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The Strange Story Of Mrs Emma McVickar,
Who Murdered One Husband That She
Might Live in Peace With Another :. =.

tvsc did not live together much or the
time But early last spring the wife
made overtures for a reconciliation
which her husband eagerly accepted.
- mas since proved that at the very
tine she was making these Oyertures
To her husband Emma McVicar was
plotting 20 kill IN and had what
seemed 20 her very good and sufficient
cause for putting him out OF the way.
After she had left her husband she
had met Eugene lie DouX. man with
little or no education. but Of a certain
attraction. Mrs McVicar amused her
self with him for time and then fell
in love with him and married him,
thereby becoming a blgamist- For
time she was successful IN keeping her
second marriage a secret from Ne
Vicar. and. Of course. she said nothing
about her first husband 90 lie DouX
In spite 90 her cleyerness in handling
the situation she finally became nerv-
oUs and feared lest she be found out
and sent 10 jail for bigamy. The thing
proved upon her mind and she sought
a way out Of the difficulty.
Freedom from all suspicion was what
she desired. and il came to her that
this freedom lay along a certain path.
and that path she must tread. It
was then she began TO conceive the
murder of Albert McVicar. Leaving
Le Doux to return 10 her home I'm
Jackson 10 stay with her mother for
time. she arranged to meet Nc
Vicar In stockton cal
There. about the 10th Of March.
man and wife came together again
and agreed TO make their home IN the
same place. Tt was decided that they
should take house in jamestown.
the home of her husband. where he
had been promised lucrative job.
with this idea IN view. they pur-
chased lot OF furniture. staying the
while I'm the California hotel In stock
ton. They made several trips out of
the city but returned finally to the
California Hotel Friday. March D.
and McVicar' registered them at the
hotel as A. NJ McVicar and wife.
They were assigned room g.
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WISDOM oF THE ANCIENTs.

