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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
7
A store display themed around men's gifts offers a wide range of neckwear. Silk and satin options feature brocaded patterns in royal Persian styles with prices from 65 cents to 3 dollars, highlighting full shaped ties and varied quality selections.
Local ad promotes pure Irish linen handkerchiefs at three for a dollar or per box three dollars for six. Half linen options priced at three for a dollar, with initial handkerchiefs listed at 25 and 35 cents.
Rich silk mufflers in beautiful color combinations priced from 1.50 to 3.00. A gift idea promising variety and value for shoppers seeking stylish accessories.
Advertisement notes a large stock and wide range of shirts with prices from 1.50 to 33.00. Silk shirts feature new designs and colors priced from 7.50 to 12.00.
Complete stock of gloves and mittens in tan and gray offered at 2.50 and 3.00 dollars. Driving gloves priced at 22.50 and 53 dollars. Mit tens noted. Large assortment of gloves and mittens starting at 35 cents up to 250 dollars.
An advertisement for pajamas describes heavy white channelette fabric, soft and warm, with frogs and hooks trimming. Prices range from 2.00 to 350.00.
Miss Clara Petiit visited Crown Point with nephew and returned home. Local social notes include visits by Mrs. Ora Hamill and Mrs. Ben Price Jr, and various guests at East High Street and West Broadway homes. News on church events, school crafts, and residents moving or visiting appears, with several short travel and visiting updates throughout the Monticello area.
Roagh’s Store promotes Christmas trade with early shopping calls for gifts. The reach includes ties suspenders shoes and hosiery for men and women, plus kerchiefs collars and cuffs, inviting customers to visit and mingle with friends during the season.
The column covers a cold spell and roses in bloom, health trips to Arizona for Mrs. Mitchell, and social events hosted by Mrs. C B Dwyer and Mrs Clift Gardner. It notes John Wert returning from Michigan to visit family, missionary meeting at Mrs. Andersons home, Estel Wright a bride elect hosting a dinner party, and Leta Gardner planning a Christmas party for local ladies. County trains resume after coal disruptions and local news on subscriptions, accidents, Royal Neighbor officers, and Indiana veteran Schuyler Mewrer pursuing vocational studies at Indiana University.
Sergeant Robinson and five men from Camp Grant NL leave for Lafayette and Indiana, Iowa, and Illinois to recruit for Camp Orrant, traveling by motor truck with a hut. The group, from Rensselaer, is one of sixteen such teams aiding Camp Grant recruitment. They will head to Indianapolis next, likely staying a month.
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