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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1897
Page
9
Crowds clustered around the embroidery counters as Marks Bros offered fresh import patterns. Specials included embroideries at 5c and 10 12 1 4c and 25c with values up to 60c and $1.40, signaling expanded selling space and staff.
Shop advertises 500 dress forms including Jersey Covered Forms at 1.55 each, adjustable and durable. Urges early shopping for home sew ers and dressmakers, noting the forms are a staple for sewing and alterations.
A newspaper ad promotes ribbons and hat bands at low prices with samples to compare. It touts silk quality against cheaper imitations and offers free bows, satin grosgrain, linen ribbon with satin stripes, and various widths and patterns at fractions of typical costs.
Valenciannes lace selection highlights a stock three times larger than any Philadelphia house with wide inserts priced 15 to 30 cents and up to 3.00 per dozen. Storm Serge 46 inches wide 59 cents, black or blue, reduced from 80 cents. 50 inch black Sicilian 48 cents, reduced from 60 cents.
Wilmington reporters note 1400 workers at Harlan & Hollingsworth shipyard as it nears peak season. Red Men plan receptions for Great Incohonee Robert T Daniels and Chief Recorder C C Conly, with Judge Boyce also featured. Kane will contest probate. accusations of elder Kane’s alcoholism cited. Burglaries target Mrs Haggerty’s grocery at 620 West Wright Street.
The jury returned a verdict of murder in the second degree for Fausto Depaoda, charged with killing Nicholas Ruggierio in March. Depaoda claimed self defense, saying Ruggiero pinned him, but prosecutors contended the stab was deliberate. Judge Scott noted first degree not warranted. jury deliberated about three and a half hours. Sentence to be pronounced next Monday.
A Philadelphia coaching party passed through Aellersville on their return from the Delaware Water Gap. The travelers include Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Strawbridge, Miss Atlee, and J. H. Strawbridge.
A milkman, Charles Schmidt, was halted by two men on a road two miles from Lambertville. He spurred his horse, trampling one assailant as the wagon ran over him, then reached a farm house to report the incident. Police searched but found no trace of the robbers.
The body of 19 year old Agnes L Schuldt of Reading was found in a canal near the Lebanon Valley bridge at 9 30 this morning. She had been living with her aunt Mrs Albert Woomer and disappeared last Thursday evening. The deceased, granddaughter of Frederick Schuldt, wealthy brewer, would have inherited about 50000 in less than a year. Her suicide followed a failed romance with a young man who did not return her affections.
Baltimore June 21. Several white women and children have been run down by a wheelman of color recently. Mrs. Henrietta Stockman, 38, was nearly killed on a suburban road while walking to church. A large black man on a bicycle struck her from behind, injuring her heart and head. he cursed her and fled.
A search by farmers around Titusville near Lambertville aims to locate Mrs. Harry A. Phillips missing since Thursday. The 35 year old wife of a local farmer left home to visit a dentist in Trenton and may have taken her own life or wandered off while mentally unsettled.
Albert Armstrong, a colored man, was ordered committed to prison without bail by Magistrate South after his Sunday night arrest for stabbing his sister-in-law Mary Anderson. A bloodied bread knife used in the alleged attack was shown at the hearing.
An economical home guides readers on restoring and bleaching straw hats. Steps include brushing white straw, removing stiffening wire, washing with white soap suds, lemon juice or oxalic acid for stains, drying in air, then egg white treatment to tighten fibers. Methods for bleaching involve sulphur in a closed barrel, sulphur and milk paste, cornmeal and vinegar, or quick dry rubbing with wall brush and cornmeal.
Women attending outdoor parades eschew hats for sunshades matching gowns. Parasols feature long handles and extravagant designs including ivory shepherds crooks, gold inlaid staffs, jeweled serpent heads, and flame encrusted mounts.
Mix tartaric acid one drachm with three ounces distilled water then dissolve. Add tincture of myrrh one drachm and eau de cologne two drachms to the acid solution. Dip the wall, wipe and polish with a chamois pad.
More than 16000 children and their care takers have enjoyed Red Bank since the Sanitarium opened on June 4. Weather uncertainty kept attendance a bit lower. Grounds are described as at their best.
A reflective editorial urges facing hardship with resolve. It contrasts bold action with timidity, discusses personal responsibility for mistakes, and extols grasping life’s nettle as the path to dignity and reward.
Vignettes along Chestnut street mention Miss Pancoast and Mrs. Widener amid shoppers at Gimbels and Blair Crawford displays. Witty remarks on bicyclists, weather wearing flannels, talking cats, plaid shirts, and Germans heard in hotel corridors.
A dainty method for preserving rose petals by drying them in sheer muslin or silk sachets without salts or spices. Describes sachets of chiffon with ribbons, filled with rose leaves from various colors, used on chairs and in drawers to emit fragrance.
Shell and set two quarts of green peas. boil shells in water for one hour, then drain. Make a roux with butter and flour, add pea broth and giblet broth, simmer. Whisk eggs with milk and temper into soup, then add cooked rice and season.
Six public bath houses began the season with hundreds taking a plunge in flowing waters. Opening day drew mostly women and children, and officials expect higher patronage than last year’s 1,882,626 baths. Rules govern hours, dress, behavior, and priority with a policeman on duty.
Tomorrow the Republic departs Race street wharf at 7 30 for Cape May on its first regular trip. The four deck steamer, famed nationwide, offers inexpensive 75 cent round trips with enhanced comforts and new deck space for sun, reading and watching the Delaware river.
Police hunt continues for Charles Adams, suspected of killing his aunt Mrs. Mary Rodgers at 816 Capital Street. Captain Miller and all detectives, plus city officers in plain clothes, monitor likely locations and keep the streets on alert.
A collage of reader questions and archival notes covers topics from German language clarity to friction science. It details archival access, corrections about players, a 1701 Grand Alliance summary, medieval mummery, Marshal Ney, and a scattered set of local misprints and notices.
In the United States Circuit Court Judge Dallas naturalized 65 men and rejected 42 applications. James Lee pleaded guilty to larceny of coal from Philadelphia and Reading Railway cars. sentence suspended. William Williams and John Ashton pleaded guilty to related thefts of lead pipe and received nine month terms. A Paschall Avenue grade-damages jury filed a report totaling 10 490 dollars across 30 cases. Henry Gerwin, convicted of bicycle larceny, was sentenced to 30 days confinement.
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