Sherman Daily Democrat (Sherman, Tex.), Vol. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1916 Page: 2 of 8
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SHEKMAR DAflT DEMOCRAT.
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THE DAILY DEMOCRAT!
Hlrnm Johnson of California, who I Christmas seals
_SHERMAN. TEXAS.
Q. O. A E. C. HUNTER, Publishers.
waaJSSSSS^L RI.er
Valley, In a section rich In fertile land
and diversified crops, in a city of col-
leges, big factories, mills, six trunk
railway lines and Intern rba ns.
Subscription: 60 cents per
96.00 per year in advance.
month.
The Weekly Democrat la published
on Thursday, 91.00 a year. It is
the big county seat newspaper.
Mail subscribers changing locations
should give their former addresses as
Is credited with the defeat of Hughes,
Is being boomed for president by re-
publicans. He only smiles and says
this is not the time for such a thing.
Hils is fine hog killing leather and
| news from over the county is that
| many porkers have s<iueuled ibelr last
time. Where there Is an established
| abattoir the farmers are finding It
j cheaper to sell their animals for
I slaughter.
A great effort will be made to have
J the next legislature pay the old
I debts owed by the penitentiary system
of the state. These debts will ruu up
| Into hundreds of thousands of dollars
as a means for rais-
ing funds for the work, and 1 hoi*?
that the iss.ple of the country will
I avail themselves of that ready sod
I easy means of showing their interest
In a work which Is of so universal im-
portance, "t-
Hecrctary of War Raker Is another
Red Cross Seal enthusiast. He says In
a letter ordering his supply of ReJ
Cfos* Seals for himself ami his child-
ren, lb-tty, Jack and Peggy, “No other
one thing menus so much to the lib1
health and happim-vs „f tli«- |>eople of
Cleveland as the tight against TuIm
cniosis.’'
Seals to the uumber of SUMUMMA
are now on sale In every state and ter-
rltory of the l ulled Stales, even III
I lie Canal Zone, the Philippines
Hawaii and Porto Klco.—Hulk-tin to
the Democrat.
&asj/ &Practical
7(ome dress JidKingl
Jjsssons
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Prepared Specially for This Newspaper
By Pictorial Review
Day Dress of Blue Cloth.
well as the new ones. Subscribers I and the people to w hom the money
served by carriers will please as-1
sist the management In rendering]
good service by notifying the Demo-
crat about Irregularities and omls-]
a tons.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of
any person, firm or corporation
which may appear In the columns of
the Democrat will be gladly corrected
upon It being brought to the attention
of the publishers.
Entered at the postofflee at Sher-
man as mall matter of the second
class according to act of Congress,
1878.
due are making strenuous efforts tc
collect their money. Presumably al
of the legislators are being bombard
ed with letters from the state’s credit
ors begging them to assist In getting
the hills paid. lion. 1. R..Reeves, win
lives in Sherman and Is a member, ha*
received about fifty of these letters
and states that be will do his best t<
have the old bills paid.
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BOTH PHONES
Perhaps never since the time bi
I first came into public uotlee has any-
thing occurred to show Paneho Villa I
up in his true light any more thun the
recent raid of himself ami hand on
| Chihuahua City. As soon as he looted |
the city—anil It Is recorded that he se
At Huntsville, Ala.. ludk-tnicnls
will lie sought against all who made
election Ih-Is. There is a growing
-i-ntlim-iit against Is-tling on elections
There is a law against it in every
state la the Union, and a federal law
against it. All laws written on the
datute IsHiks should be enforced, anil
In this event those who bet on foot-
ball games would have to quit lt.-
Sheriuan Deuio<-rat.
We are ready for the law against
both betting <n elections and foot
ball games lieing o^bim-d. In fm-i,
we are ready to tma^tate’s evfifi-mv
against a couple pMutlaws wli o did
violence to the sjjftules In such cast**
made and provided anil against the
Christmas Is coming. Make up your
u-lnd to be a good fellow. Be a big
brother to somebody who needs one.
mred $200,000 In money and took cap
tive two hundred society girls of tin I pence and dignity of the state,"the of
place—he left' Instead of taking | tenses being aggravated by their mis-
Sherman Is going to make prepara-
tions to meet the demands of the an
ti-stream, pollution law, which goes
Into effect Jan. 1, 1817.
