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PTOE FOUR '
MEDFOUT) MATT j TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, : OREOOX; FRTDAY, DEOEMBMtt 27, 1929;
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Radio Plains Rousing Welcome for New Year
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F
JONE
I BORDER BATTLE
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SLAY PONCE
CHAIN STORES
36 South Central
El Paso Patrol Repulse At-
Tom Demoss Held for Grand
Jury After' Coroner's In
-tempt to Bring New Year
-Supply From Mexico
vestigation of Christmas
' Smugglers Fire From Oil
Storage Wall. '
Crime Body of Victim
Slashed to Pieces.
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KLAMATH
MAN
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' -KlPASO. tcxiiH,' Dei-. 27. ffl
' ThlH city today fiii'od u inure or
Iphh dry Now Your' day n u rcvult
of u 'Kun IjaCtlc between' filli'Kcd
ram runiioi-n ami border pntrulnu'n
. which cunt the life of one niuii and
tho freedom of unoiher.
Art unidentified ' Mexir-an, nlmut
2G wuh dluiii ah ho roBe from a bur
riehde and unoiher avus eiipturcd
when patrolmen surprlmnl a gnnjr
- of eight or len mon utlemptiiitf to
carry litJUor neroHH the, river.
u'The HiiiUKRleiH took refuse he
hind un earthen .wall .nrounfl tho
oil Htonisri tank und put .' up
Btron buttle. After' oho of them
;"vn idnln; 'however, they retroated
acroHM tho river, protected by rifle
fire from the Mexican Hide.
.'''Forty pn!onH 'of 1 liquor wore
seized.' The Chrlntmus mipply of
whisky hero haw been Bcrlouuly
curtailed, by a Mexican kuhk war
ucrpss the Rio Orande-and officer
ltejjt-Vr ftti.UjJt'lorr cntoiVrttf to tho
iew- rear h tiny traae win ik ciih
couriifc't'd by the battle hut nlfhl.
' ,vk"' "Jiy'hobbln Coons" -
' HOLLYWOOD Little red-head-ed
Janet Guynor Just recently hus
i'jVrhat' iHi tho talking screen fur
..xne, .ursL, lime, una kivco nur
i."r-v Y.-rt ' singing vole e
thin Janet who
lookH ho mucu
llko a wistfully
liretty, cheer f u I
child that it of
ten la dltricult to
realize she . i
cently became
bride! '
Too c r 1 1 i c a 1
orltlt'B who heard
hor slight treble
In "Sunny Hldo
lp" may have
loubtcd that Ja
net really has
round nnytli I n g.
IJut for thnt mut
ter, she knows
she hasn't. " '
1 limine moat . Hollywood stars,
Bhe has taken not a slnglo voice
lesson, and never sang beforo In
hor life, except the aort of ainKhiK
ulmoat everyone dbea under the
morning ahower. h. . ! ' t ,
When the atudlo powera Inform
ed her aho wan to do a mualcal
comedy with Charlie Karrcll, ahe
nnawered awcotly and emphatically
that Bhe couldn't. So, alio'wouldn't
oven take a Binning teat,
i' Jiiat Natural
"We 'nil know our own limita
tions at leant where alniilnK la
oncerned," aho saya.' "Hut tiiey
1 "fc-!
lit '"'
t M : inatatedi anil an Id I could Juat he
jl natural and do my beat. Ki 1 did,
'II und that'B all. 1 know it lan'l real-
j ly mnKinB--but thoy muat not
I'thlnk It'a ao very had, hecauae I'm
to uu auoi her une.
' They (alio meant the atudlo) aro
Kidded alwuya by bux-offlco ro
porta, of courae, und. the fana
niako Ihoae, ao tliat'B apparently
till of that.
' Movie- fana who huvo loved
Janol when lalio amlled have
'adored her when,' 'n moment later,
alio llaa anilled thl'otlull iUlck
welllnir teara. That may he eauae
for 'wonder, this acemliiKly Inex
llauatlbki flow of sincere palhna,
eaimclully to fana who know that
her youiiK lire never haa been
touched by dire .tragedy, und that
hor atniuglo for nucccaa hua eon-
ulated of mainly hard work nnd
liuraeverance and not of giuellnu
liurdalilpa, , ! V i
; i ' llt-nl Tcura !'"
S'.Maybo that' why," ahe lautiha
when naked how alio doca It.
"Maybe I'm Juat uettlim rid uf
i'nt-iriV-rruri m-iu'tlnir. Hut I do
alncerely fetl thuac teai-a I can't
help It!" j
And ahe duca, believe . It one
muat.' beqnuab'tliero U not the
fulntost trace of afreclntlon or In.
alncerlty In . twt. ITuna itiiow how
ahe "getB" them on thu acreen.
