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1STOND TO WIN MUMMER PR&E
Josejih Perko, captain of the Frn
llnjrer String tlaml, la already out
With the announcement that his
organization Is after n first prize.
The band l named after n down
town phyalclan.
This Year
.LUXURY, UTILITY, SAFETY
fcySlcctrlch) Week" Sees New
yjjjfw, Spirit Pervading Chrlstmns
i'W . Tlmft SVinnnlnrr
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Time Shopping
fe'Sunta cinun may be compelled lr the
rwolrnllnB: Influence of electricity to rnnke
,kM Chrlntman V.vn round by nutomoblle
this year "too It electrically" )ma m
permeated llvlnar thnt the nood old pntron
nf Yuletlil may derm It an annchronlm ter
deliver electrlol iclftn nml to adorn elec-
, - tUrlcitl ChrlRtmn tree. In a conveyance that
, vf,hft .become rr panne an the vrnx unities
""HS-,1" re n01" replaced by the Ineamlewent
,;-;, bulb mi lllumlnnnt of Hint Iiounelwld
, ;nJjilty of n real Cnrletman.
' The predomlnnnce of electricity In Hie
Holiday noveltlei la evidenced during: "i:iec-
f'trlcal Week."
One lia but to walk alonie Jlnrkel or
Chestnut street to find, even nt mlddny,
alori either aide of this highway, nn np
patently Unending Una of electrical ill
pUya appropriate to tho approaehln
Chrlatmaa ataxon. Mottoea flnali down
from tone of doornrnya of bulldlnica, win-
, tloW aclntlllale from featooned bulba nrtla
tlcally dlapoeed, while. If curloiialty nttrncta
th atroller to the Interior of the ertab
llehment he flnda Itlmaolf In mnny cane
surrounded by myriad electrical device
' utlllied In the holldny decorntlun.
EVK.V CIIIUHTMAH TIIHKS.
Nor la thjs nil. The ndvnnce nf elec.
trlclty In the Viiletlde cmnpoaltlon hna ex
"v tended even to the Chrlatmna tree Itaclf
. True, the product of I tm Jlalmt wood
win still mingle Ita fragrance with the
triad aplrlt of the ChrlMmaa time In na many
homea na of yore nnd hold Ita place nn
the centrnt feature of every Chrlatmna cel
ebration where (hero nro little children.
And many n member of thnt china known
na "children of n larger growth," will dem
onstrate their Incontrovertible belief thnt
Chrlatmna la, not Chrltitinnn without n'
Chrlatmns tree.
Hut The up-to-dntn Chrlatmna treo nnd lit.
eoncomltnnt holiday decorntlnna In tltou
' aanda of homea thin yenr will bo elrctrlc, ,
. rrevloua experlencen with thn fllmay ornn
menta nnd unnunnlrd nt enndlea have too'
often turned the Chrlatmna festivity Into
sudden nnd Ineffncenlitc gloom.
Klectrlc lighting hna removed thla pos
sibility of disaster nnd decorntlvo outntn
are now nvnllnbls for tho adornment of
,trt thnt nre dnnger free. Moreover, they
-have been found to nfford Increased pleas
u . ure to the little people while, relieving tho
minds of the parents, audi na wan not poa
. alble when wnx enndlea wcrn uaed.
Home of tho electric decorative sets now
- offered for Chrlatmna treea nro. furnished
'., with, a plug, which mny lie nttnehed to
.any electric light socket. Lending from thla
in an. Insulated wire with branches to the
small electrla lamp sockets.
By this mentis the nooaeholder whoso
home Is wired for electricity Is ennbfed nt
, no extra outlay to carry power to the
rtrea which nre strung nlong tho lirnnrlirs
'Of the tree. This method of stringing cnu
be accomplished In micli-a way na to con-
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THE WEATHER.
t Ofllclnl Forecnat
tVASIIINOTON', lire. 8.
For ens tern l'ennaylvanln Fair nnd
' aomewhnt colder tonight; Thursdny fulr;
modernto west winds, becoming vnrlnble.
