Gift guidance from Mary Jane for Christmas shoppers
A columnist named Mary Jane offers to select gifts for men and women, recommending Victrolas, rare frocks, smoking jackets, lounging robes, and music boxes. She highlights stores and items, from Paris evening gowns to Brentano’s pictures, Aeolian Hall pianos, and Gude Brothers flowers, with practical tips for busy gift buyers.
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Mary Jane
Avery
Mary Jane Washington Post
Washington Dt
Paris
Pegay
F Street
Saks
Peg
Detzer Court Martial Brings Torture Allegations Forward
Karl W Detzer, U S Army captain and former Fort Wayne newspaper man, faces 28 specifications of assault and conduct unbecoming for allegedly forcing confessions from prisoners in France. Evidence centers on brutal methods including hair-pulling, prolonged standing, food deprivation, and forcing a private to swallow a lit cigarette. The trial at Governors Island could yield a life sentence. co-defendants include A S Madeen and Frank L Heyt.
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Angeline
Youngs Ben
Anvedated Press
New York
Lient
Smith
Governors Island
Baker
Frank McIntyre
France
Union
Karl W Deiver
Fort Wayne
Ind
308Th Military Police Company
Te Mans
Detzer
A S Madé¢en
Pittsburgh
John E Madden
Kentucky
Bergt
Frank L Heyt
Madden
Judge Advocate’s Department
Judge Advocate A
Detser
Marcello Gonzales
110Th Machine Gun
Maj
William @. Kelly
Judge Advocate
Detter
William HW Allaire
Wilam T Wilder
Amuel C Jones
John L. Bond
Robert 8
Knox
Mass Will
Karl W Detzer
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Japan seeks two Schuente-Lantz aerial cruisers
Berlin dispatch reports Japan plans to order two large fast aerial war cruisers from Germany, named Schuente-Lantz, rivaling Zeppelin designs, to be shipped in parts. The program aims at rapid construction with modern bombing gear. The move coincides with a treaty clause delaying aircraft manufacture and imports in Germany for six months after the treaty takes effect.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
Japan
Germany
Zeppelin
Reada
Gillett Inherits $100000 From Worcester Will
Worcester Mass December 5 Speaker Frederick H Gillett receives 3100,000 from the will of his Worcester father in law William E Rice filed for probate today Mrs Gillett is left 108,000 and their two daughters Frances Helen Hoar and Louisa Ruth Hoar each receive 108,000 plus an annual income of 8,000 from a trust fund.
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Worcester
Mass
Frederick H Gillett
National House of Representatives
William E Rice
Gillett
Frances Helen Hoar
Misa Louisa Ruth Hoar
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Temple of the Holy of Holies
Trinity Choir
Sr Ee
Tete
Thers
Sare
Cleopatra
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O J de Mol & Co
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Santa Claus
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Connecticut Avenue
Mrs Durham
Seattle
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Prince of Wales
Hippodrome Theater
Paus
Deizer
Mary
Alec
Harry
Speaker
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the Raris Shop OF America
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Wonderful Victor Records
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Philadelphia Orchestra
Orphenus
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