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EVENING PUBLIC1 LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
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If reputation counts in
the choice; of your con
tractor, aren't 72.2' re
peat Orders out of 725
contracts in 17 years
substantial evidence of
Turner's standing?
TURNER
Construction Co.
HIS f-nlt so in Nlrrrt
Deaths of a Day "
WILLIAM S.JAMISON
Former Banker and Broker Here
Dies In Sarapac Lake, N. Y.
'William S. Jamison, formerly n I'liil-
delphia banker and broke.;, awl son
of the late Colonel Kenton K. Jamison,
tiled at Snrnnac I.nkc, N, V., lot
Tuesday.. He had lived there for live
years, after declining health compelled
him to retire from business here.
Ilia 'father, Colonel Jamison, was
for more than a quarter of a century
conspicuous figure iu Philadelphia
financial circles. Colonel Jamison had
risen from the post of messenger boy
for the brokerage firm of I. I Kelly
& Co., to head of K. K. Jamison &
Co., bankers, which succeeded the Kelly
partnership. Colonel Thomas A. Scott)
head of the Pcnnsjlvalilu Itailroad, en
trusted nearly all his private financial
business to the care of his friend, Col
onel .Tnmison, "without the scratch of
n pen," as the banker often declared.
Coaching was Colonel Jamison's pas
time and his four-in-hand Hamblcr was
Known nil over tlie I'.ast n tlnru of a
century ago. It was said Colonel Jami
son had "driven this coach more thun
31,000 miles.
Colonel Jamison's banking firm failed
in 18S0. He died in April. 10PJ. in
Saltsburg, Indiana county, Pa., where
he had been born seventy-six years be
fore. Dr. Charles W. Fox
Dr. Charles W. Vox, 1822 ISitten
house square, died jesterday at York
Harbor. JInine. lie was seventy-six
years old.
Doctor Fox. n graduate of, Harvard
In the class of 18fH, retired from active
practice several years ngo. Ill health
was indirectly the cause of his with
drawal from active work and he had
ben in a state of decline for several
years. He is survived by a wife, who
before' her marriage was Miss Alice M.
Brown, of Philadelphia.
Kurial will be made Saturday in
Ntfshua, X. II.
Frank J. Wlsse
"Frank J. Wissc, of Mojlan, Pa., a
member of several clubs and societies
of Philadelphia, died yesterday. His
funeral will take place on Saturday
morning at 8:30 o'clock from the Oliver
II. Hair parlors at 1820 Chestnut street.
Solemn requiem mdss nl Our Lady of
Uosary Church will follow at 10 o'clock.
The deceased,, was the, husband of
Ethel K. Wlsso and the 'son of Julia'
and the late Francis X. Wisse, of Moy
lau, Pa. He was a member of West
Philadelphia Council Xo. 1544, Knights
of Columbus; the Poor Kichard Club
nnd an employe of the Kell Telephone
Company.
The Rev. H. J. McGettigan
Bethlehem. Pa'., Oct. P. The New'
II. J. McGettigan, rector of the Church
of the Holy Infancy, of this city, died
of heart trouble jesterday afternoon.
He became pastor here in 1SU2. nfter
having been iu charge of St. Joseph's
Church at Ashland for nineteen jears.
He was fifty-nine years of nge. He
leaves two brothers, the llev. D. I.
McOettigan and James McGettigan, and
a sister, Grace, all of Philadelphia.
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$4.00 Saved on
the Newest
Sofa) Trench Jjeel
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Brown Calf With
Buckcloth Tops
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With Dull Kid Top
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SUES FOR DIVORCE
Accuses Son of Former Mayor
of "Intolerable Cruelty" and '
Threatening, Life
C0UPLE HAVE 2 CHILDREN
Tjio sensational love affair of William
S. Koyburn, son of the late Mayor
Itejburn, is again before the public.
Mir. flcorcTIl Fontaine Itcburu. the
pretty Washington society girl for whom
he fought a bare-knuckle duel in a
capital elevator with the son of n sen
ator, is suing for divorce.
The suit was brought in the Superior
Court in New London, Conn., and Mrs.
Itejburn charges intolerable cruelty,
citing nn instance when she says ho
choked her aifti threatened to shoot her
and her mother.
Mrs. lleyburn cntcicd Halms for the
possession of their two children, fivi'
nnd six jenrs old, ami alimony, but
later withdrew the pleas.
She left him on December ", she
said, nftef such an occurrence in her
bedroom nfter he arrived home under
the influence of, liquor.
