A MilliOn Dollar Stock—Tho FinestQualify.
Diamonds, Pearls, Emeralds.
Diamond and PearL Necklaces and all precious
Stones Mounted in the Most Modern Styles
at a great
SACRIFICE SALE
Don't Miss the Bus-joins
William Roman/W New York
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HOYT'B THP‘ATRE
An entire new bill opened at Hoyt's
THEATRE j'l‘lieatre. yesterday afternoon, and it is
r it“
‘THE THEATRE PERFECT one that will draw big business, as the
Leading the List of Super-Exceuent show is a top notcher and all of the
Thstgl'rii‘nt: Gt l G t t d Thl lattists are very Menu and were ac+
s so P a axy "'0" 0 I co ded lou ll us 1
“m" _ “THE SUFFRAGETTE Bali'bers, sllxap1l'liis02ie T531iillmiliii13:
BARBERS." Ten of the Cutsst,.
Most Dashing, Daintiost Dolls on with pleasing 1oices and tatchy dan-
Esrtl'i, giving a Performance that' ces that 1'l1al some of the biggest
, Rivals the Blunest Broadway Aime-I Br'oadum attractions, is without,
, $3." BAEIAOU‘l'leS’sHOlgafilll-iyl-ssafgx.I doubt the seasons musical comedyl
,. Dashing Dances, Clever Specialties triumph. Eroi, the celelnated English’
and Laughter Galore. The Season's player, and his London company of
Crowning Musical Comedy Triumph": associate pla1crs in a liomi’ince of has
Special Extraordinary Added Attrac lsia give some thrilling escapades, dar
(ion—Europe's Phenomenal ”wanting scenes, nerve tingling situations
‘Bpectaele, with the Celebrated Eng-1km! ioni- massive. spectacular scenic
.2101 P'awrfiRRol-ltanisi ill! “in“: l effects it is one of the best sketches
ornpanyo not: a e ayers n
ROMANCE 0F RUSSIA." Tiirllling i this house has played Another laugh
Episodes. Daring Scenes, Nerve.ial)l(‘ hit was “ill \iodoc and Harry
Tingling Situations. Four Massive Evans. two of Lew Wockstaders re
Scenic Effects. The only Sketch ever' cent stars. This 11118 a scream from
Preoonted 't “W" FW'“ °f Europe. start to iinish.lla.r1y Cutler, the foul
Another Laughing Hit—Lew Dockstad :don dandy. was cxceptlonail1 line. He
er's Recent Star's, WlLL VIDOCQElhas a 1"er.1 800d V0109. and OMNIY
ls HARRY EVANS. Minstrel Win: songs. Tire clever, grotesque Ran
3mm. film indm Hilarious ”WWW 1loipl1s gymnasts were iaiighabltl and
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The London '5" '1 ylZ‘l-lARRY CUTLER 'lul of comedy and the motion llltilil‘eu
glllr‘lnd Eats 111mg Characterizall V0"? Vt‘ly fine
tlons 'and Tuneful Topicalltles. 'i
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Fun in the Air—GROTESGUE RAN-l
gatrgz-c Gsecnlieiiasrgsll‘gly Laughable , log year have been elected by Division
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THE HOVSTSCOPE—Motlon Pictures!
'l’l‘?Sl(l9llL~—.li)llll F. Clarke.
Thlt Amuse and lanfl- l Vicc-l’reslrlcnh-Jamcs P. Murphy
....-.w. ., .. -_____ Financial Secretary w Darrah .l.
Phone 1648 1'.\io111e. .,
ALHAMBRA THEATRE, Stamford Recording Secrctu11'--—liiigli .1. Mc-
LEWIS J. coov STOCK co. 3011111111
Treasurer» Thomas ll. hlcliobhlns.
8111111111111 111, 'ti'nismliam Conroi
Seminole—Patrick (iiic brist.
Cliaplaln~ ~ltc1. Thomas J. Finn.
