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WELCOME ever smiles within our doors, and to serve cheerfully and
faithfully is our constant endeavor. Years roll around; each day
brings new duties and just rewards new friends are won, steadily
the business structure grows in height and breadth and strength.
When the STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER partnership was formed
in 1868, the founders were in perfect agreement regarding foundation
principles. They believed that strict attention to business and strict
adherence to straightforward methods would bring success. They said
they hoped to gain and retain the CONFIDENCE OF THE PUBLIC and
to prove the worthiness of their merchandise, their values and their
business conduct. The sons of the founders have followed the principles
laid down at the beginning, and the
Anniversary Sale is Our Expression
of Appreciation of Your Confidence
It is our great pleasure to place within your reach a vari-colored bouquet of
wonderful values during this month of June. We believe that the hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of fresh and desirable merchandise we have gathered
for this great Sale will prove an irresistible attraction to every customer whom we
serve regularly, ancLthat this Sale will make thousands of new friends for the
Store.
The difficulties experienced in securing good merchandise at LESS THAN
MARKET PRICES have by no means lessened the quantity and variety of special
lots our customers expect in our Anniversary Sales. On the contrary, it has given
zest to our labors and made stronger our determination to make this the GREAT
EST OF ALL OUR ANNIVERSARY SALES.
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Extraordinary Values in Standard Merchandise of All Kinds
IT IS impossible to describe all of the thousands of special lots,
of merchandise in this Sale at less than regular prices. There
fore, on these first days we shall attempt no descriptions at all.
'Come to the Store TO-MORROW and you will find in EVERY
DEPARTMENT a great number of exceptional money-saving
opportunities. For example, we have 33,000 Women's Waists from
fifteen difrerent manufacturers, all much under price. Several hun
dred Women's Suits, and more than 3,000 Dresses at great savings.
About 1,200 Women's Coats and Wraps at special prices and
hundreds more coming. Scores of special lots of Misses' Apparel.
More than 5,000 Corsets, niost of them at half price. Scores of spe
cial lots of Hosiery and Underwear, including one lot of 4,500
Women's Union Suits at 39c. Special purchases of 35,000 pairs'of
Silk and other Fabric Gloves. Thousands of Women's Hats under
price. In the. Infants' Wear Store 500 Sweaters, 1,000 White
Dresses and 1,000 Infants' Slips at reduced prices.
You will find hundreds of different styles and hundreds
of thousands of yards of Dress Fabrics Silk, Wool, Cotton
and Linen. Extra values in Dress Linings, Trimmings,
, Laces, Embroideries, Ribbons, Neckwear, Shoes, Handker
; chiefs; thousands of Hand Bags, Fans, Betfs, Girdles;
Notions, Art Needlework,' Muslin Underwear, Petticoats,
House Dresses.
For this Sale we have $76,000 worth of standard House
keeping Linens for $61,000. In the Furniture Store are
scores of remarkable values, among which is a lot of 1,000
Bar Harbor Reed Chairs and Rockers, upholstered, at
?8.50 each. The Piano Store has secured the most extraor
dinary values in Pianos and Player-Pianos ever offered.
Thousands of Rugs are marked at far below market value.
' Also great savings in Upholstery materials, Bedfurnish
ings, Housefurnishings, China, Silverware, and everything
for the home.
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WHILE we cannot print details of the Sale, we should like to
direct attention to the many ATTRACTIONS FOR MEN.' We
have secured 700 Suits from Hart Schaffner-& Marx at reduc
tions of 20 to 33 per cent. ; 300 Serge Suits with extra trousers at
much less than regular prices; hundreds of other Men's Suits, Rain
coats and Trousers under price. We have special lots of 1,000 Boys'
Norfolk Suits, 10,000 pairs of Boys' Trousers, 1,000 Little Boys'
Wash Suits; Boys' Hats, Waists and Shirts. We have 20,000 Men's
Shirts at specially low prices, and 18,000 Neckties at decided
savings; also exceptional values in Men's Belts, Suspenders, Straw
and Panama Hats.
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There is scarcely anything you can think of which is not
esented in good quantity and pleasing variety in this great
. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry; Leather Goods of all kinds;
Trunks and Traveling Bags; thousands of Books-;
tons of pure Candies; Stationery and Desk Furnish
ings; all kinds of Sporting Goods; Cedar Chests,
Hammocks; Metal Beds and Bedding; Baby
Coaches; Toilet Preparations; Umbrellas and
Parasols; Toys, Games and Dolls; Lamps, Domes,
Shades, Pictures and Frames. In short, every de
partment has a wonderful showing of Anniversary
Specials thousands of different lots in all.
BE HERE TO-MORROW, EARLY.
This Will Surely be the
Greatest Sale in Forty-nine Years!
You will find hundreds of signs displayed on
every, flqor, with prices and values of the Anniver
sary Sale merchandise the accuracy of every
statement guaranteed by Strawbridge & Clothier.
THIS SALE assuredly has no counterDart and no
precedent except former STRAWBRIDGE&
CLOTHIER Anniversary Sales, and this will be the
most important of all greatest in its benefits to the
public. We made a similar statement one year ago
conditions were unusual then, but they are still more
unusual now. Manufacturers are busier than ever; in
many lines it has been difficult to make supply keep pace with
demand. But the plans for this Sale were made months ago,
and the order to all our department managers to provide as
many extra values as were presented last year was as absolute
as a military command. The result has been most gratifying.
Manufacturers Have Made Many
Concessions in Prices and We
Have Made Liberal Reductions!
It is, in effect, a great PROFIT-SHARING occasiqn. We
deal directly with many thousands of manufacturers, hun
dreds of whom are glad to celebrate with us our Anniversaries
by making special reductions upon these occasions. In many
lines wearing apparel, for example we secure end-of-the-season
stocks at great savings. But the chief source of
ECONOMY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS is our own reducing of
profits for this event. It is a Sale for everybody!
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