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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
2
A promotional piece touts watches from Elgin and Waltham and a range of gifts from jewelry to furs, rugs, desks, and toys. It boasts expert staff, risk-free refunds, and broad stock at Market Street with prices from $3.50 to $125 and up to $135 for a 3-stone diamond.
Ribbons provide affordable options for pretty gifts with 44 inch wide ribbons at 40c a yard and a $1.25 double face satin ribbon basket and table decor. Chrysanthemum bows in evening shades and black velvet available with free bow tying on request at the Rib on Store on the first floor.
The ad lists a variety of slippers and prices for men women and children including men’s vid kid slippers at $1 children’s romeos $1 men’s Russia calf slippers $1.50 to $2 women’s romeos $1.50 to $5 and novelty turned sole styles $1.35 to $3 with fur trimmed carriage boots $3 and second floor Market street.
Advert describes multiple jackets in black Kersey and Cheviot fabrics, double breasted styles with pearl buttons, satin lining, and various features. Prices range from five to nine dollars with details on fit, collars, revers, and silk braid trim. Item located on second floor at Skinner's.
Silk Salon offers reduced silks including satin bar plaid taffetas striped satin duchesse and more valued up to 1.25 yards. Most group priced at 1 silks, all marked fifty five cents a yard. We pack them to look like gifts.
Mackintosh weather ahead as the Mackintosh Store at Gimbels promotes a large range of girls and women mackintoshes. Prices include Women's Mackintoshes from 3.50 and Girls' styles from 1.50 with navy Serge and wool serge options, military capes, plaid linings, and multiple colors. Second floor displays feature full sizes and special Christmas appeal.
Bargain prices on petticoats and wrappers highlighted with discounts. Silk petticoats in taffeta, colors and black with graduated flounce priced at 5.95 down from 7.50 and 8.50. Other items include mercerized Moreen Petticoats at 2.50, tea gowns at 3.95, and flannelette wrappers at 0.95, all on the third floor.
We offer to box a dress pattern for a gift and charge only 0.0 per yard for plaid fabrics once $1 to $1.25 in price. The 50 inch wide, all wool fabrics include oxford gray and other colors. 65c for $1.25 Plaid-back Skirtings, 54 inches wide. 60c for 50 inch all wool Lady's Cloth. Eighteen colors in a 35c Tricot. First floor.
A promotion for Dr White’s Electric Comb claims it cures dandruff hair loss and headaches while costing the same as a regular comb. The unbreakable comb supposedly prevents hair breakage and must be sold with a written guarantee. Prices: ladies 50c gents 85c. Agents sought nationwide with contact in Decatur Illinois.
Bishop James Theodore Holly of Hayti spoke in the city on the negro problem in America. He proposed emigration of African descendants to the West Indies as a future solution and emphasized Hayti's pivotal role in this destiny. He noted Hayti will celebrate its centennial independence next July.
At the Second Regiment Armory on Broad Street, a controversial pickaninny contest drew attendees for an afternoon and evening show. Mothers praised their babies amid lively competition as spectators watched the dusky infants in the crowd.
Vanity Fair reports Count Boni de Castellane and Countess Boni de Castellane negotiating for a London house. They plan to spend part of the year there as Boni seeks comfort from friends after recent financial troubles.
Ellen Dych, 14, disappeared from 1901 North Broad Street on November 17. The girl, once living with a family at 2001 North Broad Street and employed as a servant, has not been seen for three years. Her mother Rose Dych at 1127 Vine Street seeks information, and the Home Mission Society had placed her earlier. anyone with knowledge should contact Rose Dych or grandfather W. Chambers at 722 Pierce Street.
Fire destroyed about 40 000 feet of lumber in the yard of Stokes Brothers on Thirtieth street below Chestnut yesterday afternoon. Fumes were seen in a shed by the Schuylkill river and spread rapidly. The fire tug at Kimore and Ohio depot aided the blaze, saving a large part of the yard. Damages ran to several thousand dollars. Barnard & Co coal sheds suffered slight scorching. The Times offers a free color picture of Castle Kenilworth ruins to readers next Sunday.
Wilson Jones and Charle Sims, both 22, of Forty-third Street and Irving Street, faced Magistrate Stratton after being caught entering a vacant 36 South Forty-second Street home. Patrolman Connell found a lighted back room and a makeshift meal setup with broken dishes. a burly man fled with a brea and salmon tin before the pair were detained and sent to the House of Correction.