‘ WEEK ".DEC 11—Arnold Daly's Silo:
EQENERATION, " the Great
,l‘aini'
EEK—Alexander
"Masterpiece, “"CAMILLE. "
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Just Think
How happy you can
make the whole family
011' Christmas, by having
{an Edison
PHONOGRAPH
in your home. Prices and
terms to suit every pock-
etbook.
l" A. .l. ANGEVINE
‘ SON 10.
“4-186 WASHINGTON 81'.
for Everybody
Waterbury Ideal
’ Fountain Pen
at WM. P. BEERS
BOOK AND STATIONERY STORES
Norwalk—South Norwaik
s
LOVE R’S
‘ "The Place"
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Men’s Xmas
SUPPERS
50c to $2
Ladies’ Fir Felt
Slippers
BLACK, RED, snowu,
GREEN, SMOKE, DRAB
_ 11.25 x :
1_ONE OF BOB‘S BEST BOOSTS.
Robert Hilliard, the actor, who stars
in: the role of a hero, went to a physi~
clan not long ago, and was told that
he‘ would have to undergo a slight op-
" eration.
-' “All, right, doctor," said Hilliard.
,“There's' only one thingl ask for yéu:
'6'“ 1 Please don't hurt inc"
‘ g NOliWK‘ii.
The following officers for the ensu-‘
3
Christmas Present~ '
ill Billilllll’l llllSl
flakes Its First Appearance in'ths
Matter of Paying Reporters
$300 Each by the Stats
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 12——~“The rule of
rcason,‘.‘ laid down so emphatically by
the United States Supreme Court in
its recent anti-Trust decision, has
made probably its first appearance in
a Connecticut court. It comes up in
the contempt proceedings Of the five
taxpayers against Comptroller Brad-
street and State Treasurer hippltt for
paying eleven reporters $300 each, in
which the attorneys for the petitioners
ai'tor theme of the document in the
court at liariford lust Friluy, have
filed a brief with Judge Greene against
the inotiou of Attorney Genera Light
to drop the case on the ground thatl
all the parties duell outside of lion-1'
ford county 11 here the action was re l
tiii'iiitble.
'l‘hc brlcf‘ cites legal decisions in1
Vermont. Maine, Massachusetts, Min»,
nesotn, Michigan, New York. sorerall
decisions in Connecticut and other in
gel authorities, to show that tho deferiq
dauts by appearance in court and trial
of the case lia1e waived the right to
question the jurisdiction of the court
which has tili'ead1 taken jurisdiction
of both subject matter and persons. ltl
is claimed that the reporters are in,
fact parties to the suit. As bearing
on the. question of fundamental juris-
‘dietion attention is called to cortical
72b of. the Correcticut statutes pii-rvld ‘
ing that by agreement the parties or '1yl
transfer both the trlhl and cause of1
action to any county in the state.
in closing the brief refers to the 110- l
clsion of the United States Supremol
Court in the great trust cases appirw
i111: ‘ilic rule of reason" in interpret
l
1
1
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mont, one of the committeemon '.1'-1h.1i1
drafted the Sherman law to the of
i feet. 'i be brief asks that. the same rule;
,Of i'tiisou be applied by the Connecti-
lcut court to the motion of the attor
lnt v goncr'hl seeking to crase the case:
from the d111koi.§
U
lcuaao in His Own HOME TOWN. l
tTUNN. Louis Fresh-12'
tells the way for his fol 1
low townsmcii to be cured of kidney
and bladder ailments as 111- iiiniseltl
lwas cured. ‘i have been subject to],
backer-lies due to kidney trouble for sl
‘ionu time. Hearing of Fair“ Kidney;
Pills l began taking them, and tin-1'.
!gave me relief at once i (an i'ccozn
, int-11d them to anyone, both as a groatl,
ictirc, and a sure prcvruitative of ltldd,
jtioy trouble. The. Bridge d’harmaoyi
land W T. \l’iiimoi'o CO "
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NEW ZEALAND DEFEATS PROHI-
BITION.
\‘i’l12l.l.l.\'t_i'ltl.\‘, New Zculuud, Dev.
