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Newspaper
Perth Amboy Evening News
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
1
An article excerpt describes Hungarian women pursuing extreme waist compression via tight lacing to achieve a slim figure. It notes temporary beauty in youth, but aged loss of shape and appeal, contrasting Hungarian tastes with Turkish and English ideals. The piece blends sensational commentary with social observation.
CATTLE supply tight with strong demand and varied prices. Prime beef posted around 6.20 to 7.10, veal calves near 8.00, and lighter calves around 5.28 to 6.40. HOGS receipts fair and market steady with primes at 5.90 to 6.45, heavies 5.0 to 5.9, lighter hogs 5.15 to 5.60, and roughs 4.60 to 5.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS supply tight with a steady night market, prime wethers about 4.50 to 4.76, culls 1.60 to 2.50, lambs 4.00 to 7.00.
New York markets report firm butter receipts at 11 010 packages with varied prices from 2c to 22a2c, cheese full cream prices 14 to 10 4a19c, eggs unsettled with white fancy at 48a10c and brown at 36a38c, live poultry heavy supplies with chickens 12c and turkeys 10al%c, dressed poultry dull yet firm with turkeys near 18a2c and squabs 1.50 to 4.50 per dozen, hay and straw firm with timothy 7c per hundred and clover 60a65c.
An advertisement asserts that today’s item would enhance any home and outshine others in the city. The copy emphasizes stylish appeal and practical value for buyers seeking upgrades.
Handsewn broadcloth coats with satin lining and Skinner’s A-1 satin trim marked at $25 now $18.50. Fine satin lined coats previously $15.98 drop to $12.98 with some styles reduced to $10.98. Limited quantities. shoppers urged to act.
The retailer slashes suit prices with tags at 12.98 and 11.48 alongside reduced 14.98 and 15.98, part of an across the board clearance. The promotion highlights 18.98 items now selling at lower price points.
Silk lined white Bertie and black lace items offered at 2.98 and 4.98 respectively. Promotion highlights bold fabrics and classic feminine silhouettes in a local shop notice.
A New Jersey commission delivering to Governor Fort calls for abolishing dark rooms and corporal punishment at the State Home For Girls in Trenton. It urges removing girls over seventeen from the institution and condemns flogging and rat infested confinement as punitive methods.
Representative Nicholas Longworth was the sole supporter of the cigarette tax in a bill to raise the impost in the District of Columbia to 100 dollars. His lone vote of "No" drew laughter and applause in the hall.
The article notes inviting guests to include a Please send list after R V P so a donor sends four articles ranging from one shilling to one thousand pounds for the bride to select. It adds a remark that well dressed crowds are often poorly behaved, citing London police experience with fashionable ladies.
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