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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
2
Weekend discounts feature 42 inch linings and spe lin items in the Men’s Department. Night robes priced at 60 to 75 cents. Suits in wool and cotton all weights range 75 cents to 2 dollars. Boys wearables and men’s 75 cent serge trousers promoted.
An ad lists girls and ladies footwear with prices from two to two fifty dollars. Styles include Kid Congress Comfort Shoes plain toe and flat for ages 12, Kid button shoes with Cuban heel, Misses button shoes, and other serviceable options. Sizes range up to 11% to 2 with specialty finishes and patent tips.
Readable catalog fragment lists carpet department items including velvet or Axminster rugs at 2.50 each and couch covers at 1.39. Special linoleum and oil cloth pieces priced from 1 to 6 yards, Beacon Indian Robe patterns and blankets, and a Beacon bath robe option priced at 2.98 with 27 inch wide flannel robes at 35 cents per yard.
The article explains that in infants massage can reshape noses as bones are pliable, while in adults surgery is the main option though costly. It advises gentle fingertip pressure from bridge to tip to reduce breadth and widen a short nose, and discusses remedies for gum strength and hollow cheeks with reader questions and a skin-care recipe.
A column mixes fur fad notes on beaver nutria fox pelts with a World War I battlefield report. It recounts German artillery at fortifications, Russian retreat chaos, and officer neglect, ending with a plug for Elizabeth Jordan's article in Every Week.
Berlin dispatch describes Kowno as an empty shell with forts and batteries intact. The Meme River ridges store vast ammunition while remaining inhabitants suffer destitution. Evidence of discipline failures and alleged immorality among retreating Russian troops is noted by observers and captured soldiers. Forts I II and Battery IV are described as well armed despite the city’s empty appearance.
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