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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1897
Page
2
Gimbel Brothers markets a new large underwear department highlighting designs chosen by experienced women. The third floor features walking skirts, underskirts, colored lawn goods, corset covers, chemises, dresses, and lace trim options with prices from 25 cents to 15 dollars, emphasizing fit and variety.
A catalog of new wash fabrics and fashionable waists from Derby and Fisk Clark Flagg. Featuring open-mesh Zephyr, coin dot Lappets, Sheer White Lawn with Valenciennes lace, and discounted Troy waists. Second floor sale highlights include 50c prices on former $1 to $1.50 stock.
A display of skirts including White Duck and Belfast Linen options priced from 75c to $5, plus various fabrics such as crash and pique. Two new bar gains in black silks for summer, a satin merveilleux and Shanghai fabric, both 75c values. Also a sale on colored silks at 29c per yard on the first floor.
A notable early season sale highlights corded lace stripe zephyrs offered at 64 cents and selling at 15 cents. The fabrics are described as perfect for gowns and readily found in the current assortment.
The fourth floor hosts cut prices on linens and damask tableware as importers face tariff pressure. Sales include Turkish towels, Irish damask, cremon damask, and extensive Napkins, plus heavily discounted dinner sets and refrigerators on the first floor and fifth floor tapestry carpets at 60c. a yard. The ad touts special bargains across textiles, carpets, and household appliances, including new uprights and ice chests from renowned brands.
Re-spoiling and hand-sewn welt advantages showcased with Vid Kid plump box shoes in black and nut-brown. Lenox toe shapes offered at $2 with $3 Oxfords, noted for smooth edges and high-toned finish. Also millinery and glove bargains on untrimmed hats and gloves from Young Smyth Field Co. First floor north aisle.
A fourth floor sale promotes bamboo porch chairs at 2.50 each, oak tabourets at 25 50 75 cents, and mosquito bed canopies with nets priced up to 5.20. Mattresses and pillows are discounted, white enamel cribs at 5, and vivid dress goods include pebble cloths, mohair, etamines, and prints with deep cuts across the stock.
A catalog of all wool flannel bathing suits priced from 2 to 8 dollars outlines styles with full puff sleeves wide skirts and drawers. Descriptions include star braid trims sailor collars shields and white mohair accents plus lighter Sicilian and mohair options for swimming wear.
Shop offers women’s bath suits in wool and mohair from $1.75 to $2.50 on the second floor. Also promo on dress shields, stockinet kits, hose support belts, sanitary undergarments, satin trim, and assorted home textiles. Irregular novelties and stamped linens highlighted with steep markdowns in basement Department at Market and Ninth.
The new clinical amphitheatre on Cherry street east of Eighteenth at the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital is described as the largest and finest of its kind. Architects Frank Miles Day & Brothers led the design with Renaissance styling. The five hundred seat hall features Pompeian brick and terra cotta, marble tablets honoring Hippocrates Galen and Celsus with modern contributors like Agnew Goodell Pancoast and Gross. Eye and ventilation systems are advanced and vibration from nearby engines is minimized for delicate surgeries.
A new Protestant Episcopal Church at Sixth and Venango opens with Communion in the morning and a 10:30 sermon by Archdeacon Brady on Christ Buddhism and sects. Rev Dr W N McVickar of Holy Trinity delivers the evening address. The granite edifice seats about 450 and will host a Sunday school. Rev T J remains as rector with Rev Ayer assisting.
John W. Engle a prominent Mount Hope resident died after a difficult bicycle ride attempt on May 28. He suffered paralysis and did not regain consciousness, dying June 6 in Mount Hope.
President McKinley plans no Cuban intervention for ten days to two weeks and seeks pacific solutions. He has privately discussed the crisis with key Senate and House foreign relations leaders and with Spanish Minister De Lome, aiming to protect citizens and property in Cuba while maintaining friendly Spain relations.
A telegram from Glassboro reports farmers being duped by traveling buyers who stay a week, then vanish with money and goods. In two weeks about six cases occurred with losses including cash and silverware. victims span Aura Deerfield and Vineland areas.
Special Telegram to Tomn Times reports a near end of the glass season in Woopnury New Jersey with twenty six get-ups noted. Jars dominate green glass in South Jersey while window glass, Sage trade, and agency sales respond to tariff talk and wage-raise plans.
In Penns Grove New Jersey the sturgeon season ends with poor finances for firms from Cape Shore to the Delaware bay. Delaware and U S authorities push a close season, Pennsylvania and New Jersey already enacted similar laws four years ago. Fishermen anticipate revived yields with propagation and protection measures. Prices remained around $15 per hundred despite scarce catches.
Robert G. Davis of the Mercer County Post G A R was struck by a passenger train near Fredonia Pennsylvania last night and died instantly. He served eight years in the late war and is survived by a wife and six children.
A crowd in Urbana Ohio lynches a black man after an assault claim, drawing editorials from the Washington Star Boston Globe Baltimore News and Atlanta Journal. The case prompts warnings about mob violence and calls for stricter penalties and national reflection on lynching.
Burlington New Jersey June 6 Delran township solved the town jail problem by chaining a prisoner to a wagon wheel in the constables wagon overnight. Charles Hoffman accused of stealing a watch and pants from his employer Samuel Savage was arrested by Constable Aaron Bishop and confined in the city jail before removal to Mount Holly.
The Kensington Y M C A celebrated its fifty third anniversary with a gathering at the hall on Frankford Avenue and Norris Street. W C Douglass spoke on Spirit and Progress of the Y M C A detailing growth from a small band to large halls and praising the library reading room and gymnasium for lifting and aiding men. Orpheus Choral Club provided afternoon music.
Elmer New Jersey June 6 describes a cedar log house on the Shiloh road believed to date from 1700 with no nails and notched cedar construction. The unseen designer is identified as Mr Veale the great grandfather of Moses Veaid¢ of Philadelphia. The structure features a wide seven foot fireplace and tight log joints.
In Reading on June 6 the large cattle shed of Walter Moyer at Shoemakersville was set ablaze at 8 o’clock. The Board of Trade fair at the rink nearby emptied in a rush but no serious injuries occurred. The shed contained no livestock, but Morse faces about $2,000 in losses.
Clergymen and laymen in Pottstown organize The Church Alliance to cooperate on church work secure reforms oppose immoral legislation distribute literature and use local press to advocate reforms. Rev H M Dyckman of First Presbyterian is president and E S Frets secretary.
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