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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 22, 1918.
GERMAN BAH
POWER FAST
CRUMBLING
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Kaiser's Offensive Strength
.-, Broken Definitely by Brit
: ish, French and Amer
Wican Armies.'
WiUngton, Sept. 21.
Strif.t g proof that the Ger
mi'power is fast crumbling
cave today in the announce
ment by General March, chief
of staff, that the news from
all battle fronte was "con
tinuously good," and that
1,756,000 American troops
have now been embarked for
over seas service,
Just six months ago today the en
emy flung hi full military power
against the British lines in Picardy
in the great drive that was to end
the war in a smashing victory. To
day he was fighting desperately to
hold the tottering Hindenburg line,
the defensive system from which
he struck that blow and back into
which he has been hurled.
Side by side, British, French and
American armies have broken def
initely the German offensive power,
in official opinion here. Already
the American forces in France are
more than half as strong as the
whole German army and the tide' of
American fighting men toward
France is continuing at an even
pace.
; Allies Winning On All Fronts.
- The situation on the various bat
tle fronts was tersely summarized
by General March as follows:
"News during the week has been
from all fronts continually and
continuously good On the west
ern front our new line in Lorraine
was quickly stabilized. The enemy
has been hurriedly strengthening
his line of defense, the so-called
Kriemhild line, which lies only a
mile or two in front of our new
line on a front about 20 miles from
near MaizerarV to the Moselle river
at Vandires. We are now 10 miles
away from Conflans and 12 miles
away from Metz.
"In Picardy the British and
French renewed their advance on
the Cambrai-St.. Queritin front, to
wards the old Hindenburg line. In
spite of the concentration of the
enemy forces defending this sector,
they have made steady ' progress,
and the enemy is reported to have
lost very heavily. It is now offi
cially confirmed that 10,000 prison
ers have been captured.
"On fhe plateau northeast of
Soissons the French have continued
to force back the enemy's best troops
until they are now within half a
mile from the-Runetion of the Mau
'oe Toad- and the Chemin Des
Dames, and within 10 miles of Laon,
which is being shelled.
' "The reports in the press about
the successful operations of the Ser
bian army on the Balkan front are
correct The Serbian army attacked
the Bulgarians on a front of 25 miles
and drove1 them back about 20 miles.
According ' to official reports the
British have reopened the activities
in Palestine."
Battle Wall Rebuilt.'
The western battle wall has been
rebuilt by the allied and American
forces, according to observers here.
Vhen the first American army
swiftly trampled out the St. Mihiel
salient, the last possibility of a Ger
man strategic stroke passed. The
enemy faces now., a straight line
from the North sea to the Swiss
border. There are no salients to
give opportunity for flank opera
tions. Even if the power for a counter-offensive
should be found and
military authorities see no chance of
that the German high command
would face the costly business 'of
frontal attack. They have nothing,
it is. pointed out, not a single strate
gic position, to show for their great
drive. ' s
But it Is more than a restored of
fensive line that faces them, offi
cers say. Along the center of the
great sweep of the front, British and
French armies are storming ahead
night and day, harrying and harass
ing the battered German divisions
without rest Pershing's men stand
before Metr and " Conflans and
against that new threat the enemy
must gather reserves here on this
new front at the very time when
every available reserve division is
sorely needed to meet the allied rush
to the north. Sign of further with
irawal are manifest along wide sec
tors of the German front.
1 Reduce FightingUnits.
In payment for their lavish ex
penditure of lives in the abortive of
fensive, the German leaders have
now been compelled by formal de
cree to reduce the fighting strength
of every infantry unit. Instead of
980 men in each battalion, there are
now only 850 under the revised or
ganization. In no other way could
the drain be met Military observ
ers say this means that the German
battalion or company must face an
allied or American unit of the same
type that is at least 15 per cent
stronger in fighting men.
There aonears Rood reason to be
lieve that the German losses in pris
oner alone since tne uoe wmu
against them in J" "4
well upward toward 200,000.. ine
losses in guns and other material
have not been computed.
