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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
3
The Women’s Corner urges housewives to buy with care and exactness to curb waste and manipulation. It argues careless purchasing by housewives fosters dishonesty in manufacturers and retailers and advises demanding full measures with specific weights or quantities.
Practical kitchen primer outlines scalloped oysters and oyster broth soup with tomato additions, plus potato rolls and baked crusted bread stuffing. It details cornbread style potato crusts, Swiss chard with eggs, and a chilled salad dressing with cream cheese garnish for a complete mid century home menu.
John and Edward Baker, brothers living in East Prussia, will receive a letter from their mother’s hometown, less than thirty miles away, after it travels 12,000 miles because a German front line lies between them and their maternal home.
Advertises a special sale featuring ladies gray top lace boots patent vamp plain toe valued at $2.00 per pair. Also offers gun metal, colonial or patent Mary Jane styles and patent Mary Jane two strap pumps valued at $2.50 or $3.00 during the sale.
The ad promotes children and misses gun metal button shoes with wearlife details and a sale price implying $1.98 with a $2.00 value. Infants' kid button shoes with patent leather tip and wedge heel offered in sizes 5 to 6 as part of the sale.
A shopping page lists white silk dresses and coats, white silk fans with ivory sticks, and various silk fabrics in many shades. Prices range from half a dollar to about twenty dollars, with notes of crepe de chine and silk poplin, plus decorative white dresses and net fabrics.
Rear Admiral William Shepherd Benson, aged nearly sixty, has taken the post with strong backing from both conservatives and radicals in the service. Known as Dear Old Ben, he brings twenty-two years at sea with Arctic and African experience, and a reputation for dependable steady work. His rise avoids the swivel-chair brigade and signals Daniels preference for proven sea leaders. He is from Macon, Georgia, son of a Greek instructor.
A Variety of cleaning and storage items are advertised as special prices. Wizard triangle polishing mops, two easy polish and dust mops, cedar triangle mop, paper cleaner, wire carpet beaters, waste paper baskets, Willow clothes baskets in small medium and large, Reed sulkeys with rubber tires and collapsible handle all shown with discounted prices.
The ad lists numerous carpet and rug deals with various sizes and styles including reversible matting rugs 9x12, couch covers, velvet Axminster and Crex rugs in multiple sizes, and bamboo porch screens all offered as special buys with low prices.
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