22 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
1
Regular 3.00 waist samples and best Wash Sik items priced at 2.00. Organdie waist 9 and back and front embroidery. Linen waists 1.50 and 50c linen in white. Tailored linen with belt 1.39 worth 2.00. Wool sweaters in all colors and sizes for men women and children from 0.98 to 1.98 with heavy weave and new collar.
An old advertisement offers baby astrachan coats at 1.75 and 3.00, white infant coats 0.98, worsted dresses 1.25 to 1.48, best gingham and a 14 sizes dress range. Men’s overcoats priced 7.50, with air wool goods and silk Venetian lining, highlighting durable construction and lasting shape.
A public sale list shows clothing and footwear prices including sweaters from 50c to 2.48, dress shirts 39c to 98c, socks 10c to 25c, gloves 25c to 98c, suspender sets 25c, gun boots 2.79 to 3.48, men's overcoats 5.00 to 8.50, suits 4.98 to 5.98, boys suits up to 4.98, boys overcoats 1.75 to 3.98, suspenders and garters boxed 50, handkerchiefs boxed 25c, garters 10c to 26c, caps 25c to 98c, pants 98c to 1.98, shoes 1.48 to 3.48.
Boys overcoats priced from 1.98 to 3.98 feature options in sizes from 4 to 14 years. Styles include military collars with belts, blue and brown belts, and a gray herring bone design.
Petrograd dispatch reports German guns battering toward Warsaw from the west as Russian defenders hold the right bank of the Bzura. Air raids by aeroplanes and Zeppelins killed forty two and wounded many as Warsaw suffers, trains ferry troops east and food dwindles amid siege conditions.
Berlin reports German troops captured Skierniewice, a key Polish railroad hub forty miles from Warsaw, signaling a 30 mile advance since Lods. The town links three railways to Warsaw, Lodz, and Lowier, signaling strategic breakthrough amid a large Carpathian battle.
The Hague dispatch reports German losses in killed, wounded, and missing reaching 800,000 from November data, with December not yet listed. Travelers say German supply reserves are running low, especially petrol, and a Ninth Army Corps commander at Hamburg orders petrol use cutback and substitution with alcohol.
Emperor William plans to spend Christmas with his troops, despite physician advice, amid reports of his recovery and return to the front. Dispatches claim he fully recovered and met Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg at Bellevue. Rumors swirl of a sunk German cruiser off Scotland with damaged British destroyers.
Allied forces led by Belgian French and British troops launched a major offensive against German lines in Belgium and France. Artillery pounded fortified positions while infantry attacked across the front, with gains reported along the 300 mile front though no decisive breakthrough yet. Reports from Paris claim advances from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier and stubborn German resistance persists at several sectors.
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