Tho storm thnt wna over th upper lake,
region lias paased eastward to tho St. Uw-
renca vnuey, nccompnnled by llglil rnlns. A
cool area has followed It nnd hna aprend
i over nil dlstrlctn from the Mississippi Hirer
eastward, causing n drop In tempenuureu
Just about sufficient to restore norma mm
'dltlona at most plnces. A storm of mod
erate energy overlie? the northern plains
'"i" mis morning nnu is nttenued by rls
Ins; temperatures, nnd there Is a genernl
excess of about ton degrrca over tho whole
MlasOurl basin.
Olisorvntlons at I'lillndclphin
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Minimum ttmprratura '..'.'.',, I'.'.'.','.'.'.','
Wailmum lemperaiurn ill
Lampa to nc Lighted -.
Antes and ether vehicles. .'."tiltl u.iii,
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The Tldca
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renl completely Ihn wires when the troo
la lighted.
KiiiiiII lamp bulbs, designed esperlnlly for
this purpose, may bo linil. Tliesn nro mnilii
In the form of birds, num. friillnrtoys. mil
mills, soiiwmen nnd oven Snnta himself.
These decorative lumps ndd Immensely to
tho benuly of the tree. Mini the 11.10 of elec
tricity permits the lighting nf thn tree nt
the beginning of the (.'hrlstmns season nnd
keeping Hie lllumlnntlon up every evening
tnrougiiout tne nollttny period. I'lnln lamps
may bo had In thn t'liilstmna colors or In
tho vurlniiH forms dear in the Juvenile
heart.
now a Ni:t:i:,ssiTV
Klectrlc ilecorntlona nto now regarded ns
ncreasnry In itlmost nny nodal festivity.
They mny be olnliarnto or simple, the cost
Is not oxcesjfllve mill they nro absolutely
safe. Their uso In tho' homo nt tho coming
fhrlBtnui time Is forpahniloved by these
rrouomles, which thu modorii householder
considers more nnd more ouch year.
The Chr.slmiis gift olortrlrul Is nnnther
Innovation thnt Is likely to piny mm lin
portnnt part In Ihc holiday oUiervnnce.
Almost every electrical npplliiucu which
a year or two ago was considered it luxury
Is nuw dncmed a necessary comfort by tho
bousowlfu nnil won d 1m regarded by her
.in- nn iiiirecniliin gut.
Ill tho select on nf a Christmas gift ninny
persons fnce a peiplcxlug problem. They
llnd the essontlnl (lunltlea hard to mm.
bine.- They.,deslro something serviceable
nnd yet wish It to ronvoy thn spirit nf
Chrlstmns. They do not wtyh their present'
to cost much nnd yet would hnvaJt possess
n touch. of real luxury or valiin. They Votild
hnvo It offer hoiiio practical utility, but nt
tho samii time nro confronted with the dim
cully of hiivlng It fol ow tho line line of
distinction between tho welcome gift nnd
what, thn purchaser would prefer to buy
f6r Ills own use.
CHURCHMEN ORGANIZE
CLUB FOR ADVERTISING
LANSING ASKS ENVOYS
FOR PALMERO FACTS
Orders U. S. Diplomats to Trans
mit Information on Sink
ing of Ship
WASIIINOTON, Dec. C.
.Secretary of .Slnto Lousing toilny ordered
Anirrlt-nn llinbussy olllclals In .Madrid, llor
lln anil .Vienna to obtain all possible in
forinntlon i-onoernlng tho sinking of the
Italian steamship I'utermo off the Spanish
const mid forwnnl It to Wnshlnglon Im
medlntely. Olllclals here had not received today any
olllcl.il Information ns to the nationality of
tho submarine. It was pointed out. how
over. Hint Austrian submarines mo been
operating off tho .Spanish coast.
If nlllelul Infnrmnllon verities report that
tlm I'alorino was ntteumtlnir In . ii.t.
attiicked no diiilnuiatlc nitlon will bo tnkon
liy thla Oovornmenl. It Is said, notwlth
stnndlng tho fart that nn American i-ltlscn
wait n ported Mil.-,! ,y shellllro, nnd threo
wero woundod.
