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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1900
Page
2
The Gimbel Store opens its first major shoe sale this morning promising deep discounts across men’s, women’s, and children’s footwear. About thirty thousand pairs await on two floors with careful fitting available upstairs and prompt exchanges encouraged to keep the line moving.
The June clearance touts Half Price Vienna china sets and dinnerware from Haviland Limoges and more. Many items slash regular prices from $1 to $75 with reductions including one third to half off. Featured pieces include carved ivories, Teplitz figures, and cut glass while supplies last.
A local china shop advertises discounted Haviland and Limoges pieces, Austrian and American porcelain sets, and glassware with many items priced from 50c to $4.50. Featured lots include 113 piece Limoges, 113 piece Haviland, and various 100 piece Austrian and American sets with gilt edges and floral designs.
A linen store promotes a broad towel sale with deep discounts on Huck Damask and Turkish towels. Prices range from a few cents to a dollar per item, with sizes noted and emphasis on value for hotel and home use. Linen Store, east building.
The Silk Salon offers 7000 yards of FOULARD SILKS at 35c per yard with prints in blues blacks and garnet on solid grounds. Limited stock noted seven thousand yards and a fringe assortment includes Moire Batiste and Percaline 36 inches wide. First-floor display emphasizes dress lengths and stiffening substitutes.
The Mam'selle Awakins Hat tops the display as the season’s best outing hat. Hats priced at 95c, 1.45, and 2.50. Bargains from 50c to 75c at 10 o'clock, with rose and violet sprays and branch effects now 15c.
The shop highlights a broad summer cotton fabrics sale with low prices. Foulard 18c now 15c prints in blue and pink tones. Best American Dimity 15c, 18c Batiste Lawn 12c, Dotted Swisses 12c, Nicoise Lawns 18c, Organdies 12c, mercerized Ginghams 10c to 12%c, lawn 8c, dimity 6 1 4c for children and house dresses. East of center.
A leading Philadelphia white goods shop highlights rare price cuts on embroidered and lace trimmed fabrics. Colored chambray, Swiss and cambric varieties, Egyptian batistes, French nainsook, and white linens appear at substantial discounts, with yard prices ranging from 12c to 75c and up. The ad notes plain materials, insertions, and gingham styles, urging shoppers to visit the rear of the store for these special offers.
The issue notes strong demand for muslin underwear through June amid price stability. Corset covers, drawers, petticoats, and white lawn pieces are advertised in multiple price points, including $1.50 to $1.98 ranges for CAMBRIC items and Paris-made corsets, with emphasis on quality fabrics, lace, and finishing touches.
All-silk Grenadines at 75c and $1.50, 1700 yards in fourteen silk stripe checks. Camel hair Serge 60c, Silk and Wool Etamine $1. From famed French maker, blackout fabrics, 50 to 44 inches wide. Practical summer materials for dances. Men’s straw hats $2 to $3.50 at Finestores, Sout Korea and issported Seonit.
2.50 straw hats at 1.75 crown with black or blue band in men’s straws from 1 to 1.25. Rough braids Sennit and Mackinaw sizes from children to 7%. Boys’ straws 50c to 3 dollars and a large selection of styles for the whole family. Floor notice.
Advertises deep discounts on torn but intact linens including sheets and pillow cases with heavy per piece and per yard pricing. Limits sales to two dozen per article per buyer to ensure housewives receive stocks. Highlights real value versus sale price and odd measurements.
A wholesale cut in stock leaves 238 styles of cotton and lisle hose on sale at 25¢ to 50¢, with French hosiery favored for wear. The surplus will be liquidated to keep lines cheap next season, selling at roughly half price. Stews Cooas Ssinta Street.
The German Singing north of Maryland and east of the Mississippi named a nine person board to run the festival two years from now. Delegates met at Labor Lyceum in Syracuse Streets to select leaders led by R Reeder and A Buckregger with Henry Louis Webber and EB Schultz serving. About 2 000 singers are expected to participate and prizes will be awarded. The event runs three days starting July 2 1902, with the main fund to be held in a local park.
The Seventh Day Adventists of Pennsylvania plan an annual camp meeting under canvas at Fifth Street and Wyoming Avenue starting next Thursday. About two hundred delegates are expected in a 2,000 seating pavilion with sermons, revival meetings, Bible studies, and lectures. The event highlights The United States Its Rise, Work, and Future Position Among the Nations of the Earth. The denomination operates mission stations globally and runs twenty colleges with around two thousand students annually.
Washington reports 52 681 enumerators at work with Pennsylvania leading at 4676 and New York next at 4402 Alaska two Nevada 53. Other states list varied counts from 73 in Wyoming to 3945 in Illinois and 295 in Vermont.
Special Telegram Reports Douglass Durell, brother of Freeholder Durell of Florence, was found unconscious on Burlington's High street early today. He says three men attacked him with razors and blackjacks, leaving him bleeding before police detained Isaac HMarcis William Timbers and Walter Courhres.
Chief J Good of the Bureau of Health and Gemonei B of the Board of Education ordered a Warren School inspection at Thirty-eighth and Warren streets. Dr Alexander C Butcher found a damp cellar with a spring under the floor and vent pipes connected to nearby private dwellings, but overall the building was judged in fair condition.
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