No Gift Is Little Innumerable Offers At One Dollar
An advertisement proclaims innumerable gifts priced at one dollar or less, emphasizing value over cheapness and inviting shoppers to explore low priced items for practical gifts.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
6
An advertisement proclaims innumerable gifts priced at one dollar or less, emphasizing value over cheapness and inviting shoppers to explore low priced items for practical gifts.
A catalog of small gift items with prices ranging from fifty cents to two dollars. Items include match cases, dice shakers, pocket nail files in cases, sewing boxes, belts, two-initial fobs, garters, brass ink-wells, jewel boxes, leather cases, trinket trays, razor cases, address books, drinking cups, and a Trump indicator, with marked price points and finish options.
Reinforcements on the Russian left in Galicia thwart Austro German efforts to bend the line between the Vistula and the Pilica. The Russian centre in Poland extends about 50 miles from the Bzura to the Pilica with active fighting near Sochaczow and Rawa. Heavy German losses reported while Austrians stall in Galicia as Petrograd claims final check. In France and Belgium activity sinks with limited engagements around Mametz Souain and Ste. Menehould.
Reports from correspondents in Flanders say German forces are retreating. Troops are seen moving through Aix-la-Chapelle en route west, signaling possible renewed activity near the Franco-Belgian lines and orders to seize towns at any cost.
The Harpalyce Christmas ship to Belgium nears full cargo, with clothing food and toys filling two thirds of the hold. Relief organizers note a record day in donations totaling $1045.89 at headquarters and $147,182.42 in cash. Refugee Belgians Aid workers, including young Chelsea residents, assist with fundraising as many communities send substantial clothing and goods.
Mrs. Curtis Guild reports letters from Petrograd and Warsaw describe extreme suffering across Russia. Soldiers receive only twenty cents a month in food and clothing while hundreds of thousands of civilians lack food and warmth in the harsh winter. Funds raised support destitute women and children, hospitals, and noncombatants through Russian Red Cross channels.
The general staff statement from Petrograd describes Dec 2 clashes on the Vistula and Pilica left bank with heavy German losses. It notes river crossings repulsed, nine Austrian quick-fire guns captured, and multiple enemy divisions driven back near Skrzynno, Przedborz, Rygice, Godlowo with numerous prisoners and casualties.
Berlin dispatch summarizes yesterday's combats along Nieuwport Ypres and Richebourg with English French attacks repulsed. It notes gains for Germany in some Argonne sectors and heavy losses for French in Albert and Compiegne areas, plus ongoing battles in Poland and Pilica across the Bzura and Rawka rivers. It also reveals an intercepted appendix to General Joffe's army order restricting press publication.
Cardinal Gasparri announces papal instructions directing Catholic bishops in belligerent nations to aid prisoners of war without regard to religion nationality or language. The guidance emphasizes universal humanitarian aid for captives amid the war.
A Paris dispatch quotes the French war office detailing artillery duels from the sea to the Lys and progress at Boureulles Beausejour Mount Calvaire and areas near Vauquois Avr. The report notes repulsed attacks gains east and west of Tracy le Val and 1500 yards of trenches at Perthes les Hurlus with continued action through the Argonne and Meuse sectors.
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