a vine bears three grapes-the nrst OF
pleasure. the second Of drunkenness, the
third of ntanCe.-AnaCharsis-
II is better 10 be unborn than un-
teuEht. for ignorance is the root OF
misrCrtuue.-Fldto.
A hasty man loses the produce Of his
field and a jealous man his wife.-Tamn
prOverb.
Hope and JOY are the daughters OF
prosperity and grief of adversely
Petrarch.
Every one should make the case Of
the injured his own.-PublIus Syrus-
Honesty is 10 many the cause OF pow
erty.-Quintus Curtius Rufus.
When the demand is a jest ttle ittest
answer is a scOff.-Archimedes
A little impotence subverts great uss
dertakings. prOverb.
If all men were just there would be
10 need of valOr.-Ag gesilaus.
He is great whose failings can De
numbered.-Hebrew saying
An indolent man draws his breath but
does not live.-Cicero.
Haste trips up its own heels. letters
and stops itself.-Seneca.
An idle person is the devils playfel-
low-Arabian proverb
What heaven ordains the wise with
courage bear.-HOmer.
How void of reason are our hopes and
foars--JuVenal
Justice is the rightful sovereign Of the
WOTld--PindaT.
You love a nothing when you love an
ingrate-Flautus.
Joys are not the property or TIE rch
alOne.-HOrace.
Intoxication is a temporary madness
-PythagOrds.
Nothing is impossible 10 industry
Fvri;s pder.
It is a kingly act TO help the fallen
Ovid.
Those whom guilt stains # equals
Lucau.
Hea.. and be just--Virgil.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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me to practice. So went 10 digging
gold. too
Il must say 7 think the mob courts
in California I'm 1913 dealt out pretty
even-handed justice. There were no
legal technicaHtes at the. trials-the
men just got together. some one was
chosen TO be judge. some one to be
prosecutor, everybody who knew any
thing about the facts told what he
knew. and judgment was passed
promptly. There was TO delay in exc
cution. either.
i kept clear Of the mob courts.
mostly. but ! did take part IN one trial
Il was al Placerville a man was
charged with killing another. and un-
dcrtOok 10 defend him. There was
some objection at first. but when /
explained that l had studied law and
been a solicitor in Alabama they al
lowed me to take up the case. 1
made a novel defense. ] hardly think
there ever was such another defense
in a murder case before OF since
81 had seen the murdered man and
found that he wasn't dead. l had
seen the doctor attending him. and
at least rot then. He and the ac-
cused had got into a quarrel when
led TO a fight in which the supposed
murdered man had received a lot Of
knife wounds. But they weren't deep
ones-oniy cuts-thc supposed muir
deTer had only slashed his man, not
stabbed him.
We'll. my defense was accepted
and the accused wasn't hangcd-then.
/ went away without knowing what
was finally done with him. long
time afteTward I met him in another
part of the country and asked MIN
about it.
They waited till the other fellow
got WELL. said the Engliahman' and
then they wldpped me and cleared me
and let me 60.
THAT was right in my judgment. l
knew about one hanging that was the
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look after his workmen and pay
them these high wages you're talk
ing about That's all Visionary
This manufacturer was almost max
ing himself an unwelcome guest in
this little party and the hat manu-
facturer blurted out TO him. "Ah!
your views are entirely too mar
row. 1 don't blame you a bit.
though. for III confess I had a
great deal to learn when I went
into my fathers factory. I hadn't
been there a great while when
there was a strike threatened. My
father thought Of course that the
men would go out as they had done
many times before, that his factory
would be locked up for several
months, and that he would simply
have to pass up the profits of the
seasons business.
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I'D YOU ever serve on a jury
when a woman was the
prisoner at the bar? When
that woman was accused
of the greatest crime
against society as IL is
constituted today-murder? Did you
ever stop 10 think what It would mean
10 weigh this woman IN the balance, 20
meet out death 10 her should the eNl1
depce Justify the forfeiture OF her lfe2
To condemn 20 death a fellow-peing is
no easv task, and If that fel!ow-beiug
be a frau, weak woman. such as have
been put upon this earth 10 be pro
tected by men, not hanged. the task
Is no easier.
Yet this Is the task which has re
Gently been set twelve plain men IN
Stockton. Cal They solved the prob
lem, weighed the evidence as best they
knew how, and Mrs Emma McNlcar.
sometimes known as Le B0uN. has the
distinction of being the first woman 81
California found guilty of murder in
the first degree without recommeuda-
ton 10 mercy upon the part OF the
jury. Twelve jurors found her guilty
upon the first ballot beyond a Tea-
sOnabIe doubt and TO a moral Ger
tainty" IL took five hours and fifteen
more ballots 10 bring I'm verdict OF
guilty IN the first degree with a recon-
mendatiou that the woman he hanged.
The crime of which Mrs. MCNIcar
was accused was the killing OF her hus-
band by poison, and il was upon this
charge shat she was convicted. The
murder was one of the most remark
able IN the criminal history of the
State Of California That IL was CON
ceived and carried out by "a woman
makes ii all the more remarkable. No
man could have conceived and car
ried out the crime without clever
head and "a VIII of iron. yet this young
woman succeeded in accomplishing the
murder OF her husband and was all
most successful i'm the evasion of ihe
guilt Had it not been for one little
bit of carelessness on her part after
the murder was completed, Albert NJ.
NIcNiCar would have vanished off Jue
face Of the earth as mysteriously as
though ne had been spirited away 10y
an evil genius, and Mrs. McFicar
would have had mo- punishment other
that that administered by her CON
science II was, however, just this
little slip-she forgot % check her
trunk-that has brought the woman
into the shadow of the Eallows-such
a slip which has happened time and
again in the history Of crimInology
Of the world Had she carried away
the trunk and dropped il In the shaft
of some abandoned mine she might
now have been free
Mrs. Emma A-cVicar. the daughter Of
Mrs Mary Head, is a woman nearly
thirty years old. but she is still young
woman in appearance and remarkably
attractive. She married Albert Nc
Vicar in Bixby, Arizona, back in 1872.
After the honeymoon II appears lhe
marriage was not a happy one and the
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The Trunk Enters the Story.

