Reading Observer 11-1920

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FALLING PRICES
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It i. mdeeo good DCW. that there ) I eftr;y pro-:
b.tIil,ty 01 an early and general breolt 111. ihe'»t,h
pnces of lood and clothing Shop'\ond io' Pte
,.rmg
push t.he Chnltm .. trade tor ~I 1\ 11
ewt.h "'~ 1t.;1J ~mJed\ that. thIs 1& the one re
ma.1Dl~g opPortumt.y to sell off high pncod .toclu,

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Th. outlQ9k Jor oh.aper food

allO 'Pr9nj:iling,
.though no great fa.lI m pncee 1& to

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fOr uctll the spnng 18 we.l advanced ~ •• T"~'=
Wheat IS falling iU pnoo m the
and Cani:uia, but there IS a. 86t off
ta~ cali.s«l bv the a4,rne excha.nge wllle~ re
duces loo."Utth"'1I\{ power ot the £ ,t.rhr'
148 or less In !\menca FortunaUilYt' la.r~ IUp
pile, a.r& commg from IndllL,
and ~AUII
trallU, and Jt l& conmdered qU1te
that we
.Ioy havp- tho uOfSubfu du~ed
WltJlln tlle nut few month5
pems the. pnce qf nendy every ""...' ,or",,,.
food , a.nd now ) thit It IS on tho!

wiJI carry m""" of the st.ple coJDmO<Utiei
Sagar Ii cbeapor, .and It. IS not. ~~.:~~.~~:~.~~:~~

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"h.",· iIran"'-led '1iarrety will ..
per Ib In.he NeS\ :Year Lower lJl'lcea

-raImg for tumed pro, monl and fnlil.~ t ••,
nee cornflour and otber~ood.s Enormous
tltl. of fine Ame'fl'ica!} npples are bemg imp<j:rted.
and ~cordmg to the Boud 6f TradA eat.male

lb." avenjgO co.t ~l. the port of Inod,ng
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per Ib : b~t. the .~s:tea", of Ihe oontrolr.d max.
mllm' ",ta,{p'.!ce io lOd per Ib help. to Ik,ep
apple! dear "Smce the war ended the to/:U:t)l
housewife has been almost dnven to d15traetlon by
ever nsmg pTU~OS , but the SlIver hnlDg 14 at. last
Ihowmg 10 the clouds wblch ha.ve hung ~ h e3V1lv
meT us Since the "war ended, Instead o.f 11lap

pearl ng

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.HOME MADE ELECTRICITY
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Borne country houses are lighted by their own
e)ectnc"'2,~al la.tion operated by a windmill In the
grounds.. \A lel'l\tqg French sel.entilit hu Invented
an apparatus wUidL fltted.to an or&mary ki~chen
'watpl"l tap, yOTkl!l '" mlmatute mria.Jlatlon, and
n said to prtiduce SuffiCIent ~Powi!t to light the
ho~
E\ery tune water 1& drawn from the tap
it 'Workl!l @- turbme lind d) namo, whlch l store. the
necc.ssary e'e4!Ulaty 10 an accumulator ~aler

... pplt rompSDI" would no doubt"ha•• oomethmg
to My' before ruch an apphDfl<le would ..be per
nutted, but. tbe ldea. bnng9 vilions! or tbe time
when coal and gu/ m 11- be banished. from
home, and when lrouSehold drudgery "ln11
.nded by helolmg, It!\hting, and waahlDg all WIng
d~n! "by el«tnc.lty ~

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Th~ prealqt e~ee.s:s.pe cost o£ ; ~_'~)~'~!~_fJi:~~~

lDg lmanl
of rooms

Cellmgs ani lower, an.,d

-, r0tlhusmg' iche.met

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all

ot.ber garden stuff
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Joggr.aphy "frJ tb06e outJandlsh kmd of
\. -bawl .01\ \Venldaya and Fr) dilv$
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tormed, God wllhn, by me Isac Factotum
Th6,/p:t.per 31~o ga~e. 50me detaIls of the $::;Ieat
IUld Warned Marlin Jo!epb Routh, who 'WAS VIcar
of J;ITehllrttJ lind re£er.eIlCO wns al$() made t o Sir
J ohn Dme[ey, tb& ~entrlc H Poor Knight .. of
Wmd&or, -'who.EO ma\rimomal advertlljements were
th~ dehgh~ of h•• age
Con~lldera ble mt.erest WOlS

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d,st4iuIIl'Jon fo}lowea , tIn which MesS'll'

HarrllOn don.., E 0 Farrer, W H Greenhough
IF .4. Cox, H T Morley, and 'btbe.ri. took:
~n jtha.n.kmg Mr )HumphreY! In the nam';

