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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
3
A newspaper note on the debut of the full skirt highlights its very short and wide form giving wearers a juvenile look and blurring lines between ages. It cites three graceful frocks for girls sixteen or seventeen in soft cashmere dove gray with sapphire velvet accents and matching sashes.
A reader requested recipes including chili con carne with suet and onions, tomato base, and paprika. Also included are tomato macaroni with garlic butter sauce, veal mix, and baked eggs with cheese with cream and crumbs. Desserts show raspberry juice and almond flavored mold with whipped cream.
A $200000 building for the Philadelphia district Methodist activities was formally opened today with four bishops and church leaders in attendance. The center will host the mission publication Sunday school and other church boards.
Under the Authors' Club auspices a notable sale of autographed manuscripts and first editions of famed American writers opened in New York on May 20. Proceeds aid Belgian sufferers, with a collection spanning past and present luminaries.
Ladies' gray top lace boot with patent vamp and plain toe valued at $2.00 leads a special sale. Also featured are gun metal, colonial or patent Mary Jane styles, season's newest models valued at $3.00 and patent Mary Jane or gun metal two strap pumps at $2.50.
Census Bureau and Bureau of Immigration estimate 2,603,776 Germans born in the United States. The report details 1910 and 1900 figures, regional concentrations, and the distribution of German origin across states. It notes a decline in German immigration since 1914 and lists top states by German-born populations.
A list of fabric and dress items with sale prices includes 26 inch Messaline at $1.00, 36 inch Taffeta Silk at $1.00, White Dresses trimmed with lace and net ranging up to $19.98, and White Crepe de Chine dresses priced to $19.98. Also mentions White Coats at $7.98.
Newport News May 20 The retiring moderator Dr W J Martin called to order the fifty fifth general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The full body filled the First Presbyterian church for the convening as the opening sermon was preached by Rev Dr J B Thacker the assembly's evangelist.
Classified: 50c Wizard triangle polishing mops at 50c each, 1.50 for two mops, 69c cedar triangle mop, 10c wire carpet beaters, 19c waste paper baskets, willow clothes baskets in small to large sizes from 1.00 to 6.50, reed sulkeys with rubber tires and collapsible handles priced up to 5.00.
A catalog listing carpet and rug deals with Crex and Bembo porch screens. Items include 9x12 and 27x54 rugs with patterns on both sides or plain faces, couch covers, and bamboo or rambo porch screens in various widths. Prices range from under a dollar to about eight dollars, with multiple “special” notes.
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