A proposal to adopt a neutral law ,
loi‘ prohibition against the sale of at
11.ohoilc liquors throughout New Zeal .
fund has hen defeated on submission to‘
lilio people. Th11 complete returns all
,la referendum held on the subject to
«really show that. 255,864 persons votcd
gin favor of the measure, while 201,618
1oicd against it. The proportion of
11101ch required by law in order to car-1 l
i'y a proposition into effect is 60 per
cent.
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ANGLER‘S 1111131111118
No more delightful volume of out-0L
ldoor musings can be found. perhaps,
than the gentle Angler's. and especial
ly the bits of interpolated verse bring
a breath of the open. Wordsworth
found the daffodils a joy in memory.
and the poets bring to those‘shut in
by business round or home cares a
sweetness of brook and bird and ana-
ble one to step out under the summer
shown when snow is all around.
Here are some verses which Isaac
Walton prints, attributing them to 'one
J0. Davors:
Let them that list these pastimes still
pursue,
And on such pleasing fancies feed
11' their fill;
59 l the fields and meadows green may
view
And daily by fresh rivers walk at
will,
Among the daisies and the violets blue,
Red hyacinth and yellow daffodil.
Purple narcissus, like the morning
, rays;
%‘ plainlng that it would be foolish Pale gander grass and‘azure culver-
to lnlster an anaesthetic for such (keys.
a , "ill: operation, the doctor promised SHOES s
1013' .111. gentle as possible Hilliard
ed and wriggled and protested
uncertain tones while the rem-
knife was doing its work.
. ‘ it was s'll DVer the doctor said:
Y trite an :actor, sren t you, Mr. Hil-
' ll?” "' r 1'1 ‘ it»
Yes." answered Hilliard.
‘ And you play heroic roles—you act
“BOOTS '
ARCTICS
mm FOR ALL THE
FAMILY
'lré’ro, do you not?"
I do. " , '
u..il
ll." concluded the doctor. “all
rwo sroass 1
Norwalk ' 51111111 Normllt
I count it higher pleasure to behold
The stately compass of her lofty sky.
And in the midst ther,eof like burning
gold. ..
The naming chariot of the world's
great eye;
The watery clouds that, in the air up-
rolled
With sundry kinds of painted colors
fly
The Woman who relies upon Sen-
tinel Want Advs. to secure the house-
1 hold ”help has a little time for other
iVirslnla have discovered that
‘clcr said they were worth $511,
,unablc to handle all of thorn.
‘1tln1e1l their arrival that on the day
l R. 1., have been busy since the opening
ASmaonOls WW
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KSR Your Doctor ‘
Ask your doctor if a femlly medicine, like Ayer's Sorsa arllla. is
not vastly better without alcohol than with it.
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(The Fishing Gazette.)
it is claimed that in Narragansett
Bay the oyster growers have sustaln~
ed a loss of $10,000 or more since last
August through the depredations of
the star fish among the young oysters
in those beds, says the Providence, It.
1., Journal. The dredging boats have
been used continuously to swab this
post from the beds.
From Norfolk. Va., comes the report
of a rushing oyster trade this season..
The oysters received are said to be
fut, plentiful and of fine flavorf' in
fact, it is said to be one of the best
seasons experienced in ten years. The
oysters are fine and the demand for
the is equally fine.
it is reported that a number of eye-
ter growers along the eastern shore of
their
mysters are green and the seat-1011 will
‘result in a loss to them
liarbormaster Morris has received a
complaint from the Connecticut (30., at
New Haven. Conn, that the latter's
private dock. had been entirely block-
ed and rendered useless to the com-
pany by 0.1 ster boats unloading for the
tremendous Thanksghlng trade. The
harbortuaster took up the matter with
the offending oystermen
Through lack of mater openers the
Alexander Fraser Co, of New Haven.
(201111., are reported as having been
compelled to titrn down many Thanks
giving orders for oysters,
The Excelsior Oyster (30., of Suffolk,
lo. t., will use as a shipping depart
lug the Sherman antitrust art and "‘9'“ “ 9“” °' "“3 building 0" the Virginia
Wells 81 Jennings dock
An opener in an oyster house at
'w arron, l. l., is reported to have
found over 70 pearls in one oyster.
