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J^tHE READY-TO-WEAR SHOP FOR LADIES
In this store you will find everything conceivable in ladies ready-to-wear.
Positively the very latest styles in everything for the ladies. Our stock of
:: Spring hats, suits, waists, etc., is complete in every detail and you can get as good ^service here as
you can get in the largest cities and at a considerable saving to you. Ladies when you are in
Newport it will pay you to come here to buy your ready-to-wear goods. This shop is Newport’s
i: leadidg outfitters for women.
I MRS. U. CLAY SANDERS
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
Subscriber Tells
More About the
City of New York
Mr. Editor.—Has the war
started in Newark yet?It seems
to be started here in New York
City with the bread, onion, ana
potato rioters that are on the
hunger strike. They had the
retail grocery man begging for
mercy when the women boy
cotted his poultry and his per
ishing vegetables which the re
tailer had thousands of dollars
invested in. They offered the
poultry at cost but they would
n’t take it unless he promised
to keep it down.
But it looks now as if there
was a real war close at hand
that is far more destructive
than the rioting of a few thou
sand dollars worth of poultry
and some angry women fight
ing. When you can. in the af
ternoon, hear the belching of
the cannon, peal after peal, as
though the battle was on while
they are testing the cannon and
target practice of the artillery.
A stranger coming to New
York can’t claim to have seen
the better part of the city un
less he has traversed 5th ave
nue, Central Park, and Rivei'
side drive, leaving off the com
mercial part and its princely
mansions.
At 42nd street of 5th Ave
nue is situated New York Pub
lic Library containing.it is said,
three million volumes. It is said
to have cost $9,000,000 exclu
sive of its grounds and it has
50 branches scattered over
greater New York. It contains
volumes that are centuries old
that are in a good state of pre
servation. It has a room for the
blind which has 5,000 volumes.
Central Park is 21/2 miles
long, one-half mile wide, and
has filled lawns,woodedspaces,
meadows, and lakes, due to the
expert landscape gardeners. It
has nine miles of road, 28 miles
of walk, fiev miles of bridle
paths, and two reservoirs with
1,118,000,000 gallons of drink
ing water. What is termed the
mall, is central park’s chief
promenade and is esteemed by
many as the most imposingave
nue in this country. The obelisk
which stands in the park was
; brought from near Cairo,Egypt,
erected there, it is said, 1600
j years before Christ and was
presented to the city by the
Khedive of Egypt. It was
brought and erected here by
W. H. Vanderbilt at a cost of
$100,000. Many statutes adorn
ihe park, among them are:
Wm. T. Sherman, Alexander
Hamilton, Pilgrim Fathers, and
the Maine. There is a lake in
the park used for skating in
winter and boating in summer.
It is not an uncommon sight to
see an estimated crowd of 75,
000 to 100,000 skating when
the ice is favorable.The Ameri
can Museum of Natural History
is located in the park and ad
mittance is free.It contains sev
eral acres of floor space, is
four stories high, and is a cen
ter of attraction to equal a
World’s Fair I think. Every
thing that ever existed on land,
or in the sea, above the earth,
and below it can be found
there. Many of the bygone spe
cies of animals that have be
come extinct can be seen there.
The skeletons of the Leviathan
and Mammoth,which are much
larger than the elephant are
in there, and I also noticed the
horse with the divided hoof.
The taxidermist art was used
on many birds and animals,
which made them show up as
natural as life. A collection of
meteors, some weighing many
tons, and of the different races
of man and his mode of life,
in peace or war, a collection of
the mineral world, the differ
ent wood of the world in its
natural and polished state. The
museum also has a library of
5,500 volumes on natural his
tory. It also has a lecture hall
with a seating capacity of 1,
500 where lectures are given
twice every week free.
The Metropolitian Museum
of Art is on the east side of the
park. This museum stands sec
ond to the British Museum, and
leads all American collection in
paintings and statutes and has
a series of mummy cases includ
ing sculpture and architecture,
it also has paintings to illus
trate the art in antiquity and
from the middle ages to the
present time with especial at
tention to the work of the
American artists. The city has
8388 acres in parks, divided
into 86 parks containing from
two acres up to Van Cortlandt
on the northern boundary of
the city, which has 1132 acres.
Mr. Editor, what are your
people doing about breaking
the old habit since Arkansas
is “bone dry?” It seems as
though they can’t take a little
wee bit, occasionally,not think
ing, as a landlady did, to whom
I was talking to about a room.
She said, “you are from the
South arent you?” I repie^ I
was.“But, how did you know?”
She said I heard you use the
words “I reckon.” I asked her
where she was from and she
said ,,I’m from the South, too,
we came to New York about
six years ago.” I asked her if
she used the word any more
and she said she did not. I said
“I reckon if I stay here as long
as you have 1 wont say it any
more,” and she said, “i reckon
not.” SUBSCRIBER.
New York City, New York.
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I GOVERNOR APPROVES
HIGHWAY BILL
Little Rock, March 13.—The
Edmondson highway improve
ment bill, to construct a high
; way from Little Rock to Bates
ville through Pulaski, Lonoke,
Jackson, \\ hite and Indepen
dence counties, was signed by
Goevrnor Brough yesterday.
The proposed road will go
through Argenta, Jacksonville,
(. abot, Austin, Ward, Beebe,
Garner, Judsonia, Bald Knob,
Russel, Bradford,Grand Glaise,
Oliphant, Newport, Dunning
ton. Oil Trough, Newark, Mag
ness and Sulphur RoektoBates
ville. Its construction will be
under the supervision of the
State Highway 'Commission,
and it will be one of the roads
to receive federal aid.
Superior quality, greater values and
intelligent service are what we aim
to give you. In accordance with
that aim we are giving you the pro
ducts of a house whose principles
and ideals are identical with ours.
We are always glad to demonstrate ♦
the many superiorities of our mer- £
chandise and our store-service. ♦
^tar Clothing Co j
ADAM LOCKARD, MANAGER
NEWFORT, ARKANSAS %
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FOOD PRICES UP 19
PER CENT IN YEAR
Washington,March 12.—Re
tail food prices in the United
States advanced 19 per cent in
the year ending with January
15, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The increase
was greater than for the three
years previous combined. The
four years’ gain was 30 per
cent.
Every staple food except cof
fee and tea advanced during
the year. Onions and potatoes
led with increases of more than
50 per cent.
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BIG STRAWBERRY
CROP EXPECTED
Judsonia, March 11.—Pros
pects are fine for a bumper
strawberry crop in White coun
ty. fine grower says he can use
at least 500 pickers for two
weeks by the last week in Ap
ril.
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