Teddy Roosevelt says the American
people are asleep at the switch. How-
ever they seem to have run over him
all right in the November election.
left Instead of
charge of the country tributary to
Chihuahua City and announcing that
he and his followers would remain
in control, he took the loot and speo
back to the hills, there to divide au.t
enjoy the spoils, both human and pf a
meterial sort. Tills act showed him
up as a bandit pure and simple. He
has committed enough crimes In thi
name of patriotism to fill a large book
and has spilled enough human blood
to start a river.
What In the world Is going to hap-
pen? It Is reported that the first off!
dal act of County Judge E. B. Maye*
of Colorado county, after taking of-
fice, was to rtduce his salary $600 per
year. And he Is a democrat 1
HOW MARY GOODE MADE GOOD
The Democrat has been asked a
number of times if we are going I to
publish the Santa Claus letters as
usual. Sure we are. But tell the lit-
tle folks to write plainly and only oo
one side of the paper. When the
proper time comes the letters will be
printed.
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Grayson county’s good roads will
soon be completed, it being estimated
that alDof them will be ready to turn
over to the county in thirty to forty-
five days if weather conditions remain |
like they have been for some time. The
next step in the good roads matter
should be to make arrangements to
take care of those already built.
A look over the city will convince
most people that Sherman Is In the
hands of a competent city government,
and people who know the men who
compose the government and those who
fill the various places of responsibili-
ty know that they have only one ob
ject in view, and that Is rendering the (lands
Mary Goode has been heard from
again. This time the news Is of her
death, hut with the announcement ol
her passing comes the revelation ol
one of the most heroic instances of n
struggle to “beat it back” to woman
hood on record.
The last time the newspapers o!
the country beard of Mary Goode way
when she created a sensation in New
York four years ago by making whole-
sale charges of graft against the po-
lice and proved their imrtnership with
the organized vice of the metropolis
from her own experiences. She was
then the proprietress of one of the
most notorious houses In New York,
and she proved that she had been
paying the police a monthly -tax for
“protection.” Several men were scat
to prlsoa-as the result of the Investlga
tlon that followed. Theu the public
lost sight of her.
Now comes the news that she died
in New York last Wednesday night,
and It also develops that she had
spent the past two or three years in
rescuing fallen women from the pit ol
the New York underworld. Under the
name of Mrs. Bell she supported her-
self by keeping a boarding house, anu
spent most of her time in helping Un-
unfortunate. The New York Times
tells the story as follows:
“Every morning, rain or snow or
shine, she went to the foot of East
Twenty-sixth street, where the boat
from the city prison Blackwell’s Island
its cargo of released prisoners.
-ruble iMuisting and aspersions ui*m
our judgment. Bring on the minions
(if the law; the protection of society
demands that they get busy and save
Its members from the rapacity of the
lucky devils who never pick a loser.
—Denison Herald.
DO YOU FEEL 100% TODAY?
A torpid liver reduces your efficien-
cy; a slow working liver makes
slow working mind. Coated tongue,
muddy complexion, biliousness and
-onstipntlon all point to an inactive
'iver. Po-Do-Lax Is Nature’s remedy
for quickening tile flow of bile and
stimulating the action of the liver.
That chronic draggy, grouchy feeling
.vlll give place to the lively step, cheery
smile and bright eye of your healthy
neighbor. Pou't put off getting
Modish for women of youthful fl-
$uro is this one-piece dress of blue
doth. The twin collars may be broad-
cloth, wash satin or flannel, in white
or tan. , ,
Both likeable and wearable is this
n ttimc come 70
ono-piece day dreas of blue cloth. The
waist may be fastened or straight ef-
fect or closed surplice fashion, in the
latter instaneo being finished with a
shawl collar. For the straight dot-
ing however, twin collars either of
broadcloth, flannel or wash satin are
suggested. To trim the one-pieea
alcoves the home dressmaker has a
choice of stitched bands or cuffs. The
one-piece skirt has % straight lower
edgo, the top being gathered. Largo
, pockets ornamented with buttons of
self material decorate the skirt.
