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Newspaper
The Morning Journal Courier
Location
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
2
New Haven hosts a large sale of muslin underclothes with low prices touted as the lowest yet. The store claims quality avoided lime and chemicals, with items from 9 cents to over a dollar, including corset covers, drawers, nightgowns, and petticoats. It emphasizes non-sweatshop production, multiple styles, and generous bargains during the mid winter event.
Auction notes describe two pairs of drawers at 25 cents each in soft moulin or cambric fabrics with tucks and feather stitching. Styles include Isabella drawers with circular seams and French fitted hands, plus cambric options with lace inserts and edge finishes. Prices range from 7 four to five dollars for various designs.
A catalog style list advertises embroidery trimmed petticoats skirts chemises and nightgowns with prices from 9 cents to 2.50 dollars and notes multiple styles including muslin lace yoke beading and delicate floral embroidery across sizes 2 through 14 and more.
Community notes cover a marriage at West Baptist Church with Samuel Eggleston and Eleanor Dibble, a home wedding in Meriden, and a New York couple planning to reside there. Also listed are teaching plans for Mabel Noherison in Foughkenpele, a revival by Ruth Wilson, and appointments of relatives and friends to roles and homes. Subpoenas from the Terpetchorian Court are noted alongside a New Year’s Eve dance invitation at Werner hall.
Washington reports a plan to issue commemorative stamps marking the birth of Abraham Lincoln and to allocate joint reparation efforts once Congress reconvenes after holidays. The idea envisions various denominations each portraying notable aspects of Lincoln’s life and career, with public interest urged nationwide.
The draft bills prepared by the consolidation board aim to consolidate the slave statutes and adapt procedures. The board of five members led by chair Roden Hook has worked for nearly five years on the project.
At a meeting in Baltimore the Amerbasay Society for Advancement of Relouor discussed the stock exchange and its relation to panel and investors. Henry Clewa Irene Mayer and others from New York bankers and academics attended as speakers or noted participants. The election referenced is set for tomorrow evening.
Yale oar Dwight Griszwold collapsed during a race at New London and later died of typhoid and mania. Julian W. Curtiss says Griswold suffered a nervous collapse not physical exhaustion, and his death should not be blamed on rowing.
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