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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
2
A large Mill End sale features women's Lawn Waists, Wash Dresses, Net Waists, Street Suits, and Suits with values up to $5.98. Items include lace trimmed Lawn Waists, Dutch necks, and gingham dresses with low collars, all offered at deep discounts on the second floor.
Mill Ends of Plisse Crepe and Japonika Silk in many shades offered at 35c and 50c values. Arnola Silk Fancies and Jacquard Weaves in silk and cottons. Gray cotton blankets 1.00 to 1.3, white blankets 6.00 per pair. White hemmed spreads 1.00, fringed spreads 1.39, Latin fringed spreads 1.50. Main Floor Aisle One and Two.
A sale listing shows table linens including damask in various widths and qualities and a selection of Irish, Scotch, and mercerized damasks. It also advertises fine linen napkins in multiple sizes and qualities, plus Huck towels in several styles and price points.
Local listings advertise 3,000 yards bleached hill muslin at 74 cents per yard and 2,730 yards soft finish unbleached muslin sold by the yard. Also 3,000 yards soft finish cambric 1 to 10 yards in a piece at 21 cents, and 2,000 yards soft finish long cloth at 14 cents. Bleached sheets, standard brand, 65 cents to 65 cents each.
Mill End displays feature pictures in several sizes mounted on cardboard with prices. landscapes marine scenes and figures. Notions include dress shields lamps and sheets with discounts. various 10c to 29c pricing noted. Shopping bags and hosiery supporters offered on Main Floor with low Mill End pricing across aisles.
Thousands await July first day with the Mill End Sale marking a fresh goods event. All items are new except a few odd lots, gathered for months to offer big values and surpass last year's success.
Mill Ends of various cottons and lawn fabrics offered in numerous weaves and patterns. madras ginghams, batiste, organdie, percales, and standard prints priced from 6c to 12%c per yard. large quantities advertised with yardage totals and a main floor location.
Mr. Lockhart conducts penny or two sales as a highlight of opening day. The promotions promise money saving elements and an element of surprise about when and where merchandise will be offered at a penny or two.
Mill End discounts put silk foulards taffeta satins and pongee on sale. Yardage ranges from 9c to 69c with many remnants offered at half price. Household staples like evaporated milk peaches and soap also advertised with Mill End pricing on Fifth Floor and Main Floor selections.
Mill ends of worsted shepherd checks in multiple colorways 36 inches wide priced at 15 cents per yard. Wool serges in gray cream tan 36 inches wide. Danish cloth 36 inches wide at 25 cents per yard. All-wool Belges 42 inches wide valued at 1.00 per yard. Cream serges 43 inches wide priced 1.20 per yard. Main Floor Alsle Gane.
Advertises mill end discounts on fall-wool panamas black fancies and poplar cloth at 36 inch width, velvet and voile fabrics, linen handkerchiefs, embroidered belts, purses, embroidery silk skeins and table covers. Mentions locations Main Floor Aisle Three and Four with prices from 1c to 59c and items like plain and fancy all-wool textiles and merterized handkerchiefs.
Mill Ends of various fabrics including Edward's Cambric and Sunglass Percaline offered in colors and value ranges. Black Satine yard goods and limited quantities listed with low price points. Women’s silk gloves in multiple styles and colors featured as Mill End sale items in Main Floor sections with special low prices.
Mill End offers 25c sash pins and pearl cuff links with coral turquoise amethyst sapphire and rhinestone designs. Regular $1.50 to $2.00 items now at Mill End price. Large variety of pearl cuff links in neat ocean pearl designs, 25c per pair.
Disputes over bid awards to Indiana Engineering and alleged favoritism trigger Governor Marshall’s push for trustee resignations. Supt. Whittaker faces removal amid charges of misconduct, bribery and misappropriation linked to payoffs from contractors. A reform, organ fund scrutiny, and staff changes are debated as applicants seek the vacated position.
Dr. D. C. Peyton of Jeffersonville James H. Lyon mayor of Terre Haute and Adam Heimberger of New Albany are referenced in connection with regional civic activity and public notices. The exact actions or dates are not provided in the accessible text.
Pittsburg June 30 Jack Johnson will box Tony Ross for six rounds tonight at Jimmy Dimes club Promoters hold back fighters shares to ensure a genuine contest after a reported fiasco with an earlier fight Also Johnson was told he must complete six rounds to receive the promised $2000 payment with no exhibition.
Philadelphia report states Willie Keeler will miss the rest of the season after a severed tendon in his right foot near the ankle sustained during a New York Cleveland series. The injury, initially rumored as a week out, now ends his play for the year, though no formal announcement has been issued.
New York June 30. Manager Stallings of the Yankees offered about $30,000 for Washington star pitcher Johnson and catcher Street, but Washington skipper Cantillon declined. The manager said he might as well sell the whole team rather than part with those two players.
Mullin starred for Detroit by driving in the winning run in the fourth inning and escaping two jams in two innings as Cleveland left runners on base. Rossman provided key hitting, including the run that started Detroit’s two-run rally and highlighted the contest.
New York June 30 Frank J. Egan star pitcher of Fordham college recently signed by the Cincinnati National League team married Miss Jennie Todd of Newark at Justice Johnsons Montgomery street office New Jersey.
In St Paul on June 30 1981 the Paul and Toledo doubleheader went long. Toledo triumphed in 13 innings 5 to 3 in the opener, while the second game went to extra innings with a Toledo loss in the 10th.
Louis Finkelstein of 18 E. McCarty Street in scrap metal and iron business clarifies he is not related to another Louis Finkelstein who lives on S. Illinois Street and is mentioned in papers frequently.
Local laundry advertises family washings by the pound with rough dry and ironing services. The note invites readers to try the service and lists rates and contact details in a dated circular.
A historical newspaper piece details an intimate letter exchange between Edith Woodill and Eastman found on his body. The notes explore longing, moral conflict, and love with philosophical comparisons, ending with a dire threat and a plea to mail letters. It cites a separate note about Lyman Gage proposing marriage to Edith prior to her marriage to Woodill.
The Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway offers a five thousand dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who caused the destruction by dynamiting its car and bridge material stored on a siding at Wheeling Junction West Virginia for the reconstruction of its Steubenville bridge. The dynamite incident occurred about 2:30 a.m. on June 2th, 169.
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