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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
4
A nationwide Red Cross relief effort expands as wartime demands rise. Volunteers coordinate blood drives, first aid training, and shipment of medical supplies through regional chapters, urging public support and donations to sustain essential services.
A rambling first person narrative chronicles a warm morning with milking a cow, a near fall from a window, bickering with a father figure, yard antics, and plans for a party. It intertwines local life with mentions of workers, a brickyard, and a missing person notice flagged at the end.
A very special offering highlights dresses coats and suits with sizes down to seven for twenty dollars and up coats and suits priced at twenty seven fifty. Rosary beads come in white crystal sapphire amethyst opaline amber and more from fifty cents to two dollars and seventy five cents. Pearl beads in a wide assortment range from dainty strings to high quality graduated beads priced from one dollar to thirty five dollars.
Jewelry and accessories feature jet beads and crystal accents. Chains, necklaces, bracelets, velvet collars, and Whitby jet pieces are highlighted with black pendants and cameos. Main floor display showcases dark amethyst and crystal combos.
Bonnets and carriage caps in corduroy and white, straw hats for older children, and a wide range of coats and cloaks in French cut styles. Bloomer dresses in ginghams and chambrays, plaid designs. boys suits in Middy and Trench styles. The store presents Easter ready apparel as Bridgeport welcomes spring.
Read House advertises exclusive Meadow Brook suits in Serge Poirot Twills and Scotch Tweeds priced from 27.50 to 55.00. Limited availability due to material conservation, with belts Norfolk suits and printzess options noted. Also lists novelties, hats, handbags, and confections in Second Floor and Main Floor displays.
The notice lists Al-important Braids War Officers styles: Brown Braid half inch for sleeve bands, brown and black tubular braids quarter inch for overcoat stripes, Hercules braids in silk in black navy blue green and brown, suitable for coat and dress trimmings, plus duplex braids for binding.
Spring models in leathers and trims appear in Piazza Section main floor with gray brown patent calf priced 12.00 5.00. New tassels bands edges and silver trims featured along with white canvas patent kid and other leathers. Also copper buttons notional stock and silk lisle stockings in limited sizes offered at special prices 39 cents.
The advertisement extols Japanese silk and crepe de chine garments for travel and long wear, noting silk lasts twice as long as cotton and folds compactly. It highlights gowns, envelopes, chemises, camisoles, bodices, satin items, and heatherbloom and lateen petticoats with special spring prices and anticipated price increases.
New arrivals include soft Negligee Shirts with laundered cuffs in sizes 14 to 16 and percale versions at 1.15. Waverly Shirts feature stripes and double French cuffs. Prices range from 1.00 to 3.00 with satin gre n ard appeal. Cheney Tubulars and thread silk hose add dressy options, plus a range of handkerchiefs in linen and silk.
An advertisement describes Crane's Linen Lawn as exquisite quality. The ad notes a narrow top panel with a pastel picture of a white cottage in a green yard and a gateway to a country house. Price listed: $1.50 a box.
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