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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
2
Remnants and short lengths in colored and black dress goods and wash fabrics offered at low prices to clear stock. New spring styles include remnants suitable for skirts, waists, and children's garments. Featured lots include 44 inch All wool Black Mistral at 30c per yard and various remnants with deep discounts, plus new arrivals from the manufacturer.
An old newspaper ad offers linen robe patterns and waist patterns at reduced prices. Items include hand embroidered pieces and muslin robes with trims, with discounts from high original prices to lower sale figures. Prices range from around 8.30 to 9.00 for various patterns and garments on Main floor G street edge.
A manufacturer sample line offers cowhide and sole leather suit cases in popular sizes. No two alike. Prices cut 25 and 35 percent below regular: 36.00, 8.00, 10.00, 10.50, 12.00, and 20.00 each. Basement Equitable Building.
Bargain sale items include adjustable sliding window screens in multiple sizes priced as low as 8c to 39c each, tapestry covers, Irish Point Lace Curtains reduced from $6.09 to $4.00 per pair, rope portieres, and various corsets and hosiery. Fourth floor listings note discounts on curtains and lace, with multiple garment fittings and accessories.
Special purchase of Women s Pluck Hose in gauze lisle and lace lisle. Exceptional values, prices about one third less than usual. Gauze Lisle hose with sea island cotton feet and double soles. Three pairs for 1.00. Lace all over and ankle designs very attractive. three pairs for 1.09. Regular prices 30c and 50c a pair. Main floor.
White Goods announces yardage deals with 28 inch Valley fabric richly embroidered and slightly imperfect at one yard price. Also 800 yards of 43 inch Mercerized Batiste offered for 25 cents per yard, regular value 37 1/4 cents. Behind floor Eleventh.
Women’s muslin gowns on sale at third floor Eleventh street. Gowns described as good quality with square or low round necks, some trimmed with lace, tucks, or embroidery. Priced at 50 cents each, value 75 cents.
Forty dozen imports of Swiss ribbed vests with low necks and sleeveless crochet fronts advertised at 35 cents each or three for $1.00. The offer highlights excellent quality and suitable weight for current wear, noted with regular 30 cent value.
Catalog item lists four box plaits front and back, berthas trimmed with insertion and embroidery. Neck and sleeves finished with insertion and embroidery. Black patent leather belt. Priced at $1.95 each, previously $2.75. Located third floor Eleventh Street.
Friday bargain sale offers ventila ted pumps made of long wavy hair for summer wear priced at four and six dollars each, originally eight and ten dollars. Store location on G street floor.
A listing from the Blanket Department details several discounted wool and bed items. Items include slightly used full size beds and multiple pairs of Wool coverings with price cuts from $7.50 to two pairs, $1.00 to $6.86, and other reductions up to $3.00 per pair. Second floor Fog section notes.
Third floor Ten th at shoe department advertises women’s calfskin bluchers and oxfords in multiple sizes and widths. Prices reduced from $2.00 to $3.50 down to about $1.38 to $2.00 per pair with various styles including patent and box calfskin options.
A hospital bed sale lists several white enameled beds with heavy posts and brass trimmings, marked down from 15.00 to 11.00 and 41.00 to 7.50. Additional beds with slight mar for 31-2-ff and rasa trimmings offer reductions to around 7.3. A woven wire spring with wooden frame drops from 9.50 to 1.73, located on Second floor F street.
The notice details reductions on men’s furnishings including spring-weight shirts and drawers in multiple sizes from 32 through 46, with price cuts from $1.25 to $0.75, plus white sikana wear sets in select sizes, and several negligee shirts and Turkish toweling bath robes marked down to $2.00 or $4.00. Main floor first.
A sales page lists deep reductions on boys long pants suits sizes 17 to 19 and 18 to 19, including Thibet and velvet Russian blouse suits. Also discounted are all wool double breasted suits, outing pajamas, night shirts, Madras shirts, sailor suits, white silk toques, white flannel sailor hats, and other boys wear. Local third floor department promotes savings with many items cut to about half or less.
In the Fifth floor sale section a wide array of bric a brac and marble pieces receive deep discounts. Jardiniere sets, busts, and figures cut from 83 to 50, and framed hand colored pictures drop to under $3.50. Writing desks, chests, and bookcases reduce heavily, with several mahogany and cherry pieces priced well below original tags, plus a large selection of imported and French china with substantial price cuts.
A jumble of clothing items with reductions for jackets dresses and suits. Items include blue broadcloth jackets blue cheviot suits Panama cloth shirts and various trimmed dresses, with numerous price drops noted in a disjointed catalog style.
The Cloak Department slashes prices on numerous coats and jackets including green broadcloth, plum black, and tan covert cloth. Items range from size 26 to 38 with reductions from $320.00 to as low as $10.00, many with white silk linings, Persian braid trimming, and double breasted designs.
Waist department sale offers white waists in chif fon, batiste, and lawn with lace and beading trims. Prices cut from 5.00 to 2.00, silk waists from up to 20.00 to 1.00, chiffon and mouseline options priced down. Crepe de Chine waists in white and blue reduced to 7.50, heavy brick batlate waists marked to 150 each. located on the ground floor G street.
In the Misses' Department a sale highlights Blue Cheviot Reefers in sizes 4 through 12 reduced from 5.00 to 3.75. Other items include a Kergey Coat trimmed with black velvet now 5.00, a Silk tin ed Brondetoth Coat 10.00, Flue and Finch Dress 0.? and a Black and White Cheek Wool Dress with embroidered collar, plus a Blue Serge Tailor-made Suit now 15.00. Also White Law? Guimpes in sizes 4 and 6 trimmed with embroidery reduced to 1.00 each. Third floor garb sale.
A store circular lists widespread markdowns in the Basket Department and Fifth floor Furniture area. Items include Fancy Scrap Baskets, Sweat Grass Baskets, Straw Hair Receivers, Infant Baysinette, and Knife Baskets with discounts from two to several dollars, plus several shirt waist boxes and cretonne covers cut to lower prices.
A sale advertisement lists numerous housefurnishings with marked reductions. Items include enamelware pitchers and pans, heavy tin sauce pans, French cook knives, alcohol lamps, straw braids, mats, buddingly plated items, drip coffee pots, and steel stew pans. Prices shrink from cents to dollars, with several items discounted to low figures.
An OCR fragment describes a sale offering refrigerators, ice caps, and ranges with notes on regular prices and features. It mentions a top burner stove with a large oven, nickel trim, and new sheds, all warranted. The text is incomplete but conveys a clearance sale context.
The listing shows genuine ash and golden tone regular size threads for cutting. Prices are labeled with a hot discount and varied by thickness but specifics are unclear from the fragmented OCR.
A sale offers diverse kitchen goods including five dried items and hinged porcelain pieces. Various branded bakeware and swinging hinges are advertised with a loyalty guarantee and a claimed best value for buyers.
Social notes recount President Roosevelt hosting Governor General Grey of Canada Lady Grey and their party in Washington during the Daughters of the American Revolution congress week. Courtesies included luncheons dinners at the French British embassies and a Mount Vernon excursion. The visit wraps with departures toward New York and Canada.
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