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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented local notice lampoons a proposed fire engine by street noise and danger while promoting a baking powder offer. The piece mentions delivering ten pounds, a hod, and a clothes rack as premiums with a 50 cent deal. Needing further clarity, the writer notes the risk of the screeching vehicle frightening people to death and jokes about telegraph poles and hods.
A special meeting of St Joseph's T A society will be held tomorrow evening. Michael Sheehy had purchased from Thomas and Josephine Lynch their property at 206 to 215 Baldwin street. The sale was arranged through Daniel T Farrington of 337 East Main Street. In New York the English oak planted in Central Park in 1861 by the prince of Wales was cut down yesterday by John M Griffin, park labor foreman. The tree near the mall south of the eagle had been dying for years and was removed by park authorities.
A noticeboard of community items includes A P Tea Co ads for Simplex shirts, church meetings at St Patrick's hall, and a Queen’s Daughters gathering with officer elections. Local births, injuries from a city rally, court schedules, real estate moves by Scovill Co, and a mixed-bag of ads and social notes from Waterbury and area.
A terse ad style line proclaims the shop’s motto that the best goods speak for themselves with a bold claim that their prices are competitive and the talking point. The fragment preserves the promotional tone and focus on value.
A list of women's apparel accessories and home items with sale prices. Items include kid gloves in various styles and colors priced from 25c to 2.98, English Cape gloves and gauntlets, silk and lisle gloves with multiple price points, stole boas in several colors, chiffon neck ruffs, neck ruching in white and pink, wrapper blankets with matching tassels, and wool underwear samples with shirts and drawers priced around 69c. Numerous color options and lengths noted.
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