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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1895
Page
9
Lot American Challies and Lawns offered at reduced prices from 23 4c to 1c per yard. Lace Striped French Malls at 1c. Wool Challies cut from 25c to 12 2c. Jaconet Lawns, Henrietta Satines, and French Latines priced low. New lines of Dimities and Cordell fabrics feature. Dressinghams two cases totaling about 2 500 yards sold at Sc.
Silk division touts unheard of discounts with 25 pieces Kaikai Wash Silks reduced to 22c from 29 and 36c. White China and India Silks offered at 4c for 22-inch, 40c for 28-inch, and 50c for 36-inch, all well below previous 39c to 65c. Habutai silks marked 29c, India printed silks 39c, and new Taffeta silks at 50 75 and 85c reflecting substantial season-lows.
Retail notes list bargains on Paris Crepons in Nile Seal Brown Havana Grey now 75c yard. Silk and wool mixtures were 85c to $1.75, now 50s to 75c. Plaids 34-inch wide cut from 12 1-2c to 6 1-40. English Cashmeres 36-inch wide 10c yard. Henrietta Cloth 46-inch wide now 80c. Black Nun's veiling 38-inch wide 50c. Mohair and Sicilians 39c to $1.25.
An advertisement lists carpet options with made and laid prices per yard. Includes extra heavy Cotton Ingram and Union Ingram carpet at 250 and 39 cents respectively, All-Wool Ingram at 590, Tapestry Brussels at 49 and 69 cents, Roxbury Tapestry Brussels at 78 cents, Velvet at 99 cents, Body Brussels at 99 cents, and Wilton Velvet at 1.25 dollars.
Advertisement promises a 25 percent discount, yielding a clear saving equivalent to one fourth of the regular price. The offer emphasizes substantial savings on items named India Dausty Bugs without citing a final sale date or specific product details.
A local retailer warns that prices for muslins sheetings and related fabrics will rise in coming months while offering bulk stock at current rates. Items listed include 36-inch muslin, 40-inch pillowcase sheeting, unbleached seamless sheeting, indigo blue pint cases, light American calico, Columbian cheviots, Lonsdale bleached muslin, and Ladies' Choice bleached muslin.
A local sale offers heavy China Matting initially priced at 20 cents now one cent. The full matting line previously at 35, 40, and 50 cents is reduced to 25 cents each.
Classified notice advertising good quality oil cloth at 25¢, 19¢ per yard for oil cloth, 142 yard wide oil cloth at 38¢ per yard and linoleum grade at 40¢ per yard, promoting value deals.
A listed sale offers 500 Turkish Towels at 1c each with a two per customer limit, 100 dozen barred napkins at 1c each with a six per customer limit, 20 pieces of 52 inch red table linen at 12 1 2c, 25 pieces 60 inch red 40c Renfrew table linen at 25c, 10 pieces 60 inch unbleached damask valued 50c at 39c, and 20 pieces 68 to 70 inch wide teal Bleached Linen at 7c.
Over 1,000 new silk umbrellas and parasols available including 26 inch Gloria or Windsor models at 98 cents. 28 inch Windsor silk parasols priced at 1.25, ladies parasols from 1.00 to 1.50 and up. Children's parasols at 15 cents, and 25 cents and up. Multiple handle varieties offered.
Advertises 300 duck suits and blazers in Eton and suit styles. Regularly priced at $2.50 now $1.69. Also lists 50 all wool black and navy blue serge suits at $4.98.
A local dealer advertises 500 new rugs sold at very low prices. The collection features desirable patterns and is marketed as a bulk purchase offering substantial savings to buyers.
The seventh annual celebration outlines a parade route from Chepline and Twelfth streets to Market and Sixteenth, with a large display and marching bands. Officials promise a lively program at Wheeling Park featuring contests, prizes, and entertainment by the Angely of Cammerte, fireworks, and a firework finale, stressing order and safety throughout the event.
The article tracks early spring steel springs production by Aaron French in Pittavorg, notes on railway freight and passenger growth, and plans for Pennsylvania lines expansion. It mentions Knights Templar delegates, new through-baggage through Cambridgeport, and rail traffic forecasts for coal, wheat, and corn belts. It also reports on railway conferences, a new through-ticket agreement, and updated rolling stock expectations amid drought and weather impacts.
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