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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
4
The advertisement lists new misses suits in silk jersey wool velour checks Gros de Londre and taffeta combined with serges and gabar dine. Prices range from 25 to 75 dollars with selections at 29.75 37.50 and 75 dollars.
Meyer Jonasson & Co announces new misses coats for Friday and Saturday. Priced at 15 for sport coats in wool Jersey, belted chinchilla and novelty mixtures, plus 25 for wool coats including Faille Poplins Poiret Twills and Gros de Londre Silk styles. Daily arrivals in misses and women’s coats.
Six styles headline the misses dress section featuring guaranteed taffeta and georgette combinations. Some tailored models and semi dressy designs priced at 19.75 dollars, with hundreds of other fashionable dresses in Sport Jersey Cloths, Georgette Satin, Gros de Londre, Voiles, Taf feta and Taffeta variations, Soft Crepe Weaves and Net.
The display highlights Pussy Willow Taffeta Georgette Crepe Net and Striped Taffeta in multiple styles. Prices range from 5.95 to 19.75 with longer Russian Blouses in nets crepe satin at 16.75 19.75 and 25.00.
Penal Commissioner David B Shaw faced the City Council prison committee aboard the steamer Monitor after an inspection at Deer Island. The panel noted harsh claims of starvation rations and water shortages with a call for higher food intake while praising the master James H Burke. Shaw pressed for a full council review and recommended a $5000 appropriation for island building improvements.
Chairman Coleman and committee members refuse to reveal recommended action for Commissioner Shaw. Shaw may be allowed to defend himself before a final decision. Members privately predict Shaw's ouster before May 1, with the mayor ultimately deciding. Councillor James J. Storrow joins council duties, evaluating the tour as a food expert and noting the coffee as “fair railroad coffee.”
Patrick H Briggs 67 known as a cripple for six decades died of pneumonia in Harwich after losing use of his legs 60 years ago. He crawled on his hands and knees to get about town and spent much time dressing poultry for poultry men.
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