Ju medium size the dress requires
*'A yards S4.inch material. To cut
the dress, it will be necessary to ar-
range the material in three different
ways; in open width, half fold and
double fold. Just what is meant bet-
ter may be understood by consulting
the cutting j^ulde. The piecing for
the skirt, the sleovs, pocket and trim-
ming piece for tho sleeve are laid on
an open width of tho goods, all hav-
ing tho large “O’* perforations rest-
ing on a lengthwise thread. Now, for
the skirt, back, front and belt, tnke
all of the remaining materials, only
leaving sufficient for tho collars, anil
fold* it in half. Place tho skirt, back
and belt on the lengthwise fold and
tho front so that the large “O” per-
forations will rest on a lengthwise
thread. Next, fold the rest of tho
material so that the selvages will,
meet in the center, as shown in tho
guide. Arrange eaoh eollar section
on a lengthwise fold and cut.
For more general wear this frock
'Kittle at your nearest druggist,
25c.
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I NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS TODAY. )
December 8.
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MOWING OI7E
pr.CiNO ton Skibt
rOlD or
may be carried out in Burclla cloth,
• -Which is a member of the homespun
family. The most popular shades are
all tones of blue, brown and the love-
ly tornado, which is bluo with a gray
undertone.
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best possible service to the entire city.
Sherman will by the next school
term have a handsome new high
school building. This city is keeping
pace with the educational demands in
a splendid manner. The truth of the
matter Is the Sherman schools are In
the proper hands, both as to superiL
tendent and teachers, anil a school
board that would lie hard to match
anywhere.
Cotton and cottonseed this year
brought the highest prices since the
civil war, and tine McKinney Courier-
Gazette says the bolls ure now brlng-
|To these forlorn and hopeless womei.
-die held a message of hope, and often I
| something more substantial In tho |
I shape of lionyst employment or a
small sum of money to tide, them over |
money which Mrs. Bell had denied
herself almost the necessities of life |
to get.
“In the evening she went to night j
[ court, where by her comfort and nd
I vice she set many an unhappy girt I
straight
“It Is said by her friends that noth |
ing appealed to Mrs. Bell's sympathy
| as did a drunken woman. Often at |
night she would get out of bed on
hearing a disturbance In the street
and do what she could for some un-1
fortunate.”
That Mary Goode's struggle back to |
self-respect ami womanhood was a
General William M. lack. V. S. A.,
Chief of the V. K. Engineer Corps, is
31 years old today. Gen. Black has
been distinguished as an authority on
•oast defense, and has contributed to
military literature several Valuable
works on problems of military engi-
neering. His recent appointment’ to
the post of chief of Uncle Sum’s mili-
tary engineers met with general ap-
proval in military circles. Gen. Black
is a native of Lancaster, I’a., and grad-
uated at tin- head of his class at West
Point in 1877. He rendered conspicu-
ous service during the .Spanish war,
later during the Cuban occupation, and
also in Panama. In HHK» he was made
,-hief enginer of the Department of
the East, in charge of river and har-
bor Improvements at New York,
where he was still stationed when call-
ed to bis present post.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U. S. N.,
commander of the Atlantic fleet, chair-
man of the Board of Selection recent-
ly named by Secretary Daniels to de-
cide upon promotion in the United
States Navy, 60 years old today.
William (’. Durant, capitalist and
auto manufacturer. 55 years old today
Cardinal William O’Connell, 57
years old today.
John B. White, capitalist lumberman
and forest conservation expert, (H>
years old today.
Dr. HarrDon Randolph, president of
Charleston College, X C., -15 years old
today.
