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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
3
The piece highlights smocking as a popular needlework and trim for smocked blouses and children’s dresses. It notes a Butterick Dressmaking class running from June 3rd to June 80th in the store, alongside ads for men’s silk hose and Munsing Union suits.
A catalog-style listing shows various fabrics and products with unit prices and details. Items include bleached sheets, sheeting, pillow tubing, crepe, cretonne, damask, muslin, linen, and table coverings with prices ranging from 10c to $1.00 and widths noted in inches.
An advertisement urges buyers that American Lady Corsets offer lasting value with advanced authentic designs and the best materials. It invites readers to view the window display and visit on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday to take advantage of a $1.50 corset offer.
The ad lists white canvas sneakers with flexible soles at 3.00 value and Oxfor ds and pumps priced from 199 to 200, with sizes limited. Colonial pumps in patent and gun metal and child barefoot sandals are also offered at 8 inches and 105.
Richmond observes the Confederate veterans silver jubilee with the cornerstone laid for an enduring Stonewall Jackson memorial. Maj. William A. Anderson delivers the oration as Gen. Bennett H. Young and Gov. Stuart attend. The airtight historical papers are placed beneath the cornerstone for preservation. The city is festooned with flags and buntings as the final day honors Jackson.
Morning session saw planning for the New York biennial by Mrs. Francis D. Everett and Miss Mary G. Hay predicting a large attendance. A Home Economics division discussed government efforts, with Dr. M H Marvin and Dr. Lillian C. Irwin citing wage law benefits. Dr. Starr Jordan to close with a talk on Women and the Peace Movement.
Washington June 4 Three quarters of a billion dollars is the annual tax on wage workers from sickness through lost wages and medical expenses. A federal commission report cites health-poor workers bear the brunt, with nine days lost per ear and half of workers below healthy living incomes. The study links poverty and sickness to unemployment and broader economic costs.
Advertisement notes paper prices including 2 8 4 and 5 cents per roll and highlights a line of golds at 5 cents. Promotes saving money on any grade of paper and directs readers to Eylers at 30 North Centre Street.
London reports King George, aged 50, marks his birthday amid wartime strain. With the heir and other royals abroad at sea and on land, the event proceeds without pomp. A Territorial battery fired a royal salute, Windsor observed noon salutes, and major reviews were canceled due to the war.
Reginald Bradbury, a former Louisville railroad worker, was arraigned for trial on the April 25 wife murder of Josephine Bradbury. He vanished after the shooting, was found weeks later in Tennessee, and may claim the shooting was an accident while handling a revolver.
The Illinois Public Utilities Commission heard arguments in Springfield on whether jitneys are public utilities requiring a certificate of convenience and necessity. The Jacksonville Street Railway Company seeks to compel Jacksonville L. F. O'Donnell Motor Company to fall under commission control to curb unregulated competition.
The cap defense yacht Resolute, hauled out at Herreshoff yards since September, was lowered over the side yesterday and is being prepared for races with the sloop Vanitie later this month.
St Louis on June 4 Lee Meadows a Miller Huggins right hander was fined ten dollars by umpire Byron for showing amusement at balls and strikes during a Pittsburgh game. The protest letter to National League president Tener led to the fine being overturned.
Steel barges operated by John H. Bernhardt of the Mississippi River Transportation Co New Orleans will run between St Paul and New Orleans on the Mississippi River in August. Civic workers in St Paul push to promote river traffic between the two cities.
David Orr, a veteran baseball first baseman for the Columbus American Association team in 1889 and later for the Brooklyn Nationals, died suddenly of heart disease Wednesday night at his niece Mrs. Harry Britton's home in Richmond Hill.
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