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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1922
Page
2
An eclectic column laments modern disorientation and scientific intrusions on peaceful past routines. It contrasts old farming life with new discoveries while advertising bedsheets and fabrics as durable bargains, listing Utica Hemmed Sheets and assorted crepe de chine and taffeta items with prices to entice shoppers.
Silk gowns crepe de chine and lace trimmed undergarments in flesh blue orchid and white, with teddies and chemises. Muslin garments in plain or trimmed styles, all-white and voile options. Union suits and camisoles featured, with several price tiers from 99 cents to 7.95 for larger sizes and complete ensembles.
A damaged OCR snippet shows irregular phrases about handwritten items and decorative goods. It references fine white material and decorative glass or jewelry items, with terms suggesting a shop display or catalog style listing. Entities are unclear due to the fragmentary text.
The Pictorial Review offers a reduced rate with one year now 150 dollars and two years at 33 dollars, down from two smaller former prices. Ladies' Home Journal subscriptions fall to 1.50 from 2.00, inviting readers to renew or start new memberships.
Advertisement notes a front lace Gossard corset in fine pin striped coutil, designed for the average figure with medium skirt and elastic hip sections. Mentions pricing hints of 6.50 and 475 pack, with sizes 10.
An advertisement describes Royal Worcester garments priced at 89 cents and one dollar. The item is in back inee style with fine paintable detail, dainty embroidery, a low bust and medium skirt, and rustproof broning. Available in size 28.
An advertisement describes Gassard Corsets priced at 3.50 and 2.75 dollars. The mare torso is tailored for average figures with top three inches above waistline, long hip with elastic back, using Everlast cloth and offered in sizes 24 to 22.
A dated price sheet lists various white fabrics with prices per yard or unit. Items include White Silk at 2.89, White Radium AG wide 1.79, White Dress Taffeta 3.00, White Canton Crepe 1.50, White Crepe Sam Ingles wide 1.25, White Habatai wide 1.82 2.19 2.49, White Baronette Satin 2.00, White Sport Satin 1.50, and White Crepe da China 0.98.
A fragmented catalog lists fabrics including Black Silk, Goetz Chiffon, Satin Crepe, and Charméuse with widths from 36 to 40 inches and prices ranging roughly from 1.06 to 3.30 dollars. Several OCR quirks appear, showing inconsistent spellings and missing letters. The item entries include Black Silk, Black Goetz Chiffon Taffeta, Black Heavy Charmeuse, Black Satin Crepe, and Canton Crepe among others.
Classified fabric ad lists white longcloth in 12 yard pieces for undergarments nightgowns and baby clothes with prices per piece or per yard. Various widths 36 inches and 38 inches feature bargains on Nainrook and Windsore patterns, including pajama checks and baby fabrics with multiple price points.
Boxed stationery items attract attention at a street floor display. Antosled Stilés Vy offers 14 percent off selected products, drawing shoppers to compare stationery sets and notebooks.
A garbled listing describes fing linen fabric in multiple weights and widths 36 and 41 inches. Mentions bleached white fabric and prices around 1.79 to 2.00 with oblique references to stores and models. Text is heavily corrupted with many misspellings and misread names, yielding unclear entities.
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