With this steadily increasing su
periority in both man-power and
war material at his command, mili
tary authorities here feel that per
haps the most striking asset Mar
shal Foch has acquired in his two
months of swift and victorious coun
ter blow is the power to take the
enemy by -surprise at will. No long
er need he wait for months or even
weeks to organize an attack of more
"than local value. - It is now possi
ble, almost over night, to bring up
the men and the mobile artillery
for a thrust at any sector. Undcr
the direction of the great French
leader, the whole fron virtually is
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This picture of His Royal High
ness the Prince of Wales was tak
en recently on the British front in
France. The photo is probably the
first received in this country show
ing the prince of wales wearing a
"tin derby." .
kept in a constant state of prepar
ation for attack.
The Bulgarian army in Mace
donia has been broken and disaster
of an irretrievable nature may come
to the enemy there. In Palestine
the Turkish forces have been rout
ed by th British. In Siberia events
are swiftly shaping for the restora
tion of an eastern front which will,
in its turn, be a front of allied at
tack. -In Italy there is a flicker of
activity that , may mark an Italian
drive against a foe discouraged and
still exhausted from the Austrian
failure along the Piave this sum
mer. Military officials, both allied and
American, are very cautious in pre
dictions. They have been unable
to conceal completely, however,
their growing elation and there is
nq doubt that many of them here
art looking forward to new and
preater successes ,wbefore winter
slows down the fighting.
Negro Proves Loyalty
And Ready to Aid War
Says Bishop Parks
"The American negro proved his
loyalty to the government ' back in
the sixties and confirmed it at San
Juan Hill in 1898 and we are now
simply doing our part as true Amer
icans in this worldwide war, and the
world knows that we are in it," was
the declaration made by Bishop H.
Blanton Parks of Chicago, in the
Kansas-Nebraska African Methodist
conference, St. John African Meth
odist Episcopal church. Eighteenth
and Webster streets, Saturday.
"We are ready to go where our
country wants us to go. We have
heard the call and are ready to an
swer it," continued. the bishop, "and
we have already responded to the
summon with our best young men."
Dr. ;W. H. King, offered resolu
tions condemning the kaiser and
his methods, and pledging the sup
port of every African Methodist in
the country to President Wilson,
the army and navy in their efforts
to put down autocracy and tyrany.
Rev. T. W. Green. Rev. J. H.
Nichols and Rev. William Mitchell,
having served in the , conference
over a quarter of a century, were re
tired by being placed on the su
peranuated . listy Charles Stewart
spoke on the fourth Liberty loan
last night. The conference will
close Monday night.
DISTRICT MUST
ELECT JEFFERIS,
SAYS El BENSON
War Will Be Over Before Next
Congressional Term is Con
cluded, and Good Men
Are Weeded.
With every indication that the
war will be won and the'nation con
fronted with momentous problems
of reconstruction and adjustment
before the next congressional term
will have expired, E. A. Benson is an
enthusiastic : supporter of A. W.
Jefferis for congress, v
"There -is every reason why Jef
feris should be sent to congress
from this district this fall and none
why he should not, be," said Mr.
Benson, in an interview yesterday.
"I do not believe there Is an in
formed voter in the district, careful
of his reputation, who would have
the nerve to seriously contend that
he would not. make a better repre
sentative than his opponent. These
are times when party interests
should be subordinated to the public
good and I believe a vast majority
of the patriotic voters will take' this
view of it.
"We will have won the war be
fore the next congressional term will
have expired and;' we will be up
against the most momentous prob
lems the country ever faced. The
problems of conducting the war are
simple as compared with those we
will be face to face with when peace
comes. Taking over the railways,
telegraph and telephone companies
and various industries were simple
problems compared with unscram
bling them and handing them back
or taking them over for keeps.
"One-third of the active man pow
er of the natidn is engaged in war
activities at home and abroad. These
activities will cease abruptly. We
will have contracted an enormous
debt that must be provided for.
These and many -other problems
must be faced and wisely solved.
The voter who will not pick for
congress this fall the man who, in
his heart of hearts, he believes is
the best man for the place, regard
per cent patriot." . .
Finds Man Who Saved Her
Life' Over a Year Before
Correspondence of Associated Press.