MT and Mrs. McVicar were seen to-
Eethcr on the street about 7.30 in the
evening OF that day. and MCVicar was
seen near the hotel about IN hour
later That was the last time he was
seen alive. The next morning Mrs.
McVicar visited a trunk shop and
purchased "a large trunk, saying that
she had a great number of dishes 20
be packed She ordered the trunk
sent TO the hotel. Then she looked up
an expressman and told him she was
leaving on a train early i'm the after
noon for jamestown. and that she
had a heavy trunk IN which she had
packed many dishes and household
effects. She said that it would prob
ably weigh I'm the neighborhood OF
go pounds. The eXprcssman said that
he thought he could handle the trunk,
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that a certain large trunk was un-
checked, and he threw # back onto
the truck as the train pulled out. leav-
ing Mrs. McVicar's trunk in Stock
ton. Later the baggage master in
Stockton discovered the abandoned
trunk. He, too. saw that it bore no
check, so he trundled Il back 70 the
baggage room. II was very heavy.
undoubtedly over weight. the baggage
man thought. 90 ne put il on the
scales and found that II weighed 225
pounds. There he left the trunk until
that night. when some mail came in
and had 10 be weighed
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Still AHUe When Placed in Trunk

II was further brought out by ths
prosecution that McNicar was prob
ably not dead when he was bundled
into the trunk, and that he could
nave lived for at least seventy min
utes in this improvsed coffin. The
prosecution therefore took the ground
that the man died after he was placed
I'm the trunk. but that death was due
10 the morphine. At one stage Of the
trial tho defense endeavored 70 show
that the man might have been alive
at the time the surgeons who made
the autopsy began their examination
of the body. but this was refuted ~
the evidence Of the surgeons.
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Copyright. 1sol by Joseph p. Bowlss)
CHAPTER V.

Copyright. 1sol. by Joseph p. Bowlss)
CHAPTER V.
~ rs a pity we haven't more
employers like the IA
nous Krupp," remarked
the hat manufacturer.
well, we have a few"
remarked a gentleman who had
kept quiet until this time. 81 chance
10 represent a Chicago firm that
does a business of forty TO fifty
million dollars a year, The head
of that establishment is still liy-
ing. Nearly fifty years ago, he, too.
was man who worked for his
daily wage as a steam filter, You
never heard of a strike in his es-
tablishment His men love him as
the Essen worllmen loved Krupp.
Why, last Christmas he didn't send
to each of his worllmcn ii razor
breasted turkey-not much! He
distributed among them a quarter
OF a million dollars in cash.
at so happened that I, myself,
was the one first called upon, many
years ago, TO pass around the
checks when the head of this plant
first concluded TO make this dis
tribution of a share Of his profits.
When I handed the checks to the
first few they wanted TO know what
they were for. / said, We'll, boys,
its just a present from the old gen
tleman. You've been good and
faithful during the last year and
he appreciates il and wishes you TO
have this for Christmas present
do you know / couldn go down
the line very far. ] simply had to
quit. Why, that whole factory force
suddenly became as solemn as if
attending a funeral. 1 want to tell
you that when men weep there is
something doing. Yes, sir; there
were scores of men, that day, who
actually cried when they received
those checks and knew they were
free gifts. You can bet there isn't
any strike in that establishment be-
cause every man feels like the es-
tablishment is his own"
''You bet he pursues the proper
policy" spoke up a man travelling
for a Boston extract house. There's
Tom Walsh out in Colorado-you've
all heard Of him-he's living down
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Her trunk had not yet arrived. she
discovered Naturally this caused
Mrs McNiCHr some anxiety; what
woman would not have been anxious
under similar conditions Just as she
WAS about 10 20 back To the hotel
10 see what had become OF her be-
lonEinEs. the express mans wagon
rounded rhe corner, bearing the trunk
10 was thrown out OF the wagon and
placed on a truck.
When the train steamed into the
station Mrs. McFiCar boarded it with
out giving her trunk another thought
But the baggage man on the train saw
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together they broke open the trunk.
II contained the dead body Of Albert
McViCar, the face horribly distorted.
II was brought out I'm the testimony
later that Mrs. McVicar went on 20
san Francisco. where she met Heaiey,
a young man 20 whom she had been
engaged three years before, but who
had discovered that she was already
married When this embarrassing sit
uatiOu became known he promptly
broke the engagement. Saturday Mrs.
McEicar spent iu San Francisco with
Heaiey. They went out 10 the Preside,
where they had lunch. Then they took
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BY Charles n Cedon Author Of Tales the Road