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Socrety, the Pr";'\!jent sa.d Ihat thoy • • r. f6rlh.,.
mdebted to the lecturar fQr ~emon;'rahug to them
how great.H-: S&tlsb.ctlOn to on& s!;elf and u. \'ulu
able addltloll to the blstory Of O)lr own to'Yl nand
mlgh~ bo nchieved bY research ~ ork linch
Hu"phroy. hod undert.ken It w•• hoped
an opportUntty wonld be found tp ;ublHih
Humphreys paper lD the lpI'oceedlng$ of the-

realised

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better than you ever 'fade It before by: using
FrUit
The FrUIt we fre now offenng IS the
It has been po5:slble to procur~ tor years p"',st

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the lowo.t-

to the com
of W omen

women
"OI:k could not be
offiClOls They d.d
not cope wltb every
and that was where t.he wom~n s iloc 11
government could help
In ciosmg, l\irl; Rci riS
stud I~ was surpr1!i1ng and remarkable cow womeIl
could hell' at counell meetings bv slthng 111 the
public ga hm6.S ana IHltemng, bccau<"o t bo counclL
could then "00 thn,t tho public wele takmg an
TRAGEDY
mterest m "hat waS' bemg done ofn the Gounctl
of 9, Lavendel' street,
Mus hlARRIAGE moved t.hat 8 brltnch of t he
an order under t.b~ S H.. }V0mens L oca l COHrnment be: strlrted In Read
1895, aJ(811Ust her hu!bana, Inl! nnd that a commlt.tee be formcd
of 4¢, Henry strect, on
Her r~solutlOn wa~ seconded and earne d
The general commlti.ee was elect ed t; fol ows
s'..IIUcl'i:~!~:;~: c~elt.y
appea.red for. the com MlS9 Mason 1\{l!lK J.i M SuU on M 1ES ,,\'iaplc"'den
parties had been maUled MI S J012.es ll\{rI:l G S .>\bram, Mns WlIllfred
eli l drcn Uulll Apnl, Lee (bon secTetan), ',:lISS :r.,fprn~ge, Mu;:a Llo} d.
hnppll), but e:moo that. Mus •.uhc"ofl, ?:lrs .~st1ej, Mrs lllntcb, Mrs
!;c.en treated With ner Corry/
Donkm!\'D1; Durvull M,la M
Mrs Mnlthewa UIS9
M'Ussoll MISS 1i Red
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Terrell and Mrs

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t/6 1/8

Can'died Pe~1

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pO"~~le CO~"rCd'

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Srltanas
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\have a lar,Be stock 6r Xmas Cakes. ConfectIOnery.
Fruits. Xmas Cracker5. Xmas Puddtng~ Mmcemeat,
. sho.hlbrc,ad BISC U its Nuts. Oranges. etc. aU of dependable
and economJcBI prices.

a.ppearlng for the- defendant
to A. techmcal offence, saId
the bread regJllatlODB 'Wert>
" ',,s\<'-P'P'" bw;ket. At: pre&ent. It was
offence to sell It loal *o:z:
It wa.s under
prosecuted
declded to d1.6mlSS the calle on

The Greatest Cr<Ker. in the W 01'1.

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Tn Coffee Grocenea · Prov••• oIU

IS 1111

t!l~~~:ml GEYl;INDO ·-TEA 1/8. 2/-. 2/4. 2/8! 3/•

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to make an order for ROble
The Society eontf sta of honorary, ordmqrv and
£'2 per ,veek to bls wlfo repNJOOntatlve members OrdmaJ;y mt;mbCis are

decld~d

nnd. for the..
the chlldlen

com~huna.nt

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F B Pnrfi;; (m tho

mbscrlbmg membors paymg a mlDlmum~ annual
Bubscrlption of 3s 6d, and hfe members, ,"~o paY'
a. commuted BubscnptloD of ave gUlOeas
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arcbll~~.a to ..~nonomlse

