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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 6

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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i WEDNESDAY EVENING afelarto tf finite 20, 1928. Oakland Swan's, 13th Washington Oakland Swan's, 13th Washington raw. ruler OUEEN' SEE ELOEEBS Ml FACE KIDNAPING Pearl ButtonRoyalty Thi: appearance of the "Pearly King and Queen" ii an annual event of great importance at the English Derby at psom Downi. For the day liie button king and his consort are treated with the honors accorded genuine royalty. They-view the races from a coach J6 warns and are cheerfd wherever they em races to arrest and hold the couple If they are found in either city.

Thomas has worked In both' cities as a brlckmason, and It is thought here that he may take Jils young bride back to one or the other places. The stepfather lias opposFt the romance of the. two young people since it started some months ago. The girl is described as having a dark complexion, but brown hair and blue eyes. Thomas is a blond with blue eyes and light brown hair.

Oldest Regiment Wears 1784 Garb FORT SNELLINO, Uniforms like those worn by the regiment In 1784 are donned for parades by soldiers of the Third Infantry, declared by its officers to be the oldest regiment In- the United States army. I iiism iiisiiasiiasisssssssssaasasgssssiMassissassf SAX LEANDRO, June 20. Victor Thomas, 21, who was reported to police to have eloped last Saturday night with 16-year old Margaret Frantz. of 434 West Merle Pbrmerly Upridhtfe W.R.WHITTHORNE SHERWOOD SWAN orcsioent TPteASunen I Pearl Buttons Numbering court, will find a kidnaping warrant antr not a parental blessing awaitlngf him when he returns with his child bride, according to S. E.

Beetle, the girl's stepfather 16,000 Adorn Regal Fittings. 4 Beetle today informe jrfudge J. LONDON. Juns 20 Tear by C. Gannon that he will press the kidnaping charges.

He has re 13m quested poyce to notify police of Springfield and Portland, Oregon, And Washington Streets I ar each succeeding royal pair. "Tha Pearly King and Queen," whosa appearance la an event at Epsom Down at the English Der- br, lias andeavored to outdo the preceding royal pair In the number and Intricat pattern of the pearl Buttons worn on the royal robes. Free SHERWOOD SWAN CO. i Thia year the king and queen not mly outdid last year'a royalty, they Owned and Operated ft er.l need them. This year tn 1 "Pearly Kin and Queen" had 16, A I S3SS3SS! A 1 60 searl buttons between them a i VV -V ev mm aurolus of nearly 3000 over the rnval nalr last year.

W. R. WHITTHORNE On top of all that, the new king SPECIALS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 21 and ouaen cast their royal- preor ceasora completely In the shade by appearing with their buttons verlaid on rich velvet. AND Pearl buttons have, always' been inseparable with a great portion of Knrland'a workaday population, 5 SHERWOOD SWAN There la nothing quit so dear In adornment to the cockney heart as near! buttons. He likea them plen 03 I 4S-'iI tifully besprinkled on his coat anl him waistcoat His wife or his sweet.

heart la equly fond of pearl but-tons, and usea them lavishly on her 0th Street Market Oakland Also" 1 ket clothes. Tha "Pearly King and jQneen' are aceordeLal! the honors of roy altr br the crowds of their own so 'A I--- MJtM' till The Nonpareil and Chas. P. 4 rial position when they appear' at Epsom Downs. They view tha raers from tha too of a coach, and wwners of- so Nathan Sons Sacramento with the greatest honor and respect.

Sweden to ave at the corner of 1 3TH AND A I GTON HIS, 5 VI Tallest Smoke Stack ETS, formerly owned by Samuel Upright, was purchased A BIG 9c SALE OF GROCERIES Bulk Macaroni and Spaghetti, 1-lb. ltate Qt.ollrg Ina Chlckea 20c Jar Tin Superba Mushroom Gravy, tin. 9c Matches. IConacll Deviled Heat. 8 5o boxes V.

3C I3 tins VT ifC Wright't Mayonnaise, the small jar, 9c Bulk I Jar Rubbers. One-potind hag yCg dogen Sliced Hawaiian Pineapple, flat tin; Phillips' Waffle rioar. Alaska Cham lalmea. Package SHCIVlat tin 3C Baker's Premium Cocoanut, Vi-lb. pkg 9c Past Sraa t'lekes.

Trlscatt. Package Package Shasta Maine Sardines in olive oil, tin. Hsyal rralt Uelstla. At Dlaah Molasses. Package 9C I Tin t'i -SfC Apple Cider.