Mr. Itejburn first came into promi
nence when, in 11)11. he wns elected a
member of the House of Itcpresentn
tives to till out an unexpinul term. He
went ns a harmonv candidate agreed
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llcan citv committee.
His ndvent as the youngest member
of the House was followed shortlv by
Ills fistic "duel" with the son of Sen
ator Wetmore, of Ithode Island, a rival
for tlie hand of Miss Maury, now Mrs.
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Mr. lleyburn and Mr. Wetmore had
previously been verji.warm friends, but
meeting OUR uuy in ue vievuiur oi a
big Washington office .building, they
enme to blows. The elevator made sev
eral trips up and down before the quar
rel was stopped.
Tl.ATlA,tiiirim were married in nsii-
ington on June 10, 1011. The "baby"
LicmBor of the House wns twenty-seven
...nxa M.l nf Mint time. The honev-
moon -was spent upon Mayor lie) burn's j
yacht. ,
' MAY SELL RUM IN WEEK
Saloon Men Say Wartime Ban Will
Lift Wednesday
SnlonnVeeners nnd hotel men arc
I Irving today to get confirmation of re
ports that they will be permitted to
reopen their bars next 'Wednesday.
j lteports thnt the wartime ban on
nlcoliolic liquors win oe nueci wiiiiiu
a week have spread through the city,
but it was impossible today to ascer
tain their source.
It wns said that saloonkeepers had
received letters from whisky manufac
turers offoring to deliver whisky to tlie
letnii and wholesale trade between now
and October lfi. This, it is srtid, wns
accepted ns indicating knowledge that
the ban on liquors would be lifted soon.
Another explanation was that "in
side information" hnd been received
from Washington.
Adding to the interest iu these ru
mors camo a statement from Colonel
John V. Hobbs, New York hotel man,
that he .had information which con
vinced him that the United States Su
preme Court would kill prohibition.
"I have it from n good source thai
the Supreme Court is set against pro
hibition." lie told the Pennsylvania
Hotel Men's Association nt its nnnual
banquet nt the Adelphia Hotel lust
Lnight.
Jitney Operators Summoned
The Public Service Commission is
sending out notices to every operator
of a utnev to nnnear at a hearing in
this city on October 21.. The plan is
to present evidence in regard to the
failure of operators of jitneys to take
ilout state ecrtiheates and to give warn
ing of the risk they run ill doing so.
War Exhibit to Close Saturday
I The exhibit of war photographs in
Ttnnm !0!2. Citv Hall, will close on
Saturday afternoon. This collection of
2000 pictures, showing various activi
ties, in Philadelphia during the war,
has attracted a grent deal of attention
and favorable comment.
.SHOES
AVERX new fashion, iden
tical to those selling at
$12.00 in exclusive shops.
Our upstairs location, our
small overhead expense and
the Email profit we add to the
cost is the reason for the
."DelMar" shop's low pripes.
Dressy long, tapering
vamp, lending grace to these
boots that istruly charming.
AH sizes, from 1& to 7,
and" widths from AAA to D.
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Upstairs Store for iVomen
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CITY WREATHED IN FOG
Slow Rise In TemPeratui"e Predicted
by Weather Bureau
Fog again hung over Philadelphia
early todaj. At 7:30 o'clock this I
morning the thermometer registered ."0
degrees. rJ li is was a rise of five degrees
nhove the temperature registered at the
snnfe time jesterday, which wns the
lowest sn far this tall. At noon tlie
thermometer jumped to 00 degiccs.
A continued use in temperature is
predicted uy tlie . eatner isureau.
Tills warmer weatner. tuning tlie
place oi .me cniu pt me inst lew uajs,
is due to cloudbanks which have drifted
in huh uiicciuiii Hum me i-uKiou oi
AVinnipijg, according to the weather ob
servers.
TO ACT ON VACANT HOMES
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state weitare commission Mnas
1500, Held for Sale, Are Vacant
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A report on the .)00 or more vacant
dwellings in this city that nre being
held for sale will be made tomorrow
to the Stnte Welfare Commission by
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city, in which housiug conditions were
examined. '
Mr. Carey is assistant to Frank It. Mr. McKcntv called attention to nn
McCIam, former lieutenant governor, i nct, approved Julv 20, 101", uuthoiia
whn is in charge of the investigation hB the creation of nine -county indus
mto alleged rent profiteering. He made trial fnini districts. The first distiict
nn automobile tour of est Philadel- Comprised the counties of Philadelphia,
phltt, where more than fiOO of tlie vn- Delaware, Chester, Montgomorj and
cailL nouses arc. umii-r luu guionnce oi
the Tenants' Protective Associntion.