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Put a porous plaster on the chest
and take a good cough syrup Internal-
ly if you would treat a severe ease of
■(ore lungs properly. Get the dollar
size BALLARli’S HORKHOUND
SYRUP. With each Isittle there is a
free HERRICK’S RED . PEPPER
POROUS PLASTER for - the chest
Sold by II. L Shechey. in-w-f&w
lug from $4 to $1.10 per 100 pounds I herolc one ls testified to by many who
at that place. The time may come h”™ >>pr <*»•"* «\
.. ... , , ' , life. It Is further attested by a
When the stalks will also be market-1 newspaper clipping found framed and
able. The southern farmer indeed ha* I hung on the wall of her room. It was
a gold mine In the great white! headed “Self Examination Today,” aud [
staple if only proper judgment is used I rc*i : „ ,.
in planting and marketing the crop. | ismios j should ,lave K ian,lv met?
“Have ’ ■ .....
Fred W
'Have I indulged in self-pity?
Two California bakers have patent-
ed a self oiling machine that dips the
toi>s of loaves of bread before they
are baked, producing an ornamental
and much better browned crust.
I been vacillating and weak |
Davis gave a rabbit supper should have liecn ^trong?
at the Driskoll hotel in Austin the I
COUGHED NIGHT AND DAY
other day, which was ^ success. Rale I
hits were served in twenty different
styles, and all of the various’ varieties
from tbe Mollie Cotton Tall to the!
gloomy or ]
harshly and I
iH
“Have I indulged
| morbid thoughts?
“Have I judged others
[myself leniently?”
This brief account of her life sounds
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rles of Western Texas were served. I fact. Moreover, it contains a greater
The banquet proved conclusively that I challenge to those of us who make up
no better meat than rabbit plpmpnt .. of 8<*’,ptV
I than could be found in a thousand ser-
[ mons.---Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
PRESIDENT WILSON
URGES SALE OF
RED CROSS SEALS.
How This Little Orphan
Cured.
Bo, Was
tbero is
meat.
Tho Waco Times-Herald makes a I
suggestioa that ls sound. It says:
“We wish that Tom Connally would
go up to Washington, call at the
Wnite House aud say to our Uncle I
Woodrow: 'Mr. President, the con-
stitution lodges In you the appoint-
We want the people of .Sherman to
know that all letters like the follow-
ing are truthful and genuine:
Towundu, Pa. "1 took a little orphan
boy to live with me and last Christmas
he contracted a hard cold which devel-
oped Into bronchitis. He was very 111
and a bad cough set In so that la-
coughed night and day. After trying
everything, nothing seemed to do him
any good, until along hi February j
got a bottle of Vitiol. After using hnil'
the bottle his cough began
Daddy’s Bedtime
HOW A BOTTLE NECK
WENT TO A PICNIC. Looked Up Into the
Face of a Young
-6 Lad.
fAdapted from Hans Christian Andersen ]
ADDY picked two children right up on to his knees, and this Is tvhat
he told them: “A bottle was once tilled with paid wine and sat in h
cellar a long time till one flue morning an errand boy came and
bought It The bottle was then packed In a luncheon basket along
with some good cheese, ham saudwk-lies. the very best butter, some fancy
cakes and jelly, for a young lady wanted to be married and bad planned u
picnic and packed her luncheon basket herself.
“This girl was very pretty to look at-in fact, was n town beauty. She
bad fair white haihls and rosy cheeks, but she was uot engaged to bo mar-
ried yet.
“On the drive to the woods where she wanted to have her picnic she hold
her luncheon basket on her lap. The neck of the bottle peeked out from among
the folds of her white tablecloth to see what was going on at the picnic. '
had u lump of sealing wax on its cork, and It looked up squarely into i
pretty girl’s face.
‘The bottle neck also looked up into the face of a young lad who sat op
poslte the pretty girl. He was n friend of hers since childhood ami was now
a sailor hoy. He had just passed his examinations for promotion wlllt honor
and the next day be w\as going to sail ns mate on a long trip to foreign lands
This is why the pretty girl wanted a picnic, you see.
