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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
2
The store advertises a 5 hour sale tomorrow with open hours from 8 am to 9 pm and a special open time from first doors until 1 pm. It promises rare character bargains and big values on groceries and sugar during all day attractions.
Advertisement lists 5 hour sale footwear values with items including $1.50 white canvas pumps with silk ribbon bows and stitched soles, leather Cuban heels, 98¢ men's shoes in tan and grey canvas, $1.00 boys black tennis oxfords in sizes 12 to 2, and 35¢ Dives Pomeroy Stewart street floor listings.
An advertisement lists linens for the table and towels offered at a five hour sale. Items include napkins 18 and 20 inches square, unstitched mercerized table cloths, matching napkins, linen tray cloths not hemmed, embroidered linen pillow cases and table covers in Renaissance and Battenberg styles, Turkish bath towels in assorted colors. Prices are given per item or set, with notable low sale prices.
A newspaper ad lists lace collars at 1 to 25 cents and Swiss embroidery flouncing at 75 cents value. Assorted English Torchon laces, camisole lace, and handkerchiefs appear alongside discounts from Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart on Street Floor.
Drapery items advertised include 36 inch wide fancy flat edge scrim at 39¢ and 25¢ cross stripe madras curtains. Also 36 inch wide double printed Etamine at 25c and white curtain muslin 10c to 19c. Promotions note a 5 hour sale with yard and 2% yard pricing and references Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart on the third floor.
The notice advertises fabrics by the yard with prices for 25c ratine 36 inches wide, 8% 15c tissue in checks, 59c crepe de chine 36 inches wide, and 50c silk stripe crepe with dark grounds. A 5 hour sale is repeatedly referenced for these items.
Advertised items include 19¢ bleached pillow cases 45x36 with embroidery and hemstitching valued at 25¢, 33¢ hemstitched items, 81x90 bleached sheets at 29¢ with 75¢ value, and a 64¢ table linen set. Limited time promotion across multiple departments.
Local store announces corset sale with prices cut from 2.00 to 1.25 dollars. The 5 hour event features regular 2.00 line of low bust models and special corsets from D P and S. Store urges shoppers to join the morning sale.
A five hour sale features golden oak china closets priced at 29.50 and cedar chairs at 18.75 with 4.25 cedar rockers also offered. Prices are listed for a limited sale window.
In a brief advertisement Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart promotes five hour sale items on the street floor. They list men’s white cotton drawers at 50c, women’s silk hose at 35c and white bleached ribbed vests at 10c to 8c, highlighting 8 to 1 o’clock timing.
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