New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1918, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. FRIDAY, France furnished can- non and tents, and pots and pans, and | door—were bought at the hest prices o Then hegan the wark of or and blankets. " MILLIONS SPENTIN i 2 zood Herbert Cory Tells of Vast Pur-| chases for Our Fighters The as bare Washington, D. C. Aus thousands of tons of supplies ar purchased in France and Great E for the American already on the firing lne is the statement of Herbert Carey, war correspondent, in a communication to the National Geo- graphle soclety, a portion of which the society issues as the following bulletin Four hundred shiploads of the American army needs in have been purchased in Furope “The American army is 3,000 miles away from its home base, in a coun- try which is increasingly feeling the strain of more than three vears of war. The number of Americans is rdded to each week. With the growth of the army the daily needs for cloth- ng and food has grown in proportion “BEverything was needed at once. Cloth for uniforms was bought in Fngland., along with sho nd h cots the for troops other war | earnes reography things ¥rance snow with get 1t.' save worry save have G.FOX & CO. ESTABLISHED 1847, —HARTFO RD The | in peasants’ coftages until huts could be found and the huts built EURI]PE F“R ARMY‘ “Paris was drained dry of all sorts i ) of offica material. T doubt if thera fs Tt or filing cabinet or valving chair to be found there today American as a fish and it rooky army provided prices blew | forced draft or demand. the peace value was a fair price ‘T must have tents and biankets and men o telephone message one buyer at noan one dav “ “There nor a cot in town.' said the buyer “Usually that would have ended the conversation end But the 250 men will and said he. * ‘Then ton a diteh, vau can't get that stuff the stuff, was General Pershing' in those davs dollars and money been little order came out of ariginal chaos The things that wers neaded before the “He got He did nat attempt to that for before it eould even o possible @anizing the business. was billeted aterial for army ficers of the various ments, the Y MG a sort board, in the need; re- reached France had to be Naturally —enough. the chimney in this Three times their needs. was g o'clock. came to by 6 that posits of raw material a tent nor a blanket “In man at the was in the telophone {made in a it hecame abvious that eep in the cover themselves |day would come when You've got to -—or anvthing else That standing order {adays system has come of course the cost of lives and jis three If he had tried to fon way, he would not | by hiz job. Little by |units. equipment made up for the basis of requisit That is known up shop in Fran It is equ YOTUNG WOMEN. and Humani ~—Serve Your Coun- try Enroll as a Student Nurse! Recruiting Ofce, Liberty Cottage. pen The gan to plan ahead and cut out waste S The purchasing board was created te composed of the purchasing of- army while the purchasing officers of A. and Red Crass have of collateral relationship to the for both organizations are often market for the things the army At each meeting the purchas- | ing officers poal their discoverics and | Afford Staple Articles Which | f couts have ransacked France and England and neutral Furope The needs is made up in cach department i for three months ahead the first days of the American | expedition in France purchases were | that the situation is beco: scattering fashion if only a tents were needed at the moment, tents ‘Don’t tell me |thousand would be necessary fore the man wha found tents for sale bought could find if the price was right. into its | The list of requirements for the army | months ions the officers commanding the active | cach the uniform | It is apparent that a unit | 000 men will alwavs need certain ! there is no clase relation between 2 000 railroad ties and 25000 Sometimes the exceptional comes into play the shop army be POTATOES $9.60 PECK depart Only Very Rich in Stockholm Are Extremely Scarce for list of de- Stockholm. June 17, ence of The Associated Press.) supply is s short and prices Then few the by the There- for all except the well to do tatoos have heen available for The new ling at the alent of $1.20 a quart or $9.60 crop is s ! & | Tea costs the pound and is The last amounted fto 1 equivalent of almost nnohtaina all he Now- | own ration affe five ounces each person and the same Linferior lard was issued About one ounce of amount a month a butter week ahead, furnishe person once a tually the only market afe spinach bring $1.20 a of hoili and dozen ESTABUISHRED 1817 —HART Closed Friday’s at Noon Vnti] September 13th, Tnctusive, Mail and Telepho Villed ers Carefully August Fur niture ale Furniture at Prices Which May Never Be Quoted Again Furniture of Superior Quality and Workmanship That Will Meet Any Test You May Apply 40,000 square feet of floor the ninth floor for bedroom, count of 15 per cenf. will thoroughly familiar with dintng be given on present houee of G. Fox & Co. kitchen everything conditions means a clear saving to our customers of 20 to 33 1-3 per cent. from today's market pric to invest in furniture as you would make any g affords in its first room the other August furniture, and these two mammo th furniture for the greatest August furniture floors business can fully appreciate important invest ment Furniture Sale beginning today the contain—reservi ng importan ce It from a source