Clothing Prices to Soar Still More Next Spring
Charles E. Wry of the National Association of Retail Clothiers said prices will rise next spring as members plan further advances to maintain profits. He cited postwar jumps with popular suits moving from 25 dollars before the war to 50 dollars now and expected to reach 60 or more.
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Charles E. Wry
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Association
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wry
Bat
Baby Bonds and Baby Beef in Bobby Youngs Plan
A youth named Bobby Young, later Robert Young Jr., envisions Baby Beef funded by Baby Bonds from War Savings Stamps. His father recalls farm sayings as Bobby links stamps to stock purchases and a future feeding project. Savings were kept in a tin box under attic boards.
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Bobby Young
Bob
Robert Young, Jr
Four tobacco farms for sale near Lexington with bids welcome
On the Georgetown and Lexington interurban road seven miles from Lexington lie four tracts totaling 90 90 128 and 54 acres. Each includes barns tenant houses water fencing and cultivated tobacco land with top investment appeal. Selling without reserve by J W Cecil and W T Swango auctioneer Colonel Bolivar Bond Southern Land Co. owners Cecil and Swango authorization bids rain or shine.
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J. W. Cecil
W. T. Swango
Bolivar Bond
Southern Land Co
Cecil and
Swango
Bob's Baby Bonds and Beef Scheme Triumphs in School Tale
A country boy hides a tin box full of Baby Bonds and saves through self denial to December. A Wyoming uncle promises match funds and pledges support for his beef venture. Christmas Eve plans unfold as the boy and kin pursue savings, bonds, and Shorthorn beef. Candy ads interrupt the homey scene.
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Bob
Victor
Newhouse
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Goodloe
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McCowan & Hensley
Lewis & Cook
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Elmer Haines
C. T. Adair
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W. S. Watts
Franklin County
Jessie
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W. M. Parrish
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Miss Holiday’s
Lloyd’s Cafe
Strother Motors Co
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