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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
14
A catalog of fabric types with prices per yard including ginghams at six and a half cents, Shaker flannel at 81-86 a yard, galatea cloth at seven cents, light percaless at eleven cents, ripplette at twelve cents, and volles at fourteen cents per yard, noting widths and quality descriptors.
Special sale of white sheets in 72 by 90 inch size at 69 cents each. Bleached crash toweling offered at 7 cents with high absorbency. Bureau scarfs and squares sold as finished hematite edged pieces. Full size white crochet bed spreads offered at 1.20 with varied patterns and substantial weight. Bold advertisement urges quick purchase among several value items.
10¢ handkerchiefs and 3c items include women's sheer lawn hemstitched handkerchiefs with corner embroidery. Children and misses hose offer good weight cotton options. Silk ribbons at 20c per yard. Women’s 15c hose and dozen white hemstitched handkerchiefs promoted for school use. Embroideries and flouncings displayed up to 50c with many new designs. Total stock emphasizes large quantities at low prices.
A fragment ad lists 35¢ boudoir caps 19¢, assorted trims, 50c toothpaste sale at 30c, 50c face powder 35¢, Java Rice face powder noted as finest, $1 silk gloves 59¢, black messaline 75¢ per yard. Includes prices and brief product notes across cosmetics and accessories.
Assorted wear sale items include 40c rompers 29c for children and infants, union suits 45c, light-weight bleached cotton, low neck sleeveless designs, and knit slacks. Women's garments feature pilling knit union suits, dresses in French styles, belted looks, and coats priced down from six dollars to 4.95 with sizes for children 1 to 6 years.
Footwear sale notes sandals for misses and children with heavy leather soles described as tan on low calf. The bargain price is quoted as twenty five cents.
In a brisk sale, tierskirts creular and women s house dresses are priced at 49c to 95c each. Dutch styles with three quarter sleeves, crepe ki monos and peignoirs offer varying values, with girls coats in sizes 8 to 14 years listed at 1.89 after value.
Rome reports Premier Salandra defending Italy’s participation in the war and resisting claims of betrayal. He recalls Austria’s aggression against Serbia, Italy’s conditional alliance, and the need for home front resolve. Paris notes finance minister Ribot proposing a vast wartime budget for 1915.
Berlin reports resolutions by a Liberal party committee call for Germany to keep western territories for security and colonization, while eastern gains would bolster strategic position under Austrian and German control. The report notes oil and mineral wax mines captured at Boryslaw and lists wounded soldiers from Hope New Jersey, Houston Texas, Philadelphia and Brooklyn. The German government continues relocating inhabitants from invaded northern France to southern France via Germany and Switzerland, with France protesting occupant duties.
Berlin reports on the Galician front where Russian forces during their retreat set fire to 20 or more crude oil wells and oil-producing wells near Horyslay and Drohobyes west of Stry. The fires destroyed an estimated 0,000 tons of oil as flames were brought under control.
A Swiss dispatched report states the little Adriatic republic of San Marino has officially approved Italy’s stance toward Austria and declared itself in a state of war. San Marino, nine miles from Rimini, covers 22 square miles and dominates the Adriatic. The report notes the potential refuge role for Austro aviation if neutrality persisted. In Canada a list from the First Canadian Division records 251 killed, died of wounds, wounded, missing, or gassed, with most losses between May 20 and 24.
An unofficial report from Vernon British Columbia states that German prisoners at the internment camp revolted during road work leading to bayonet discipline. One man was seriously wounded and another slightly injured as guards enforced orders. Major Clarke, the camp commander, described only minor trouble and denied discussing the bayonet incident.
In Portland on June 8 prominent speakers Dr David Stare Jordan Governor Ernest Lister of Washington and Dr Lillian C Irwin of Seattle addressed the final day of the National Council of Women's Clubs. Topics included eugenics education and the health and welfare of families amid ongoing discussions.
Veterans of the Confederacy braved wind and rain in Richmond to march in a military pageant and lay the corner stone of a monument to General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson. The event closed their twenty year reunion.
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