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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
12
Philadelphia shoppers are invited to a basement and cross aisle sale offering deep cuts on sewingSilk items corset supplies and notions with lectures on silk production. Featured prices include 100 yard spool silk 5c and sewing silks as low as 20c per dozen plus various trims laces and sewing machine accessories.
Sale of summer silks offering up to half off regular prices. Fifty thousand yards of plain and printed silks shown, including foulards and peau de gant. Bright designs for fall fashion, with wide color range and low prices on satin foulards and printed silks. suitable for girls’ wear.
The second floor hosts a summer sale of muslin undergarments with many styles in coarse to fine cottons. Gowns cost 38c with pleated yoke and cambric trim, drawers 15c with hems and pleats, limit three per customer. No mail orders.
Men and women handkerchiefs fresh and perfect many from a maker seeking more business. Reduced items include hemstitched and embroidered pieces with initials, some from own stock, priced at 16c 18c 6 for 50c and 12 for 1, 25c 30c regularly higher.
A local jewelry outlet at Toirtenth and Chestnut advertises a selection of quadruple plated ware. The notice highlights a large stock of patterns with popular plated-ware used over solid items. Various items priced from $1.50 to $8.25 and pitchers listed at $22. Please note the listing includes several price points and product types.
A vintage ad proclaims women’s silk jackets priced at five dollars on Chestnut Street Second Floor, noting they once ranged from ten to fifteen dollars. It lauds Francis the French designer for popularizing taffeta jackets and tailor-made silk suits in Paris and New York, while describing the current low price and various fabric finishes.
An advertisement details discounted women and children’s clothing items from a stock of cheviot and serge skirts with Eton jackets, silk linings, and various trims. Prices range from 25c to $3.50, with lawn and sateen fabrics, and parasols offered at $1.75 to $2.50.
A major lace sale expands over the main and cross aisles with 162000 yards of lace at half price and less. About 10000 patterns including veils galons edges venise and arabian effects. prices from 5 cents to 6 dollars. The store promises ample staff and courteous service while protecting customers and makers alike.
The item notes a current period of active lace making with emphasis on ongoing craft, markets, and community interest. It highlights artisans, local shops, and seasonal demand shaping the scene.
A fragmented catalog item lists lace and fabric prices by number, with yardage costs ranging from 10c to several dollars. Numerous entries (Nos 1 to 26) show varying prices for lace cords, jackets, ties, and rec yards, though several lines are garbled.
Readable text notes substantial reductions on children hats bonnets and caps. French hats priced 5 to 15 down from 10 to 30 and French caps 1 25 to 2 50 down from 2 to 5 with several mid range styles. Muslin hats from 1 to 4 not reduced. Baby caps 38c to 4.
Housekeeping linens offered southwest of center for summer use in cottages and hotels. Napkins in Austrian drill bleached 18 to 22 inches square priced from 8c to $1.10 a dozen. Table linens include 50c a yard 76 inches wide and 75c a yard two yards wide. Heavy snow white linen described.
Eddy Refrigerators claim ice cools food by absorbing heat while minimizing heat gain from walls and cracks. The design features nonconductive packing and felted doors to create airtight seals, maximizing ice efficiency. Prices listed include 100 lbs for $14.25 and 150 lbs for $18.00.
Basement aisles offer couches made to order for 10 instead of 15, velour covered with about four days to manufacture. Notion sale features women's stockings three pairs for 50c, vests and linens discounted. remnants and towels half price. Children's shoes and women's oxfords, umbrellas, shirtwaists, and silk shirtwaists deeply reduced with various old prices marked down.
A large summer sale advertises 7000 pairs of women and children shoes on the fourth floor with prices from $1.20 to $7.90. Various styles include kid and patent leather oxfords, box calf, russet, and satin calf in sizes 4 to 12 plus. Many shoes are described as samples or regular stock with substantial savings over regular prices.
June wedding themed sale opens second floor gallery with half the bric-a-brac sold yesterday and the rest today. Teplitz pieces, Limoges and Haviland china heavily discounted with many items listed at half to two thirds off. Vases, dinner sets, salad bowls, olive dishes and more priced from 50 cents to over 12 dollars, English Austrian and American wares included.
On the third floor 215 pieces from top makers include revolving chairs saddle seats and leather back chairs in golden oak and imitation mahogany. Prices show deep cuts with chairs and hall seats from four to twelve dollars and music cabinets from four dollars to eight fifty.
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