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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1916
Page
9
Readable shop ad lists lace insertions Charmeuse chiffons nets and borders with prices from 10 to 45 cents per yard. Allover embroidery Swiss flouncing napkins pillow cases shams and scarfs described with sizes and prices. Damask napkins and linen table coverings highlighted.
Open all day next Saturday offers infant sweaters from 1.95 and dresses 5.00 to 9.50 with coats 1.50 to 5.00. Whims of silk blouses up to 5.95 reduced to 2.95, lace and crepe de chine items cut to 3.95, gloves and undergarments also discounted across Tremont Street first floor.
Readable catalog item notes affordable undermuslins and sweaters with prices listed per piece. Nainsook and Marquisette combinations shown at varying costs, with silk jersey bloomers and related garments priced from one to several dollars.
The sale features over 400 lots of merchandise at savings worth investigating. It runs for two days Wednesday and Thursday only with limited quantities and no promises for telephone or mail orders. Additional lots not advertised here will be displayed in various stores.
Lace curtains are trimmed with delicate lace panels described as about 1 3 less in length. The brief notes mention decorative home textiles and potential reductions in size. Specific dates or makers are not provided in the readable text.
In Woburn District Court yesterday James J. Barry and Frank Barrett faced a shared fine for disturbing the peace on a street car. The court and defendants agreed a recording error had misstated the amounts, leading to a 51-50 split of their joint fines.
London reports Sir Horace Rumbold appointed British minister at Berne Switzerland succeeding Evelyn M Grant Duff who retires for health reasons. The appointment confirms continued Anglo Swiss diplomatic presence in Berne.
Massachusetts infantry finish border patrol duty in El Paso with Fifth and Eighth Regiments completing tours. Ninth Regiment to return in two waves, Michigan troops relieve them. Officers inspect equipment and drill. Captain Lee praised as post exchange chief. Heat rash scares and band instrument delays affect camp morale as flies worsen at Camp Cotton.
Careful observation of a fine lemon meringue pie offers a notion for a darling new fall hat. For inspiration, consider a nap in church or an elephant flapping its ears as playful guidance.
Three Boston milliners display original hat models in a prize contest. Madame Prudence wears a battle gray velvet French helmet with crimson fleur de lys. Miss May Heaphy showcases the National Hat with a suffrage sermon in its trim. Miss Irene Biddington models a gray velvet jockey cap with a large cerise butterfly ornament at the front.
The New England Retail Milliners Association holds sessions at Ford Hall Boston with Ora One the famed milliner addressing about 1500 to 2000 attendees. Topics cover extreme hat styles for fall, fancy veils, and war influenced designs including a French helmet replica and suffrage themed headpieces.
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