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Otuertatlona taken at H a, m. eastern time.
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Poor Richnnls
Tha Church Advertising Aesoclntlon. nn
orgnnlzatliin for promoting general church
ndvirtlnlug. which will ho alllliiitod with
the I'oor Itluhiird Club, has been formed
by representatives of more limn sovcuty-llvi-churches,
who gathered In tho Curtis llulld
Ing last night.
Tho unsocial Ion will sillily iui'IIioiIh of
gaining publicity In church nfTulin. Churches
and newspapers can become members upon
payment nf the annual dues of $5. which
permit thn pastor nnd reiiri'sentatlvos nf
encn cnurcn to novo n voiio in tho manage
ment of the organization.
The association will bo governed by n
board of directors, consisting of ono mem
ber of each denomination, a lepioscntntlvo
of each newspaper nnd it member of tho
I'oor ttlchnrd Club.
Tho Itev Dr. Peter c. Wright, pastor of
Oethsemnno Daptlst Church, wiih chair
man, and Harry llodgos, of tho I.utheran
Church of Ilia Holy Communion nw..,l na
secretary. A committee, consisting of the
llev, Dr. Oeorge I. Adams, of Chestnut
Street llnptlst Church; tho Itev 1) y
Welglo and Allan .Sutherland, presenlcd a
constitution, which wna adopted.
Appeali From Fine for. Klllintr Illrda
NOHIHSTOWN. l'a.. Ueo. ii.A petl.
turn has been presented to Judge Miller In
behalf of Charles K Hull, u Lower Merlon
lading of Magistrate McClellan, of .Vur
berth, who flno.1 him heavily for killing a
blackbird, u robin and nicker. ileal
dunta had been nesterml bv inm ,i..i.
of blackbirds which gathered In trees, and
the policeman tired u shot Into one pf the
treea to acure them away.
MA I) HIP, Pec fi.
The Kiihmuriuc which sank Ihn Itnllnn
ntonnishlp I'nlormo, carrying a number of
Americans, in believed to havo been of Aus
trian nationality.
A dispatch from Pnlafrugell (hat the ship
hnd been shellod lod In n belief hero thnt
sho wna trying to esc.ipo One seaman, re
ported to bo an American, was wounded by
.1 shell fragment 11ml died. Three otherB
wero snld to liavo been wounded by the
explosion of a torpedo fired Into tho vessel
riin reports ns In tho exact number of
Americans on board vary. One suld twenty-live,
niiother forty-three, and still nn
ilher placed tho number nt forty-five. Most
of them wero homo tenders.
Tho rnlermo wns rnrrvlnc ,.,,iri....,.i
from New orlt to .Spexla. She wns armed
with two guns. Tho valua of ship and
cargo was iibout 2,000.000.
Aiitomobllea Slop Kunaway Horse
A liying wedgo formed of auiomohllea
slopped a runaway Imrso on llrnml street
today nftei nn exciting chase of nearly half
ii mile. 'Ilionnlmnl. drawing a wagon, and
driven by William Itlley, of u-37 llnzinrd
street, boiled nt Lehigh avenue nnd ran
down Ilrond stteet. Sovernl automobile
guv.- chnsA ns the frightened horso nnr
ronly etcapril oraslilng Into aeveral other
vehicles, nnd by forming a wedge abend of
tho animal brought It to n stnudstlll an,v
was taken Id ii. Suinnrllnn l'ospltnl He
AUstnlnetl a fractured kneo.
H'rll or roll tor our sue nnd
Inlrrrtllna HooMrt-"LooM'a
Into Your Own tint.'1
A Scries of
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Eye Talks
Our Neit Talk Tiiea., Dee.
Hy Joseph C. Ferguson,
UK ludlscrlmlnnto lino
of lotions and drugs
In the eyea Is some
times productive of
grave consequences
1 nfl.1mm.1t In n of
tho iris of tho eyes
in Known us iritis.
