Bring Summer to the Home Fashions at the Silk and China Store
A catalog of summer gift ideas and women’s apparel with price notes. Brassieres in white and flesh tones from 85 cents to $1.50. garters, armbands, and fancy hose supports. Georgettes and crepe de chine blouses priced from $3.95 to $12.50. Boudoir shoes and slippers in satin with embroidery, $3 to $5. Carriage boots with fur-topped satin and non-slip soles feature on the second floor. A Newport Loop handle appears among novelty gift ideas. In the China Store basement a flower setting guide inspires summer home decor using sweet peas and other flowers with a china bird accent.
Windsor Phonograph and Fashion Accessories Ad
An ad highlights the Windsor Phonograph as a high quality, stylish talking machine with varied Windsor designs and Disc Records, urging shoppers to visit the Read Furniture Gallery on the fourth floor. It promotes Marabout scarves and muffs, offering prices from five to twelve dollars and noting Ostrich Collarettes and trimming items on the main floor.
Gowns and Holiday Boxes Packed With Fashions
Holiday boxes hold waist and dress patterns including Charmeuse Satin and Taffeta in multiple shades for street and evening wear. Prices range from $1.25 to $3.00 for fabrics and accessories. Offers include raincoats for children, furs, petticoats, and assorted gift novelties across floor displays and millinery sections.
Distinctive Motor Rugs Offered at Read House Display
The Read House presents a selection of distinctive motor rugs including Forbes Huntington-Stuart Gordon and Black Watch plaids praised for Highland heart. Prices range from $9.00 to $13.75 with extra heavy heavy wool robes at $25. A service wagon with two shelves for dining room removal is shown, priced at $10 to $15 depending on finish.
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Forbes
Huntington-Stuart
Gordon
D N Read Co Women to March for Price Legislation
Springfield paper reports a planned D N Read Co protest march to the state house. Women plan to urge the governor’s commission investigating high prices to consider legislation aimed at removing a “nigger in the woodpile” obstruction while wearing ragged attire in the parade. A separate item notes a 550 dollar Fox Trot prize and a Boston famine awareness push.
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State House
Springfield
Mass
Boston
Ida Hebbard
Margaret
Sexton rejoins Utah National Guard at Nogales border
Sexton Vincent Sexton former Stratord newspaperman left his home yesterday to rejoin a Utah National Guard company stationed at Nogales Ariz. He had journeyed west to Honolulu and later worked on Los Angeles San Francisco and Salt Lake City papers. He served as a World War II era war correspondent for the New York World and also acted in films.
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S. Vincent Sexton
Stratford
Utah National Guard
Nogales
Ariz
Mr. Sexton
Honolulu
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York World
New York Herald Preview for December 17 Sunday
The New York Herald teases an upcoming Sunday issue with a suite of articles. It highlights “A Cure for a Lonesome Town,” “New York's Craze for Costume Balls,” and “Aviation as a Remedy for Traffic Congestion” as featured reads.
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New York Herald
New York
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China
Windsor
Sor
Read Furniture Gallery
Children’s Furs
Heatherbloom
Taffeta
Kriss Kringle
Santa Claus
Read House
Highlands
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Read
D.N Read Co
Myer Bloom
Miss Comer
Bloom
Jena
Winsted
Sandisfield
W. N. Clark
Sexton
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