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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
6
A merchant advertises silks and dress goods with prices and limited per customer quantities. Items include 27 and 36 inch striped silks, white wash satin, black messaline, 54 inch Jers- unique skirting, sport tussah, cotton foulard, mercerized poplins, and silk and wool poplin in assorted colors. Bowman’s Main Floor.
Mothers are invited to the Birthday Party section offering complete assortments of little ones wearables at special prices. Girls wash dresses for ages 6 to 14 priced at $1.47 and tub dresses at $2.47. Boys wash suits for ages 2 to 8 priced at $1.47. some items slightly soiled from handling.
Anniversary event features deep cuts on many odd pieces and special suites. Highlights include a fiber rocker in brown finish with cushions, a library table in oak, a square china closet, and a three piece fumed oak dining suite with buffet, all offered at reduced prices.
Sanitary diaper cloth offered well below wholesale value with limits of two pieces per customer. 10 yards per piece. Anniversary special prices: 18 inches wide at $1.20, 20 inches wide at $1.35, 22 inches wide at $1.49.
Odd assortment of sewing notions and textiles advertised with low prices. Items include dress pins, hair pins, linen finish thread, ironing wax, tape measures, belt and belting options, mercerized crochet cotton, and colored crochet threads in multiple sizes. Miscellaneous colors listed with bulk pricing and a main floor location.
Exceptional values in embroidery materials mill end ribbons and venise edges drive high demand in this department. 40 inch Embroidery Flouncing materials organdie and voiles offered at below standard prices with crowd serving. 27 inch batiste embroidery flouncing in dainty patterns for children's dresses. Moire taffetas satins and fancy ribbons six inch wide for bows and sashes. Anniversary special two yards 47 cents. Bowman's Main Floor.
Women in Harrisburg learn Milanese silk gloves are available here at lower prices during the Anniversary Sale. The department offers heavy Milanese silk gloves with double finger tips in multiple colors and sizes, advertised with a 5% to 9 Anniversary special.
A wartime sale highlights vacuum cleaners and rugs with specials and guarantees. Items include Wilton and Axminster rugs and a fully guaranteed vacuum cleaner with the latest improvements. Bowman’s Fourth Floor promotes anniversary bargains and wool and cotton India rugs with reversible patterns.
The bedding department advertises Anniversary specials with bulk savings on bed blankets in gray with blue and pink borders, heavy fl eeced shaker flannel, blue and pink striped outing cloth, and 72x90 sheets. Limited quantities per customer, three for $2.47 on sheets.
The basement is filled with anniversary specials at remarkable reductions. Aluminum tea kettle, high grade aluminum with wire handle priced at $1.44. Ice cream freezer three-quart Gem make $2.47. Perfection butter maker yields two pounds of butter from one pound of butter and one pint of milk. Food Commissioner conservation note. Special $1.47. OW MAN'S Basement Saturday.
A display features waists and sleeveless sport coats in white voile with lace trim and various necklines, sizes 36 to 46, priced around 2.47. Sleeveless Tyrol wool coats in multiple colors with belts and pockets are offered as special values. Bowman’s on the third floor promotes the collection during Celebration Days.
Poplin and serge velour along with novelty cloths are offered in tan taupe gray Pekin wine navy and black.
A special line of camisoles lace trimmed all Crepe de Chine Anniversary sale. Large variety of nightgowns plain edges trimmed sleeveless. Some pretty Envelope Chemise lace untrimmed and embroidered all mi Cidoe. new Bowman’s Second Floor.
Scarcity of linens noted as department prepared for months to ensure supply for sale. Satin bed-set with 90x96 bedspread and matching bolster priced at 4.47. Turkish towels bleached and hemmed five for 47 cents. Hemstitched Huck towels 18x36 eight for 47 cents. Turkish bath towels assorted white with borders. Unbleached crash linen for kitchen and checked blue glass crash in yardage. sale items listed for second floor.
The drapery department promotes sale items including Marquisette in white and ecru 36 inches wide, Filet Net Curtains 24 yards, 36 inch Cretonne patterns and striped summer door curtains finished with tassels in blue green and brown. Anniversary specials feature yardage deals and a 22 cent pair option. Bowman’s Second Floor.
The catalog promotes a birthday celebration offering men’s wear and accessories. Highlights include Madras dress shirts with coat style cuffs, silk and silk lisle hosiery, plain blue working shirts in sizes 14 to 16, and 4 in hand neckwear, all as anniversary specials at the store’s floor.
Retailers promote a broad assortment of Rocky Hosiery and wear at anniversary prices. Offerings include women's stockings in silk, thread silk, and varied colors. union suits for women and children. boys' union suits. cretonne toilet cases. and Swansdown powder puffs. Discounts labeled anniversary specials and bundled items emphasize low prices.
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