represented by Harry Corjell nnd Jo-
seph F. Malouey, prcsideiit of the
'PI i !tii. fri Wo f tl A cennin tinn
j nit tj 'iuul ii inn iiDauvuiiiuu
HELD IN PAWNSHOP ROBBERY
Clerk Says Prisoner Resembles One
of Bandits Who Got $30,000
Michael Valentine, twenty-ono jenrs
old. North Clarion street near Oxford,
was arrested today by detectives from
the Seventh and Carnenter streets sta
tion in connection with the robbery onj
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Livingston, Eighth and Federal streets,
when $30,000 worth of diamonds niul
$000 were takcu by thieves who held
up the clerks nt the point of n revolver.
Valentine denied any connection witli
the hold-up nnd insisted thnt the de
tectives had arrested the wrong man.
John P. Kcnnedv, of Aldan, clerk in the
pawnshop, testified that Valentine re
sembled one of the bandits. Magistrate
Coward held Vulentinc without bnil.
Sailor Commits Suicide
Philip Rrockctt. n .sailor on the oil
tanker L. J. Drake, nt Point Krcezc.
committed suicide in the bunk last
night by shooting. Detectives of the
Twenty-eighth nnd Ititncr streets sta
tion found the following note in his
room : "flood bjc Uthel. Am very sorry.
Tell the children ns little ns possible.'"
According to members of the Crew
KrocKett had been in ill health for some
time. His nomo was iu Massachusetts.
M J Il -yUQS men) middle-
ra W'S3BtuOLI Lb I I aged men, elderly
m " men, college men and ww
Wv youths early in the ESS
Wi dignity of long trou- pj
Iw , ?f Each class demands definite 031 '
Iraj . , ' - -jf " , f details of styling; pattern- gg
I E i ' , . " ,nKs colors, textures and fml
I jrojl . ' . H '.' tne Proper physical propor- viwl
I jjijl tions in their clothes. Even vffli
I KJ ' . . men in the same general gal
I Sj5f , ' - class arc at variance in their XM
Wl ......'. ' ' t 9 That is. why the extensive wyj
M FM and Winter Suits are priced. , variety which we present W
I Wni 930 io $80 i i i . t Kim
Ira .. . ,. . makes selection easy. We vc . FM
M ?$7nerhn f)vercMs -"!' ' .the. correct and appealing M
TAR , ft, clothes for you, and wc are isi
w $V3onor 9oer . - Wkk t0 scn5e 'our nrefcr- ffl
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OFFICIALS AGREE
PRSON
LABOR
But County and State Heads
Admit Law to Open Way .
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1 MCKENTY FAVORS FAKiVlb
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State and eottntv officlnls here agree (
that prisoners in 'county jails should I
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be engaged In productive labor, but
admit Hint a "late law opening the
way to that goal is virtually a dead
letter.
The issue wns raised by David F. M. j
Magcp, of Lancaster county, who de-
dared that mauv prisoners are mndo!
l-oiifirmed criminals through jail con-
ditions and asscited that their employ-
ment on fnrms would be a partial solu -
tl
Mr Magee was speaking nt tlie con - '
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M'litiou of he 1 en sj nn i la vsso
t oti of Coin y Commssiones which
dosed its sessions here yesterdnj .
Warden Hubert J. McKenty. oE the
Eastern Penitentiary stilted today that
.thcio is pleutv of law authorizing the
emnlohnent xit prisoners on 'farms, thel
one tiling needed being tlie initiatlie I
put the law into effect,
x0t Criticizing Authorities
rrilc warden
was not critici.iiig
count authorities, but .was stating lits
dews on the value of farm work for 'their imestigntions of the operations
men serving sentences of imprisonment, of swindling "nne-dollnr a-week" suit
" triple purpose could be sencd by 'clubs, arc expected to be sened today.
pi isou farms," Mr. McKenty said.1 liach variant charges conspiracy to
"Tlie men would have the advantage of
productive work in the open nir, they
(-(1111(1 raise vegetables enough for the
I jail inmates, and, it the farms woie
selected pror.
rnnirl'! n ounl'I'V could he
operated Hi connection witn it, and
stone obtained for the stnte roads."
