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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
6
The Store unveils its half year inventory close with rare items on sale tomorrow. Girls' colored straw ready to wear hats and fancy straw sailors drop from former prices up to 1.95 to 39 cents. Dives Pomeroy & Stewart on the second floor list specials and 39 cent pieces.
Local advertisement touts discounts on floor coverings with prices such as 39c to 60c for sheets and rugs. It highlights various brands including Congoleum and Ringwalt linoleum and mentions names Dives Pomeroy & Slewact Thira Floor.
Dives Pomeroy & Stewart promote tomorrow's last day of the half year with 39c to 75c yard goods. Listings include 75c voile, 39c black mohair, 50c canton crepe, and 36-inch bleached muslin. Emphasizes team effort and customer satisfaction in a period-store sale.
White cotton risqué sleeveless union suits knee length priced at 50c and 39c with two for 6c bundles. Stamped white linen scarves and centerpieces offered in assorted sizes, with embroidery options. Special Wednesday sale at St Oates Dives Pomeroy and Stewart on the Third Floor.
Readable sale notes show mosquito netting at 59c per 8 yard piece, green white and black. Uetsay Women’s Hand Bags offered 50c to $1.50. Dives Pomeroy & Stewart Street Floor Jewelry specials include 39c items and 50c to 5% pearl necklaces with gold filled clasps. Men’s gold filled cuff links and LaVallières listed at 39c with Wednesday only specials.
A Wednesday sale features cotton dress goods, fancy linens, organdies, voile, seersucker, and towels with low prices. Bundles include 3 yards for 39c, 4 yards for 39c, and 8 yards for 39c, with various 18x sizes and embroidered items highlighted.
An early 20th century sale notice lists White Dress Goods at 59c for 45 inch ramie and 39c to 50c for white gabardine and dotted crepe. It advertises Wednesday only specials on various fabrics and 25c children’s white cotton ribbed union suits with upcoming stock of fancy socks priced 15c to 25c.
A historic ad announces men's night shirts and children's pajamas with prices around 39c to 50c. The listing references a store likely named Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, men's store, and notes tomorrow as the sale day.
A store advertises men’s shirts at 69c and 39c cream and tan negligee shirts with separate soft collars and French cuffs. A 50c negligee shirt variant is shown in a 39c cream and tan color. Tomorrow.
Readable ad notes 36 inch silk linings priced 49c and 39c 50c surf cloth. Mentions Lotmohow 216% salesware Dives Pomeroy & sue Street Floor. Tomorrow edition advertised.
The advertisement lists fabric choices with prices: cream gabardine at 50 cents per yard for 36 inch width, grey voile at 75 cents yard, shepherd checks at 39 cents yard, and Wistaria crepe at 39 cents per yard for 36 inch width. Tomorrow’s sale events referenced.
Hemstitched linen handkerchiefs in stock with hand embroidery offered at 25 cents each or two for 39 cents. The ad notes a sale tomorrow with the same price.
A vintage sale ad lists toilet products in white and pink Mellodew at 50c. Specials for Wednesday include complexion brushes at 39c 45c and 50c and DIY items priced 66c to 1.00. Toilet waters offered at 39c 75c and 1.00 with assorted cosmetic sets.
Silk and satin girdles and sashes offered from 50 cents to 1 25. Special sale on Wednesday features.
Readable ad notes men’s hosiery and underwear with 50c white mesh union suits and 50c navy silk socks. Mentions tomorrow sales and various item descriptions in period ad style.
Advertises 25¢ black silk seamless hosiery and to morrow two pairs for 6. Other offers include 50¢ fiber silk seamless hose in navy and cadet with additional price lines shown for various counts and colors.
Appliance and houseware sale listings feature Ender safety razors 39c to 83c berry sets 39c Loo bowls 39c and 39c large bowl Tomorrow 6 rolls 10c crepe toilet paper 39c items include galvanized tubs 25c and 50c inverted gas lamps Heisey glass bowls 75c and 39c mirrors 69c white frame Also notes Pomeroy & Stewart Basement sale signage and promotional wording
Readable text lists neckwear guimpes vestees and voile flouncing priced from 75 cents to 39 cents. Mentions tomorrow sales and yard measurements with expressive but unclear trailing OCR. No clear event or named entities beyond general products and prices.
