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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1906
Page
3
The notice promotes a selection of gifts for weddings and commencements. It highlights variety, patterns, workmanship, and low prices, inviting readers to visit the store to see offerings and choose tasteful presents for special occasions.
A wedding showcase lists items including silverware sets, bread and butter spreaders, gravy ladles, lettuce forks, salad sets, punch bowls, and coffee and tea sets. Also featured are cut glass crackers jars, decanters, tumblers, plates, butter dishes, celery holders, berry bowls, carafes, compotes, napkin rings, and fine carving sets in cases.
A long Children’s Day program at Second Presbyterian Church featured school choirs, solos, and a baptism of eight infants. Rev Dr Cobb led, with remarks by C B Crutt and a total of 34 new scholars added to the church roll. Central Baptist also marked twenty nine years with a large Sunday School celebration, two graduations, and charity offerings for Uncle Boston’s Chapel car work and missions.
The report covers Children’s Day services across multiple churches. It highlights choir participation, selections by Sunday schools, recitations and solos by pupils, and benedictions. Church leaders and visiting speakers emphasize mission work and education, with awards for memorizing Bible verses and attendance.
Silk Princess Dresses offered at ten dollars each, valued at twenty two, in dainty white gray light blue and pink shades. Princess style gowns feature plaited shoulders with Valenciennes lace, elbow sleeves, and tafted lace trimmed skirts. Also available today over two hundred Silk Shirt Waists in green blue violet tan red and black.
There were nine thousand shawls in this offering when placed on sale Saturday morning. The selection remains strong with various weights and weaves. Prices range from 75 cents to 2.50 for silk shawls and up to 2.50 for rich Berlin and zephyr shawls. Sale location listed as Steward Building.
A fragmented notice advertises a June sale offering a wide array of making necessities and various articles at low prices. Items include rings, shawls, pins, buttons, and hardware, with numerous misspellings and garbled text.
Ad copy describes wide satin ribbons and taffeta trimmings in white and lustrous finishes. Mentions 28 cents a yard as a price, with notes on quality and decorative use for hats, gowns, and hair embellishments. Claims fabric is suitable for girlish adornments and dress trimmings.
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