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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
10
In a catalog style listing the store promotes children’s fast black seamless hosiery and wool options at 48¢ per pair or 5 to 9 sizes up to 20¢. The offer includes richly colored tasselled pillow slips with tapestry effects, advertised as 25¢ value at a special price, highlighting varied fabrics and sizes for girls wear and home decor.
A sale listing highlights pretty red and grey all wool eiderdown house lacque in small sizes. Wave quality and values include special price offers with 1.2 percent and 49 cents in the mix. Women’s ready to don items and salon ready pieces are mentioned in passing.
A local advertisement promotes Kiecinerts and Ome Dress Shields in sizes 2 3 and 4 with discounts Friday only offering five pairs for ten. It markets Challies Twisted Cloth waists kimono and dress fabrics for girls and women, including plaids and double fold fabrics priced from 50 to 65 cents per yard.
Sweden selects Miss Lundström of Stockholm as its beauty queen following the Chicago led trend. The piece notes Marguerite Frey of Denver as American winner and describes Sweden’s national enthusiasm, with pictures from cities and towns, and contrasts blond versus brunette beauty standards across Europe. It also touches on matrimonial agency fraud investigations and recalls a Joliet prison life study claiming inmates live longer than free citizens under strict discipline.
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