They ahould meet her In veiaon! ,
' JiTMcy Flotiera Abroad
LONDOX (U. P.) Itoaea uaed
,ut the recent ball given on the
n'ranaylvanlu liner at tllaagiiw,
Iwher the l'rlnre tit Wulen una.im,
itlhonof guest, iu1ii from' Murray
'IBIIII, N.J. The pink und yellow
igliiuds were' niotlRllt dNei1' In' the
1 1 (vegetable room of the ship, kept
! tit about degree K Juat niiove
j I reeling. Some of the same ship-
J inent were also placed on 'exhibi
tion at the liortleulturiil Hull nut-
Jl i . . a
I ' Mint "ArnMliNla" line '
'H' aiUHt'OW--iu. J')-r-Tho irt
.bi'egulnr nasHenirei' linn n nn,...
tleds" has been eatabllshed In the
'hiivuah Republic her, between
he capital Cheboksare and (be
raiiruna station Kunash," US kilo.
Inoters distant.
Tho aerOHIed, 'developed In the
hovlet Vnlun, ai-e run hy huge pro.
iener in ine rear or n metal sled
'naliloned Ilka nn airplane. '
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'rnnli Uvt In Trouble
KNtiXVII.Lli, Tenn.J-'lU. IM
fjt uae for crayfish ha been found
Here. One of them recently work
ed lt way Into the private water
Mjstem m the home of liny While,
nnd died. So did I lie system.
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A iini'liiit uelciiiiii' in 1 11:10 Is
IcwuilM;r 2N, .liiiiii'ttu Aliii'lloiialil (upper I'IkIiI). talkie slur, -will Hirtlt'lialc In a New Vcar'a injtnuil,
part of uliU'li It la iilaniKil to pick up abroad. The next nielit Fuinu I'clnivudipiicr left), conlnillii and
piiniu (Inniiu or lli Mom-ow ;rainl Opera timipaiiy, will be heard ill I lie phi m over .!, ami NBC
lialii. Kniki Smiili (lower lefl) or Kl'ltC will uhl Vol llusine Imiailinal the Kast-Wcst All-Star fmit
ball inline from San l iniielM-o on tills Ni-w Vcur'a day. Tliat nielit Ollvo l'almcr (lower rlglit) is to
alilK on WKAF and nit work Inn program luilllng IKHd.
Hoover's "Business Doctor" Began
His Career at Age of Twelve
By CLINTON H. COFFIN
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON W) Julius II.
names, leader of the Hoover at
tempt to stimulate American huat
ness, hired out 44 yearn ago aa tin
errand hoy in a IJulutli (train bny
liiB office.
He was 12, and necessity forced
him to leave school.
Uoraes InKlsts ho hns never lefl
the grain hualiitias since, ulthough
the current of events for him lias
I,
flowed fur uflcl
I'ho presonl year I
finds him dwelling at 2 Fifth live-
La
M. tSARNfiS
nue. New York City, but coiuinut- council.
ing to Washington while iidmllted Such un organization might main
ly practicing Iho rolo of business i tain a tmtlonnl bnlanco in tho pro
foclor. Iductlnn nnd distribution or com-
As Is tho case Willi most uf the
now men who rnriuulalo al'lalrs lor ' future somo of the more unplcas
tho United Stales today. It wiib Umlaut phases of thu busliioas cyclu of
wr with tlermnny which turned ! varliiilou between depression und
llniiiea finin a lepuledly ullru-iros-' prnaperlly.
i,oc.vi, cops ix tirx Di i:i,
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rnvolvcr In Ills hiind. Tho gun was
pressed against Uiwronce's body
and Donovan, according to tho vic
tim at I lie pollen station this after
noon, guve him n hurried search,
falling to find a wallet ho had In
g ,troiiser pocket. . i
' v Told to "Come Aerots" '
Donovan became anxious uud in
no uncertain terms told Lawrence
"10 rotne across." which he did hy
handing hhu a So hill. Lawrence
P,,ull,n...l )... I.,. I. ...... 1. i
...... ...... .., ,...,.,,,, i,m, ,,.,, John,,,,, ih, ;, , j.,
was nil (he money he hud and Ihnl ; ,(.., looking for lionovan. i.rric-
mlsluke was being made. As he era say. Upon learning or hla pre,
w-aa not Ihe proprietor of the es- j ern e, policemen arreated Oohnson
nbllshinen;. Donovan hud appar-1 , he waa driving toward Jackaon
enlly convinced himaelf that he ! vlllc In his Uoilgo touring car.