London, Sept. 21. There was an
interesting scene at the. American
consulate-general a few days ago,
when Arax Muggerdichian, a pretty
Armenian girl, suddenly stepped out
of a line of persons waiting to have
their passports vised for America,
and, pointing to Vice-Consul Leslie
A. Davis, said hesitatingly to an at
tendant: ,
"I believe that is the man that
saved my life !" .
Mr. Davis looked up and, catching
sight:of, the girl, arose and greeted
her. - . . 4 :
"It's a long way from Turkish Ar
menia, to London," said the vice
consul. . "Tell me, how- did you
get here?" . ; , '
i "I have been traveling nearly a
year, much of the time on foot," she
answered.' "I have just come here
from Baku, where I understand the
British have recently landed troops.
1 am on my way to New York,
where I- have relatives." .
- Her. father, she said, was for more
than 20 years dragoman of the Brit
ish vice-consulate at Diarbekir, in
Turkish Armenia, Ibut : the family
had to flee to escape massacre. Frpm
Diarbekir they went to Harput and
sought the protection 'of the Amer
icah consul, then Mr. Davis. ; .
To avoid being sent to a harem,"
said Miss Muggerdichian, "I went as
a nurse into the American hospital
and worked there for eight months.
One of- the patients there was a
Turkish commander, and out of
gratitude to me he said that if ever
I was in danger I could take .refuge
in his. home, which was in Harput.
One day I was out alone, when three
Turks on horseback ran after me.
"Remembering whar-the Turkish
comirfander had said, I ran to his
house, which was near by, and there
I was safe: f v , i
"But .with the massacres spreading
it became unsafe for us to stop any
longer in' Harput, so we decided to
eSCane. ' Out nlart a tn rliemiici.
ourselves as Kurds the wandering
tribes who are left alone by the
Turks. ' 1 .
"My mother, two sisters, my lit
tle brother and myself got away un
detected and endeavored to make our
way to Baku. l or many months
we were with the Kurds. On the
roadside--we saw , hundreds of the
mutilated corpses of our countrymen
who had been cruelly put to death
by the Turks.
. "At last we reached the Caspian
lea and got to 'Baku where we were
safeamong our own people. At
Baku they were looking forward t
the coming of the Britishsoldiers.
Our party crossed Russia to Mur
mansk. So long as we' had money
we were able to get sufficient food.
When we reathd Murmaensk the
British were there.-The people there
said the English soldiers were very
kind, andvthey and the Finns there
also were' delighted." J ; -?
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Cash Specials That hpmild Cnwdl the Stv at ami Early Motip Mroday
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STORE OPENS AT 9 A. M.
The Omaha Home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
All-wool Guaranteed Clothes. Most com
plete lines west of Chicago, 25( WP
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STORE CLOSES AT 6 P. M.
A Splendid Showing of
John B. Stetson
Hats, all the most up-to-date styles and
colorsnow on sale. See Hayden Special.
Three Special Groups of High-Class Tailored Suits
A Special Cash Purchase just received from our
New York Buyer will be offered here Monday in
three big groups, including a delightful range of
smart style that fairly teem with individuality.
Elegant New
SUITS
$59.00
Charming distinctive
styles in Crystal Cloths,
Duvet de Laices, Velours,
Tricotines, Broadcloths,
etc. Many Fur trimmed;
and a choice lot of the'
strictly tailored and
youthful appearing slim
line models. You can't af
ford to miss seeing these
splendid values.
Charming
Suit Styles
a $49.00
Beautiful new models
in Velours, Silvertones,
Velvets, Broadcloths and
other popular suitings;
made to sell up to $65;
come in all sizes, 16 to
53. A wonderful lot of
classy suits at our "Special
Cash Price Monday. See
them.
Nobby New
SUliS
$29.75
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Made to sell to $39.00,
200 suits in this lot, come
in Twills, Poplins, Serges,
Burellas, etc.; in Taupe,
Browns, Greens, Burgun
day, many . blue and
Black. Your choice of 12
distinctive models, irt all
sizes. See them Monday.
If You Expect to Buy a New Suit This Fall
You'll Find Monday's Sale Most Opportune.
