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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
7
A jumble of thrift shop style offerings lists jackets shirts coats furs and woolens with original prices cited. Items include Persian lambs dyed black red and natural gray, beaver and muskrat fur pieces, wool sweaters dresses and children's shoes. Numerous prices and sizes appear with no clear sale context.
Readable items include chrome tube steel chairs, aluminum cookware, percolators, toilet tanks, wall shields, folding tables, vegetable dividers, dust mops, chrome handles, clothes racks, chart pads, wax applicators, wooden ironing boards, framed pictures, wall brackets, brass knuckles not present, maple lamps, copper shades and convex mirrors. Prices shown as original values with sale indicators.
A cluttered ad details hundreds of textile items including hand print fabrics in solids, chintz spreads, drapes, curtains, and damanged linens. It lists numerous rug varieties like oval braided and hand hooked pieces, all with original prices and irregular conditions.
Fragmentary listing shows ladies odd beds and chests in mahogany with original prices. Items include a bachelor chest and various chests with springs and full size. displayed as sale lot notes with varying prices such as 35.75 and 20.95.
The ad lists Misses skirts at original 2.98, cap sleeve sweaters at 100, Misses blouses 1.98 to 2.98, two for 160, wool blousettes at 1.59, and a 8.88 price offer across items totaling 28 dollars.
Two road work contracts totaling 742,280 dollars were awarded by the State Public Works Department to Syracuse and Buffalo firms. D. W. Winkelman Co. Inc. received 491,760 for grading and drainage on 21.5 miles of the Ontario section of the State Thruway from Beachway north of Genesee Street to Main Street in Amherst. Cettie W. Wood of Buffalo won 250,520 for 14.4 miles of girdie road in Elma from Bulls to Clintondale, including a three-span bridge over Buffalo Creek. The passage also contains stray nonrelated text about a cocaine medicine man and lost property.
In this bridge column Goren discusses risks of finessing and dropping honors. He argues abandoning a finesse is not a real trick but sacrifices a 50 percent chance to win, noting slight extra gains favor avoiding the finesse. The example hand shows declarer selecting a line that would break even at best, highlighting strategic caution.
The W S Civil Service Commission opened applications for registrar, registrar assistant, and administrative officer medical positions. John Ashe, local secretary to the commission, said salaries range from 3351 to 88235 yearly, with applications due by Jan 6.
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