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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1922
Page
11
A garbled advert describes Spanish laces embroidered garments and filet laces with prices like six dollars and forty one dollars per yard. It mentions eyelets undergarments, decorative patterns, and assorted fabrics but lacks clear product names or coherent details.
Dainty sheer blouses for spring crafted from batiste and voile feature tuxedo collars and hematite embroidery in new effects. Very smart, offered at 2.95 dollars.
New Cinderella and Tene Castle prints on crepe de chine in light and dark grounds feature pastel colorings. A heavy crepe de chine option at $293.40 offers fashionable silk and wool blends in crepe effect, 40 inch width. Also advertised plain silk drapery with striped and plaid designs in 40 inch width at $4.95.
Fashioned from solid cotton ratine and fine gins, these tub fabrics come in 59¢ 96 inch widths and 40 inch widths with vibrant color blends. Styles showcase large block effects suited to sport frocks and skirts, with hues like jade periwinkle lilac and more.
Daintily figured Normandy Swiss voile embroidered in seventy five different styles. All in newNyid novelty patterns. In 40 inch width and in the loveliest of the new shodex.
Imported St Gall embroidered Swiss fabrics described as 82 and 27 inch widths with tinted grounds and small white dots. Patterns include shepherd checks broken checks black checks and plaids in colors like jade Alice blue Copenhagen brown navy mink light blue grey and black and white options.
Exquisite fine quality baby nainsook in 3 inch width offered in 12 yard bolts. Very soft texture from finely corded yarns suitable for baby clothes and undergarments. Priced at $3.39 per 12 yard bolt.
Cotton tricotine with stripes and black cheek details on white ground. Fabric measures 86 inches wide and shines in a variety of new brilliant shades. Available on the second floor.
10 yard bolts of a very soft longcloth with chamoix finish and even thread weave offered at $1.59 per 10 yards. Suitable for dainty summer undergarments, this fabric is sold in 10 yard bolts.
Washington March 44 Wheat was king of agricultural exports in 1921 according to a departmental analysis. Wheat and wheat flour led export value, surpassing cotton for the first time. Exports of corn rose to their highest since 1900, and rice exports began in 1919 reaching 800 million pounds in 1921.
A garbled OCR page shows an advertisement for laundry services and a flood of municipal items. It references San Angelo street improvements approved by the governor and bond issues, plus a Girls' Conference fundraiser with donations from Mrs Willard Ferguson for the Youngster Girls’ Conference.
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