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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1919
Page
18
Berlin faces rising wages as the government offers a new food schedule to lower prices. Foreign meat and American bacon are cheaper, with ration cuts noted for a family of five. Critics doubt long-term relief amid high taxes and Transport disruptions.
A period piece explains why women wash hair at home and endorses a cheap home mixture. It claims maid readers can make a shampoo from canthos with hot water to remove dandruff oil and dirt, leaving hair fluffy and shiny.
Chicago officials say the city can regulate air traffic over its territory. Corporation Counsel Ettelson assigns an assistant to draft an ordinance citing landowner rights from the earth to the skies. The rules would ban flying over downtown, limit aircraft height and routes, and require licensing of aerial photographers following the dirigible disaster that killed 18 and injured seven.
President Poincare visits Antwerp as rain dampens ceremonies. Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, meets him at the cathedral door in Mechlin and receives the French war cross on his breast. In Antwerp, the president is toasted at the town hall and granted honorary citizenship.
London dispatch reports rising alarm over allied intervention in Russia and the role of American unofficial commissioners in Moscow and Paris. It notes Churchill and War Office statements, refugee accounts, and debates on aims, with references to Kolchak and Bolshevik outrages shaping public opinion.
Miss Cornelia Hill recalls her Monastir assignment from Dec 1918 to Mar 1919 as a Red Cross worker. She notes half the city destroyed, reconstruction underway, and the Red Cross feeding about 18,000 people while distributing clothing and supplies to soldiers and civilians.
The listing details closeout prices on natural color Antiqua crash table covers 48 inches square with colored borders at 1.25 each, Natural Color Antique crash curtains 22 inches by 2 1/2 yards per pair with valance and ready to hang at 2.85 per pair, lace curtain lots white cream and ecru at 1 per pair, and cretonne covered Canoe and Perch pillows about 18 inches square at 0.75 each.
Antique fabric porch curtains in green olive and brown measure 7 feet 6 inches. Curtains come with patented no whip feature to prevent flapping and include attachments. Prices vary by width from 3 feet to 12 feet, with amounts listed in dollars and cents.
A local sale offers 72 inch bleached pure linen damask at 6.25 per yard and 70 inch damask at 5.00 per yard. Damask specials include 3.75 and 2.00 yard for various sizes. Towels include 60c hemstitched linen Huck at 5c each and Union Huck at 50c each. Monday only prices feature torn sizes 72x93, 81x93, 93x90x108 inches and 42x36 inch De Luxe cotton cages at 2.05, 2.80, 2.70 and 0.45 respectively.
Bulk sale items include women’s linen handkerchiefs regular 5 cents each now 3 cents. Fancy colored and white Manning handkerchiefs with hemstitching offered at 23 cents each. Dozen bundles of corded border handkerchiefs up to 30 cents value on sale for 15 cents each.
Save money now on fall carpet and rug needs with attracting prices. Wilton rugs feature rich designs and deep pile, available in small and large sizes, plus plain color carpets in about 300 colors. Prices lower now than later.
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