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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1897
Page
2
Gimbel Brothers offer the Dunlop bicycle at 48 dollars challenging $50 wheels while high grade parts and features such as one-piece Fauber crank seamless tubing reinforced joints tool steel hubs and oval crown are highlighted as superior. A list of bicycle sundries and accessories with prices accompanies the ad.
A catalog of sporting goods with prices for Kangaroo bicycle shoes in various leathers and models, tennis rackets Central Park and Columbia, Wright & Ditson balls, eight and four ball sets, catcher mitts in multiple sizes, teenage and Victor leagues gear, bats, gloves, and golf hose. Sixth floor.
A small lot sale offers 10 000 yards of Irish point guipure and pointe de Venise embroideries at 12c to 25c, ideal for summer dresses and underwear. Also featured are ventilating corsets from 50c to 2 50, plus a full third floor of corset options and related waists for all ages.
A retail page advertises Aristo silk gowns with ornate fronts and lace, Habuta prints, and wide silk fabrics in black blue and white. It promotes all wool extra supers carpets from 65c to 46c, Agra Aubusson carpets at 57 1/2c, and a range of Ari Squares with deep discounts. Also highlights engraved pearl glove buttons and monogramming services at Gimbels.
Millinery sale winds down with discounts on hats bonnets and togues. Prices drop multiple ranges from eight to ten dollars for selected hats with two specimens at six dollars. Also listed are notions and fabric bargains on the first floor including damask napkins and linen bargains.
Fragmentary note shows Conover & Co offering watches with 12 years of service noted and a price mention of 42 percent and 121.8 in relation to David F. The text implies a catalog or repair context with old attribution.
Swarthmore College celebrated its twenty fifth commencement with a principal address by G Stanley Hall on Enthusiasm. The exercises in Parrish Hall included remarks by Dr Charles De Garmo, Joseph Wharton, Frank G Blair and poems by John D Hicks. Degrees were conferred on 34 graduates including BA, BLA, BS and engineering majors with honors to Mary Florence Yeatman and Elizabeth Powell Bond.
The annual commencement exercises at Raymond Academy Camden were held last evening. Graduates read interesting essays and performed vocal and instrumental selections by the undergraduate class, creating a charming entertainment. Diplomas were conferred on Miss Elizabeth Burns and others.
Eleven pupils form the best class to leave the Ogontaz walls with Miss Frances Elizabeth Bennett noting their exceptional individuality. The ceremony featured speeches essays and musical selections by notable students and honored guests including D Warfield Lafayette College president and Rev J R Henderson.
West Point N Y June 8 The first class United States Military Academy practical military engineering exam opened with signaling including cipher messages. Cadets tested fortifications and saps while spectators watched and weather halted artillery drill. Field day sports set for 10 30 a m tomorrow.
The twenty-fifth annual commencement of Lebanon High School was held this evening in Sons of America Hall. A class of twenty-one girls and boys received certificates and were addressed by Rev. J. P. Miller.
In a narrative urging wives to care for ailing husbands, the piece links business failure to ill health and praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a blood-building medicine aiding digestion, liver function, and appetite. It touts the medical adviser book and offers a free large edition. It includes testimonials and a mailing request to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association.
Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania gathered for a day of meetings and meals at Houston Hall and the University Library. Ex Provost Pepper presided, with reports from the medical dental and law schools. Speakers from Yale Harvard and others praised Pennsylvanias growth and the bonds with partner schools.
The University holds commencement ceremonies for 483 graduates at the Academy of Music at 11 AM with Wayne MacVeagh delivering the address. A processional from the campus begins at 10 AM along Walnut Street to Chestnut and Broad, escorted by the City Troop. Alumni meetings, faculty events, and a theatre presentation follow.
The advertisement lists newly published novels including Guavas The Timer A New Novel by Hy Rev 8 BarinG-Gould When the Century Was New by Charles Conrad Abbott MD Dr Luttrells First Patient by Rosa Nouchette Carey Ripple and Flood by James Prior His Native Wife in the Lotos Library Lovice posthumous by The Duchess and Lippincotts Library of Popular Fiction featuring 130 titles in uniform binding Buckram gilt top 75 cents available at Philadelphia publisher offices and booksellers pdf
Nine graduates received piano vocal theory and teaching certificates at Musical Fund Hall under director Gilbert R. Combs. Winners included Alice T. Roberts and Grace Greenwood Anderson with medals awarded for piano, rapid progress, orchestral work, and theory.
The Luth eran Theological Seminary at Mount Airy held commencement exercises in St. Michael's Church Germantown. Speakers included Herman Brezing Harry C Kline G Edward Krauth George C Loos Nathan R Melhorn and Frederic Wackernagel. Graduates listed are William E Bauer Ludwig Blesecker Charles B Blethen William J Egger Herman Brezing G D Druckenmiller Charles J Gable Ernest Orion Graham J William H Heintz William Ulysses Kistler Harry C Kline G Edward Krauth M Rea Kunkelman George C Loos Nathan R Melhorn Jesse LeRoy Miller Warren Nickel Edward M Potts Reinhold Schmidt Chas B Schweikert William A Snyder Frederic Sutter Frederic Wackernagel Herman F E Wahrmann Ira M Wallace Charles D Zweiger.
The Wilson College class day program featured greetings, roll call, censor, poem, prophecy, senior charge and other readings by alumnae from Coatesville, Michigan City, Brooklyn, Germantown, Chicago, New Brunswick and Butler. This evening a memorial window to Rev. Dr. John Edgar was dedicated, costing over 1000 dollars and presented by the alumnae. Mrs. A N Pomeroy gave the presentation, with Rev. W A West and Rev. J A Crawford delivering responses and the leading address.
The annual Phi Beta Kappa exercises were held in the College Chapel yesterday. John Bach McMaster delivered the oration while the poem by Owen Wistar was omitted due to his illness. An annual meeting followed with officers elected: President J. G. Rosengarten, Vice President Rev. W. H. Lamberton, Secretary Treasurer E. P. Cheyney, and literary committee Rev. J. A. Montgomery, RE. Y. Brown, Rev. W. H. Falkener. The admission rule was amended to admit all students of literary pursuits.
The Mask and Wig Club staged a revival of Very Little Red Riding Hood at the Chestnut Street Opera House for the university athletic association. A largely similar cast delivered a smooth and engaging performance before a crowded audience.
The first state tax schedule for 1897 assessments 2475 corporations to the comptroller shows total tax of 699697.25 dollars. Major portions go to capital stock and various sectors with 485199.18 to capital stock, 25106 to gas and electric, and 661067.20 to miscellaneous rail and sleeping car firms. The heaviest levy is on a retail insurance company and the lightest thirteen cents for Masonic Hall Lodge of Elizabeth.
New York June 8 James Mannix died at Fishkill Landing from a fist blow struck by a brick yard worker yesterday that caused brain concussions. The assailant’s identity is unknown with three arrests made on suspicion.
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