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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1901
Page
12
Philadelphia today likely fair and warmer, with a continued warm spell across the region. Residents may expect dry skies and rising temperatures as the midweek forecast calls for sunny to mostly sunny conditions.
An active sale advertises airy nightgowns and corset covers copied from French designs. It promotes dresses in wool and silk blends, trimmed for summer, with pricing from $2.75 to $36.75 and notes profits given up by a New York maker to attract customers. Also lists hats, jewelry, watches, and books with various prices and mentions sector displays in Green Salon and Golden Salon.
A silk store proclaims leadership as it offers this season’s styles in printed satin liberty at 65¢ per yard, 24 inch width, plus 55¢ plain colored twilled silks and 5¢ to 7¢ printed foulards and peau de gant. Colors listed include navy, old-rose, green, tan, cadet blue, white, ivory, pink, blue, nile, lavender, rose, roseda, black. Hundreds of designs. ideal for gowns.
A summer sale features silk ribbons at substantial discounts with many at half price or one third off. White ribbons suit June weddings and graduations, plus satin back velvet and Louisine cords in multiple widths. Rich taffeta ribbons, striped and figured Louisine, and assorted satin taffeta options in summer colors are offered from low to mid price points.
Manufacturer clears entire stock of silk fabrics and children's wear to accelerate sales. Listings include grenadines at bargain prices, dimities, boy baby dresses in gingham and linen, Galatea and pique dresses, two and three year sizes, Sailor suits, and white linen outfits with bloomers, all in period styles with trims and embroidery.
Some of the items you eyed earlier are in the sale including rich novelties and plain stuffs. The note lists prices such as 1.75 for silky stripe etamine 2.2% bortle ceiling horizon stripe grenadine and serpentine stripe grenadine at 3.50 and 2.50 with gilt novelty grenadine 50. Only a hint of the reduced wares is shown.
Trade ad details a wide array of sash curtains and net curtains with lace edges and insertions in multiple patterns. Prices range from 0.50 to 3.25 with discounts noted from higher tag prices, highlighting plain net sash, Arabian, Irish point, and colored gauze options. Yardage materials priced at 12 to 25 cents, plus full lines in colors from $1 to $2.50 reflecting a midtown department store sale on Thirteenth Street.
Catalog of sewing notions and fabric notions with prices for buttons, threads, pins, corset lacers, braids, lace, tape, sewing machine oil, needles, hair pins, dress shields, garters, and other notions. Includes a Mercered percale dress description at end.
Main aisle ends of dinen counters display ten thousand handkerchiefs for men and women, mostly women’s. Each item appears fresh and flawless, some landed recently. Prices slashed in half on varied initials, with many 12 to 18 cent pieces.
A lively piece on commencement fever and post student excitement, urging purchases of ready made gowns and accessories. It promotes muslin and organdy dresses from ten dollars upward with easy payments, and highlights a wide range of gifts for graduates, mothers, and friends to share in the celebration.
A large sale offers fine china, bric-a-brac, cut-glass and dinner sets at half to two-thirds off. Thousands of pieces from Archade show fresh stock from recent seasons, including Limoges, Austrian, French and English patterns. Prices list odd values and savings for dozens of tableware items led by sets, bowls, plates and decorative pieces.
Shoppers flock to a massive footwear sale offering hundreds of styles from $1 to $2.85 for men women and children. With vast quantities of sample shoes and regular stock, discounts reach $1 to $5 ranges across leather and patent leather oxfords and boots. Main aisle displays full of box calfs russets kid skins and various toes, highlighting substantial savings and immediate fitting across all family members.
A verbose odds and ends sale note detailing men suited at eight fifty to twenty two, serge suits, hats, underwear, shirts, handkerchiefs, and wash suits with many cut prices. Also lists gas ranges, linen remnants, gloves, stockings, vests, jardinières, towels, and shirtwaists with various discount tiers and storage offers.
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