prev,lent tha& thllv state of aft'atrs
~ from & heaJth pomt of
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referred to In :r..fr ~um
Jones, tbe parion of
whole p~nod of 42
at Ble'\ bury only wore
managed t9 kp.cp hi!
to 25 6d :\.lthuugh
pn~d\lced mom tlla n l~
Berksh.lJ'e I~Pl-'enl'S to
1i4are "'o t mlSel'8 It bas also produced many \l bo
"\e~re lOoViSb, ' and lilt Humphrey" m5tanccd Lord
BJ"'rymore, \V~ 10 the 18th oenhu,)" buIlt n
'hoatre at WO'rgtav. at the cost of £60 000 and
bad many . pomt6 In common ~lth Lllq.'\lg of
Aau.na..1
JACK OF ALL TRADES
unusya.1 perhap than cccentnc"a.! Mrs
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tlie FAt Lad) (rom Wantnge Villago
....ere touched upon IUId lDst.aUct'fi or
:narltu.ble 'lll~gc , bop mgn!, etc, . ..w()r~
Jue of whlch tuen (rom Il place near !(''''d~I!,
und pnnted m the Ha.rcourt: ~pc.rs (Volume
ru"- ::l ~ IoPowa ...: I , liMber, pen"" Ig maker, trur
'teoll, panl!h clerk, schoolnmstCT" bl::.ckt!nntb, and
man m IdWife Sbues for ;J. pcnne, cuh hare fOl
too pen~c, and ovld ll1nd pcmdlrq WlQ \the borgm
Young lidv.. gent.e81)'\ odicaled I ..Rlnps hght~d
hy th~ ) qar or quarter Young .gentlemen also
'aut t.ho gr.t.n1mar language 10 t.ho Jleete.l5t maner
and
kent takm of "tU().lr morels and spehn
I·' ••k....... makes and mCllciM nil ROTts or bbtes and
Techc& the hdboy and JO\l [harp
Cuts
corns, bfed.es and bhl'rters on tM lowes tenna:
CowtJlhon. a¥. ather dances taut at home and
l\brode AlIO dee.}. liQlesale and reb.l!) perfumery
In ..11 Its branchil'J
Sell8 nil sorts of statlOunry
mur, toget.her "Wlth blnCkln ball!, red
gmgerbred, coles acrubbLU bnlsbes,
mouee trapsi &Ild other sweet metQs
Lih",i,..
Godfatbe.n cOfciIel, red rutes tatoe8,

dding

nLl IJr any

prot"ct and
the legltlm \t e
01 women em.Fl{J\ed M
Ot
m any department of local
goyerument It auo promotoell' am!.mg '\romen tb~
study of tho dUtlClf of CI&J::;.cnshlp I n lass a com
mlttoe "tLS formed to ScCUle the retprn of women to
th~ ilrst. wndon Couoty Counell ,\bcn the '~Olk
of the ole<:W,d Councillo 'i- r,VDS cut sbott by th-e
Judgment of;. the High Court of Justlce f,tb'at
'Women 'vere mehglbJe for electlOn to cou nty
councIls This committee then developed lUoo a
J)oClety for procunng a change HI the law 1 he.
orglllu.satlOn progressed through " anous stages
and m 1893 tho SOCIety was reconstlt.uted on a
permanent balHS ~ Ith the cn Io.rged object of ~
curlQg tho ehglblhty of women to be elecled to
and to scrve on nil local gm:enung bodies rho
SQClety pro~re!i!!~ and on DecembCl 2:tth 1914,
the Wom-en 8 Local Gmernm ent Society " as m
cotpornted
the Bonrd of Tl"a.dc as an agso
clfltlOn fOl
utlht) and not fOl' r-profit
Mrs
B .~ , of London, sU ld It was a
for ber t.Q be a.mong the women
they had retUlned MISS Sutton
There were mall" people who dId
local gove"nment \\ as and ,., hat It.
many
It could. do 10
after
draills, se~' ers,
and tile
CO.l)\e to theo

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CHEAPER FOOD

the TO\"u Coon

u£ w:omen
count.n--

{(I(' u. tIm"

"m.l

Jm.OCs are commg

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with J ohn 1: 1\\ es, the
hc:preecnte d
p ••lin",.nt. and who bad a

bOlllery and underwear can be bought. m the prloe
cuiLing: shops at. half tho llnc(,A ru 1,ng a. ye'Â¥ ago,
lMlt.. m boots an d Eboes and clothes the fall 1D
pnces 15 most nOLlcoable 'n men. goc;,4l N~
tJ.elesa httle danot'l frocks ILnd eventng ';"WD5 are
' ~wb ~t l ....t ' , tlUrd f(Om "hat t116Y
Tli~
Ntnl~ pnces of cotton and woollen fabriC! do 'Dot
AI )ct. fully reflect the fa. I In the marke~ vo.hJe·
01. the ra"" mat.ena.18 Trade..lntcrest.l are natur
ally dom~ '" hat they can to delay th8 return· to
c*oapnC!05, but. all o.uthonhes agree , t.ha.t lower

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FrIday ep:mng In las& \l eek "ben
E41th Sut ton_ preSIded
was llIaugurated in

1,:~.~~~tt' :~:E~~~~:~;;WPS

1f \&ecurll

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Wumeu's Local Government &.c\ct~

women was held

the past

gt'oot bnrgtuna at. t he Janua.ry sales ., ..

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eX(lre!iS PU!Voc;8 of fonnlUg

of udd chal;3ctcn \\ ho hlt\ 0

clothll'lg and ilt-apu;y. t.Â¥rp.; "

';'ery prospect that. buyel'8 will be able

THE

LOOAL GOVERNMENT
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E cC(ntrlc Charilcters of

the Rending LI terary and
on ~O\CmQel 11th 'Mr }. L
a plea. f( j ccctlntr CIty, and

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SOCIETY.
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APP!1) lor Pro.p..t ...

ReadiJlg
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33, Iilagrave Stne~:·
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R. G. W. MatliD,
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MARMOT COAT "
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Rxcellen t .kins.

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