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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
3
New York reports indicate a begun permanent downturn in prices across department and other stores as wholesale and retail buyers see surplus clothing and silk stocks. Dealers foresee fewer sales but hope higher class garments compensate. silk prices are noted as permanently reduced amid large raw silk holdings by Japanese interests.
Detroit city council imposed a A100 percent increase in the assessed valuation of property on Jacob Shevitz, owner of a family apartment house, who was accused of raising rents from 12 to 90 dollars per month.
Prices have been too high and a re adjustment is due as new basin considerations enter the market. The cotton goods sector shows only gradual easing in printcloths and sheetings while sateens and fabrics used in clothing see sharper reductions. In the financial district it is believed wholesale prices peaked in February and retail declines will strengthen in coming weeks. In West Virginia, Emma Hills seemingly stood to marry Bert Treadway, but forecasts now indicate she will not wed him as charges of murder against Treadway lead to a life term in the state penitentiary.
A Coeburn youth who bought and buried a barrel of whisky before joining the army is now discharged and $1,200 richer. Revenue officers may want details on how and to whom the sale was made in Bluefield West Virginia.
Professor Rice recounts ferocious Gaari bow tribe cannibals met by Dr. Alexander Hamilton ice's party near the Orinoco in February. The six foot Savages fired bows spears and blowguns as the explorers retreated after casualties. Mrs. Rice accompanied part of the journey, aiding in the Amazon and Orinoco surveys.
Dr Victor Lespinasse of Northwestern University demonstrates gland transplant experiments on a chicken, producing a hen with rooster characteristics including combs saddle feathers and crowing. The article notes rabbits dogs and a sensational “Saintese Twin” dog result and records a separate incident in Lebanon Kentucky where Rev Rowlett rode a train after a wreck.
An upstate fox farm owner asked for mother cats to nurse silver fox cubs in New York. HEM Bacon, president of New York Pur Auction Sales, said the fox farmer would take all cats offered. A mother cat could earn 2.50 dollars for six weeks of nursing.
Sarah Reetor eighteen of Muskogee Oklahoma is described as the richest African American girl in the United States reportedly worth about a million dollars through ownership of land deemed worthless by others.
A vintage portrait credits Los Angeles as the leading beauty city as more than 100 filming units employ over 8,000 on weekly payrolls, attracting performers and aspirants from across the nation. The article notes beauty schools, arrests of operators, and the influx of hotel life and extras earning about eight dollars daily.
Law students Edward Glynn and Thomas Norton chased by police after a midnight elopement bid with Miss Helen Buecker and Miss Gladys Baynes. A freak telephone mix gave the couples their chance, but the girls declined and the students surrendered clothing, quarried about the with parade, and were hauled to the station at two in the morning.
A surreal tale aboard the Haleakala from Calcutta describes an orangutan commandeering the engine room causing a short circuit after biting into electrical cords as 46 shots were fired without effect. A three ton bull elephant died and was wrecked overboard but the cass remains afloat, with radio warnings issued to shipmasters.
A gray patrol boat roams the Tinbaulter marsh waters hunting oyster pirates. The chase ends with a shell fired from a gray tube and the capture of another group by Louisiana conservation agents. The patrol fleet is led by the 87 foot Alexandria cruiser.
A LaCrosse Wisconsin resident reports twenty six years with chronic bronchitis and winter colds eased after using three bottles of Peruna. The testimonial claims hoarseness, fatigue, and general catarrhal symptoms improved, with the product recommended for respiratory and digestive complaints.
A fragment from the Edinburgh Scotsman recalls Schreecham as a wise poet declaring a man must be anvil or hammer. Peacham responds with humorous doubt noting many are merely hellows, reflecting a playful exchange on hard work and weariness.
Advert explains Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a popular remedy for kidney issues, cites insurance examiner noting many applicants rejected for kidney trouble, urges mail order sample and mentions two bottle sizes sold in drug stores. Also includes a joke about a man who drinks heavily after the country went dry.
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