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New Afternoon and Dinner Dresses
A wonderfully attractive assortment of the new style ideas in al
most every material and color that fashion favors; nothing to sur
pass the assortment or values shown in Omaha this season. Four
Specially Attractive .Groups, Monday, at
$45.00, $55.00, $65.00 and $75.00
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Beautiful New Fall Silks
and Velvets
S All the season's choice weaves and colorings and at
m surprisingly low cash prices.
p 36-Inch Fancy Silk In plaids
p and stripes, a large line to se-
lect from; medium and dark col
m ors; splendid qualities. Cash
p Price $1.75
P 36-Inch Novelty Silk In all the
g newest effects, m satm and taf
feta, plaids, checks and stripes;
all up-to-date; $1.98, $2.50
40-Inch Satin Radiant In all
the leading cplors and black,
P nothing better for wear, just the
fp thing for stylish dresses; regular
P $2.50 qualities. Price. . .$2.19
P 36-Inch Duvetine In all the new
M colors and black, the very new
est satin, nothing better for suits
pf and dresses; worth today $7.50
gi Our Special Cash Price. $5.9g
m 50-Inch
Woolvel
98
Coating In
burgundy, purple, sopen, dark
brown, Myrtle and taupe; just
the material for good heavy
coats ; these goods are worth to
day $6.00. Our Special Cash
Price ................$2.98
32-Inch Corduroy In all colors
and black, in narrow cord ; also
27-inch wide cord ; splendid
quality; our regular $1.25 quali
ty. Our Special Cash price 98
32-Inch Costume Velvet Ele
gant finish, in all new street col
ors and black; just the thing for
suits and dresses; worth today
$3.00. Our Cash Price. .$2.50
38-Inch Black Coating Velour
Nothing better for coats; a good
black, splendid quality; worth
Uur Cash Price ... $3.98
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Wool Dress Goods and Coatings
Sik most extraordinarily attractive specials in Our Sale
Monday. Never were the assortments more pleasing or the
values better.
50 and 56-inch Extra Fine All
Pure Wool Broadcloth Per
manent rich, lustrous finish,
sponged and shrunk, in all the
leading shades; selling else
where from 84.00 to $7.00. In
3 lots. .$2.88. S3.98. $1,98
42-Inch French Serge In all the
shades, plenty of navys; selling
elsewhere for $1.25 and $1.50.
Our Cash Price, Monday, 98
Ail-Wool Bolivia Coating 58
inches, in all shades; very pop
ular for Fall wear; worth reg
ularly $7.50. Our Cash Price,
Monday $5.50
All Wool Epingle, 56 inches
wide, in all the leading shades
of navy, African brown, taupe,
green, burgundy and plum;
worth regularly $3.50. Cash
Price, Monday ....... .$2.50
Pure Wool French Serge 42
and 44 inches wide; in all the
wanted shades; selling else
where at $2.00 and $2.50 yard.
Our Cash Price, Monday, per
yard $1.68
56-Inch Fine All Wool Velour
Coatings and Suitings In all
the leading shades; worth $5.00
and $6.00. Cash Price, Mon
day $3.98. $4.98
Dress Skirts Made to Measure
Your choice of the new styles, man tailored, fit and work
manship guaranteed. See samples in Dress Goods Department,
Main Floor.
$2.50 FOR MAKING.
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RIGHT NOW Is an Opportune Time to Supply HOME FURNISHING NEEDS
Wonderfully Low Cash Pricings
Monday m Dependable Quality
RUGS AND LINOLEUMS
We bought early for cash and own our Fall Stocks at greatly below '
prevailing prices today. Monday we offer you the opportunity to supply
your needs at big savings.
$55 WiWton Velvet Rug 9x12
size. Cash Price $44.00
$48 WilTerton Velvet Rug 8-3x
10t6 size. Cash Price $34.00
$52 Smith Axmintter Rugs 9x12
size. Cash Price $40.00
$45 Smith Axminiter Rugt 8-3x
10-6 size. Cash Price $32.00
$35 Smith Velvet Rug 9x12 size,
Cash Price $26.00
$28. Smith Velvet Ruge 7-6x9 size,
Cash Price $20.00
$35 Tapestry Brunei Rug 10
wire quality, 9x12 size $26.00
65c Dcporiiet Floor Covering Just
the thing for dining room, kitchen
or bedroom; will - outwear any
printed linoleum. Special Cash
Price all this week, sq. yd.... 75c
$30 Tapestry Brussels Rugs 10
wire quality; 8-3x10-6 $22.00
$21 Tapestry Brussels Rugs Size
6x9, 10 wire quality $14.50
$31 Axminster and Wilton Velvet
Rugs 6x9. Cash Price $22.00
DELTOX GRASS RUGS
At About Wholesale Cost.
