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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
20
Remnants and short lengths dominate Easter offerings with colors from black to brights. Cut-to-size lengths include skirts, waists, children's frocks, and shirts. prices slashed to move stock. Also new 44 inch All wool Black Mistral at 30c per yard, plus many reduced pieces from 613 to 422 yards across several fabrics.
A clipped advertisement offers linen robe patterns and waist patterns at reduced prices. Items include hand embroidered robes and muslin patterns with trims, marked down from higher prices to low sale figures. Some items list specific discounts such as from 13.50 to 8.50 and similar reductions on taffeta and lace trimmed pieces.
A special lot of suit cases in cowhide and sole leather offered at 25 to 35 percent below regular prices. Sizes vary with no two alike. Prices labeled 36.00, 8.00, 10.00, 10.50, 12.00, and 20.00 each. Basement Equitable Building.
Old newspaper sale notice lists adjustable sliding window screens 24 inches high and various widths, with prices near 1 to 8 cents each. Also features Scotch Madras curtains, tapestry covers, Irish Point Lace, rope portieres, and made head cushions with heavy discounts. Corsets and hosiery on sale with substantial reductions, located on the fourth floor and main hall.
Special purchase of women's pluck hose in gauze lisle and lace lisle offers exceptional values. Prices about a third below usual, with Jack Gauze Lisle Hope sea island cotton feet and double soles. Three pairs for $1.00. 30c per pair regular price. Lace all over and ankle designs in attractive patterns, 50c regular price. Main floor.
White Goods on sale with 28 inch Valley fabric richly embroidered and imperfect. One yard and 800 yards of 43 inch Mercerized Batiste offered for 25 cents per yard, regular value 37 1 4 cents. Located behind floor Eleventh.
A sale offers women’s muslin gowns of good quality with square and low round necks. Some feature torchon lace, tucks, or fine embroidery. Priced at 50 cents each, down from 75 cents. Third floor Eleventh Street.
Forty dozen women’s Swiss ribbed vests with low necks and no sleeves. Neatly crocheted fronts and good weight for wear. Priced at 35 cents each or three for one dollar. Regular 30 cent quality offered as comparison. Maln fluor st.
A listing for four box plaits front and back child dresses with bertha insertion and ruffle embroidery. Neck and sleeves finished with insertion and embroidery. Black patent leather belt. Price 1.95 each, down from 2.75. Third floor Eleventh Street.
A sale of ventilated pumps made of long wavy hair for summer wear. Prices are $4.00 and $6.00 each, with values listed as $8.00 and $10.00. Located on the floor near G Street.
A dated catalogue item lists blanket and wool bundle pricing with multiple line items. It notes one slightly handled full size bed pair set and several reductions per pair, including quantities and price changes. The entry ends with a location hint at Second Floor Fog.
The shoe department advertises reduced prices on women’s Oxfords Bluchers and Box Calfskin shoes. Sizes range across multiple listings with discounts from $3.50 to about $1.95 per pair. Third floor Tenth at.
A local bed department advertises white enameled beds with heavy posts and brass trim at marked down prices. Items include a $15 bed reduced to $11, a $41 bed reduced to $7.50, and a $13.60 bed lowered to $7.30, plus a woven wire spring with wooden frame cut from $9.50 to $1.73 on the second floor F Street.
In the Men’s department many spring-weight garments are discounted. Items include shirts and drawers in sizes 32 to 44 with reduced front prices, white Sikana wear sets in select sizes, cheviot neglige shirts in dark grays and plaids, Madras neglige shirts with cuffs, dream shirts in coat style, and Turkish toweling bath robes with hoods. Prices cut from $15 to $7.75, $4 to $2, and $6 to $2.00 respectively.
In the third floor Men and Boys section, numerous youth and boys suits, coats, and pajamas see substantial price reductions. Items include long pants suits in sizes 17 to 19, Thibet and all wool double breasted styles, sailor suits, outing flannel pajamas, night shirts, and madras shirts, with discounts ranging from a few dollars to about half price.
A lengthy sale of bric-a-brac and china items lists jardiniere sets, marble busts, framed pictures, and numerous writing desks and chests with heavy markdowns.antaques include Mother and Child pictures, The Lovers and Bargrove's Madonna. porcelain bowls, cracker jars, and French china trays priced from a few dollars to under twenty with many items cut nearly in half.
A newspaper clipping shows numerous clothing items with reductions including blue broadcloth jackets, red broadcloth suits, cheviot eton suits, Panama cloth shirts, and dress fabrics. Prices shift from high to much lower amounts, with sizes and trims noted and multiple items highlighted as reduced.
Readable sale list shows Cloak Department offering numerous coats and jackets in various sizes and fabrics with dramatic markdowns. Items include Broadcloth, Brackcloth, and Cheviot coats with silk linings and Persian braid details. Reductions range from 3 to 82 percent, with several coats priced around $10 to $20 from original higher amounts.
A local department store advertises numerous waists in white chiffon, batistes, and silk with lavish lace trims. Prices slash from five dollars to two dollars, up to twenty one dollars to seven fifty for silk crepe de chine options plus heavy brick batlate waists at reduced rates, all on the ground floor.
A department store advertises extensive women and girls wear with markdowns. Blue Cheviot reefers in sizes 4 to 12 drop from 5.00 to 3.75. Kersey coats, silk trimmed coats, and white lawn guimpes receive reduced prices. Third floor clearance highlights include tailor made blue serge suits and trimmed gowns.
The Fifth floor department store slashes prices on baskets and shirt waist boxes. Items include Fancy Scrap Baskets priced from 2.00 down to 2.00, Sweat Grass Baskets from 175 to 1.00 each, Straw Hair Receivers from 50 to 1.00, Infant Bayesinette from 2.00 to 1.50, and Utility Shirt waist Boxes from 4.00 to 2.50 plus others in the sale.
A fragmented price list shows numerous items with marked reductions including enameled ware, pitchers, dish pans, heavy tin sauce pans, French cooke bins, alcohol lamp, straw braids, mats, and plated serving pieces. Reductions range from fractions of a cent to dollars, with several items noted as shopworn or blemished.
Fragmentary catalog style note shows regular price figures for refrigerators and stoves. Mentions a $12,000 burner with top, roller and large oven, nickel trimming and warranted design. Includes references to ice cap, insulated items, and extra sheds in sale context.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions genuine ash and golden items, with size and cut indicators and a hot price note. The readable bits suggest fabric or garment pricing while omitting full details and context.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a sale notice with assorted items including porce lain and baking goods. Phrases refer to specials or guarantees, though several words are garbled. The readable fragments suggest a listing style rather than a narrative.
A large social visit unfolds at the White House and British Embassy as Governor General Grey of Canada, Lady Grey, and many diplomats attend dinners and receptions. The party tours Mount Vernon, meets with President Roosevelt, and attends a gala sequence of entertainments before continuing to New York and Canada.
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