Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 09-1918

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OCT. 4th

OCT. 5th

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PLI;llSE WRITE FOR CHTHLOGUE

�n� � � �s�ti!. �

com preh ens,ve range of all varIeties at
day

Judging by present
are exceptionally low

standards,

\ ALUE

OF

EXAMPLES

100 grey flannelette Blanket!'> S17...e
10 r BI
54tns by 70ms
Eacb 4/11
B2 1'\11 \\001 bro"n \orkshlre Blankets
\O,arm ""nd hnrd weann� Sll.C 60ms by 80ms
Each 15/11
weIght 4 H b s
Silver �rey Shetland Blankets all
J 0 I B7
size 60l.lls by 72ms
for sm�le bed
\\ 001
101

P er pair 3�/

wel�llt bibs

Slher Voce,} She tlan d Blankets all
I 0 I B8
SI;t:C 67rn5 b) 84- ns
\\ 001 for double be d s
\\(!Igbl 8 Ibs
Perpalr41/6
1 0 I BI4 \Vhlle cott on fleece:! Blanketl'l size

';;$!

Per p�Hr JO 6

60ms by SOms

QUILTS

DOWN

Buy Do" n QUlltS thiS yeat, as Blankets are increaSingly
Down QuIlts are equalJy serVlceable
tltfficult to get
A good
and their softness makes them ,ery cosy
QUIlt

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With the necessity of a Blanket

3\\ ay

do

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dunu� the chilly Autumn nights whilst In the depth of
\\ IIlte, ,t" ,11 gl\c quite e nou gh warmth "�th only one

lllallket lllstead

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the

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1 tn HA�lIL f01"\
s a teen co\ered style
QUilt
IS IlIustrallon panels plain
ptok blue �Ieen black dark
I cd centre deSIgn to tone
prtoted re'\'erse. a8 Centre or
plam s accn to rnatch panels
I here 3 re other floral designs
and the ever popular paisley
pattern m tb, s qualily well
filled and of g,ood \\orkman
-'(.� ship

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cambriC With

frellJs
Down
p rinted
sateen panels

of plnk old rose blue �reen
dark I cd or blac k. the deslJ1n
belll'� m ntcel y contrastinll
re, e rse of qUilt
shades
pri nted cambriC as front 01

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�lllgle bed !<i;lze

26� � 11" " ; D;IC
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each 23/1)

Double bed SIZe. each

pI Hn satee n to match panel
other dest�ns In floral and
Paisley effect all well filled
style as shown In illustra

Single bed size

each 22/6

bed SIZe .ach

20/-

Stocks of ] lanncls arc thIS year throug,hout the
t:ountry. lower than e\er we can howe\cr offer some
�trIkl11g , alu es In thiS section as a reference to the
10ls deSCrIbed wIll show
LOl

shrunk
Cream FI;mncl
and "altn for \\llller \\ear 29ms
PI H.:e 1/6 per) d
wide

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erc IIn I II \\ 001 I<lannel
T...crl 2
IhorouQ,bl) shrunk 27tlls W ide
Price 2/9 per) cl

10 (
good
\\ Ide

LO [3

Natural all "001

I lannel
29ms \\ Id e
PT!ce 2/8 pe r ycl

thoroughly shrun k

pieces ( n l y of hca\)
101 4
"Ide
nllmal Illunel 36ms
Pnce 1/4 pe
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Cream "

nler \Vlnce\
Pr ce I Od per yd

3� ns \\ "le

JOT H
(rc:un II I �hla n d \\mce�
'!OtnS Wide
Price 1/3 per yd
LO r

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,at lety
Ripple

d o t h for dressm�

!l0\\ns III pmk mauve sk)
gl e) cr cam 42ms Wide

sa'Xc

Price 2/3 per yd

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lleictte

28

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3�ms

!'.lolleton

Flan

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PI Ice 6d per yd

20 I"CCCS of good striped
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un IOn ShlrUn�s (01 men and boys
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or stripes and

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Send, our ordcrs bv

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SpcCJ31 offc"
60 pa rs of uoublc
\\IIIIl'!
size
beel

pos t If you are loo
far 3W3) to 8hop
Inthelr
personally
e x ecution accur<lcy,
good
taste
a nd
Intelhgence are d i s
played by our staff
of aSSistants whose
sole duties consist
In dealin� w ith .

I\YIU �heets size
by 3 His
per p IIr 15/

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Notes
on Saving

No.7.-How to .. ". on Cloth••.
�Icnd ,hat hole or tear
mcmdin[i

before

,ett pM.

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Belore Ipendd11 pounda on _ n.W Coat 1l1'Id
� klrl _Cl If )'01.1 eMnol have the. old ono d.aned
'nd repalfcd It '" proba bly mad. of bener

mlt.tcnal than

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Uuy to-cLay

'(HE

The ,"OUI
be 100 much In lhe la.h",,,
fashionable .. (rock looh the IOOMr I1 aeta OUI
of date
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Never buy what )'01.1 can ma ke JUtt .. well and

nlore

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cheaply

Old leather ,lovCI U" be nll'� Inln leather
""a,.teoal. and children. le". n.. old lelt halt
nto bedroom .1 ppcfl ol d wooUen 'Iodun"

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Sou,", Cloth.. m.an. Sau""

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Money

Invest your Saving. in

SCf.'O -nanl1J:'Nl Ch tc.1.11 I } .. nr('
But 11\1i� It nil M �IOU
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ho\\ cl \OU mnU3Jr9 to IIW} wll:\ thl'E'oO baU"
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pO-lh
you mron hl'
do
WhnteH�'\
Gl' Id
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Jt� sla.ng
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War Savings CertUlcates
£1 (or 15/6 £50(or£38 IS 0 £5OO(or£387 100
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CHEAPER I BETTER I SAFERI
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B!lRKS ARCHEOLOGICAL AND
SELBOR.E SOCIEtIES

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APPLES AND PURY PEAIlS

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\nn Mmt' lH'fO I'f'Oeln..ng plcu"urfll
Althollgh Ih('O pTlce 'l'i8A pain
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tr�1'"o.1
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See the Time

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Luminous Hands and Figures.

Dark.
Price 50/- Post free everywhere.
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WATCHMAKERS AND
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SILVERSMITHS
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Reading.

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ArtifiCIal

Pamless Extractions

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Attendance Dally 10 7 Later by appOIntment
Methods AdVIce Free Sets from 1,2 2s RepairS

Top Coats

BOYS

Worth
Knowing.

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WEST ST. CORNER,

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fl.ftille (11 AmGr Cft ,:os tI e DeClsne IlWtor
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f;ented ID the couJ'so 01 it. 'Ivld u.:rhcle ID
the mme numbel Oil "'ADZI\� Soldu'fs Among
Famous Bible Scenes
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find mt8rMting det..Iul 18 gl'fOU ID the OOllnJB
of the mar)' of !\. Wa.r tUBA Jo� from
Pekmg to Pett'Ograd
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number indudes a. ootnp18� story h,y Eden
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