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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
5
A brisk catalog of bargains across store floors features navy blue or white neckties at $1.50, mahogany serving trays from $1.08 to $2.19, bed spreads from $2 to $5, and Wirthmor waists at $1. Card tables with leather tops fold for $2, while Gibbs toys and carriages range from 75c to $2.50.
A bustling toy advertisement lists numerous items and prices for holiday shoppers. Toys include teddy bears, dolls, wooden tables, drums, fireside games, toy guns, push toys, and rocking chairs with varied price points and styles. The notice emphasizes abundant stock and seasonal discounts.
Doll lines include Willy Tadatie and He Ele laste' TN with Hoy Dalle and Girl Dolls. Prices range from 25c to 2.50, featuring unbreakable flats and Charve ter Jolla items.
A sale of women and misses coats and suits featuring fabrics from Printzens Wooltex and Stylecraft. Huge stock in colors like purple burgundy navy and black with prices from 12.50 to 67.50 depending on coat quality. Stocks include Kersey cloth Plush Velour Melton Cheviot Broadcloth and more.
Local sale offers last season and older coats at steep discounts. Women's and juniors coats drop from 12.40 to 9.98 or 6.75, with many items formerly priced up to 20 dollars now marked down.
Advertisement lists low prices for children's coats in various sizes with discounts and bulk offers. Mentions coats priced around 2.98 to 24.00, with several sizes from 0 to 6 and typical sale terms. Includes stray garbled text but indicates a retail coat sale.
Readable textile price listings show women hosiery silk hose in black or white at 35c per pair plus 396 and 76c items. Fibro boot hose offered in black or white at 36c and 50c per pair. Vegeta silk hose in multiple colors priced 65c, 90c, 1.15 and 1.25 per pair. Men’s hosiery, fancy silk boot hose at 1.25 per year.
Basement display lists Parker Brown and Milton Dede presenting a varied toy assortment for children and families. The sale highlights include Little Polka Color Kite Pollyanna puzzle games and educational boards priced up to $4.
Christmas handkerchiefs advertised in many styles and prices. Women’s embroidered and linen handkerchiefs in plain white, colors, or SwissIrish work. men’s cambric, air linen, and initial handkerchiefs. children’s boxed sets. Prices range from 3c to 80c per piece, with combos and boxed options.
Fredericktown and surrounding area residents are noted for church meetings, visits from relatives, and holiday events. The missionary society plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Davisyong’s Sandusky Street home, while numerous relatives and friends visit sites in Mansfield Columbus Cleveland and Zanesville.
Dee Gower and children visited Mrs Gowers mother in Shelby. Sylvia Lucas returned to Fredericktown after visiting Mis and Mrs Jot Cutnan. Protracted meeting starts Salh em next Wednesday. Alice Fletcher back in Akron after a visit. Bessie Page returned home from Ashland and Mansfeld. Opal Lions visited Mure and Lillian Page. Valeda Wheatcraft was away last week.
Palmyra notes report Hiram improving at home while Mrs Liza Green nears transfer to Grant hospital Columbus. Local visitors include George Fairenitd and Charles Patvehild from Fredericktown with Philip Browner on cornet. Thanksgiving football attendance at Camp Sherman in Columbus noted with Robert Knox.
Local Kinderhook Briefs describe Thanksgiving visits by families to relatives in the area, dinners hosted by the church, and residents sharing holidays with kin. Reports mention births, moved families, campus events at Camp Sherman, and school activities led by Principal Hahn and Bryant Kerr.
A city veto blocks a measure designed to cut costs by reducing the safety director’s salary and altering street department duties. Officials dispute the timing and effect, with council and mayoral actions tied to referenda rules and council president pro tem status.
In army camps college-age boys and cadets engage in informal tossing games amid training and routines. The piece notes cadet humor and social contrasts as men in uniform navigate recreation within their camps.
A large attendance is urged for a series of tea concerts at Camp Me in Sorlock. The events aim to raise funds for patriotic work and support the ME church and Dee. Organizers expect strong community turnout to bolster the patriotism fund.
A roll call meeting plan for Mt Vermeil Louden and O Hilike discusses New Year’s night gathering. Every mentor is expected to attend. four were elected to membership and two applications were received.
Two cars of sugar are en route to the city, consigned to Rak ser-Dowds Co. and Barbera. Arrival date is undetermined but expected soon, with helent to tide the city over the shortage.
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