Sole Support of Widow Is Locked Out by Wire Trust
A slender girl, fired for alleged union affiliation, pleads with telegraphers union officials at their Arcade headquarters. A wealthy-sounding man from Chicago is cited as having displaced her, earning far more while she supports a widowed mother on meager pay. She joins the union’s patriotic efforts to sell War Savings stamps, while the locked-out workers endure hardship and the broader labor tension.
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Geare
Union
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Lsten
Germany
Rockies
Telegraph Company
Receky Mountains
Gilson Gardner
Washington
Dewadie
Telegraph
Ita
National War Labor Board
Taft
Frank Walsh
Benefit dance for Our Po ve in France Tobacco Fund
Ballard Fagies, serie 172, hosts a benefit dance on May 18 to support the Our Pove in France Tobacco Fund. Admission is 25 cents.
Novel Baby Garments Sale on Second Floor
A special purchase offers one dollar repurchases of new Creepers Rompers and play garments for children aged 1 to 6 years. Styles include ginghams in pink light blue brown and dark blue plus checks and stripes. Second floor.
Children’s White Dresses in Dainty Lawn Styles
Small white dresses described as dainty with lace and embroidery for children. Prices listed as one dollar, with notes on fine materials and careful tailoring.
Dollar Day Specials On Shirts In Varied Stripes
A local sale offers shirts at $1.00 each with dollar day pricing. The stock includes $1.25 standard makes, plus cluster and single stripe patterns in light grounds. Materials are Percale and Madras, all with soft cuffs.
Men’s Union Suits on Sale at Special Price
Lightweight cotton union suits offered in white and ecru at a special price of 1.00. White suits are short sleeve and ankle length in sizes 36 38 40 and 42. Ecru suits are long sleeve ankle length in sizes 34 36 and 38. Durable and well made.
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Ecru
Men's 35¢ Hose 4 Pairs for $1.00
Lisle finished cotton hose with spliced linen toe and heel offered in white black tan and gray sizes 11. Special price four pairs for 1.00. Quality noted at 85¢ per pair.
Dollar Day Handkerchiefs Special at 6 for One Dollar
Pure linen men s handkerchiefs offered in a Dollar Day Sale six for one dollar. Regularly twenty five cents each with four inch hems. The ad emphasizes splendid values and a low price point for shoppers.
Fraser-Paterson Co Dollar Day Bargains On Accessories
Fraser-Paterson Co offers Dollar Day deals on lisle and knit wear including pink and white union suits in sizes 4 to 6, muslin check outfits for boys, leather handbags at $1.00, pearl bead necklaces, knitting needles in multiple sizes, comb and crescent sets, silk stockings with irregularities at $1.00 per pair, fiber silk hose 2 pairs for $1.00, and women’s vests. First Floor items highlight value and discount pricing.
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Fraser- Paterson Co
Wraser-Paterson Co
Remarkable Dollar Day Sale on Hats and Handkerchiefs
A Paterson store promotes a Dollar Day sale featuring 150 women’s motor or outing hats and caps of soft silks in patterns, originally $1.50 to $2.50. First floor Motor Hat Section offers $1.00 hats for the day. Also offered are six for $1.00 women's handkerchiefs, with one hundred dozen neatly hemstitched linen handkerchiefs.
Two Lumdured Girls Tub Dresses at $1 00
Dol lar Day at Praser Paterson Co offers two lumdured girls tub dresses in sizes 6 to 14 years. Ginghams chambrays stripes and plaids presented in high waist pleated belted and plain styles at exceptional values under market conditions with a limited time offer.
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Praser-Paterson Co
Linen and Cotton Towels 4 for 1.00 Great Monthly Sale
Fraser-Paterson Co advertises linen and cotton Huck towels 18x34 inches at four for one dollar with a limit of one dozen per customer. Also promotes Heatherblooms Petticoats in Persian patterns and Sateens with floral designs as part of the Dollar Day sale. Extraordinary values and color variety emphasized.
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Fraser-Paterson Co
Dollar Day Trimmings Offer on Laces and Flouncings
Advertises muslin flouncings and laces priced for Dollar Day with discounts on 18 and 27 inch flouncings. Dainty waists for baby dresses feature sewn sleeves and embroidery yoke at reduced rates. Silk trimmings and metal laces offered as a clearance selection formerly ranging up to 3.50 a yard now marked to clear at one dollar.
Dollar Day Specials on Skirtings and Fabrics
Advertises white skirtings at 35 and 50 cents per yard, 3844 yards total. nylon crepes 5 yards for 1.00. serendipine crepes 5 yards for 1.00. night gown lengths 5 yards for 1.00. fine sheer nainsook 39 inches wide 1.00. mercerized finish fabrics and fiber and grass rugs on Fourth Floor with Dollar Day pricing.
Coverall Aprons in Pink and Blue Check Real Value
Large roomy coats with side fastenings in durable pereale. Pink and blue check fabric with matching piping. Sold at Becona Floor for 81.00 with strong value for money.
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Becona
Lucille Corsets Ad Highlights $1.00 Special Offer
An ad promotes Lucille Corsets with a special sale for $1.00. It touts durability and quality with a medium figure fit, medium bust and long hip in pink coutil. Located on the second floor at Dollar Dey Special.81.00.
Crepe Kimonos Special at Dollar Day Sale
Splendid quality plain colored Crepe Kimonos in light blue Copenhagen lavender with elastic watestline style and organdy collars. Some feature band trimming and cuffs. Second Floor sale note indicates very special prices and limited stock.
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Copenhagen
Drapery Specials and Window Shades in assorted colors
Special offers include 36 inch Marquisette in white and ecru 4 yards for 0.61.00 Cretonne 56 inch designs or colorings 3 yards for 0. cececccpepenesse Window Shades 36 inch width 6 ft 9 ins long green and tan two for 0.81 Curtain Nets 50 inch width ecru color 1.25 per yard Special Fourth Floor remains.
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Ecru
Hit and Miss Design Textiles in 27x54 Inches
A listing notes hit and miss designs and plain colors with fancy end patterns measuring 27 by 54 inches. The item price is listed as regularly $1.35.
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