Gifts For the Home in Inviting Seasonal Crafts
A survey of home gifts features scratchers made from corrugated paper with a sandpaper deck and gold “Scratch Here” text, decorative crape table covers in brown blue and white shades, and practical housekeeper gifts like embroidered linen pillowcases alarm clocks and nickel and glass spice cases. The article promotes handmade and ready made items suited for gifting, with emphasis on color, craftsmanship, and useful household objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aatin Atitch
Zebras in Africa Seen as Pest by East Africa Settlers
John T. McCutcheon argues zebras are a nuisance and danger to civilization in East Africa. He notes vast herds near railways, fences torn, crops damaged, and lions fed, with a shift from reluctance to extermination under new game laws allowing twenty zebras per license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
John T. McCutcheon
East
East Africa
Tonic of Victory and Other War Anecdotes
The piece discusses Napoleonic legends of soldiers' pain tolerance and triumph as an anaesthetic, quotes Eyian Larrey and Zayonchek, notes bravado amid battle, and contrasts with fish behavior and literary opinions, ending with a brief gag and a Courier Want Ad.
Union Men Seek 100 Volunteers for Tag Day
Union leaders plan a November 24 tag day to raise funds for striking Illinois Central showmen. They seek 100 volunteers, including young women and sisters of shopmen, with prize money for the top collector. Taggers will operate from Labor Temple, Mulberry street, 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois Central
Bb. G. Pullen
Hawver
Labor Temple
Mulberry Street
Fire damages Fourth Street store in accidental blaze
C J Miller, a pharmacist with ten years in business, nearly lost his store on Fourth Street West to a fire started by a forgotten match while inspecting a dark corner. Clothing and an office partition were damaged. two coats and other items burned, but no one was seriously hurt. Insurance covered stock. clothing loss is a total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Payne Gallwey
le Touquet
Yen
Neade
Charles 1
England
Royal Torophilite Society
Pali Malt Gazette
Cl. Miller
Fourth Street West
Mr. Miller
Miller
Elso
Oriental rugs and local real estate updates in Waterloo
Fr. M Mooradian visits Woods Bros. in Waterloo with a premier oriental rug selection offered at remarkably low prices. He will stay a few days to display the collection inviting inspection whether or not customers buy. J R Rice, formerly of Waukon, buys the I J Scott home on Hammond Avenue and will take possession December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Dry Goods Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
White
Flortune
Seld & Arres
Fr. M. Mooradian
Woods Bros
Mooradan Willl
J. R. Rice
Waukon
I. J. Scott
Hammond Avenue
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Bonnette
Presse Medicale
Napoleon
Europe
New York Medical Journal
Kegless
Old Guard
Eyian Larrey
Borodino
Larrey
France
Beresina
Russia
Zayonchek
Vilna
Harold Russell
London
Russell
William Dean Howells
Shelley
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Stephen Crane
Gibraltar
Houston Post
Wateplool
Sault and Dobson’s
Coats
Varu
Gwen
Akes
Belfast
Sickenger & Ives
Slasmon
Fourth Street
St. Joseph
Ephraim
Jes
Jedce
Jedge
St. Louis Republic
G. E. Otis
Minneapolis
Fifth Street West
Wm. Hartman
THE
James Gardiner
First National Building
C.J. Miller
Blaze
Rist
Match
Oriental Rugs
Srumne
Sca
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