"All during tho trip to the woods there was a great deal of talk about tills
sailor hoy's trip. While this talk was going on the pretty girt looked any-
thing but cheerful. Then thoWo young people went for a walk In the woods
and. although the bottle neck did uot go wltji them because It was still left In
foe luncheon basket, when It was taken out It knew thatlsoniefimtg happy had
“Everybody’s eyes were beaming, and the pretty girt, although she talked
less than the others, began to unpack the basket, and her checks glowed like
- two roses.
“Her father picked our bottle out of the luncheon basket and took up a
corkscrew. It was a funny sensation for a cork to be drawn from a bottle
for the first flute.
Eft-r afterward our bottle neck never forgot I he-solemn moment when Us
cork Hew out w ith a plopp! and its wiue gurglwl out Into the glasses.
"‘Th.! health of tho lovers!’ cried the girl's father. And all glares wei*
drained while the young sailor kissed his lovclv bride,” daddy finished
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death of Admiral Von Spec.
Turkish battleship Metssudieh
blown Up by British submarine
ill the Dardanelles.
1013-—Genera! Tounsheml, with tin*
rear guard <>f the retreating
Angles British force reached
Kut-ei-Amara with the Turkish
army hi put-suit.
Germany made another Frye re-
A GOOD FRIEND
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
December 8.
Spli
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i am interested to learn of the sue-land two bottles entirely cured his
cess of the sale of the Red Cross j bronchitis and he gained in w-eight so
Christmas Seal,” says President I that he doesn’t look like the same
Boodrow Wilson in a letter to the I child.” Harry A. Stephenson, Towan-
ing power. You attend to that. I ami ., onal Association for the study and I da. Pa. *
sent here to legislate. Where it 1* pos-1 u °* Tul‘Or<''ll<*i« made puh- The reason that eough syru|is fall in
slide to en-onprnte mi (no today. JsiK-h cases is because they are pallia-
slble.to co-pperate, let us not hesitate. I I note with genuine Interest and tive only, while Vino] removes tha
But tet each keep to bU appointed I satisfaction.” he says, “the growth aim I cause being a constitutional remedy li.
You make the appointment's; I “'creasing suei-ess of the work of the I which are combined beef and cod liver
that Isn’t forme.’ Something after i 1*25. Association for the Study |i>ept ones. Iron and manganese peptou-
th«t srtpt would naToo T„m„i,„ ®U'J 1 reveiitlon of Tuberculosis andlates and glycerophosphates. It
that sort would cause Joe Tumulty to|hope that the devotion and enthusiasm strengthens ami revitalizes the entire
active members may be crowned | system aud assists nature to expel the
'* H greater success during the I disease,
year. -JR '
c.ni it Nall, druggist, Sherman: |
to learn of the (also at the leading drug stores in all
<*-•*« ta .....
would ben
If Con-1wlth rtUl greater
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1493—First mass eeleoraied In Ameri-
ca, on island of Hayti, by Fr.
Juuu Perez, friend and coun-
sellor of Columbus.
1660—First apiiearauce of a female
on the public stage in England,
the part played tieing Desde-
Hionu.
177(1— Washington retreated across the
Delawure.
1848—First deposit of California gold
, made In United States mint.
1854—Dogma of the Immacculatc Con-
ception or hlth without taint of
original sin of the Virgin Mary,
promulgated at Rome by Pope
Pins IX.
1856—Death of Fr. Mathew-, famous
temperance advocate.
1863- Tv^o thousand lives lost In horn-
ing Jesuits’ church at Santiago,
Chill.
1003—United States marines landed at
Colon and occupied a position
oil the Pananitk railroad; Colorn-
f* Ida demanded an Indemnity for
what she called the taklug by
force of her territory.
15)07—Accession of King Gustaf V of
Sweden: born June 16, 1858.
1008 Tercentenary of Milton cele-
brated in (treat Britain and
. America.
'THE WAR-
1014—Great rtrttlsh naval victory
the Falkland Islands, result
In the loss of four U.
cruisers of the first class
A good friend stands by you when
in Meed. Sherman people tell how
Doan's Kidney Pills have stood the
test. Mrs. Buckner endorsed Doan’s
over three years ago and agatn con-
firms the story. Could you ask for
more eonvlnqing testimony?
