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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
3
Investment now for months ahead as prices rise, with $10 and $18.50 suits in Palm Beach styles. Kuppenheimer and Hart Schaffner & Marx offer fashion, durability, and service in gray blue brown mixtures and tropical fabrics. Main floor rear.
Ridgefield records show a lively Republican caucus at the town hall with Valaden as chairman. Delegates named for the 24th district convention include James J. Ryan and Samuel A. Coe. Other items note an Hour of Music, an undersea boats lecture by J. Harrington, a flag raising, and 1918-1919 town expense estimates. Garden thefts and a lightning fire at Philip Bayne’s house are also reported.
Tomorrow night at the first Methodist church Pastor G M Brown will discuss The War and the Working Man focusing on the worker’s value to the war and the need for all manpower in the fight. Morning service at 11 will include the Lord's Supper. Red Cross volunteers report strong activity with garments and knitted goods due by September 1 and ongoing sewing for surgical dressings and first aid items for the trenches.
Women greet these winning new shoes with graceful appeal and comfort. Fine gray kidskin with a feathered French heel, metal plate under top lift to prevent wear, priced at $9. Dark tan and tan calf laced options shown, broad toe and low heels.
Speedy rackets offer lower prices across many models from top makers. Ranges show reductions from ten to twelve dollars down to about one dollar. Stores highlight options for experts and beginners alike on the fourth floor with old and new price points listed.
Nimble fingers finished making crepe waists in new styles now ready for keen buyers at a special price. Crepe de chine and Georgette waists feature white flesh navy and black options. Second floor poh yee price noted at 3.50 with other items listed at 2.85 and 2.35.
A local sale offers women’s sweaters including sleeveless Shetland and sailor collar styles. Bright cheerful colors, soft warm yarns, previously priced at $4.50 and $5, now dropped to $3.25 to clear stock.
Women’s rich silk stockings in cordovan and African brown shades highly desired and widely available. Full-fashioned silk at $1.50, fine silk with risle top and foot, Lisle seamless stockings 37 to 50 cents. School stockings for boys and girls ribbed cotton 35 cents, heavy rib 50 cents. White cashmere for children 50 cents. Left aisle rear.
For gym use at college and home, bloomers in blue serge $3.50, khaki $2, white galatea $1. Wringer value noted with time and labor savings and 1 to 5 year guarantees. Several wringer styles priced from $3.95 to $8.00, fourth floor.
An ad promotes special petticoats for one dollar featuring deep pleated floriece and a fitted elastic waist band. The lustrous sateen fabric comes in purple, Kelly green, navy, Belgian, and black and is presented as a strong value, originally selling for about a dollar fifty.
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