Store Hours Change Soon Amid Busy Season
Commencing next week and continuing during the heated term the store will close every day at five o clock except Saturday when it will close at one o clock.
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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
10
Bicycle boom rumor and fashion sale mix in city ad
Competition has driven bicycle prices down with Orient wheels at 35 dollars and Viking at 15.50, while thousands save daily by riding to work. City shoppers are drawn to Fairmount Park health gains and a growing bicycle demand.
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Orient
Viking
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
America
Seasonable Bargains Across Summer Sale Rack Spread
A mid summer sale offers seasonable garments at deep cuts. Main Aisle features 75¢ pongee down to 18¢, 30¢ silk and linen blends, and imported gowns under $20. Second floor dresses, foulard gowns, and lace curtains reduced. third floor lace and embroidery trimmed items half price. Leftovers include petticoats, curtains, and sash curtains with substantial markdowns.
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Pastis
Thirteenth Street
Thrifty Housekeepers Ad Promises Year Round Savings
A Wanamaker advertisement urges shoppers to plan ahead and buy when items are offered below usual prices. It promotes cut glass bric a brac trunks and furniture alongside upholstery and refrigerators, claiming large volume allows frequent discounts and shared losses among manufacturers.
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Wanamaker
Black Dress Goods Reduced for Seasonal Clearance
The catalog notes deep cuts on grenadine fabrics and silks, highlighting iron-frame grenadine 8 yards at $5, 20 for 8 yards silk-and-wool, and other staple pieces. It promises durable styles for next fall, with various yardages and regular prices listed for comparison.
Fine New French Laces In The Lace Sale
Thousands of yards of sheer lace arrive as Paris reports lace encrusting dresses in vogue. Renowned laces including chantilly galons clerics and Irish Lace dominate chestnut street offerings with prices from 12c to $2 and bolero jackets at $12. The overview notes a Parisian fashion feast and rapid sales of first lots.
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Paris
France
Auteuil
Chestnut Street
Chantilly
Ireland to Philadelphia Wanamaker Handkerchief Sale
Ireland to Philadelphia Wanamaker handkerchief sale at main aisle and east of Arcade features 150,000 pieces with wide variety and one third average price cuts. Items range 50 cents to four dollars per dozen. many hemstitched, embroidered, or edged designs. Half dozen lots offered at dozen rates.
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Ireland
Philadelphia
Sam
Trunks a Third Off Basement Sale This Week
Regular maker supplies high-grade canvas trunks for vacation travelers. Flat canvas-covered trunks with hardwood reinforcement and cloth-lined interiors are offered in 30 to 34 inch lengths with prices from 5 to 9 dollars. Sample trunks and lightly dulled units are added at a third off, with new prices spanning 3.25 to 17.25 dollars.
Thrift Sale of Fine China and Household Goods
A factory-like sale offers Teplitz Royal Bonn Carlsbad and Limoges china at deep cuts. Tables display dinnerware, serving pieces, and coffee sets with prices from a few cents to several dollars, plus porcelain and crystal wares, rugs, mats, and early refrigeration and cooking equipment discounted.
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Teplitz
Royal Bonn
Carlsbad
Kronoch Ware
Ocran
Limoges
Girls Shirtwaists Styles and Reductions
Styles for girls mirror women's fashion with band cuffs and long backs without yokes. Percale in colors or corded lawn in white, sizes 12 to 16 years, 250 and 35c reduced from 50c and 85c. Other styles in chambray, linen, and white lawn priced 75c reduced from $2.
House cleaning sale offers various children and gift items
The sale features reduced prices on children’s clothing including little cambric skirts and girls’ blouse dresses, plus jewelry and sterling silver wedding gifts. Prices range from 35c to several dollars, with units like tea sets and centerpieces advertised. Many items marked down to attract late season purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walters
Half Price Furniture Across Cross Aisle and Third Floor
A sale highlights deeply discounted furniture including sectional book cases bedrooms chairs rockers toilet tables desks music cabinets bureaus chiffoniers and more on cross aisle and third floor with many items offered at half and two thirds off. Names of finishes and item types appear with sale prices and comparisons to former prices.
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Wanamaker Daily Store News
Cross Aisle
Juniper Street
Women’s
Oxfords
Scotland
New York
Tapestry Geers
Pee Tath OS
Sidharte
Arcade
Chine
Sa Fe
Trunks
Sale of
China
Eric-a-Brac
Theodore Haviland
Jardinieres
Market Street
Fisten
Eddy
Puritan
Thirteenth and
Chestnut Streets
Chiffonniers
Morris
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