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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
A basement sale offers discounts on kitchen items including Ice Saver wraps at 10¢, Punch Polish Mop at 79¢, Climax Fry Pan 75¢, Black Sheet Iron Oven 69¢, Three-Sewed Broom 17¢, Wear-Ever Fry Pan 43¢, Office Baskets 19¢, and Breton Lunch Baskets 19¢. Limited quantities per customer.
White Goods Splash Voile 61 4¢ yd regular 10c quality 27 inches wide. Striped Crepe 7¢ yd regular 12 44c 36 inches wide. Longcloth 7 4¢ yd regular 10c fine quality soft finish. Lining Lawn 4¢ yd 27 inches wide full perfect pieces. Brocade Ratine 50¢ yd regularly 1.40 in wide used for skirts. Shirting Madras 10¢ yd regularly 15c short lengths 32 inches wide.
A Fourth Floor Bow Man's sale features dramatic markdowns on draperies burlap curtain materials lace panel curtains and rep and lateen fabrics with widths from 30 to 39 inches plus 21 to 25 yard lengths. Household items include matting covered shirt waist boxes with bamboo trimmings and folding fans for picnics or decoration.
Bargains on imported blue willow china 75¢ per dozen and decorated German china 98¢. Table tumblers 85¢ per dozen blown glass with grape cutting. Chas Chaplin statuettes 19¢ each. Milk pitchers 5¢. Limited quantities for home collections and set pieces.
Furniture porch rockers with double reed seat and banister back priced at 1.45. Bar Harbor Willow Rocker 2.89 natural finish. Porch Rocker 1.98 regular 2.49 high back reed seat and back finished natural. Bowman’s Fifth Floor.
Special to The Telegraph Geneva June 22 reports from Swiss soldiers and guides on Stelvio Pass and surrounding peaks in Grisons. The front lines in the Alps see daily artillery duels above the clouds as Italians and Austrians clash over key passes. Telephones guide rangefinding amid fortified Stelvio and nearby passes, shaping a high altitude struggle to threaten Milan. In other notes, a Thunderstorm near Mercersburg killed one horse driven by Edward Highland, who was knocked unconscious. Postmasters appointed by President Wilson include A Ray Sherwood, Meshoppen. Harry A Englehart, Ebensburg. Joseph E Neimond, Mifflin, Pa. Francis A Banville, Cliffside Park.
More than a thousand people attended a union picnic of the Derry Street State Street and Sixth Street United Brethren Churches at Hershey. The main event was a friendly baseball game among the three church teams.
A vintage advertisement from BOWMAN'S Main Floor lists discounted fabrics including ginghams five to six cents per yard calico at four and a half cents per yard cambric muslin eight cents per yard cheesecloth three and a quarter cents per yard sheeting twenty three cents per yard sheets fifty three cents pillow cases twelve and a half cents per pair double fold percale five cents per yard and awning stripes seventeen cents per yard all cut from full pieces and offered at positions below regular prices.
Silk fabrics offered include Silks Satin Foulards at 25 cents per yard, Satin Messaline at 69 cents, imported silk samples 19 cents each, Crepe de Chine at 25 cents per yard, and Taffeta and Messaline at 79 cents per yard. Wide selections in tan green black brown navy Copenhagen and floral and figured designs.
Wash Dress Goods and figured lawns priced at 5 cents per yard, 27 inches wide with floral designs. Dress linen at 25 cents per yard formerly 75 cents, tan and wistaria, 46 inches wide. Percales 9 1/4 cents per yard, 36 inches wide. Crepes 10 cents per yard, 32 inches wide with neat figures. Poplar cloth 13 1/4 cents per yard, 36 inches wide in navy and black. Suitable for bathing suits.
Professor Wendell P. Raine of the Wharton School announced over 140 applications for information from prospective students at the Harrisburg Extension Branch. He expects a much larger Fall class than last year’s 150, with at least 100 expected to continue next Fall. Raine heads the extension from Chamber of Commerce offices in the Kunkel Building, Third and Market streets.
Norfolk Suits in blue brown and tan range from 2.75 down from 3.95 for boys 6 to 17. Norfolk Suits 1.39 from 1.98 and 2.49 for 6 to 12 years with dark cassimeres. Russian Sailor Suits 0.69 down from 0.98 for ages 4 to 8, Oliver Twist Suits 0.19 down from 0.29 for ages 2 to 6 with striped waists and blue pants.
Bowman’s Fourth Floor offers velvet and Axminster rugs with new patterns at reduced prices. Velvet rugs now $14.39, previously $19.75, and Axminster velvet rugs $16.98, down from $25, noting Smith’s extra heavy quality and seamless construction.
A catalog-style listing highlights discounted items: dolls at 49¢ and 95¢ with features like full joints, eyelashes, and accessories, boys' velocipedes at 1.29 with steel tires and adjustable saddles, and baby coaches at 6.00 from 22.50 noting slight mar or demonstration wear.
Buttons crochet items sold at 25 cents per dozen formerly 40 50 and 65 cents a dozen handmade washable available in white and linen colors Hair pins offered at 19 cents each formerly 50 cents to 2 dollars fancy shell hair pins also available Children’s fans sold for 10 cents each formerly 25 and 50 cents cel luloid materials highlighted in sale advertisement
A sale offers bedwear crochet spreads at $1.00, down from $1.50, hemmed and ready for use with Marseilles patterns. Summer comforts priced at $1.69, formerly $2.00, feature silk line coverage with a nine inch satine border.
Classified ad lists women’s vests at 12 for 4, regular 17c bleached lace yokes. Women’s fibre silk hose 21c per pair plain black white, double soles, wide garter tops. Women’s hose 29c per pair regular 39c, plain black white, size thread double soles, wide garter tops. Boys’ union suits 21c each ecru short sleeves knee length.
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