When he opened the hi1 Rive the hearts
ran out, and only the number men
tloncd were. recovered
In \lircc, consecutive 111 stars from 11
plate of the bivalves served to a clerk
at the Plaza Hotel of this cult) three
[peards wore found by 11 clerk of the
hotel t'cccutl1..-\ Maiden Lane lew-
Tito
(lurk said he was going to have them
mounted as a stitli pin.
The Stcvtna ()y'sm 01.1.. of New Ha-
ven. (,‘oun, had such I rush of orders
for Thanksgiving trade that they were
The Sealshlpt ()yaicr System flirty
Show, l.. t., divisioni, are opening l,~
hill) ’"itnllonn of oysters daily, about. tit)
11111111111111 ‘heliur ciriploycil. This branch
is in charge of it. B. De Lili‘ni‘t'l‘.
To fill Thanksgiving orders'oyutor-
,iucn making the port of Baltimore so
before there were 130 vessels laden
with match tied up at the fish
wlinires. The float consisted of (11'11'1'
known type of oyster boat, from the
aklpjaok. with its 2110 bushels. to 11.111
2.500 bushel schooner.
H. C, Rowe, & Co, New Haven,
0111111.. oyster dealers, were worked to
the“ limit of their capacity, 11nd thou
some. in trying to fill their Thanks-
giving trade orders.
()ystormcn in the vicinity of Bristol,
of the season getting rid of the post of
the oyster bed. the starfish, which has
caused a great loss this season, l1av~
lug eaten large quantities of the young
oy.sters
President Colin Livingston, of the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
(30., of Washington. D. 0., is authority
for the account of a Michigan farmer
who sold his farm in Mlchiban at $100
an acre, bought one On the Virginia
side of the Potomac River for $10 an
acre, started to raise oysters, and is
now making as much profit out of his
oysters as he did from the products of
his Michigan farm." in addition to
these he has the products of his Vir-
glnia farm.
Baltimore packers will not be con-
tent with em thing less than a decision
by the United States supreme Court in
regard to the One cent a bush‘él tax on
oysters, the constitutionality of which
was affirmed in a recent decision of
the Maryland Court of Appeals, and
counsel for the packers has been i11-
structcd to carry the ease up to the
highest court.
The oyster was the subject of sev-
eral lectures at Washington, D. 0., last
Tuesday evening. Those who spoke
were: 0. C. Yates, of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey: Dr. Caswell Grave,
of tho‘Maryland Shellfish Commission.
and Dr. H1 F. Moore, chief of the Di-
vlsion'"of Scientific Research of the
United‘Ststes Bureauof Fisheries. Af~
tor“ the lectures thus was an oyster
supper, at which oysters were served
In sevral styles.
lull was experienced- by the Washini;1
ton. D. 0., oyster trade. but business
is e'xpocted to resume its normal live-
liness durlhg the coming week. stock
things.
. industry in 1908 was almost 316,000,-
fl‘beoexpectod after Thanksgiving
range from 4011 to 75c perbushel for
selected buy stock.
According to a compilation of Prof.
W. B, Bailey, the value of the oyster
(fill), which was nearly one-third of the
total value of the fishery products of
this country for that year, and over
two-thirds of the total fishery products
came from the Atlantic Coast.
in the opinion of experts, expressed
at 11 meeting of the Washingtquflocle-
ty of Engineers iii Washington, D. (L,
this week, if Maryland oyster growers
will adopt. modern oyster culture meth-
Ods licr' output can be quickly lucr-eas 1
ad from 4 00, 000 bushois (lie'r product'
at 1111911111111 to 100.000, Otltl bushels a
season. , l
Capt. llouand 111-1111111911; oysterl
sloop. the William J flyran recently
docked at Trenton, N. J., uiilr 711.0110.
oysters aboard. He says he, will ship:
to Trenton in carioud lots as soon as
navigation in the Delaware River is
closed for the winter. 1‘
oysters said to be fat and of fine
quality, which measured nine inclics
have been taken in Shlnnecock Bin,
1.. 1., this season. l
Laucraft tires, of New Haven,
Conn. say their orders for oysters'
this season are larger than for tbéi
same, period lost your.
