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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1901
Page
12
A brief weather note from Pariladelphia indicates fair conditions expected today. The forecast mentions likely fair skies with no precipitation and mild temperatures for Saturday, June 15, 1901.
Items on sale include rain coats for women in cheviot, serge, and covert cloth treated to be water resistant while remaining breathable. Prices range from $6 to $25 with styles featuring yokes, box backs, and velvet collars. Also offered are linen summer dresses, caps, bath shoes, and linen handkerchiefs as part of a broad bargain display on the second floor near Chestnut and Thirteenth Street.
Girls shirtwaist suits offered in sizes 12 to 18 years range from 3 to 12.75 dollars. The styles and materials mirror those worn by women, but these junior versions are notably well made and rarely require alterations.
Hundreds of wash suits arriving fresh yesterday include $1.50 crash and check designs, $2.50 white pique with pink or blue collars, $3.50 to $3.75 navy linen with blue embroidery, and white butcher linen at $4. Also featured are $4 value sets, $2 to $3.50 Russian blouse styles, and new yoke Norfolk jackets from $1.50 to $4.50 for sizes 8 to 16.
Furniture sale listing chairs and rockers with discounts. Morris chairs from four to nine dollars, some with hair-filled cushions, velour coverings, and cross-aisle cushions. Includes porch rockers, camp chairs, rustic hickory, grass cloth birch frames, and green rush chairs with multiple price points.
Bargain display of girls sailor suits in main aisle with items priced from $1 to $1.50, reduced from $2.25 for sizes 4 to 14 and made from percale, gingham, madras, and chambray. Also children's caps and hats priced 50c to $5, with some French hats and caps reduced. some items might be slightly soiled, others fresh, and prices top at $15.
Chamois gloves priced at 75c wash cleanly and dry on hands, matching shirtwaists of the day. Silk Pongee Waists offered at $6, touted as stylish and cooler than linen though linen remains strong. Entire waist features pleats, front tabs with pearl buttons, collar and stock in the same material. simpler versions are $4.50.
Made of silk and cotton-silk one way, cotton the other. We haven't tried them - don't know whether they'll wash or not, but they are extremely pretty and look like what is called wash silk. Corded, with colored stripes, made very simply with bishop sleeves, hand cuffs, stock collar and tie.
Center of store features a Japanese fairy tale origin tale about a suitor who must bring fire water and wind wrapped in paper for his bride. The wind appears as a fan. A wide selection of paper fans in many colors and prices lines the main aisle. Silk Culture exhibition ends Saturday the 15th.
A large stock of 15 000 new shoes added to a two week sale includes women s oxfords priced 1 20 to 2 60 and 1 40 to 2 00 ranges for girls and boys. Men s patent leather and oxford styles from 1 90 to 3 00, plus little men s oxfords and kidskin options. Thousands of pairs in multiple sizes and widths, many at about half price, with 60 00 pairs of plus 18 500 already sold, and salespeople ready to assist.
Mr. Seymour promotes a line of men's clothing including Serge Suits priced from 7.50 to 25 dollars. He stresses made-to-order quality with cloth chosen months earlier, color tested, and tailored by preferred makers. He contrasts with generic market suits, guarantees lower-priced options, and notes specific values for hand-made and Clay serge lines. Some summer suits from 12 to 18 dollars are advertised at 8.50.
A brief item notes a dozen extra salesmen at a city hall corner selling straw hats and sennits. Prices range from $1 for basic sennits to $12 for Panamashardly hats, with Knox sennits at $3 and Knox split straws at $4 or $5, amid brisk sales this year.
Sixteen hundred more Aleated shirts at 56c appeal to men who bought one or two earlier. Separate cuffs and summer silk batswing ties 2 for 25c in navy blue and white spots. Twelve hundred ties rush before noon. Linen collars 6 for 55c fresh from maker and cheaper than cotton. Four heights of high-band collars plus stand-ups and piccadillies. In the Arcade imported Madras batswing ties 3 for 25c popular with women as well as men.
Signs of the times note a wide range of travel gear with price points from $1.25 to $14.50 for linen to alligator cases. Strong durable bags challenge baggage theft. Also advertised are belt pins, studs, links, buttons and shirtwaist sets for summer outfits. Music store highlights Sousa arrangements and Miss Bob White vocal score popularity. Southerners visiting with musical daughters may find suitable scores to buy.
A vintage storefront listing details a wide stock of staples plus novelties. New silk socks at $2 in black or blue with open-work and embroidery. 75¢ lisle socks with silk stripes. salt-water taffy 20c a pound. crystallized walnut squares 20c. various men's and women's apparel and notions priced affordably.
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