A late shipment sacrificed for
quick clearance, buy for next sea
son now. It will pay you.
$17.00 quality, 9x12 size. . .$13.50
$15.00 quality, 8x10 size. . . .$11.50
$11.00 quality, 6x9 size $8.00
$9.00 quality 4x6x7-6 size. .$6.00
Deltox Small Rugs Our Special
Cash Prices .... . .. 55c to $2.75
$2.00 Quality Inlaid Linoleum All
this week, sq. yd $1.45
36x86 Window Shades At the old
price, each 80c
Let Us Estimate for Your Shade
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Floor Samnles and Odd Pieces of
Furniture Will Go at Bargain Prices
Genuine Lawler Felt Mattresses
Cash Prices $10.00-$12.00
Extra quality Felt Mattresses
$20.00 values; at ..-.$14.50
$10.00 Vernis-Martin Beds Full
size only; at $7.50
Cheap Vernis-Martin Beds and
Springs to close out $7.50
$18.00 Bras Beds 3-6 size only.
Our Cash Price $14.50
Real Hair Mattresses Full Weight,
heavy tick; at $22.50
$7.50 Link Fabric Springs Full
size anly. Cash Price .... $5.50
Good Bed Springs Our Special
Cash Prices for this sale- .$4.50
Bed Davenports Fumed or golden
oak. Cash Price $39.00
15 Per Cent on AH Reed Baby Bug
giesFloor Samples.
10 Per Cent on AH Floor Sample
Library Tables.
$30 to $35 Four-Poster Beds Wal
nut and mahogany $24.00
All Odd Pieces of Dining Room Fur
niture William and Mary style,
in Walnut and Jacobean oak.
Special for this sale 10 OFF
BUFFETS, CHAIRS, TABLES.
48-inch Fumed Oak Dining Tables
Our Cash Price $15.00
48-inch Golden Oak Dining Tables
Our Cash Price $20.00
Dining Chair Wood seat, good,
strong chairs $1.50
Leather Bck and Seat Dining
Chair Golden Oak $2.75
Leather Full Slip Seat Diners
Golden Oak $3.00
Cbilds High Chairs With table.
Cash Price only $2.50
Kitchen Tables As they are floor
samples they go at $2.00
Breakfast Tables Drop leaf pat
tern. Cash Price $4.50
Leatherette Card Tables Folding
legs. Our Cash Price $1.95
Two Patterns Golden Oak Leather
Arm Chairs Cash Price.. $6.50
Extra Large Arm Rockers Leather
seat. Cash Price $12.50
$17.00 Fumed Oak Leather Arm
Rockers Cash Price ....$14.00
Large All Leather Rocker Over
stuffed. Cash Price $25.00
$4.00 Maple Porch Rocker With
arms. Cash Price $2.50
$22.00 Dressers and Chiffoniers
Golden Oak. Cash Price. .$17.50
Kitchen Cabinets Porcelain top.
Complete. Cash Price . . $29.50
Kitchen Cabinets Aluminum tops.
Our Cash Price $27.00
Newest Coats of Style and Quality
Never before in our history were we better prepared to satisfy
your every coat style wish. For Monday we're showing three very
choice groups of Winter Coats $25.00, $35.00, $45.00
Hundreds of exclusive models in all choicest materials; matchless
values at Our Cash Prices $59.00, $69.00 to $150.00
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Here Are Some Interesting Grocery Specials for Monday
Quality Goods and Cash Prices Keep Down the HIGH COST OF LIV
ING License No. G-l 1496.