Vinegar, so-called quart bottle. SBsssBBSSBBasiaasBaMSx BaBSMSBBSHsav SBBHameaW XK a ilas 'walls it Uiu to t-lb. a-uaaee New Pack tVnt CAME Crere Tlssns (sllf.rsls CITAD Tallet PEAS yGAR PAPER 2-U 4 roll, 9c 9c 9c Oa Sale at 8i3 Ueaaxa HaaBBSBaasaBBB SBBBBBBSBBsaasssBBBSBB Jajruary 25th, 1928, by W. R. Wh itthorne and Sherwood Swan, for be SYDNEY.

V. 8. W. An Indian princwho has worked hi way across tha Interior of Australia recently started home a seaman Oti a tramp steamer. The prlncs la a native ruler In ens af the territories of India, He came to Australia two years ago.

landing at Broome on the northwest-coast and proceeding to Central Queensland. For the past six I v. C5 r-1 -r4 tiL i If esMMpsssMMaef -I -I s'J I 'j i- i "i ii H.P.. 1- i. ftVsSaweeaMHMwB mer partners in the conduct of the department store business at Washington and 1 Oth Streets under the firm name of Whitthorne Swan.

BESIDES owning and operatin Swan's Department Store at the corner of 1 3th and Washington Streets, Messrs. Whitthorne and Swan are owners of The I Oth Street Market, Oakland, and The-Nonpareil and Chas. P. Nathan Sons, Sacramento. They Are Not Connected in Any Way With Any Other Dry Goods Institution in Oakland! WE want the pfeople of Oakland aricl The Great Eastbay to know that SWAN'S, 13 TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, is an OAKLAND OWNED INSTITUTION-OAKLAND OWNED AND OAKLAND OPERATED-AN OAKLAND INSTITUTION IN EVERY SENSE OF THE TERM.

months he has been driving1 a motor ear for a squatter In fJew South Vales. The squatter's fum-' My at enca caallzed that the -dark stranger vu eomethlng above the ordinary, and allowed him to dine with them. Tha prince la tall and well-built and speaks perfect KnpllHh. It is reported that he has been spendlnw money freely since he has benn In Australia and has gone through about 120,000. At Nswcastls he went to the aliiping office and aiirned on the si earner Queecua as an ordinary seaman.

Rail Worker Before War, Now He'll Artist jrVASHlXGTON OP leaving a Job as railroad section f'wemun to flKht for his adopted ceuntry. Angela Martina contracted an nine that kept htm hospital bound Oraesrterla 9. r- 5c 05 Ripe Slicing Tomatoes, an added feature at, lb. l.alnaa Hre vVasht1aa Batraaea anyone thrownNgMlghted elgaret or cigar stubs froiuWutomobtles along onni.iiri. SAN HAI June 20.

Mtm-Imrs of the Marin county state traffic squad have received instructions to arrest und vigorously prosecute the ststs filghjvoy. captain All HbsDHVU IHa, Mlt.HT TO LIMIT Ut A ITITI fj I U'Cnjinor has passed his instruc-1 tions on to Ins staff. UST "home 'folks" here at SWAN'S, 13TH AND WASH OS INGTON -STREETS your friends and neighbors, sharing 3 with you in that justifiable pride of citizenship in one of California'- A STATE Supervised Savings and Loan Institution Managed by Business Men of Highest Integrity for six years snd hue left him determined to become sa artiHt. Martlno, an inmate of tha Naval hospital, aoon will become a student at the Corcoran Art gallery, He came to Amerlcajn IIWK. Ten years later, at tha ags of 22, ha enlisted.

In Trance he fouglit with the Thirty-aecond The rigors af life at the fmut affected his health and on his dlHchnrge from the army he entered the government hospitul. Martlnn picked ui brighten the long-days irri. first pninttnK Ih now on iliHplay at I modern metropolitan cities OAKLAND. A store owned ami operated exclusively by permanent residents of Oakland. pVERY dollar invested in SWAN'S, I3TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, is an Oakland Dollar.