Warden McKenty disagreed with
I figures quoted by Mr. Magee. 'l'lio lnt
! ter stilted Unit onlv 15 tier cent of
I prisoners in Pennsylvania county jails
were engaged in productive labor, 'the
! penitentiary head declared the percent -
! nse was even smaller. Mr. Magee also
ntgj ,hat prisoners j Mnsaeliusetls
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-supporting.
serted only about 22 per cent of the
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i " Productive labor.
I Calls Attention to Iiiv
IJuckS.
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bo in accord wit
it was pointed
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' mint .inn iniirmci ii i-ii- nn- oiiiu iu
th the farm work project.
OUt that l-OUIlty flirillS
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iiifiiiu .-nil,- tuu iiuL-niiuu ui inuiiiiuiiii:
employment for short-term prisoners.
mnnv of them men with no trades, the
shortness of their terms blocking any
efforts to tench them a trade.
At the two county prisons now, there
are about 1000 prisoners, u reduction
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LEXINGTON MOTOR CO. OF PENNA.
W. A. KUSER, Vice President
LEXINGTON BUILDING 8S1 N. BROAD ST.
Opposite Metropolitan OpcwHouie
from about 200 to 000 In the average
number before thetitnc prohibition be
runic effective,
Instead of from fiffeen to twenty com
mltments for disorderly conduct, it was
stated, tlieie are now only about one or
two a dny for that offense.
STOLEN TRUNKS RECOVERED
Police Accuse Hotel Driver's Friend
f Taking Truckload
Larceny on a grand scale was frus-
trnted by the police when an express
wagonlond of stolen trunks nnd suit-
'I,'M was lccovcicil at a liniiscnrFltty-
wend street and Columbia avenue,
shortly nfter the arrest of Mjer New-
rotk, twenty-five years old, who gave
Ills' address as Oklahoma.
. "l lin'' n ,,'cn,B.i,0,,n.Y T tM"f,
I'trnte Harris nt tlie Slxty-hrst nnd
Thompson sticets station nnd was held
under $1000 bnil for court. .
According to the testimony New rick
i"1 n" acquaintance of one of the drlv-
ers of an express wagon of a large
lintel here. Yesterday he rode to Kroad
Street Station with tlie man who w-as
hauling trunks and suitcases belonging
o the guests. A the station the driver
'ft him with the w-ngn for a short
time nnd during his nbseurc, It is said,
N','"'rot'k transferred the entire load to
nnother wagon which he is suppiwd to
arrested at Fiftv-
(jr3t strcet nn(, ,.,,,,, ivt,lllle bv
Sergeant Abrams.
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Four Warrants Issued In Campaign
to Break Up Swindle
Four more warrants for the arrest of
I tailors snared in the round-up oi jjis
trii-L Attorney ltotnii's detectives in
,ilefrnud. nnd all were issued by Alngis
, trote Kooney. One nrrest. thnt
of
N'nthan Cooklyn. of Ileulah street near
Porter, was made jesterday. Ho wns
held iu .$2."00 bail for court. He con
ducted a suit club at 111S Chestnut
street, known as the Cook Tailoring
Company," nnd .promoted another, the
Kxcelsior, doing business nt 823 Walnut
street. These were finally combined
' with the llondejtl Tailoring Company, of
1,'i0 South Kleventli stieet, now in
, bankruptcy.
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, Pnn Mr.n Wllllna to Helrj Patients
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at University Hospital
Students nt the I"nicr.sity of Penn
syivaiiin nre responding with n rush
today to the cull for those who are
willing to give from a half-pint to n
pint of their blood for tinnsfusion to
save the lies of anemic pntieuts nt
the University Hospital.
I II ut the ruMi ot tne students is uot
rntirciv tllSliucrosicu. ino iiospuui
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I or UlC uioou lem, mm numi- ..i i-c
i rmlilr Rtudents nave more use lor .Vu
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I or S100 than for n half-pint or pint
i ol oioou.
Doctor Unvdin sass not more than a
pint of blood is needed nt a time. The
effects of tlii? loss of this amount, he
Isajs, nre slight.
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WANT NEW PAVING
ON KENSINGTON AVE
Business Men Demand Action
Since New Elevated Struc
ture Is Completed
ALSO ASK FOR MORE LIGHTS
With tlie completion of the elevated
road construction nloug Kensington ave
nue merchnnts of that section are be
ginning n spirited campaign for better
paving and more lights ulong the ave
nue. -
Members of the North Kensington
Business Men's Association met nt Ken-
sington nnd Indiana avenues last night
and passed resolutions concerning pav
ing and lighting which will be picsentcd
to the new Council when it convenes.
