Exigencies of fortune are blamed for the sale.
Berlin October 1 Dr Gustav Blum a Frankfurt industrial authority sees a hopeful future for the German automobile sector after tariff approval He notes truck output remains strong while private car sales shrink due to peak travel season and tight money markets He cites limited production as a natural response to money market strain and rising discount rates.
A partial OCR fragment notes stocks could be under pressure leading to a business loss. The brief indicates investors face a downturn amid shifting market dynamics and potential financial impact on the firm.
Yellowstone National Park reports Old Faithful remains punctual at about every 67 minutes, with typical 60 minute intervals in prior years. Seasonal water changes lengthen the interval after summer, but the superintendent says the geyser spouts as reliably as ever and at its best this year.
In Hayama the Imperial Villa guests, Prince Regent and Crown Princess, watched a giant sea turtle weighing hundreds of pounds. Police alerted the royals who observed the creature, offered it sake, and photographed the encounter before the turtle returned to sea. The sighting was deemed a fortunate omen amid expectations of the Crown Prince's future motherhood.
A list of passengers and their destinations aboard the Virginia IV departs from Juneau. G A Schumacher, clerk at the Alaskan Hotel, goes hunting at Soapstone Point. H & Biegs head to Chicago for mining bookkeeping. W A Castleton of Seattle inspects Chichagof property with attorney Frank A. Boyle.
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