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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
5
Great demand drives a season’s supply purchase of muslin underwear. Early buyers secure the best prices on skirts with Hamburg or lace trimming, lace winings, and white dotted Swiss remnants. Weeklong sale offers include white waistings and fancy striped dimities at reduced yard prices.
Nation Department Store advertises hair brushes at 76 6 cents each, Marcel dressings and waving irons 69c and 25c respectively, curling irons in all styles 5c, linen shirts 4.00, white poplin suits 8.98, embroidered collars 25c, silk stock collars 9c or 3 for 25c, turnover collars 46c or 3 for 10c, kimonas 29c, ginghams 12 1 2c yard, wide fabrics 10c yard.
An old classified item notes fabric remnants and yardage with prices for 19 cents per yard and 8 cents per yard, touting tapestry pillow tops and a brace of bales from Shackford. The fragmentary text suggests a general sale listing fabric lengths and discounted textiles with dealer remarks.
Advertisement notes basement sale items at Maynard Store. Highlights include glass pitchers 25c, glass tumblers 19c for set of six, chocolate pots cracker jars on sauce dishes 10c, and a waist department sale on lawn sleeves priced 59c each, with items originally 786 to 1.00.
Men’s department offers sample hose in black and patterns at 19c regular 25c. Extra values include underwear 24s per item, shirts and drawers 25c each, better grade foulard revere silk ties, and white shirts for hot days.
A fragment describes a Jewelry Department display with a White Embroidered belt featuring gilt and pearl buckles offered at 25 cents this week.
Public notice announces weekly economy bulletin items offered at cost or less for the advertised week only. Prices highlighted as moderate inducement aim to attract patrons and the general public.
Marlboro residents engage in varied activities from illness to casual visits. John Feeley and Henry McCabe are mentioned with illnesses, while John F. Hennessy of Boston and M. B. Nash visit town. Several locals attend concerts at the White City, and Miss Marjorie Blandin takes a vacation from the Diamond M factory.
In New York, Thaw defense wins a writ of prohibition from Justice Blanchard to stop the district attorney and the July grand jury from taking further sworn depositions. The move alleges improper use of subpoenas and notes that Thaw, indicted already, faces no new murder indictment. Mrs. Thaw met Olcott as the firm considers resuming the defense.
In Aix La Chapelle on July 14 the sarcophagus of Charlemagne was opened by order of Emperor William to inspect two cloths and relics found to be intact with three documents dated 1481 1483 and 1581. The fabrics include a tenth century piece with four elephants. The sarcophagus was first opened in 1000 by Otto III.
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