John Mooie. president of the ussoci
ntion. outlined the uiifnitiinate posi
tion Kensington nveuue in that section
occupies political. "This sheet, one
of tlie busiest business tlioroughfaics in
town," he snld. "is the boundary line
between the Thlity-thlrd nnd tlie Twenty-fifth
words nnd neither waul seems
to want to push our fight, s0 we will
push it ourselves."
John liarnett. treasurer of the asso
ciation, said: "We wnnt. to see Ken
sington avenue lepaved. at least from
Lehigh incline north In Tioga street.
The condition ot the street is deplor-
nine. i nui we want is n paling oi
the new Belgian blocks, grouted ; that
is. with cement between the blocks."
According to Joseph Iredalr. eiery
main business thoroughfare in the
nortlienst section, except Kensington
avenue, is propeily paved. Tlie con
struction work on the elevated, he said,
is completed, inml there is no longer
any excuse for delay in tlie paving.
There will be three rnuneilmcn from
the district iu the new Council, uccoid-
j mf Silversmiths F
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Wedding Gifts
Silver
Crystal
China
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Dictating to The Ediphone is as simple
and direct and easy as telephoning.
You just pick up the tube and talk.
That's all.
Typewriting from Ediphoue dictation is as
simple and direct and easy as listening to
the telephone your stenographer hear
' your voice and typewrites what she hear.
That's all.
and because it is so logical and efficient and
simple The Ediphone is every day writing
more than a million Better Letters for
American business.
Telephone The Edjvjte Walnut 3135
Georgpt. Austin
1035 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
'lug to David M. Hanna, nnd much is
noped lor tne future. Concerning Itgntg,
Mr. Hanna drew attention to the fact
that the strcet is dependent to a large
extent upon the light from tlie store
windows. "On Sunday nights, when,
the stores nre closed," he said, "the
uvenuc looks like a country lane,"
(ieorge .Margeriiiu, James Whiteside
and Councilman F. Ilnuingaqrtcl, rep
resenting the Thirty-third ward, also
i-p- ah dwelt ipon the necessity
ior more ngnis, irom uic standpoint oi
safety for the residents, and the bust
, ness prosperity of the street.
$1500 FOR AUTO ACCIDENT
Camden Man Gets Verdict for Mis
hap at Gloucester
A verdict of $1500 dmages for John
Shcunock, of Camden, wns filed today
by Judgo Lloyd, of the Camden County
Circuit Court, against the John y.
Kelly Construction Company, of Had-
don Heights, for injuries received In nn
automobile accident several m&ntbs ago.
Shennoek wns driving his car in
Gloucester and nt Broadway nnd War
ren street ran into n hole in the street
where the construction company wns
worklug. He was thrown from the
car nnd Mifleretfrn broken jaw and body
contusions.
So many damnge stilts have been
brought of late in Camden that Judge
Kates, ot the Criminnl court, has been
forced to go to the nid of Judge Lloyd
on tlie Circuit Court bench,
LECTURE ON AIR PHOTOGRAPHY
Dr. Herbert K. Ives, of this city, n
former major in the aviation service,
Signal Iteservc Corps of the army, and
prior to Ins discharge in charge of
iPhotogiapliic work in the UnitediStntes
j air service, will lecture at Franklin
, Institute this evening on "Photography
I From the Airplane." Doctor Ives is
well versed on neriul photography, one
of the most important activities of the
great war. The lecture will deal with
the research work done by the nir force,
nnd it wlll,bc illustrated with lantern
slides both of apparatus and negative
taken over the battle lines.
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This is a
Season
of Newness
in Men's
Suits and
Overcoats!
9 And the newness ex
tends from the fabrics
to the Fit and the lines
of the New Models!
There are New Blues
and New Grays; New
Browns and New
Greens; New Russet,
Reds that are as smart
as ever a Young Man's
fancy fell for.
I There are New Dou
ble Breasters both in.
Suits and in Overcoats,
and they are as trim a
looking span of buttons
as ever came down the
roadway.
There are New Seam
Waists that add art to
the other lines of the
coats.
There are New Lapels
that have such nice pro
portions that their
shoulder-topping points
are "there" without
thrusting
upon you.
themselves
tfl Then there are new
open sleeve cuffs, bell
ed and pointed; new5
pocket effects and new
arrangements of but
tons. 1$ Altogether the finest
lot of new Fall and
Winter Suits and Over
coats that you want to
lay eyes on!
Perry & Co.
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16th & Chestnut Sts,
Downstairs Store for Men
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