was holding up iho proprietor; say- j heavily loaded with baggage and
Ing that be knew he bad tho right , grips. - Johnson waa accompanied
man. ' , .-' - v' .V'ihy .ji-s,i Dtuiovnn. who w-s itli'O
Unnovnn Is iillegcd to bdve'i tirres(d a an accomplice. '
threatened Ijiwronee with death If - ,ttlinon tirlllitl. " "' " '
a pollceinaii entered the door, but j JoIiiikoii was undergoing k vlgir
lurhlly no officer arrived. Afler . on iiucttlouing by-blatrlet Atior
taklng the money. Donovan laid I ney tlenrgp Codding and Ueinitv
Ibfl gun en Ihe counlor within easy : (leorge Xeilaon this afternoon at
reach and accepted a cup of coffee the police station.
Wake brought to I tin. He placed i' Chief of Police MeCredle and
several heaping tensiaions of suuar Deputy Sherirf Louis Jennings vls
In the beverage, stirred It around ; lied Ihe llohnn place this morning
nervously, took a drink or two nnd "nd there learned the details of
picked up his gun and loft Ihe es-1 Hohan's attack. They found the
tnbllshmenl. Tlie police were till- house In rummaged condition. The
mediately notified upon his depart- trunks had been opened and ilimi
ure. ' 1 er drawers were open, with hodae-
' ' ' Meet Officer I hold goods dlsturlied.
When Donovan reuclied Central' Hohiin told officers this fove
avenne at'lhe Inlersei tlon of Klghlh i noon lie kept no money on the
ha met Offhier T. II. Hoblnson and I'lace nnd said Mr. and Mrs. Dono.
Immedlalely poked (he gun against ! van hrcn making their home
him. ' However, second officer, w ith him for the past 'three
William Peck, arrived on Ihe scene "ninths. They are believed lo hv
nnd, becoming aware of hla nn ' ' '""' rr"m Valley,1 cel.
M.n. u, iruuovuii a atiention was
drawn from' llnbinann, who Inime-
uiateiy struck him on the Jaw.
The-blow pntitnllv stunned hlni
:llld Donovan l then deelued to
have Humbled Into the entrance
linliii; iiIiiiiiimI by riidlii. Jn Ilic MoricM Hour mi HIS Kiitm-tlity nielit.
perous grain handler to a practi
cally permanent status as unofficial
public Hjervant.
Ho is noW chairman of the board
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce and Intimate business
Consultant of President Hoover. '
Hoover, then war time food ad
ministrator, picked Barnes to head
tho United Stales drain' corpora
tion, which hoiiKht and sold the
continent's export grain crop for
nearly three years, enjoying n busi
ness volume of some $K,000,000,000,
winding up with a small profit ami
vanishing soon after the armies de
mobilized. Hut the close iisKoclation of Hoo-
mp nnd Hnmeu mlln.l in nnan-llin
Uuluth man became nn nrdont for-'
warder or iho jiiiic yuiir long presl-
dolillnl ciimimlirn and saw Mr. Hun.
vor finally enter tho White Houso.
Ho entered tho nnllonal chamber
orgnni.atlon as a director In 1022
to neip with tno Hoover policy or
codpeiatlon between business and
government.
Willi an extraordinarily wide ac
quaintance among Important fig-
urea of tho business world, with
n naturally democratic personality
and unbounded onurgy, nnd with a
loug tested Intimacy with the presi
dent, lliiriu'H almost automatically
became "contact man" for tho nil-
ministration when the novel eco
I mimic-conferences werq culled nf-
' tor the recent stock ninrkot break.
He supervised (he selection nf
business leatlers called to Wash-
iuglon to survey Hie outlook for
HWJ and Waslilngton gdaslp
soinellmoa entirely denendablo
! credits him with seeking most nr-
dontly Iho eventual ereatlon nf n
I mat worthy und nowerful economic
modules that would avert in the
of the llthelwynn Hoffman ladles'
rcudy-to-wenr ahop, f runt where
he took five shuts at tho officer.
The ahols went wild and tho of
ficer allot three times In return.
Honoviin fell tmce na If he had
been Mrork, but was up in n mo
ment. Ills gun was empty and he
started to make his escape by run
ning. Officers ltay Sloneker ai d
llentiett were coming down Klghti
street and Sloneker fired at tie
fugitive, but missed. Donovan,
however, was caught after a abort
chase, ,
Afier liouovan hao, been cuptur-
Donovan wua arrested here Sep
tember on w charge of Intoxle v
Hon, nccordlng lo police records.