Hardening of the eyehull la
known ns glaucoma. Cllau
coma. when Inllnmmntory, In
so similar to Iritis that ifenn
only lie detected by the physl
.'iun. The uso of belladonna, which
would be valuable In Iritis,
would almost surely cause
blindness If used In an eye
suffering from glnuoomn
When your eyes need ntten
llon. content yourself with
nothing less thnn thorough and
enirlent attention. Consult nn
oculist n physician who spe
clnjlzea In treatment of tho
eyes.
Then. If glasses are needed,
have his proscription filled by
a reputablo Optician.
I'reirrlptlon Optlrlant
G, 8 & 10 Smith IRtli St.
lV'e Po NOT Examine Kiti,
"This Tslk1 from a copyrlthl
rrlvs All rights rr4.
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ELECTRIC
LAMPS
Wfihtlncr
Fixtures
lowest
Prices
Large
Showrooms
RELIANCE
Gt & Electric
fixture
Company
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Doctors
prescribe
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for skixt trouble
Forover twenty years.physlclanshave
relied oa Reslrwl OintmVnt in the treat!
ment of many kln and calp troubles.
They preferit because it w quickly stops
itching and burnl, and clears away
redness, rawness, crusts or scales. Thev
" ift U,at h con,ain "iy the
Wofhealmgmaterials,whlcii could
not Injure or Irritate the tenderest skin.
Why not try it for your akin?
Makogany
Gifts
fo
Holidav
Phone Tables
Book Ends
Chimes
Tabourettes
Floor and Tabic Lamps
llluttrated booklet upon request
WriIit,TynrJale van Roden, I
1212 Chestnut Street
Tea Wagons
Tea Tables
Tea Trays
Sewing Stands'
Cocktail Trays
Fern Stands
Scrap Baskets
Tip Top Tables
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for your wife for Christmas
,.,! .RI:Fht no .i3 the opportune moment to make your
wife a dream of less work come true I Get her an electrical
vacuum cleaner for Christmas and buy It NOW during
Electrical Week. You know she wants one
T9 your Only nroblem is tn nhonsn frin hoof
V AvK SO be BUre to come in nnrl bpo Ihn
EUREKA
VACUUS! CLEANER
Walker & Kepler, 531 Chestnut St.
DDa llnt r . .
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TO RAZE SUBWAY GUARD
FOR HUMMERS' PARADE
Confltructlon Company OfTcru to
Kcmdve High Fence on South
Pcnn Square
WILL NOT HALT WOHK
Director TwIntnR to Let Contract 102
for Transit Job Under
City Hall
The Keyatone flta'o Construction Com
pany llironitti . M. Hwaali, chief enrlner.
nnnonnceil lotlay that II would remove the
IiIkIi boanl fence nronml the llroatl atreet
auliway eicavatlon nl South I'enn flnuara
nml llroatl atreet nn New Year'n Day In
onler that there mlnht lie no Interferenc
with thn hlK tniimmera" pageant.
The offer ramo voluntarily from Mr.
JJivnnli Jual aa the miimmera. led hy John
llaltley. chairman of Coiinclla" New Year
Committee, hail arrnna;eil to Interent Men
ntor MeNlrhol. head of the Keyatone con
cern, in their enuaaml hava him arrange
for the temporary removal of the hoard
fence Mr Hauler, when told thnt the
company had ntitlclpaled hla rerjueat with
n voluntary offer. e renfled Ida delluht nnd
iPrlared that liolh miimmera and upectatnra
would appreciate thn trouble taken hy the
jmnatructlon company
The fenee aa It now atanda la directly
j in front of ihe point on which thn Judaea
and review-era' aland la alwaya located for
the parade Aleo. Hie atructuro hna ao enr
tnlleil Ihe aall.tlile trania apace at that
D'nee that It would he virtually Impnaalhle
fnr llio larse miimmera' floata to paaa
WfiNT HINDKIt WOFIK
The temporary removal nf the fence will
entail a alljsht coat upon the company, hut
It will not Interfere Willi thn work on Ihe
Ktihwny. acr.iidlnK In Mr Swaali, aa the
crenler port of the ncMunl work at thai
point In lielnit done nt nlKht. when the
treet trallle la lighten nnd when the auh-vav-eiirfncn
earn can he iletoured over the
mir'jwc lln'i
Tho ennlncerc of the Knyatona Company
today pierced for the flral time thn uiaashe
i.iilnlile foundation will I of City Hall In
connection with the work on tlm tuhn nml
central alnllun The flrat npnliiB waa
mude Juet el of the nolilhern entranco of
city Hull At thla point tlm foundation
waila nre len feet thick. Tempornry timber
eupporta have been Inserted In the hole and
thean will be replnced by Immenae ateel
nlrdera.
