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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
3
The piece argues that modern ready to wear, branded Sincerity, outperforms old dark shop days by combining honest expert tailoring with durable style. It contrasts old hand me down preparations and stiff lines with current fashion, promising value and lasting fit from Sincerity garments.
Reports from Mare Island say West Virginia Maryland Colorado Pennsylvania California and South Dakota may be ordered to the Philippines for target practice in Manila Bay in October as the Pacific fleet sails to Santa Barbara Channel tomorrow. Naval circles note the gunners trophy may be transferred from the Ticon to Maryland amid Washington plans. Eight boxing bouts earlier last night at the Auditorium saw navy men defeat army fighters in seven matches.
In Chancery Court a May 16 decision found a Dakota divorce invalid and thus Richard Stirling cannot inherit his stepfather George Smith’s estate worth 39 000. Smith’s Scottish first wife’s divorce and her later remarriage in San Francisco were deemed invalid because George Smith was not domiciled in Dakota.
Pennsylvania Railroad orders indicate strong June business. Workers began reclaiming idle cars, and by early evening about 300 cars on lines west had been restored to service. Most recovered cars are in good repair and ready for immediate use.
New York May 16 Isaac Goldstone and A Friedman, longtime Philadelphia merchants, were arrested on the gangplank of the steamship Vader land before it sailed for Europe. Charged with obtaining jewelry valued at $14,000 and notes by passing worthless checks, they allegedly loaded fifteen trunks and cases plus an express wagon of baggage and departed from Philadelphia yesterday.
Pittsburg May 16 two unidentified men about six this morning smashed a large plate glass window with a brick. They took eighty one dollar hats from the show window. Several persons saw the daring robbery but the men escaped before the police could be summoned.
Buffalo Bills advertising force arrives with a Wild West exhibition near Fifteenth and H streets northeast. The program includes the first on tour football on horseback with six Indians and six cowboys, plus historical Midwest features such as the Summit Springs battle of 1868 and other horsemanship displays.
Col Morrin B Belknap of Louisville urged a three year enlistment for college graduates as a college reserve at government call. The plan, approved by the War Department, would require no special training, just useful service. He argued a standing force of about 25000 ready to be called would inspire confidence.
Fragmented text lists numerous company and place names such as American Steel Found, American Tobacco, Norton Consolidated, Subway, Seaboard, Washington Ry, Yukon Gold and others. No coherent event or narrative detected to summarize into a concrete news item.
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