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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
7
A shopwide glove showcase highlights diverse styles and materials including cashmere, silk lined, kid, lisle, and fabric gloves. Women’s 2 clasp cashmere gloves in black or grey at 2c a pair. Cashmerette and black silk taffeta options priced around $1 to $3.78. elbow length chamois gloves in white or natural at $1.59. Misses 2 clasp kid gloves in browns, tans, and greys at $1 a pair.
A report lists St Michael's Episcopal church women running departments for an evening sale and tea with housekeepers, bakery, vegetable and fruit, fancy work, flowers, and dolls. Also noted are Naugatuck Eagles fair preparations, a football meeting for Naugatuck vs Ansonia, funeral of Mrs Eliza Jane Johnson, and winter plans for Howard Tuttle family returning from Middlebury.
George Gray returns from Winsted visit while James H. Wagner shows improvement. Waterville engine company to hold a private smoker at Good Wilhall. Blake Johnson project employs about one hundred workers rushing construction. Outskirts residents anxious due to nearby forest fires. Mrs Scallon, Miss Kelleher, and Frank Kelleher attend Southington funeral of Scallon's brother.
In Watertown the Epworth league rally drew members on Tuesday evening while Democrats seek ex Governor Waller to address voters. Taft football fell 16 to 6 to Riverview army, with Taft hampered by suspensions. Twenty new voters added. last registration day Friday 9 am to 5 pm. total voters 720.
Obituaries note Danielson Brayton Shippee 75 killed by southbound electric car near Dayville Four Corners. Rufus R. Innes dies after undisclosed illness. Fire near Plainville endangers CT Trap Rock Co powder store. Mrs Edward T. Smith dies after auto strike on Asylum street. driver William Kibbe charged with manslaughter. City health report reveals typhoid source from Smalley street well. local cleanup planned. Includes civic anecdotes and brief humor quips.
A Louisville Courier Journal item recounts a framing tale where a man describes his wife who makes gowns and a companion responds with a story of a man earning a million dollars, highlighting a sharp comeback in a conversational vignette.
The Kansas City Journal quotes a tense exchange about a misplaced trust and a taunt about scapegoats. It contrasts blunt dialogue with a quotation on striving for excellence attributed to Bolleau.
Restoration work at Dunkeld cathedral reveals the remains of Bishop Sinclair and Alexander earl of Buchan known as the Wolf of Badenoch. A memorial marks his burial site and visitors remark on his brutality toward clergy. He ruled northern Scotland, stated for his ferocity including Elgin Cathedral destruction and plundering.
A Chicago Inter Ocean quote laments legal wording clutter while a Harlem scene shows a moving van with a large unprotected oil painting, as a bystander warns the driver about protecting the artwork. The driver asserts experience in his trade.
The column narrates Anty Drudge dreaming of an imprisoned woman freed by soap and compares it to Fels-Naptha washing. It promotes a new washing method printed on the soap wrapper claiming liberation from back breaking washday drudgery and urges readers to switch to the product.
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