Mrs. E. H. Mucker,' 812* N. East St.,
Sherman, says: "1 suffered for sev-
eral years from kidney trouble. At
times my Inick and hips were very
painful. The doctor said I had luiu
liago. I also suffered froth headaches
and dizzy spells and often my sight
was affected. Black specks seemed
fo float bpfore me also. Doan’s Kid-
ney Pill, procured from the CrayCroff-
Sthinon Drug Co., did more to cheek
these troubles than anything I had
previously fakes.”
On Stay 11. ltd5, Sirs. Buckner
said: “You mav continue to use mv re -.
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1_Friday, December 8, 1916
Sgl 25 SHERMAN GIRLS WANTED .
“The Lone Star Princess”
THE FIRST BIG PHOTO-PLAY
.EVER MADE IN' TEXAS
TTIE LONE STAR FILM CO. is incorporated by
succe: -:ful business and theatrical men to produce Mo-
tion Pictures of distinction within the State of Texas.
In their first production they will require a cast of 200
young ladies, who will be selected from every town and
city of the State. Each young lady chosen for the cast
will be furnished
FREE RAILROAD TRANSPORTA-
TION AND HOTEL EXPENSES
Prominent Texas women will act as chaperones. Scenes
will be made in all parts of Texas
A committee will select from the 200 members of
the cast, one young lady to play the leading role. A very
prominent screen star- will play the leading male role.
Mail this Coupon Today. This ad. will not appear again
LONE STAR FILM CO. (Inc.} *
813 S. W. Life Bldg., Dalias, Texas.
Gentlemen:—I would like to appear in the cast of “The
Lone Star Princess.”
Miss (or Mrs.)____________1_________________________
Address___-___________________;_______________
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„ Town....................................... Texas
Have you seen that Beautiful HAND-
PAINTED "CHINA in J. A. Embry’s
Window?
—the very nicest tilings you cun find for X-imm gifts. Also ho has
Fine Dinner Ware, Open Stock.
Toys—Dolls, Doll Buggies, DoU Furniture, DoH Dishes-
Kiddie Horse, Wood Builders, Stone Builders'
Meccano Builders,
Motors, Transformers, and Engines,
Combination Game Boards, all Kinds of Games.
X-Mas Packages of Fine Cigars and Tobacco.
X-mas Packages of Fine Candy.
Perfume, Jewelry, Nursery Books,
Nice Books for Boys and Girts
Novel*, reprints at 10c that >y»kl at $1.35 to $1.50. ami last Imt not least
FIRE WORKS—Wholesale and Retail.
In fact, everything that you would want for Christmas iireseitts,
including Christmas Cards, Tugs, Seals and Fajier.
J. A. EMBRY
209 North Travis Street.
German-American Custom Tailor
H. Mctnick
MEN’S 8UITS MADE TO ORDER
Skirts to Order, $0.04 l’p. If goods are furnished $3.50 (o make.
I have bad 25 years experience In Tailoring. 1 do atl kind* of
Tailoring Work for fool lea and Gents--Altering and Remodeling,
Ali- work will be mails, and satisfaction guarantcisl. at thi* piano
Roma No. $0, Murphy Building. Bell 1’hene No. $84
^■EHE truly great in let-
ters, art, or music
arc never provincial.
They have a message for
the world, and the world
listens. TheBaldwin Piano
speaks in a tone that appeals
to all humanity. It is the
American instrument that has
become a world favorite. The
admiration for it ahroad os at
home attests its leadership.
A»k for Th* Book of th* Baldwin,
j
We ure headquarters for the “Century Edition
of 10 cent music. Ask'or write for catalogue.
VESTAL
Music & Sewing Machine Co.
SOUTH TRAVIS STREET. BOTH PHONES
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Reduced in Price
For the balance of this week we will sell you WALL
PAPER at a REDUCTION and if you want some BARGAINS,
come and see what we are offering your for your money.
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