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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1902
Page
13
The listing details women and men’s hosiery including Rock Dye designs in black Balbriggan and Lisle Thread. Prices shown 35c to 75c per pair with variations in fronts patterns embroidery and lace.
At Cooper Union commencement Abram Hewitt announced endowment now over 2.18 million dollars and plan to free the building for education. He outlined gifts from Carnegie and others, the push to turn offices into a science lab, and calls for a crafts school and armory transfer. He noted donations from alumni and the path to full building independence.
F R Kenton, son of E R Kenton of Milford Conn, is hospitalized in Chicago after being shot and robbed on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois stock freight train near Momence Illinois. He was thrown from the moving train and lay unconscious for an hour before reaching a station and receiving care. Detectives are investigating the assault and robbery.
The National Eisteddfod in Scranton ends after Mendelssohn’s The Night Is Departing. Four choruses of 200 voices compete. Utica Philharmonic Society wins $1,000, Wilkesbarre Choral Society takes $250, and Surinton Ladies Choral Society earns $200 for best ladies' chorus rendition of Spanish Gypsy.
Capt J R De La Mar of New York leads a syndicate planning immediate construction of a 450 mile railroad from Valdes to Eagle on the Yukon River. He holds copper mine options worth about two million dollars in Copper River Valley and near Copper River mouth. Abbott & Helm finance the project. 160 mile first section to Bonanza Copper claims bonded for a million dollars.
The June ordinations at the Cathedral June 21 will include Rev. J. Harry Dorsey, the second colored man ordained to the Catholic priesthood in the United States, ordained by Cardinal Gibbons after his diaconate in 1890s. He is a St. Joseph's Seminary student from Baltimore.
In Chicago Judge Tuley dismissed the Chicago Union and Chicago Consolidated Traction Companies bills for want of equity seeking to halt 1901 taxes. He ordered distribution of 298,933 held by the County Treasurer, with about 100,000 to Chicago and the rest to towns districts villages and others per shares.
Baron Eichhi Shibusawa, one of Japan’s wealthiest merchants, arrives in San Francisco with a large retinue and interpreter. He presides over forty stock companies with capital totaling $100,000,000 and has led the Tokio Chamber of Commerce. He is touring the world for pleasure after being made a peer for his services in expanding Japanese commerce.
June sale features night gowns with lace inserts and embroideries, dresses with bias tucks and ruffles, and deep flounces. Skirts and chemises offered at strong values up to 14.69, with sets priced as low as 0.98 for cambric and muslin pieces. Misses and children’s underwear priced to attract shoppers, including fine night dresses and drawers for 2 to 16 years.
Local mothers travel for low priced infant wear including long slips at 17 cents and nainloom slips at 24 cents. Dainty French dresses, white lawn outfits, and dresser sets priced up to 95 cents, with larger items and ribbed shirts for toddlers. Many styles feature tucks, embroid eries, and lace decorations to appeal to family budgets.
Two dress styles for summer wear feature Style I in White Point D Esprit with satin ribbon clusters and a flare skirt with a lawn drop. Style II uses Black Embroidered Organza sheer with lace medallions and velvet pelt collar, ornate sleeves and a graduated lawn drop.
Made from manufacturers remnants classic knee pants at low prices. Quality levels include 7d 1.00 1.25 and 1.30 down to 0.69. Tailors remnants provide fine suitings with belt loops and extra strong sewing. 49 cent lot includes spare finish corduroys.
Advertisement highlights low prices on Armure and Summer Tapestry portieres and curtains. It lists 938 full fringe curtains at 35.00 and 300 pairs of portieres in multiple colorings and styles, claiming quality equal to items previously sold at 45.00 for Sumter cottages or hotels.
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