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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
3
The long established New Jersey dry goods and housefurnishings shop reports annual efforts to improve facilities and expand with new territory and departments. Management highlights efforts toward lower production costs through rigorous study, research, and ample capital, aiming to benefit customers.
A solid oak dining suite includes a sideboard with a 45 inch top a bevel plate mirror an extension table and six chairs suitable for a dining room.
From S. P. Dunham & Co comes a sales pitch for royal table linens direct from the Belfast maker. Prices cited include 56 inch cream unbleached damask at 25c, 60 inch at 30c, 64 inch full bleached damask at 55c, and two yards wide damask at 85c, with matching napkins sold by the dozen from $1 to $2.50.
More than one hundred waist styles available including plaids checks stripes and plain colors. Dressmaker made with stock collars linings and cuffs linked to turn back cuffs and neatly fitted. Prices range from 3.99 to 6.97.
Cranbury residents host visitors from New Jersey and nearby towns while planning community activities. Notable items include church sermons, May festival at Prospect Plains, decorations for Decoration Day, and a large Epworth League and Y.M.C.A. gathering with music and lectures.
Antique advertisement lists a range of towels and toweling in white and Turkish varieties. Items include double damask towels 25c, 36 inch pure linen towels 25c, 45 inch Huck towels 15c, 54 and 60 inch Star and Crescent towels 20c to 25c, and assorted plain hem and plaid toweling in small costs. Includes Brown Star Crescent Turkish towels and bleached linen options.
A local ad promotes exclusive imported dress patterns in wool and silk. Prices are reduced from ten to six dollars, with several other patterns marked down from 212.50 to 7.50, 15 to 8.50, and 16 to 29.50, offering substantial savings.
An importer miscalculated causing silks to arrive in the wrong hands. Plaided, striped and Dresden taffeta silks suitable for shirtwaists, gowns, or rich linings are now offered at 49 cents instead of a dollar, highlighting value for elegant fabrics.
Hand torn linens offered in full sizes with plain hem pillow cases at 8c 10c and 124¢. Hem stitched pillow cases 12he 16c and 17c. Full size plain hem bolster cases 10c 15c and 25c. Hemstitched bolster cases 39c. 81x90 Utica sheets 50c. 81x90 Mohawk sheets 39c. 90x90 Utica sheets 55c. 81x90 Utica hemstitched sheets 59c. 90x90 Utica hemstitched sheets 63c.
Novelty Silk and Wool and all Wool Dress Goods meet their Waterloo. Early price reductions make high class dress fabrics more affordable now than later. Silk and wool novelties fall to 59 69 and 75 cents. All wool and silk and wool dress stuffs to 39 and 49 cents. Half dollar dress goods 25 cents. Cotton covert cloths for cycling and outing wear 12 3/4 cents.
A newspaper notice advertises a sale on counterpanes with multiple crochet options. Prices range from 50 cents for lighter crochet counterpanes to 3.00 for Genuine French Marseilles counterpanes, listing 10-4 and 11-4 patterns and several sizes.
The advertisement proclaims a price drop on silk and wool crepons to attract careful dressers. It notes growing demand and highlights that the crepons are high quality spun silk with merino wool, shown in solid black. Prices range from 83.00 items at 2.75 to all wool crepons at 59c.
Weather slows dress fabric demand while shop highlights half a hundred styles 9c to 29c. Jaconet batists and mull mustings, French organdie lawns, lacework organdies, crash fabrics, Irish linens, American dress ginghams and Zephyr dress ginghams featured with prices ranging from 4c to 29c.
A sale feature describes women's suits priced at 6.97 in tan covert cloth. The outfits include a near typical travel and street ensemble with a new flaring skirt and a natty man tailored jacket.
A vivid showroom description touts over four hundred shirtwaist styles. It notes midwinter production for better tailoring, with colored shirts priced 39c to 1.00 and white Indio linen options trimmed with lace and embroidery at 99c.
Women's suits priced from 8.97 to 14.50 feature kersey broadcloth venetian cheviot and mixed novelty cloths. Fly front, double breasted, short tight round, and Eton jackets with silk or satin lining. Skirts include French percale line lined and very full three piece cuts in blue and navy tones.
Summer separate skirts offered with a range of prices including crash skirts from 25c to 58c for finer options. Shrunken linen skirts at 1.00 to 1.99, natural linen 1.25 to 3.99, duck skirts braid trimmed 0.79 to 1.99, and black or white pique skirts 1.25 to 4.99.
Silks in black brocaded and figured taffeta priced at 59c and 21.00 lace trimmed skein silk grenadines at 75c and 1.00 soft finished grosgrain silks at 1.00 and heavy lustrous duchess satin at 1.00 are offered with S. P. Dunham & Co. guarantee for satisfactory wear.
We are pioneers in this business, past masters in women’s misses’ and children’s suits jackets and wraps. We have held this distinction for many years and profited from public patronage to such an extent that today we stand foremost in Trenton and in every large city.
A short promotional note invites readers to order samples or goods by mail. It promises prompt satisfaction and courteous handling, with attentive staff ready to assist as shipments arrive. Free delivery is claimed where feasible by mail, express, railroad, or stage. Please contact us to hear more.
The General Assembly in session at Minneapolis opened under auspicious circumstances with Rev. Robert F. Semple chosen moderator representing conservative church forces. Former moderator Dr. Wallace Radcliffe preached on vision and the Divine Christ in a notable sermon. The piece also notes Jubilee sale events and local business notices, including Trenton Clothing Company promotions and generous customer incentives.
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