The wall will be p'erced nt polnta alx
feet apart between tho point of the nrat
excnvatlnn and the aoutliwentern corner of
the biillillni;. When the aleel Rlnlera have
been placeil In enrh of there hole the
entire weight of thli aectlon of thn bulld
liiK, which la eatlmaleil nt IKOO tonn, will
be lifted from the preaent foumlntlona
and ehlfted to tho Klrdra. In. order to per
mit the workmen to rebuild the new out
elde foundation walla.
In illacuaalnR the KenernI project today
Mr. Hwaab clmrncterlied It aa the moat
Klcnntlc enKlneerltiK lindrrtnkliiK of Ita
kind ever nttrmpted III Amrrlcn.
to u-rr ni:v contiiact
Tomorrow Director Twlnlnir will onen blda
for contract No 102 under City Hall This
contract la In reality a aubilMnlon of con
tract .Vo. 161. on Which th iWyiten tJom
pany U now working-. Th original con
tract tra for 760 linear feet of work, and
the prlc limit wa IJ.eoo.oflO. Early thlj
aummer. when It waa found that It would
be neceanary to rebuild the C'llv Itall fotin
dation walla at a coat far In exceaa of the
Contract limit. City Solicitor onnenj-
recommnde that Dlreetor Twining reduce
the contract ...
Tha 700 linear feel of contract 101 wna
acordlnitly reduced to tOS feel and contract
102 will b for tho remaining Hi feet.
There la approximately 4.0oo available
for thla contract In the J6.000.00a tranalt
loan nf taat year, under which the work
mint be dona, Of these loana U.COO.OOO
waa apportioned for the llroad atreet tube
worS .nd a almllar amount for the Frank'
font "l." In addition, the overhead
charge of the engineering; division of Ihe
Ttanalt Department mint come from thli
loan money. The 11.000.000 already under
contract for thn llroad utreel alibway work
would Itntn nbout 11.000.000 for the new
contract, but this haa been reduced by
about tH 000 on account of the tip-keep
of the inglneerlna; dlvlalon.
WARNING TO AUTO TIIIBVES
I'ollco Director OrfranUes Citizen De
tective Force to Protect Cnra
Plana nre being formulated for the eMnb-
llahment of a permanent force nf detec
tlvea. Io be known na the automobile tllvl-
alon. for Ihe prevention nf thefts nf auto
mobile -"-irdlng to Information given out
today Ii- director nf Publlr Mafety William
II. Wlleon
Tho e.ilabllahment of thla dlvlalon re
aulted from n conference In the dlrector'a
offlce Monday, at which many peranne, rep
reaenllng virtually nil the automobile aaao
clallona nf Ihe city, ami many Individual
ownera offered Io be aworn In na special olH
cer further tr prevent the automobile
thefts The plan waa approved by tlm
dircrtnr lie and hla naalatnnl. Harry C
Davla. nre planning tho division
SANTA fE GIVES HfiN -
10 PER CENT PAY BONOS
Will Distribute $2,750,000 of
War Profltd to Meet High
Living Cost
SVVTA PB. Dec. e. Directors of the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa I-e Hallway
Comtianj- outhorlted a illslrlbullon cnuol to
ten per cent of a, year'n pay to all Ita em
ployes In the service of the system for nt
least two years anil whose annual com
pensation does not exceed S1S0O.