The Baltimore. Chesapeake and At l
luntlc and the .\l:ir1lanrl, Delaware and:
, Virginia Railways ha1e issued a dlrcc
tory of shippers of oysters IOcated on
their litres. The at: ectory contains the:
names of 3H shippers of oysters local-1
de in 131 towns Crlsfieltl. Md,
niches the greatest number, and in
this town, atone there are 31 lntliv-ld
units and firms that ship 01' store. Last
winter the Maryland Delaware and
the Baltimore. Chesspeakei
and Atlantic and the Delaware Rail-i
road hauled 209,793 barrels of shell’
and 89 ,0th packets of shocked oystersl
,and clams from the 1iclnlty of Frank 1
lin Cliv,
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GERMAN SOLDIER KILLED
METZ, Alsacelmrralnc, Dec; lit. 111111 .1
Jorman cohllcr uumeii Mflrlicll was
shot and killed ,1csicr1loy. during a dis-
111110 on the street with a man 111111111111
Alexandre Suimii'nc. one of tho, l‘NHl'.
era of the French party. Four friendsl
of Samuinc, together with himself and
his brother, were arrested for con-pli-
city in the crime
'ihc incident has caused urcnt cit '
titetncnt and tin trial of tho uccus
ed will have a momentous effect in
farming the hostile feelings of the 11111
races, which are always 111' 11111111 in
Alanrc-lmraine. Alexander Sninalsel
holds 11 very prominent positi 1111
uniting the Fibuch party. lit1 War-1 the
organizer of a big demonstration in
hictz on Jun :1 last. when troops bail
to be called out, to disperse the
crowds who paraded the streets, ulna--
in: tho “hiarsaellalso,” and cheering‘
for the republic of France.
FtNDS NEGLIGENCE "it Two ACCl-‘
DENT CASES.
(‘1. (l. Eiwcil, engineer for the public
utilities cornmiaaihn 1111.11 found that In
the case. of Maurice J. Spottewood ofl
New Loudos, who was killed by an
electric curreni while taking a trolley
telephone receiver off the book. the
tr-Icplionc being crossed with an clot".
tric light wire, that the eleotflr light
company and telephone company were
both negligent.
He also found that Maurice Walsh
was killed by touching a live wire with
his bare hands, and that it was care~
lessoess on his .part in not wearing'
gloves.
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SLIGHT AUTO ACCIDENT.
' What might have1 been a more ser-
ious automobile accident took place at
a point near the summit of Armory
Hill on Sunday night about 11 o'clock,
when a large Popeliartford automo~
bile skidded in the slippery road. The
car belonged to the Harrison Construc-
‘tion Company of Stamford and the
man in charge reported that the ab-
sence of chains had caused him to skid
into a bank. The front headlights
were both broken, btrt otherwise the
damge was slight.
NEW HAVEN Music DEALER
DEAD.
NEW HAVEN, Dec. 12.——Charles H.
Loomls. one of the best known1deal-
era in musical instruments in the
city, and almost equally well-known
throughout. the state, died of heart dis
ease early today. Mr. Loomls' fam-
ily had been identified with the must-
cal profession and its commercial side
for many generations, and for a long
period the Loomls Temple of Music,
built bNMr. Loomis' father, was the
gathering place of celebrities Who
came here to give concerts or lectures.
-—Farmers. mechanics, railroaders,
or bruises I11 0““
where it 111 um-
-1 is excellent 1111.11 plentiful. * Prices '1‘ ,. ”'
Gut
Silver-Plated Toilet
Ware 8: Novelties
The thoughtfulness of the giver is expressed by an article
for dresser or personal use and the man or woman will always
cherish a Fairchild piece of silver plate.
Your Christmas
TOILET SETS .. ........................... $4.95 to $7.20
MILITARY SETS .......................... $4.50 to $6.40
'SHAVING SETS ........................... $2.70 1-0 $6.30
SMOKING SETS ........................... $3.30 to $6.75
PUFF BOXES .............................. $1.50 to $2.75
HAIR RECEIVERS ......... ....... $1.35 to $2.01)
And many other articles for him or for her.
