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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
12
Philadelphia forecasts indicate fair weather for Monday June 25 1900. The day is expected to be dry with mild temperatures and light breezes throughout the city.
A wide sale scene showcases men and women shoes with prices from $1 to $2.65 and children’s wear at various discount levels. Mattings up to five hundred rolls offered at substantial markdowns, second floor on Market Street. Raglan shirts and new patterns arrive with fashion statements, and children’s dresses feature gingham and embroidery. Curtains, lace, and Swiss tamboured muslin also heavily reduced. Second floor gallery displays numerous fabric and apparel bargains across Chestnut and Market streets.
The store promotes a broad season clearout of dress fabrics and trims. Black goods, silk and wool crepes, grenadines, and serge dress patterns are deeply discounted, with many yardage and pattern prices slashed. Main aisles spotlight imported swisses, linens, and ribbons as end-of-season reductions entice shoppers.
In a bustling sale, millinery reduces hats to five six dollar levels and beneath, with trimmed leghorns at four to five dollars and black white mixes at three fifty. French waists now cut in half, sizes scarce, with bargains from six twenty five to thirty seven fifty, while summer children’s hats drop to seven five.
Wanamaker marks down coats to half price with a selection of kersey, broadcloth, cheviot and covert coats in tan navy and black plus Eton and blazer styles. Also featuring cut price corset covers drawers nightgowns petticoats camisoles and summer corsets Lillians with deep discounts noted in the second floor gallery.
Women's Summer Bargains offers half price on dress goods including imported swisses and organdies along with half to a third off dress trimmings and buttons. Summer dresses hats and ribbons discounted. muslin underwear and Paris wool novelties featured with reductions on coats and accessories.
A Wanamaker sale offers trunks at half price and refrigerators at one third off. Agateware seconds and a wide range of kitchenware from coffee pots to saucepans are deeply discounted. Measurements and prices listed. display includes screens, stove pots, and gas stoves with a cooking school event noted.
Wanamaker’s offers 100000 linen handkerchiefs at deep discounts. Items include hemstitched plain white and embroidered varieties with prices from 18c to $2 per dozen, reflecting surplus stock and varied hem widths. Location shown as Arcade front and regular counter.
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