President Itlpley, of the company, said
that the nmount to he distributed waa esti
mated nt about IJ.7S0.000. Ho said thnt
the railroad, "especially alrice the Influence
it, Ihe European Mr haa httn fur .
has enjored "whal appear L '
MArmnl Hriutsl0 II u- . w w Mlul
this And of the Increased S.S5?flSH
t lett the directors to mik. ?JVM
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normal prosperity
of
thnt
Irlbutlon, lio said.
utinrtlmet k w.-
mm. rir,uu, iiijea., ueo e All iC"a
natter mills In western Mauaet.....? Ja
''itilM. Iloljolte. Agawam, MiitiiS
Berkshire County,-nav granted th.i, V
moves nn emeiaencr hnnn, - . 'lc 1
tn wages, beginning .December IS $ 2$
puted monthly on the basis ot th. nr2?"a
inc montn s earnings. Th a m.n .' va
tlnue until further notice, and ,LtS1
nceordlng to a statement, to offset th HI
rrensed cost of living. Uetween 4000 !Sl
owuu employes win oencnt
Dcwalt Spent $1431.17
ItlUniNO, ra.. Dee e tt -i
n. Dewalt, Democrnt, of Allentown whail:
filed his nccount here, U3U7 to Tb2 i
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1 A y (Christmas I
LiSSe Neckwear I
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Our assortments arc most
attractive in quality, variety and beauty of fabric and
coloring. At all prices from 50c to $5.00 we present a
vast range or silks in new designs and patterns, many of
which arc exclusively oura in this city. Special values
at $1.00
riiiladclpliia's Oldest Piano House
Eilablithcd 1BS4
New Upright Piano
$185.00
UOO QCAMTV rSL'AHANTEKD
$1.50 Weekly
Player-Piano
(88-notc)
$350.00
Including; 25 Music Roll.
Was $600. Good -Condition.
$2.00 Weekly
Lester Player-Piano
$365.00
Including 25 Music Rolls.
Was $550. Good Condition.
$2.00 Weekly
Nola Itepreientallres of
Apollo Player-Piano
v from $585
Sohmcr Uprights from 455
Sohmcr Cupid Grand
from
A. B. Chase Pianos
from
Delink Player-Piano
from
Bellalc Pianos .... from
Marion Pianos . . . from
20c Music Rolls 20c
Victrolas Records
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owes
$159 ani
$222
the
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Despite the very general
advance in Glove prices we are
still able to supply our wcll-lcnown
assortments of
Men's Gloves at $1.50 & $2.00
They are unquestionably values
that are unexcelled anywhere in Philadelphia.
Finer grades at $2.50 fer $3.00. Full assortments of
Lined and Fur Gloves.
vemnidress
. Lw Mufflers an J
rfofonng Scavfs
Silk or Woolen
The Holiday demand for Muf
flers and Motor Scarfs is the
largest known. We show many
special features in silks of crochet
and accordion weave in plain colors,
contrasting color stripes and heather mixtures. Priced
from $2.00 to $10.00.
Fraternity and Club designs. $3.50.
Woolen Mufflers and Reefers. $1.50 up to $5.00.
Jacob Reed's Sons
Tne Christmas Store for Men
1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET
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The Spirit of Christmas
l spirit of Christmas is the spirit of
service! The faithful camVr nf r.,-.1. :
Charles Dickens' "The Cricket of the Hearth"
was an embodiment of this spirit.
John Peerybingle typified personal servtV
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inuuporauon tor Jus day and age. He never
dreamed Charles Dickens never dreamed
of the magnitude of Wells Fargo Service, nor
, ltS ""nds of devoted orpressmen, upon
whose efficient work the convenience, comfort,
and pleasure of so many depend.
Steadily -the express has builded its reputation
for both fidelity and dispatch in the handling
of its business; yet it h in the flood-tide of
Uiristmas shipments that its service is put to
the greatest test.
It Is at this time that Wells Fargo needs mJt th.
SSSL"11 Tk rY ia "lilJions of &
packages. Therefore we nuke an earneit reoue.r
that you ship early this Chrutmas!" Tohe p SJ
dus we furrmh attraoive labeU iueiigP.8
rargo & Co Express
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