G. W. Fairchild & Sons
JNCORPORATED
“AT THE SIGN OF THE CHlMES"
997 Main 8t., cor. P. 0. Arcade, BRIDGEPORT
_ Manufacturers, importers, Retailers
Established 1565. Jewelers & Opticians
Start Your Christmas
laborers rely on Dr. Thomse' Electric '
Oil. Takes the sting out Of cuts. burns '
Pain cannot stay
Shopping Now
I.
Get the Toys picked out while the
flir- HORSES, MOVING PICTURE MACHINES,
CHEBTS. DOLL'S FURNITURE, TEL
DOLL CARRIAGES.
assortment is large and fresh.
DOLL HOUSES, TOOL
EPHONES, AUTOS, lRlSH MAILS,
BIG SPECIAL
Tombrrow
$1.25 8131.50 Dressed Dolls
tomorrowfilflo
F. A. MITCHELL,
Housefurnisher
Norwalk
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MOELLER AFPEAL BEING HEARD.
Several Nomalk People at Automo-
bile Trial Today
The Mueller appeal from tlrr {inc
'01' $150 imposcd by Judge Edward M.
1.011k11'11111l, of Norwalk, is being heard
in Bridgeport today. it, will be
irzmubcrttl that William hloelliir‘, 111‘
,1'.1l1 automobile. struck the cz'irriage of
Thomas Hill, in East :11 enuc. 111.111
‘lltile time can throwing out both Air.
and Mrs. llill and causing tht,1 horse
to run away At the time hloeller
had no headlights burning on his auto,
lie is represented in his appeal 111'
the firm of Keogh & Cantlee
Hurlbutt & Davis represent the Hills.
The, civil case has been- settled prev-
iously.
Among those frOm Norw 'alk who are
in Bridgeport on the case are Thomas
Leatherland, Brynn ll. Silk, Charles
H. Dilworih, Attorney Louis Gold-
schmidt. Attorney Leo Davis, Atton
ney John Keogh, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Hill
and William Mueller.
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DESCRIPTIONS. ROBES
OBJECTS OF ART 1
M Am. 34111 sail
while'
MILFORD ROAD TO
CHANGE
State Highway Cemmissioner Acts to
Prevent More Turnpike Spills.
MILFORD. Dec. 12.——Sui'\'eyors
have been at work iii the vicinity Of
..libertv Rock and the liiliordltes sur-
mise that lllghua} Commissioner .\l11-
Donald expects to do some repairing
If
i AVERT AUTO ACClDENT.
l
in that iocalit1 1cry soon.
it will be semcuibmcd that the
many automobile accidents which
were recorded last fall, occurred in
the curve near this fork and surely
lanv repair 11"otk done to straighten
out. this mine would be vorv gratify-
ing to the community. for it 11ould
be. a big figure in the process of fur-
1thering efforts to avert accidents, 1
which have befallen many motorists.
Let it be hoped that this subllosh
ti'on, which now exists in the minds
of the people, be materialized into 11
real fact. ‘
Advertise in T111; Sentinel.
3. Altman & (flu.
ANNOUNCE TO OUT-OF-TOWN '.PATRONs THAT
1111-: VARiOUS DEPARTMENTS or THEIR 1:51.111.
USHMENT ARE COMPLETELY ‘EQUlPPED wrrn
GOODS SUl'I‘ABLE FOR HOUDAY GIFTS Ar
MODERATE caress. 'FAClLlTlELS ARE MAiN'rAiNED
FOR’THE PROMPT rtLtiuc or MAIL ORDERS '
ourrrrs FOR WOMEN. MISSES. BOYS AND iNFANTs'
MEN‘S GENERAL FURNISHiNGS. runs OF ALL
AND LEATHER Accas’
SORIES FOR AUTOMOBILE USE. BRiC-A BRAC;
SILVERWARE. ,
STATIONERY. TOILET AR'llCLES. ETC. , , '
JEWELRY.
afitii Directs. mam lurk.
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