He la also believed ( have a crim
inal record.
Ijiwrenee rrlghtcnel.
liwi-ciice, who makea hla homo
In Sacramento, hnd arrived in Med
ford only an hour or two before,
from Portland, with his wife, who
was ut a hotel during the holdup.
He represents the Uuckley ' Shirt
and underwear Manufacturing
company of St. Iouis, Mo. He de
clared today he was the moat
frightened man on earth when he
felt the gun press against him, but
was loud in his praise' for 'the of
fleient work of the police depart
mcnt,
Five eatnbliahnients today gave
evidence of the gun duel, window
nt.Jlie Cinderella Shop. MilMv'i
lleauly Shop and Ethelwynn Hoff-i
nuin'a Shop on Centrul avenue anvl
of the J-ludsoii-ICaaex garage and
Crater Jjike garage at the end of
Klghth atreet on Riverside ave
nue being struck. Humors ontno.
atroets all day gave rise to stories
that from eight to 37 bullets hail,
been fired during the affray,,: Th
shots were heard by muny -real
ul ut wholu '""'"ii1', "
'premntiire New lear8 celabrfttlun,,
'it Ulldorwuy. ... ':,
Kl4 WflK WU irll nT1 '
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
, .i
J.ISIION. VP) A pig war hue
broken out between Spain and
'Portugal. '
The crlala, though of long stand
ing, came to n head ooly recently
when Spain began discriminating
agalnat Portiigucae idgs.
As the result of the Spanish om
bargo, the market Is glutted with
pigs causing n sharp fall In prices.
Muny hog breedci-B have been
ruined.
The Spanish government claims
(hat Portuguese piffH ore tainted
with disease and says they will bo
forbidden admittance until they
can produce clean bills of health.
The LInIhui government retorts
that there Is nothing wrong with
the pigs, nnd refers to tho fact thnt
nearly half of the pouplatiun or
Portugal consumes pork dally with
out Ill-effects. . . .
FOR COUPLER'S
MUl.tKKI.V. .Mo... Dec. 27.
Aftm a couruhip of more than
half u century Htarthig In tchol
doyn Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hprhikle
are on their honeymoon. Sprinkle
It it wealthy rancher at i'htnook,
Mont. Alice lluyden retired after
operatlnK n millinery More- for
yearn. Ma eh Ih In the seventies.
Tht'V corivspoiideii and Sprinkle
vlU'd nuiilat ly pince nchool day.
The reaun for Ihe deferred nmr
rlnne Im a hit ret:
OF SOVIET INCURSIONS
SHANGHAI. China. Dec. ST. P)
the official Koumin new agency
stated tonight thai the nationalist
government estimated that upward
of lu.iluti soldier and .civilian
were killed or wounded as a result
of "recent soviet military Incur
sions into Munehilria." (Russian
troops Invaded Manchuria Novem
ber IS and clashed with Chinese
aoldlery lor few day. Since Ihnl
lime there has been annrfcdlc ac
tivity by soviet forces during the
ience negotiations1!. : -
Cl.OVIS. Cat.. Dec. 27.
Lewis Watson Uai-rlBin, u, veter
an of the Confederate army and a
pioneer resident of Fresno county,
died nt his h, me here. As mem
ber of the (Hat Alabama cavalry,
Harrison served n Confederate
picket ilinlllK Shel llliiirs ninreh to
the cn.
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Dec.
27. WP Tom Demoss was con
fined' in a cell here today to awuit
grand Jury uctlon growing out of
the murder Christmas morning ot
liiseule Ponce,' 43. who died from
wounds Inflicted with a knife, flut
Iron and revolver. A coroner's Jury
late yesterday recommended that
Demoss bo held on tt :first degree
murder charge. '
The coroner related that when
he nrrived at the scene of the
killing, "Texan Tom'" Demosa, as
he la known, was sitting in a rock
ing ohalr In his room, clad In
bloody attire, und smoking. On
the floor l'onco lay, his body liter
ally slashed to pieces. HlH. hcud
was completely shattered by blows
from' tho flatiron and his Jaw
bono hud been smashed by a shot
which also penetrated his chest.
Demoss told police that Ponce
hud threatened to. kill him, and
that he chased 1'once out of the
room und shot after him.
Mrs. Myrtle Mortenson, rooming
house landlady, called police who
arrived to find Demoss sitting
astride Ponce and pounding hla
hend with the heavy flatiron. -Police
say position of the bul
lets indicate that - Ponce - was ' in
bed -when he was shot. - . .
Brisbane's Today
(Continued from Faga On)
Iihs been " unload injr" heavy
stocks of silver. .metal, and sil
ver is elieaper today than it has
been in 25 years.