Round trip fare from Washington DC on the centennial of the seat of government official. Tickets valid on a train December 1 and morning December 22, return allowed until December 14 inclusive.
The Times outlines buy sell and rent options in its Real Estate Columns. Special days include Wednesday Saturday and Sunday for feature listings and market notes.
A storefront advertisement touts the toy department as the largest and cheapest in the city. It also promotes grocery items including Flaked Rice, Mustard, Sugar Corn, and Whole Tomatoes with special delivery free to all parts. Locations listed include Kensington Avenue, Frankford Avenue, Second Street, Ridge Avenue, Callowhill Street, and Broadway in Camden, New Jersey.
Rumors on Wall Street claimed Vickers Sons & Maxim would buy Midvale Steel and Cramp shipyards to gain government contracts. Both Cramp and Midvale executives denied any sale or option on Midvale property. Bankers J and W Seligman & Co said they knew nothing of such negotiations.
A Chicago telegram reports University of Chicago officials will invite only co eds who meet strict scholarship standards to the football banquet with Pres Harper and the team next Thursday. Deans issue weekly notices to prevent lagging in class work and several girls are upset to be barred from the event.
Mrs. Matilda Frey pleaded guilty to larceny in Criminal Court after being arrested with her year-old daughter Una on charges of shoplifting and accomplice with the child. On the District Attorney’s motion, her sentence was suspended and she was discharged. the child was placed with the Children’s Society. Centennial celebration of Washington DC’s seat of government to be marked with Pennsylvania Railroad reduced round-trip fares for December 12 events.
Judge Hanna sustained the validity of Colonel Joseph M. Bennett’s will and codicils, denying a jury trial and dismissing the appeal. The will mostly leaves his fortune to the University of Pennsylvania and the Methodist Orphanage Home, with his daughter Imogene E. Bennett Wellens cut out. The contestant claimed unsound mind and delusions about paternity, but the opinion found no delusion and held he acted on facts supported by evidence.
Bondsmen for four defendants in Seventh ward feiting bail appeals to the Superior Court after the Quarter Sessions. Edwin H. Ware for Samuel Salter, John F. Slater for Joseph Rodgers and Clarence Meeser, and Edward P. Macken for James Sheehan and others posted double bail. Grand jury indicted Stanley Mitchell for illegal voting in Third ward, with David Hayes charged as an aider, and James Lynch indicted for illegal voting in the Eleventh ward.
William Freehling Jr. sues Stempel Fire Extinguisher Manufacturing Co. in Common Pleas Court for 10000 dollars claiming a May 22 extinguisher failed and exploded, severely injuring his face, jaw, and teeth and causing ongoing pain. He is a color-mixer for G. W. Blabon & Co., cloth manufacturers.
In a Common Pleas filing by Fair mount Posten No 9 of the Deutschen Orden der Veteranen und Krieger gegen Frederick Berghoff, the suit seeks return of an oak flag case a silk US flag a pole an eagle a silk banner with the company title a satin burial pillow and a sword of honor valued at 270 dollars now held by the defendant who refuses delivery.
A fierce gale wrecked several ships ashore near Wallis Sands. Life-savers were alerted and a shore patrol began. A sailor's body was recovered and debris washed ashore as reports note the Brown, a 15-ton two masted vessel built in Bath, Maine in 1876, typically carries six men.
The Allan Line steamer Parisian arrived in Halifax amid a blizzard with engines reportedly disabled at midnight. Engineers patched machinery with a wooden support, while the captain cited only rough weather. The voyage carried Rear Admiral Bickford, South Africa veterans, sailors for Pacific and West Indies, and immigrants.
A fierce northwest gale on Tuesday night wrecked several vessels along the North Atlantic coast. In Beverly Massachusetts four schooners were driven ashore with crews saved from one ship, while others including the Victory and the Charles E Sears were damaged or ashore. Salem reports three schooners ashore at Jupiter Point and a total loss of the Eastern Queen. The tug Bronx sank at Newburyport, coal barges and barges sank, and multiple schooners including Mary A Brown and Henry B Little were wrecked or damaged with crew losses feared.
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