As Oakland grows, so will grow SWAN'S. As Oakland prospe.rstso will prosper SWAN'S, As all of us plan and build and achieve Together, so all of Us go forward together toward those ever higher ideals of mutual responsibilities that have marked the course of civilization through the centuries. LfOCAL institution and. as such, enjoying those advantages that can accrue only to a local enterprise. The advantages of.

a cjose personal contact with the community it serves. The advantage of an intimate acquaintance of the seasonal requirements of its clientele. -The advantage of daily participation in the affairs and activities of its community. Small wonder the men and women of Oakland and vicinity have fdund shopping so eminently satisfactory at SWAN'S. I3TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, although this insti-tution is a little less than five months old.

to tha Allied Artieis' asenclatlnh, John P. Waring, is fmani liiK tha veteran's coui-ne In the art school. Beardstown Residents Now Safe from Floods BEARPKTOWN, III. rP)Brnnls. town, which inlaw I'd flmiclji th a grin, has the luimli iTn im a.ni:liint anemy.

tha IlllimlK Itiver The last concrete ikmi ill he poured on a r-t, IiiIiik, i II to keep the river where it ImI.hiks. It rained this pi iiib. hut tli. river i remained In Its hin ben one of the lew spi liiit aona thlit fit-tow I Iiom-not gne tn rltli in li'iii'n mill trsmfactet1 -ih A STORE that holds no ownership in any other- dry goods organization in Uakland, though sharing in the advantages of the tre Just Words Being a Somewhat Different Kind of Retail Advertising mendous purchasing power of more-f TUST WORDS Plain. Tims after time the mtv has lir ifiuniiute lit t-r.

i I got tired of Ite tt s-' I.t:- decldeil t-t i n--t tn- all. mh 1 1, called in- i- 1u ui town refueea to dlnifv na artli enemy by calling I' it Brazilian Employees Ask Higher Salary RIO DE J.VM IRO, hens of both rhiimliei of legislature fii'eicMi ml aalary lucrea- fiom m''t-rt anipJoyes at tin- tii -tn't i Um session. Tha cost of, llvjt.g, Vihi' Im In creased from to 4u over prewar fiptires. i thv l''ti which the tttm.inji In ij. J' It la panted )', sim- than a hundred good stores, in as many cities, buying as a unit.

But a store that, in no sense, is bound or obligated to join in the purchase of any goods of a character or quality not likely to meet the discriminating approval of its good to pe words put together in .11. i plain, simple way, to ten a plain (Q and, we trust, an interesting story of one of your city's good stores. IUST WORDS Nothing of oca ji effmni merchandise, nothing of nothing of prices. Perhaps a welcome change for at least CUCH a store is SWAN'S. I3T1L AND WASHINGTON STREETS.

A -store ofand for Oakland and its shop-ping radius and seeking to serve that dis- trict in a better way with each new day? A store service for Men, Wtmen and Children. A store imbued with rK mini what In -I'i-'i1 i tu-tlie state etnplbyes flat an tie Sb percent hs tieen allow t-d Tha World war I-, gsn. 'l a kmc ernrr.ent figure i f.nnvii living 4s -ftiMt-tt-r? 4 t-ee--ti higher todav I 1te-Snat 'OS f-'t. I- a. much as fi-ur ture ie Jil i.uu-.

Giant Nebraska onc Wednesday." Just words. but woids of an import that leaves no doubt of our splendid i- VHrv -SavrftR-Are Guiirantefd ly Our Guarantfr Stork-ami Suiplus; -tii Fluctuations 'iw Frrs; Lrgal for Trustees. Lifr and Fire Insurance Companies; Ta L.enipt: 5tate Super iion. Savings Placed With Us On or Bef5re July 10, 1928, Yield 60 Interest from July 1st v. yiiii vi 1 I I 1 1 progress that is eternally extending the J'i i Bus Lines Converge HA "TIN" I.

rfe become i. trana-contiriej, operated by largest state t.onecl'- lora.v and readiness xo serve you ar times as becomes a store owAed and oerated by two men so long favored with your good will and confidence. And Out of the Fullness of Long Year of Experience We Know That Much Will Be Expected of Messrs. Whitthorne and Swan at boundaries otjts city and skyline of that city to proud new heights. A Store Steeped in the Honorable Traditionfof a Great City and Proud to Contribute in Every Possible Way to All That Will Add to the Welfare, the Beauty and the Glory of Its Community-Swan's, 13tf.

and Washington Streets. rjiii.cniiuus rti from eoit. to rose' ings. irt ttir of hv Mora thai. Ii' in the ij' i -t hroug the "ti-i! 1 I.S fi' to r-t idt ont.r.et;',.i A Guarantee Association rrite or call fit financial ntatemrnt 13th and Washington Ik ml Streets, Oakland II Li bUILUINB-LDAN lSWAN'S-13tli Washington PSORIASIS r.KV fit Bf.tr i tlf KHi a.

IHI I HI' tiBF IiM kj li'ljSf A-t i ftnt t. rNf. kc bOCIATI ISJ 1447 Franklin Street Trltphont Oakland 18411842 13th Washington Sts Oakland Snan's, 13th Washington Mj, Oakland.

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