Indo-Cliihn may adopt thc
(Iiild standard, because France
wants it. If that should hap
pen and. the people . of India
should put into the metal mar
ket, for any reason, the gigan
tic hordes of silver ornaments
and,, silver metal that the Hin
dus possess, the price of silver
would grieve the shade of W. J.
Bryan. "
4
If (iuntlhl, apostle of freedom for
India, should tell his millions of
followers, to exchange their silver
for gold, he would disturb his Brit
ish overlords considerably, and de
velop In them a politeness that
would amaze It I in. ICe can't do it
by his plan ot .reviving the hand
loom to compete with British ma
chinery. ' I
St. Iritis want to erect a statue
10 Lindbergh. It Is unnecessary;
It Is too soon, and who in tho coun
try could make It good enough,
oxcept MacMonnles, and he, for the
time, has given tip sculpture.
Ltndborgh possesses now a monu
ment sufficient a picture in every
American mind of a youth sitting
in n small box, with wings, leaving
New York aloud, crossing tho ocean
from Now York to Paris.
When you havo that kind of mon-
timont, you don't need anything of
tniirlilc or bronze.
A Itrlllsh judge suggests copying.
for Kngllsh prisoners,' an expert-1
ment mndo In normally. Prisoners
thnt work well, hebnvo themselves.
show "'somo desire to hocomo good
citizens," will ' lmvo ' special privi
leges. '
Tholr cells will remain llghled
until fl:!IO p. im They will share
In prison management, nnd have
two weeks once a year to visit
frieVds nnd keep In touch with the
world outside. ' " ' . '
Rebellion In American prisons
proves thnt mcro discipline Is not
enough. Perhaps showing a real
interest In criminals, realising how
narrow a line separates respect
ability from crime, would help.
"Hut for tho grace of Rod there
lie John 1 1 uss." said the Bohemian
martyr, looking at a drunkard In
the gutter.
-And "But for the grace of Clod,
tliete I sit." anyone of us might
aay, seeing a convict In his cell.
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Advertising mean selling goods,
which means making more goods
necessary, and that mean employ
ing labor.
Therefore, advertising 1 vitally
ImiHirlant to Industry, finance and
business.
Yomig Mr. L. Ames Hrown, with
the r now plow Jaw, says that Lord
and Thomas and Logan, the firm
of which he I president, ha placed
$10.0110.000 worth of advertising
till year.
That's good news for business.
Mr. Hrown think hi firm has
done 'mor advertising this year
than any other.' Thl column will
be glad to hear from other agen
cies, Ayer Son, J. Walter Thomp
son, Barton, lltirsllne & Osborne,
or any other that think .Mr. Drown
is mistaken.
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HOI.I.ISTKH, Cat., Dec. !7. bPi
Attracted by the frantic burk
ing of h dog, neighbor found the
body of Charles ("Put") Smith,
AS. pioneer llernnnde district
rancher, crushed under n fallen I
branch. '
When You
fig TV .
Note: ' We guarantee all advertised prices good for one
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Saturday; we -can give you much better service any day
, v .' ' ". , ? I"
next -week.
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t . , , '. - -
3 large cans
( Coffee
Del Monte. One of the high
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.45
Per lb. ......
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v Tea
Tree "Tea. Extra quality
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Full pound
Oleo
Extra quality. Fresh ' churn
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15
Per lb.
Extra Standard Iowa sweet
corn. In No. 2 cans.
Per can....?.
: ' V. f ...
Per,lb,v,.v,
Coffee Puffed Wfceat
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. ' , 1 ' ' ' - - '.'. r. t
Pancake Crisco Grapefruit
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Extra quality, fresh 'churned
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Fresh baked fancy! fig bars.
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Citrus
Regular cltrua powder. In
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you' have always used.
.19
Per pkg..,..:.
Salmon
Extra quality pink salmon.
' In full 16-cz. tall cans.
.15
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Lard
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'i'i
' t t i
Shredded
Wheat
Large package. "Regular '
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in Por nlror 10
. . ; ' - . .' ..
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Pork Roasts
' "' the very b e 1 1 p shoulder
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fc.
.19
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Hams
Sugar cured. Extra 'fancy
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.29
Per pound..
Bacon
Nice, lean, medium' weight.
Well cured. By whole liece.
.25
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Bacon Squares
1 - - ' .1! - )-..'
Fancy sugar cured. They are
better, than the ordinary.
.18
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Bologna.
Extra quality. h)4le' under
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Inspection.
Per pou6dl 16
1V1alt Syrup
rtalnior. The best , quality.
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