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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
12
Invites to shop for the new season with ready-to-wear apparel for girls misses and small women. Stores boast extensive assortments at the season’s start, promising greater satisfaction and value for shoppers.
A one day Saturday sale offers straight and circular veils in filet octagon and fancy meshes with chenille borders and hand run borders. Available in black white magpie tan navy and blue at 69 cents.
Timely offers tomorrow feature long list of discounted toilet goods. Items include Ivory Hair Brushes 2.50, Cutex Manicure Sets 1.25, Castile Soap 15c cakes at 25c, Jergen's Toilet Soap 5c cakes at 25c, Williams' Toilet Water 50c bottle at 35c, and various brushes, nail files, tonics, and disinfectants at reduced prices.
Bargain prices listed for assorted confections including dates stuffed with pecans at 50c per pound, almonds at 38½c, jelly beans 10c per pound, chocolates 80c per pound, cinnamon hearts 20c per pound, cream mints 20c per pound, lozenges 20c per pound, peanut brittle 20c per pound, fudge 20c per pound, and hand dipped bonbons 20c per pound.
In this day of high paper costs Lyric Linen offers a quality linen finished correspondence paper at 84 sheets per pound. It suits the long narrow envelope with Lyric Linen Envelopes 50 for 25c. Irish Poplin box and Dennison's New Letter Wax also advertised with prices and colors.
E. P. Lipscomb urged San Antonio to secure next year’s national rifle shoot, establish military training in public schools, and host another civilian training camp. At the City Club luncheon at the Gun ter hotel, Lipscomb promoted the rifle-range legacy and introduced new members amid a large attendance and special arrangements by the entertainment committee.
A catalog listing notable wartime and historical works including Raymond or Life and Death by Sir Oliver Lodge and The War of Democracy by Lloyd George, with prices. Also featured are spring fiction titles such as In the Wilderness and The Cruise of Jasper B, plus a six volume set of Oscar Wilde works and other novels by Tarkington and Wilson.
A special purchase brings Crepe Silk Handkerchiefs in 25c and 35c values to 17c. About 1500 pieces available tomorrow in new sport effects fancy prints and novelty colors. Some feature French turned hems others have hemstitched edges. Choice 7c.
Full display of ground cork linoleum in twelve patterns. Not remnants. standard quality 75c to 85c now 69c per square yard. Quantities ample for kitchens bedrooms baths dining stores and offices. Bring floor measurements for coverage and view full rolls on second floor.
A generous assortment of round sofa pillows offered in colorful cretonnes and fancy silks with shirred finishes. Bright cheerful colorings to brighten a room or porch. Priced at 1.98 dollars each.
A catalog of white canvas boots in styles from plain toe to Louis XV heel, lace pumps and arrow pumps priced mostly at $4.00. Also offers spring oxfords and boots from $4.00 to $15.00 and washable white kid boots ranging $10.00 to $13.50, with ivory and pearl gray lace options and straw kid variants.
Readable catalog notes extensive spring dresses coats and middy outfits for children and youths. Items include girls 14 to 18 coats 5 to 35 dollars, middy skirts 98 cents to 1.48, party dresses 17.50 to 57.50, voile and organza dresses 5 to 30, and coats for juniors 15 to 65 dollars.
Broad varieties of the new Bead Necklaces in Hawaiian shades in high demand priced at 50c 1.00 and 1.50 each.
New linen blouses feature plain white and colored options with large pearl buttons and snap py models of tub silks in stripes. Crepe blouses with khaki collar styling and white cuffs available. Prices range from $2.48 to $10.00.
Joske's store promotes a hosiery sale amid rising costs, offering three pairs for 1.00 on several styles. The ad lists cadet hose in mercerized silk lisle and cotton blends, gauze silk fish, and Onyx fiber silk varieties in black and white. The offer emphasizes old prices before further price increases and urges customers to buy for the coming season.
An old advert claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains quinine and iron in a tasteless form. The note advertises a 60 cent price and asserts the formula is printed on every label.
The Texas State Conservation and Reclamation Association will hold its largest Texas meeting Saturday at 10 o'clock in the Gunter hotel. Officials say the constitutional amendment for reclaiming large areas will be discussed and a voter education campaign planned for the August 21 special election. An officer called the amendment the most important event since the declaration of independence and urged broad public participation.
A fragment notes someone interested in conservation is invited to be present. Other lines mention Tom as an expert in self-defense and Edith proposing quickly, but the readable text centers on the invitation and ensuing curiosity.
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