Bargain display features veils priced at 39 cents with fancy lace patterns in white green navy taupe and brown. Values reach 2 dollars fifty cents. Tomorrow only. GAON des Hobbes de velleter
A 50c combination scrim and cretonne with hemstitched edges in pink, lavender blue and yellow offered. Special 39c Wednesday only per yard.
Outdoor wear feature listing men’s summer ties in panel and cross stripes and Palm Beach flowing-end ties with sale prices. Khaki trousers with belt strap and canvas gloves are advertised for tomorrow with assorted price points. Also mentions silk outing and motor wear and a bulk item display with limited legible details.
Advert says fast color umbrellas for children with Congo handles priced at 39 cents. Promotion indicates tomorrow sale start with limited quantity and special offer for young buyers.
A retailer offers voile waists at one dollar in white or sand with embroidery or self trimmed collar and turn back cuffs. Prices show 39c options from Gra Oregiat sergee and mention Pomeroy and Stewart on the second floor.
Advertises women's undergarments with lace or embroidery trim bras and corsets priced 39c to 50c and up to 1 95, noting light weight open mesh options. Mentions tomorrow sale date. Includes sizes and styles like EE and long line corsets.
A local ad announces 7 pounds of granulated sugar priced at 389 per sale with each grocery purchase, along with 10 bars Ivory soap and 10 bars P and G soap priced at 39 cents each. The notice mentions tomorrow with a fragmented price notation.
Local ad lists one pound coffee 30 cents and Banquet items at 39 cents. Features large cans tomatoes and tomato products, with multiple brands and bargain notes. Indicates basement display area and store names such as Dives Pomeroy and Stewart.
Long white skirts of crepe with embroidered scalloped edge offered at 39 cents tomorrow. Children's Persian lawn guimpes in sizes 8 to 14, regularly 50 cents to 39 cents, now 50 cents to 1.50? tomorrow.
Printed silk foulard in scroll designs 40 inches wide priced at 39 cents and one dollar. Tomorrow.
Silk gloves offered at $1.00 in 16 button length for women. Small sizes available. none exchanged. Tan color only. Note: offer valid tomorrow with price and color limited.
The report details the citys fire alarm telegraph upgrades with a central fire station concept at police headquarters and the need for appropriation. It notes underground wiring expansion in the Hill district, proposed three desk officers, and progress on voltmeter testing after merger with Harrisburg Light Power.
The note, sent June 24 to Ambassador Gerard and given to the German foreign office, urges direct diplomatic settlement of the Frye case instead of prize court procedures. The U S government would accept prompt indemnity as reparation and rejects Germanys claim to stop contraband shipments by destroying the ship and cargo. The reply does not mention submarine warfare but denies Germanys asserted right to attack.
West Virginia prohibition enforcement cut arrests in 35 towns and cities by more than half. In 1914, 14 000 arrests were recorded with about half for intoxication. In 1915, after prohibition, arrests fell to 6 986 with roughly 2 300 tied to liquor traffic. A separate note mentions Harrisburg jitney club membership and a meeting at W J Perrin restaurant.
The Maritime Association of the Port of New York with about 800 members plans to urge President Wilson to convoke a special congressional session to repeal the seamen's law. They warn that without repeal long established lines may withdraw and others face heavy handicaps.
Chief Marshal Arthur D. Bacon and aides finalized the July 5 Liberty Bell reception program. The plan will go to the general committee for approval at the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce meeting tonight.
William Winn, charged with Kert. One of three persons who ston Michael Mahoney in South Harrisburg last Friday, was yesterday held for court. Mayor John K. Royal heard the case. Winn refused to name his companions and denied throwing stones. Mahoney was struck in the face and has not eaten since the assault.
A Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser knelt at the western front in a death haunted area and prayed aloud saying he did not want the war. In a separate item John Nell faces charges for driving drunk as Mayor Royal orders further evidence at a hearing.
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