arranged that they shall make their
complaint to the foreman Then
these foremen are organized into
a board. and if the complaint is IN
just they try TO stop it right there.
If they consider the complaint well
grounded, then they carry II 70
higher board. If necessary, It
comes 10 the head of the house
and he listens To il. but the result
is that most of the troubles are
settled by the men themselves be
fore they go to the higher court.
This manufacturer not only cuts
the best leather he can get, but
he gets the best men and gets
the most out of these there Is
in them because he treats them
right. This is why he has built
up such a great business"
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Meets Heaieg in San Francisco.

The baggage master turned tire trunk
over ana as he did so noticed that a
heavy body Inside moved from one
place o another. This aroused his
curiosity. lie turned the trdnk sew
eTai times and each time the heavy
body bumped from one side to the
o5her II happened that the baggage
room was very warm because Of "A
roaring FIRE In the stove. The baggage
master noticed that peculiar Odor
came from the trunk He was con-
vinced that a dead body was contained
by the mysterious trunk lie sum
mOned the police 10 mis- assistance and
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ter. Here's his watch. which he
gave me before ne died
Tie incOngruity OF these stories was
OF course a subject OF comment az
the trial. II was further brought out
BY a careful examination OF the
organs of the dead mans body that
he had enough morphine IN him an the
time he was placed IN the trunk 10
XIII a dozen men, This. the prosecu-
tion claimed. had been given Nc
Vicar by his wife in some beer and
a tonic Of wine and iron that he lre-
queHtly took. The defeEse declared
that AIcVicar was in the habit OF
taking morphine tablets. that the man
had probably ia "A ~ Of dependency
taken an overdose TO end his life.
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4 Fatal Mistake.

Mrs. McVIcar went back 10 the hotel
and packed up. She sent a boy 10 get
a dress suit case which belonged TO
Mr McVicar. saying that she OK
pected 20 meet her husband later.
When he came back with the ant
case. she had the boy and porter move
her new hig trunk out into the hall
and leave IL there for the expressman.
Having settled her bin and her hus-
bans al the hotel desk, she went ont
and prrchasec hat OF the latest
style and which became her very
we'll F-orl the mnliHsr's she went 20
another woman's furnishing store.
where she made s." -ral purchases.
TC all l1tents and purposes Mrs
McEf-ar WIS not nervous or worried
dur ng these proceedings. but Chatted
Eayly with the clerks in the stores,
and declared IFat she had changed her
mind ard wruid take a little later
train. Size sent telegram 10 man
uama4 HaaIev iu san Francisco. tell-s
ing him - meet ner at the station
When It's was acc1mpl shed she went
10 the railroad station 10 catch her
train,
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(Chapter VI, Treating Employees
Right" will appear in next Sundays
iSsue.)
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sffs Euna T Vicar

so she engaged him 20 come after II
and take Il 20 the station.
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duIy Is, 1900
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LOCAL MENTOR.
Buv New g. at Aaelion

