Suits for Ladies and Misses in Various Fabrics
A compact fashion notice highlights handsome styles for ladies and misses. It notes broadcloths gabardines and poplins among fabrics used for tailored suits and smart outfits.
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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1917
Page
6
A compact fashion notice highlights handsome styles for ladies and misses. It notes broadcloths gabardines and poplins among fabrics used for tailored suits and smart outfits.
A brief catalog note lists plushes velours broad cloths and mixtures for ladies misses and children with prices and styles in a compact advertising block from the local paper.
Local shop advertises a New Year sale featuring mink, fox, raccoon, seal, skunk and other furs for ladies misses and children. Bright display and affordable prices promise stylish warmth for the season.
Elegant range of dresses made of taffeta, messaline, 7 French serge and more for street or evening wear. Serges, poplins, gabarines, broadcloths in black and colors, trimmed or plain, in all sizes. Bargain prices available.
Columbus readers record a flurry of Christmas visits and family gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Baker spent Christmas with the Duttons, while many locals hosted relatives including Miss Ruth Mixer and Mrs. George Akom visiting Corry. James Woodburn died yesterday morning, and several residents are planning moves and travel in the week ahead as community ties are highlighted in a holiday context.
A cluttered classifieds page lists items for sale including furniture, clocks, beds, a piano, a horse, and farm equipment, alongside rental notices and a few unrelated notices. Several entries mention contact methods and locations, with dates and prices scattered amid typographical errors and garbled phrases.
Washington dispatch reports Camp Bowie Texas and Camp Doniphan Oklahoma facing disease outbreaks and equipment shortages but commanders say epidemics are under control and supplies adequate. Yet they warn of past deaths that could have been prevented with proper clothing tents hospital facilities and sanitation. Officers also note ample ordnance and Allied artillery loans, with motor trucks and lumber shortages as primary gaps.
R E Palmer Co at 100 E Main St promotes Singer sewing machines and Pathe records with Sapphire Ball needle replacements. They advertise Suk Floss Mattresses, enamel beds, cedar chests, and various furniture items, tout low prices, easy terms, free house trials, and trade-ins. Prices range from modest spools to several-dollar items, with emphasis on value and yearly price increases.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a large ship and day actions, with scattered references to wartime duties, maintenance, and possible maritime operations. The text is highly corrupted, but hints at shipboard activity and a sequence of maintenance or order. No clear names or dates are readable.
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