ahsolutely space is given up exclusively to furniture in the new store. entire 8th floor for living room and porch furniture Furniture Sale ever diz- are attended-—a straight nothing. Only those who of this announcement. Briefly it that the supreme moment suspicion; such a source as the mean s this is ahove Bedroom Suites and Odd Pieces Three-piece mahogany and walnut Bed- room Suites—bed, dresser and chiffonier or toilet table, various styles; $35.00. Sale Price $69.50. Three-piece ivory finish Bedroom Suite —bed, dresser and chiffonier; regular price $98.00. Sale price $83.00. Four-piece mahogany room &uite—bed, dresser, tollet table; regular price price $85.00. Four-piece mahogany Walnut Bedroom Suite, William and Mary $155.00 regular price or walnut chiffonier $112.00 Bed and Sale and American Queen Anne and designs; regular price Sale Price 8$181.75. Five.piece Bedroom finished in old ivory, Adam period: bed, dresser, chif- fopier, chair and rocker; regular price $122.00. Sale price $169.00. Chiffoniers, Toilet Tables, Chaira and Rockers, all new and handsomae. For this =sale at quick clearance prices. Suites, Dressers Living Room Suites and 0Odd Pieces Three-piece mahogany frame cane panel Living Room Suite, velour covering ®#ofa, wing and arm cha $145.00 regular price fale Price $121.00, Three-piece mahogany frame tapestry Living Room Suite, cane ends; regular price $176.00. Sale price $130.00. Four-piece Living Reom ite, cane panel and mahogany frame, damask uphol- stering—sofa, wing chair, arm and side chair: regular price $175.00. 3150.00. Hale price Three-piece leather Living Room Suite genuine Spanish leather loose cushions on spring edge seats—davenport. arm chair and rocker: $185.00 price $157.25. regular price fale Three-piece cane Suite with mahogany trame, strips regular price $215.00 damask Sale price $180.00 covering; Dining Room Furniture Suite. 10-piece ouis XVI. Dining Roor buffet, table. china cabi- five chairs and antique mahogan net, serving fable one arm chair. blue leather Sale price $452.50. 10-piece mahogany Chippendale Dining Room Suite; £385.00 price $327.00. slip seats; regular price regular price Sale 10-piece Dining Room Suite in hogany Louis XVI. and Queen regular price $350.00 ma- and walnut Anne periods; price $288.50. Sale 10-piece American walnut Dining Room Suite. Queen Anne period: $312.00, sale price $268.50. regular price 10-piece mahogany and American wal nut Dining Room Suite in Queen Anne and William and Mary; Sale price $212.50. regular price $£250.00 3-piece Dining Room walnut. Anne period—buffet, china closet, table, b side and 1 arm chair, brown anish leather seats; regular price $210.00, site, American Queen Fumed Qak Libra-ry Tabfi:s Fumed oak Library eight patterns; regular prices $9.50 to $35.00, all less 15 per cent Tables in for this =ale Mohogany Library Tables In the new period designs and finishes; 18 patterns, ranging from $14.50 to $55.00, all less the sale discount of 16 per cent Women’s Desks Mahogany, golden oak and fumed oak, birdseye maple, ivory and white twenty different designs: regular $10.00 to $125.00, for this sale all per cent. from present prices. Desk Chairs To match desks, priced $5.00 to $20.00, less 15 per cent for this sale. enamel; prices less 15 Piano Bencheé Mahogany Piano Benches, 7.50, $9.00, $14.50 and $10.50, for this sale less 15 per cent. Kitchen Furniture Kitchen Furniture in a most complete aseortment-—chalrs, tables and kitchen cabi- nets, for this sale less 15 per cent Davenportw‘Tabies Fight patterns in mahogany Daven- port Tables Regular $25 Tables. Sale Tables, Tables, Tables, Tables, Tables, Tables, Tables, price price price price vrice ., price price $21.25 £28.00 $29.75 832,00 $34.00 $38.25 $42.50 $51.00 Regular Sale Sale Sale Regular $35 $39 $40 245 350 260 Regular Regular Regular Regular Regular price 5 Royal Easy Chairs The celebrated push button kind, oak and mahogany frame with foot rest, $17.50 $10.50, $21.50, $27.50, $20.50 and $47.00, less 15 per cent Bookcases Mahogany, fumed oak and golden oak, $8.50, $10.00, $14.50, $16.00, $20.00, $21.50, $25.00, $29.00, $33.00, $87.50, $42.50, $45.00, all less 15 per cent, for this sale, Globe Wernicke Bookeases, mahogany, golden and fumed oak and standard finighep: all less 20 per eent prices. onk from listed . White Enamel Beds $7.50, $8.50, $10.50, §12.00, $13.50. $14.00. $15.00, $17,50, $18,50 ang £20.00 all less 15 per cent. for this sate, Mahogany Hall 215.00 Chalrs; regular prices $32.50. $37.00, $39.50 and $50.00, all less 15 per cent for this sale 00 n oak, mahogany, maple enamel, $1.25, $1.75, $2.00, $3.00. $3.50. $4.00, $4.50, $5.0 and $9.50, all less 16 per cent for this sale and white Golden oak Hall Racks with plate mirrors, umbrella and box; prices $12.00, $10.50, $21.00, $30.00, $32.50, all less August Sale. beveled slipper $27.50" 15 per cent for the Brass Beds ] 10 styles in Brass Beds ranging in price from $19.50 to $308.50, all less 15 per cent. for this sale, Sanitary Wood Beds Steel sids rails; walnut, mahogany, birdseye maple and golden oak, $13.00, $19.50. $22.50, $25,00, $27.50 and $32.50. all less 15 per cent for this sale " 0dd Wood Beds Vartovs period designs Prices £20.00 to $70.00, al) lews 16 per rent men equipment AUGUST D TEA $21 POTIND | Can (Correspond- eouiv- eck, fo is issued to vegetables an tha ! - | pound, mutton pound pound May 1918 Nolpork has been er macaroni non e “If you love me, can yvou fail To send Helmar every mail?”