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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
2
An elderly Virginia woman dies of fright during the solar eclipse. The piece links the eclipse to fears of presidential election year business downturns, noting manufacturers’ concerns and the push to ensure genuine bargains as they watch prices and quality closely.
An advertisement notes summer silks offered at 80 cents a yard with emphasis on value. The line hints at a sale or promotional pricing, inviting buyers to acquire fabric at a reduced rate during a summer promotion.
The ad details black Chantilly laces and edgings in multiple widths from %-inch to 4-inch priced 3c to 75c a yard. Lace all-overs in Point Venise Arabian Cluny and Renaissance from 1 to 24.50 a yard, bands and galloons 15c to 5 a yard, with French Valenciennes edgings 20c to 50c a dozen yards.
City pools reopen with nine bathhouses cleaned and warmed by sun. Officials enforce gendered schedules and require patrons to bring own swimwear. Last year total attendance reached 3 469 506, with boys outnumbering girls and men. A new bath house at Howard and Ontario is not yet finished but will open when completed.
The fragment notes a lot bill head and related sample usage printed by L. Pink & Son at 89 South Fourth Street. It cites printers and local business context with no clear event or date.
Advertises prices for night gowns cambric petticoats muslin chemises and wrappers with details on styles such as V-neck insertions lace trim and hemstitched fronts. Mentions corsets Redfern bias-gored options and sizes for full figures with a note on mail orders and limited stock.
City forester reports destructive caterpillars infesting numerous trees in squares and at Passyonk re near Twelfth and Wharton streets. The pests thin foliage, drop from branches, and trouble residents seeking shade. Trees are rapidly being consumed as the infestation spreads citywide.
The Kings County arriving Philadelphia from Rio Janeiro after a three day gale shows severe damage with jibe and topmasts gone. Captain Salter recalls a terrifically intense storm near 37 N, 73 W, as crew battled waves and fear aboard the manganese ore laden vessel.
The crew recovered after a near disaster at sea and the Philadelphia Fire Underwriters Association urged block inspectors to remove hay, straw, packing boxes and rubbish from basements yards and cellars to prevent fires from crackers. Special emphasis was placed on fireworks dangers this Fourth of July season.
Mary Ryan, 16, of 127 North Fifty-fifth Street, is missing after a week away from home. Police in multiple districts search the city while her father, at Eighth and Lombard Streets station, requests her arrest as a runaway. He recounts a long, fruitless quest to locate her.
Philadelphia and Reading Railway announces special excursion tickets from Philadelphia to New York for the National Seengerfest at Brooklyn. Round trip fare set at 2.50. tickets to be sold on specified date and time.
Reduced prices on all rolls with forty yards each. $7 rolls now $5 $8 rolls now $6 $14 rolls now $10.75 $16 rolls now $13. Japanese mattings on cotton warps and China on mibre warps. Fifth floor.
Monday at 2 P M Select Council special meeting for general business. Tuesday at 3 30 P M Councils committee on schools to open bids. Tuesday at 2 30 P M Councils committee on police and prisons at Moy Mensing Prison. Thursday at 2 P M Regular bi monthly meeting of the Board of Supervisors.
By noon today all proposals for the 5 800 000 loan to the city must be in the hands of Mayor Ashbridge. Of this loan 2 800 000 was authorized in the 11 200 000 loan of July 17 1896 and will fund suburban roads Fairmount Park streets water system and related works. The loan is split into five series running for years with interest not to exceed three percent. Competition to secure the funds is expected and officials note stringent terms and use for water system expansion.
E T Garrick, manager of the Walnut Street Theatre vaudeville bill, vanished Saturday while arranging a bigger lineup for the week. Paul Furman claims Garrick owed him, and Furman organized acts including Bessie Bonehill and John C Rice with plans for Weber and Fields. Furman fled. Garrick’s whereabouts unknown. debts to performers and hotel bills unsettled.
Summer schedule effective June 30 extends from Broad Street Philadelphia to Asbury Park Ocean Grove Elberon and Long Branch via Monmouth Junction Sea Girt and related branches. Various weekday weekend and Sunday departures listed from Broad Street Market Street and other points with express two hour service between Philadelphia and Beach Haven plus a special Parlor Car and Saturday connections to Beach Haven Tuckerton City and Beach routes.
Noon meetings under the Presbyterian evangelistic committee will be held during the week. Jay Le Way will conduct in the store room at the chestnut street location.
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