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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1917
Page
4
Under favorable conditions it dries over night with a rich gloss finish that resists scratches. It does not obscure the grain of the wood and requires less ongoing care than wax or off finishes. Used on soft wood it mimics expensive hard woods and offers greater durability than ordinary varnish.
Rev Ignatius Conroy and Rev Raphael Grashoff led a St Rose parish mission on Mothers Love and Marys motherhood with sermons on self sacrifice. Masses at 6 8 and 10 am followed by Grashoff sermon and Papal Blessing. The Jubilee mission concludes at 7 30 pm with sodality reception and benediction.
A call to spend and avoid hoarding during war time urges Americans to support allies by circulating money. It asserts that government spending creates employment and prosperity, and cautions against cutting living standards. It emphasizes eating, dressing, and living within means to sustain business and national effort.
Special Monday sale itemizing Notions including guaranteed snap fasteners in various colors and sizes a dozen be superior twill tape four inch wide bolt five cents heavy skirt belting two to three inches wide ten yard bolt five hundred shoe trees steel spring with hardwood ends pair five cents real silk hair nets six for ten cents good quality pearl buttons three dozen for one dollar J P Coates best six cord spool cotton two hundred yard spools a dozen fifty four cents Lisle elastic web white only one yard eight cents narrow curved edge belting black and white one yard two cents minute shoe polish special Monday
A chinaware shop displays a fresh shipment of English Tea Pots featuring fireproof design in plain and decorated styles, with enamelled and mottled options. The lot comprises 25 dozen pots offered at 35 cents for the small size up to 1.75 dollars for the largest.
Irish tenor John McCormick delivers The Star Spangled Banner in a new Victor release priced at $1.00. The recording evokes enduring patriotism and LOVE of country as an American citizen. It invites listeners to add the track to their Victor Library for repeated play.
Underwear displays highlight quality and values with large assortments and strong selection facilities. Women’s elastic ribbed union suits in tight knee style with lace trim or envelope shape in sizes 34, 36 and 38 priced at 65c.
Hosiery selections from Duker assortments offer a perfect fitting durable hose at minimum cost. For spring and summer wear, men’s fibre silk hose in black white gray navy and Palm Beach fully guaranteed to give satisfactory wear. The pair costs 35 cents.
Exquisite curtain nets in filet stripes and all over effects in ecru or white, 36 inch width, 40c a yard, special at 25c a yard. Dainty white bordered curtain scrim in ecru and ivory offers economical curtains at 10c a yard during the sale.
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