DAy ~" -NNs@ 80 -~-~N@N--
Friday. 1880 a. m. direct from the looms.
We have as fine collection high grade
rugs now on exhibition as you VIII md
anywhere in the city. Beautiful patterns
in WiltOns. Administers, Brussels, Vel
vets, American Orientals. etc, in almost
every size woven. Every rug guaran-
teed perfect. Come in and see them
Wilson & Mayors, 1927 and l229 q ST.
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MoYin6-
HOuSefurniShings.
Packing and Shippins

sass FOR SANITARY COUCHES. SO IS
metal folding beds. parlor and bedroom
suites. 81 per week; stone water pitchers. Zoe:
gO-earts. $50. REDMOND'S. Si3 lth 81. NV.
SOME OF OUR SPECIALS for this week:
Sanitary eoUches 81 IS; iron beds. 81 30;
chairs 10 cents and up. reduced prices in
al lines Of new and second-h hand furniture.
See LONG & MATTINGLX, sth and Z SIS.
NV, ana save money au5-tf
HERE'S S chance 10 buy cook stove for =
its value 100 varieties TO select from; house
Furnishings Of every description az very low
prices. SNITZER & la PORTE. 1IZ9-2 Tth
81. NV. au5-s6
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BRANCH OFFICES.
NORTHWEST.


GOLDENBERG S. lth and X SITS nv,
ERNIN's SlDAB STORE. 14th and Fla. ave.
ERVlNS CIGAR STORE, 29l2 l4th 81. nw.
W T. McNCLTl, cigar store, l4th and 4 NV.
ROBERT 4. PETZOLD The Harvard Phar-
macy. 1Ita and Harvard SITS. NV.
W A DARLING, cor. 14th and 4 sts. NV,
]. FRENCH SIMPSON. cor lth ST. Rhode
Island ave. and Il ST. NV.
CHAS. c. HORNUNG, Christant Pharmacy,
sw. cor. 3th and NJ sts- NV
DOM a. SANFORD. New York ave. and
North Capitol 81.
A. NEITCH 20th and NJ sts. NV.
S-4ILEY' s PHARMACY. Zlst and q SIS NV.
GILLETTE & Co, lfth and i sts NV.
s n WAGNER & Co. lst and II SITS. NV.
J.. n. TAYLOE, cor. gth and 2 sts- NV
EUGENE r. NICHOLS. 1901 Pa. ave, nv
NORTHEAST.
cHAs. II. BLUAdER, N. Cap. and r SITS. ne.
AIcCHESNEY q JOACHIM. cor. % and 4 sts,
SOUTHEAST.
A. E. POWELL. 4th and East Capitol sts.
O'DONNELL4 DRUG CO. otn and q SITS.
n s. FEALY. nv. cor. llth St ana Ia ave.
SOUTHWEST.
V. HUGO EIsENBEIss, 7th and b streets.
ANACOSTIA.
BURYfs PHARMACY. corner Monroe and
Jefferson sts-
BROORLAND. d. c.
ARTHUR II. +. LUEhSSEN. Drug store
ALEXANDRIA, Va.
r. = CARNE s. Co. 703 King ST.
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Help Wanted-Female.

wANTED-A girl Tor light houseworit. s2s
3th ST. sw sel9-2t
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Hotel Johnson Cafes.

We have the goods Genuine Cherry
stone oysters. Primes and mediums.
None better on the bay; also New York
little neck clans. All varieties OF fish,
teel duck. Holsters. etc Service a Ia
carte. Noon lunch and table d'hote
dinner AT 3 o'clock
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ertLasment. III ID accepted ID -

Advertisements viii be accepted at any Of
the following branch offices at regular once
rates III IL IS incouveuient 10 leave advertise
ments az either a branch ONCE or The Times
business once they may be telephoued direct
vii can 10 collect without additional charge
70 the advertiser.
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ONE LARGE front room. rent reasonable:
one small room, 81. 7l6 11th 81 NV II
s27 . ST.-Furnished rooms. three 10 i've:
seL3-3t
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Wanted-ROoms.

