Big Skirt Season Buys Clearout in History
A local retailer announces the best skirt season on record and plans a clean sweep sale to clear inventory. The move comes as demand for skirts remains strong and promotions run through the weekend.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Evening Leader
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
6
A local retailer announces the best skirt season on record and plans a clean sweep sale to clear inventory. The move comes as demand for skirts remains strong and promotions run through the weekend.
A mall sale offers big cuts on new styles including tunics altman scarves diagonal veils and chiffon panamas with prices ranging from five dollars fifty cents to three hundred sixty seven dollars.
Several residents and visitors drop in for business or travel. Names include Mrs J Tracey Walker, K Theo Miller, Th Shodes, R E Holt, J F L Peters, and Yost of Chicago House Morniehiie company. A hotel staffer plans a Tiverton Mines trip, while attendees prepare for a funeral service for GG Biter with committee involvement.
London and England marked the birthday of St John the Matis, or Midsome Day, with countrywide CUBh and MULY festivities celebrated in cheerful observance.
In Montreal and throughout Quebec today the Dittho py of the patron saint Jobe CoS Bayeist is observed. Cities and towns mark the occasion with activities by the St. Joan Baptist Society as festivities spread widely.
Hikers depart this city for Duluth tomorrow aboard a vessel bound for Granite Bay and return. Northwest Conference of the Young Women's Christian Association gathers in Battle Beach for ten days with hundreds of religious workers. Mississippi travelers in Columbus receive welcome from commercial shippers and locals. Kidney trouble warnings accompany a medicinal ad for Motlister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
The article discusses the historical idea that the universe centers on a single star and notes that Maodier’s conclusion was incorrect. It explains that stars may move in straight lines or curved paths, including the Sun, and mentions formations where groups travel together. It cites Des 1 thinking Wey proposing a grouping around Sirius, suggesting Sirius could be the master sun of which our day is a distant marker.
In Kittery Point a line of giant elm shade trees drew visitors to a green seascape. Major Hom Cutts’s 1791 plan offered a pint of rum to Samuel Take for each tree planted, originally ninety trees along the harbor shore from near the Christian church to Spruce Creek’s edge, a tale preserved in Rennebee Journal.
An old London Tatler note explains a method to fix spider threads in telescopes to improve the field of view and measure stellar positions precisely. It details historical attempts with silk and smaller filaments, noting the 1820 improvement using a resilient spider thread.
A concise note argues against shopping around for clothing purchases urging a straightforward approach. It emphasizes value over price comparisons and cautions against time wasted in excessive searching. The piece frames decisive buying as prudent for wardrobe needs.
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