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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
11
It’s the usual before Christmas sale of goods offering handkerchiefs that range in price from nothing to fifteen dollars. The article touts lace trimmed, elegant, and practical gifts, highlighting a vast assortment and superior buying opportunities due to a strong market position.
Attractive designs available for Christmas gifts. Frames are practical and versatile, making them welcome presents.
Alderman John Malone nears recovery from typhoid fever amid town chatter. Local vaudeville acts by John Sauchellie, theater sketches “Christmas Eve” and “A Cure for Jealousy” may sell well. Brooklyn Athletic Club gains members as winter drives more applications. Rasmussen neighbor feud draws gossip for teapot incident. Cold weather spurs polo season prep with Joe Smith overseeing the champion team. Skating interest rises after a slow prior year, with Malonians and rival skaters featuring in upcoming contests.
Death notices for Catherine Lanane Adolphus Bavier Margaret Donovan Catherine Mlaffey and Philip Galligan, with services at St Thomas St Patrick’s and Immaculate Conception, plus a Western UnionBuilding fire in New York and a brief Model market ice bread advert. Bearers named for several funerals and mass timings noted. cremation interment details included.
Archibald House, eager for theater glory, recruited talent locally to stage a mystery tale about the disappearance of a horse and carriage rented from Hartford’s Strant stable. Police traced letters, found many from hopeful actresses, and arrested him on Center street. he faces Hartford criminal court with $1,000 bond.
The piece promotes holiday shopping at Wenzels as the season’s top destination for gifts for men and everyone else. It highlights quality, lasting usefulness, and reliability, urging shoppers to buy from Wenzels for dependable merchandise year round.
Patents list includes Ww Broadbent Torrington floor and nog plate HL EF Chipman New Haven mould for casting wheels FE EB Downes Waterbury music leaf turner A C Dunham Hartford electric heater Hanson Hartford combined typewriting and computing machine A H Mer v ill Hartford key carrying device I B Robinson Hartford grinding machine. Jacobs at 61 South Main street hawks watches and jewelry for holiday trade.
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