WAETER-Three furnished rooms FOR light
housekeeping Northwest preferred. by oc-
tOber J. must be reasonable Address BOX
$50. Times OrtiCc. Eel9-gr
WIDOW would rent two furnished rooms,
reasonable SO II ST nv. seI9-4t
WAETED-Tw0 or three rooms. completely
furnished Tor light housekeeping. by couple
with one child, IN Northeast or Southeast.
near Capitol or Library. Address BOX $50,
Times Office. sel3-2t
WANTED-Three or four unfuruished rooms
Tor light housekeeping, by October Ismust
be reasonable. Address BOX 81. Times Of
fee selS-5t
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EgRNIsHED ROOMS for light housekeeping.
rs 81. NV ge1s-sf
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WANTED-Five experienced wall scrapers
Apply at once, JAMES 3. HENDERSON. sS5
Il 81. NV se1s-3t
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Wanted-Rooms @ Board.

WANTED-Man and wife, very quiet, wish
room and board in private family, Northwest.
Address BOX 5s3 Times Office sels-2t
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WANTED-EKperience water color and m
terror house painters. Apply at once to
JAMES Is. HENDERSON. sS3 F st. NV.
EeIs-3t
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Bicycles.

WANTED-To buy every secondhand bicycle
in Washington We pay spot cash. Large
assortment Of Tires at cost (guaranteeds.
c. T. HUNTER 1ls Pennsylvania ave. NV.
se18-Gf
FOR sALE-Bicycle; good as new. 81 $50 c
st. ne seI7-St
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Situations Wanted-ffale.

WASTED-Position as sculIon in hotel IN
qUire 67 New Hampshire ave. NV. CoIored.
sel9-3t
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Help Wanted-hale.

WASTED-GOod. strong white boy, about IS.
20 work IN cabinet shop must be honest
and willing 10 work. no triherss one who has
worked at the business preferred. Apply a.
WALTERS, ez3 z 81 nv u
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BROOKI.AND, D. c.
r II F ITrERESEN. Drug Ste
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Rooms and Board.

1928 DESALES ST.-Large. well furnished
second story front room, southern exposure;
excellent table II
BAY WINDOW: southern exposure, suitable
for married couple; well kept house, first
class table board. 51g L ST NV. sel9-3t
LARGE we'll furnished front rooms board
for two. 500 single rooms. 112l 10th St NV.
se1S-3t
LARGE ROOM good board. 10 two young
men; moderate price. gI3 II st. NV. selS-2t
WANTET,-Two boar5ers for handsomely
furnished bay-window front room, with first
class board; bath: s. per week each 1928
22d st. NV. sels-St
LARGE front room. suitable for two or four.
1892 10th ST. sell-3t
FURNISHED rooms with home table board
in private family; references required s4l
Rhode Island NV. sel5-lt
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rooms with board =
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Large, Juicy Peaches Are Used

in making our peach ice cream. Rosen-
feds. Sl2 II ST. ne. Phone East 1903.
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TIMES WANTS
AND OTHER
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
AND OTHER
orr GENT A WORD roR

Two cents a word for all other classified
advertisements for less than three insertions.
II inserted Tor three or more consecutive
DAYS one cent a word Tor each insertion.
These rates do not apply 10 Personals.
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For Sale-Typewriters.

WE HAVE some nne bargains IN OLIVER
fvpevgrIters; never been used; only S5t5o
seis-tf WELLINGTON OFFICE. sos nth St
THE ROYAL STANDARD VISIBLE. high
Grade practical universal key board. Nghtest
Funning most elastic touch Let rs demon
strate. Call 1885 ST. NV. or phons l594
fs2s-u
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Country Board.

COUNTRY BOARD, near Chevy Chase cars;
week OF month: fresh vegetables Address
ROX 347. Times office. sel7-3t
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Royal Pilsen Is as Near Perfection

as highest grade materials and scientific
brewing methods can make light beer.
Leading bars. Abner-DTuTy Brewing Co.
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Wanted-Furniture

SPOT CASH PAID FOR FURNITURE. car
pets. stoves, bric-a-brac and all kinds OF
household goods. BAUArE FURNITURE
SHOP. 18th and U sts NV. Phone North 1913.
Formerly 9Th and T. sel5-29t
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Musical.

FOR sALE-A collection OF valuable old
violins by Italian French and German max
ers; must be sold at once. z025 14th st. NV.