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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
4
Hawley July 24 sale features yard wide Percales and ginghams at 12 1-2 to 18 cents, dimities and wash dress goods from 8 1 2 to 25 cents, Silkolines Cretonnes and Burmah Charlies yard remnants reduced. Limited stock remains, prices must move.
Store lists updated umbrella selection with price ranges from 12.50 to 15 dollars for standard models and 17.50 for lighter weights, plus a few heavier options discounted to 10 dollars.
Women's Silk Coats drop to five dollars each from ten twelve fifty and fifteen. An imported three quarter length silk and lace Paletoi model falls from thirty to fifteen. Coats for women misses and children reduced to half to two thirds of original prices.
Last call and final price reductions on season stock. Suits priced at 5 dollars and 7.50 with wide below-value cuts. A selection of elegant model suits at 25 dollars. Black duck and silk pieces marked down, plus mercerized fabrics and white cotton petticoats from 1 to 4.50. Samples from Simon Sterns KE B O’Hare offered.
The ad promotes clearance prices on cotton shirt waist suits and children dresses plus bargains on table linens, quilts, towels, and ready-made sheets and pillowcases. Women’s wrappers offered at 50, 59, and 75 cents. A remainder of white Sea Island percale from $1.25 is added to the sale.
Weather lore warns oak trees draw lightning five to one over others and a hay barn is a prime fire target while avoid open windows and drafts. A Cork skirt anecdote shares calm amid chaos. Local mischief involves a street prank where water drenches a passerby, prompting calls for witnesses. Dogs fight crowds in a weekend parade of incidents.
The Young Men’s Christian Association nine defeated the Wheel Club on a wet field in ten innings, Ferriter singling home the winning run after tight play. Reed, Stoke, and Brooks contributed key moments as Cooley, Braser, and Jocker also shined in a dramatic extra frame victory for the association.
Brattleboro resident Harry P. Greene, visiting Manchester, aided a 15 year old inmate at the industrial school who leapt into the Merrimack River to drown herself. Greene and two others pulled her from the water, revived her, and returned her to safety near the riverbank.
Mrs Jennie V Powers visited Boston as a guest of Mrs Hustington Smith president of the Animal Rescue League. The visitor is cited in Our Four Footed Friend noting she found and euthanized several severely suffering old horses amid reports of starved animals and painful deaths. The piece highlights Powers camera work and powerful photographs of the country’s ailing horses.
Leader Leitainger of the First Regiment plans a concert next Wednesday evening with a diverse program. The event will feature multiple selections and guest performers, aiming to provide a lively cultural evening in the community, weather permitting.
A long list of residents and visitors reports extended travel and holidays. Mmes Kate Aborieaut, Mrs. Mary Ann Brooks, and many others are mentioned staying in New York, Staunton, and Canader. Families, relatives, and friends plan weeks away with trips to Vermont, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, with numerous social visits noted.
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