12 lbs. Pur By Flour 80c
14 lbs. Pure Rye Flour $1.60
lbs. Best Whits or Yellow Cornmeal
for 33c
t lbs. best Barter or Corn Flour. .33c
4 lbs. best BoUed White Breakfast
Oatmeal for . 25c
The best Domestic Maesroni, Vermi
celli, Spaghetti or Egg Noodles, pkg.,
for 1Ytc
Fancy Japan Bice, per lb H'te
The best Nsvy Beans, per lb...l2Vic
If his. eans Condensed MilK...12Vte
S-ot. cans Condensed Milk 6c
No. 2 eans solid packed Tomatoes. 14
Perowax, for sealing fruit jars, pkg.,
for 14c
11- os. can high-grade Baking Pow
der for 23
12- os. Jars Pure Apple Butter. .. .2Se
New Mine Meat, per pkg 12'
Bed or White Vinegar, gallon . . . .30c
10 bars Swift's Pride or Beet-'Em-All
Soap for .SSc
ban Eleetris. 8park Soap for. . . .28c
Jello, per pkg 11c
Breakfast Cocoa, per lb 25c
Washington Crisp Corn Flakes,
ok 10c
Grape Nuts, pkg.. I2'sc
rancy Assorted uooxies, per io..ioc
EAT MORE DRIED FRUIT. NOTH
INC FINER FOR PUDDINGS,
PIES, SAUCE OR CAKES.
Fancy Seedless Raisins, lb. ..... . .15c
Fsncy i Crown Muscatel Raisins,
lb ISc
Fancy Seeded Ra'sins, pkg ' 8 l-3c
Fancy Muir Peaches, lb 17VjC
Fancy Evap. Apricots, lb 20c
Fsncy Evap. Apples, lb 17Vtc
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, lb 20c
BrstU Nuts, lb 25c
Sicily Filberts, lb 22,c
THE TEA AND COFFEE MARKET
OF OMAHA.
Our Famous Oolden Santos Coffee, the
talk of Omaha, per lb 20c
Maricalbo Blend Coffee, lb 25c
Ankola Blend Coffee, lb 28c
Moca and Java Blend, the envy of
all; three lbs. $1.00; per lb 35c
Choice Basket FireU or Sun Dried
Japan Tea, per lb 40c
The Best Tea Sittings 25c
OMAHA'S GREATEST VEGETABLE
AND FRUIT MARKET.
15 lbs. Good Cooking Potatoes .... 45c
12 lbs. Good Cooking Apples 60c
Fancy New Cabbage, lb 5c
Fancy Sweet Potatoes, lb Se
Fancy Green Peppers, 2 for. 5c
rancy wax or Green beans, lb..lOe
.5c
.10c
.30c
Large Cucumbers, each
lousy urapes, per lb
Large Fancy Lemons, dozen....
HELP SAVE THE BOYS.
Bring down your peach, plum or
other fruit pits, also nut shells. Re
member 200 peach stones contain
enough carbon for one mask. Dry
them thoroughly We will see that
they get to their proper destination.
HOUSEFURNISHING
Specials
IN THE HARDWARE DEPARTMENT
Hand Vacuum Clothes Washers Cash Price 75e
Chemically Treated Hand Dusters Cash Price 45c
Lunch Kits With thermos bottle Cash Price $3.50
Gillette Safety Razors Our Cssh Price $4.79
Ever Ready Razors Our Cash Price ...89c
Roller Skates Our Cash Price, per pair ,..$1.50
Larre Size Jelly Strainers and Wire Rack 7Sc
Six-Quart Aluminum Sauce Pan Cash Price ..$1.25
Eight-Quart Enamel Preserving Kettle 79c
Family Sized Food Choppers Our Cash Price $1.25
Large Size O'Cedar Oil Mop and Bottie Oil $1.25
24-Pound Family Scale Our Cash Price $1.75
Four-Tie Broom Our Special Cash Price 60c
Six Pound Electric Iron With Cord Cash Price $3.25
LargeJSize Splint Clothes Hampers Cash Price $2.75
Furnace Scoops Our Special Cah Price ...98c
STOVES.
Our stock of Heaters. Ranges and Cook Stoves offer you big variety for
selection and our Cash Prices sre surprisingly low, considering quslity.
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