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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
21
Remnant sale at Woodward & Lothrop unveils fresh muslin drawers corset covers and short skirts at 25 cents per piece. End of week closing times: 5 pm weekdays 1 pm Saturdays with Half regular prices and attention to new case goods.
Readable shoe sale listing offers Women three eyelet Court Ties with patent kidskin vamps and dull backs in sizes 3 to 5 1/2, Boys Patent Calfskin Offordies sizes 2 to 5 1/2, all at $2.50 a pair, originally $3.50. Numerous remnants and oxford styles for women and girls with various sizes and deep discounts.
A sale offers 25 inch women's novelty silk umbrellas. Some feature embroidered polka dots others have checked or reversible effects. All have attractive natural wood handles.
Readers glimpse a store clearance listing many umbrellas and canes with varied sizes and styles. Items include red silk and fine linen umbrellas with horn and wood handles, reduced from several dollars to low prices, all on the main floor at the entrance.
Silk and wool dress fabrics reduced dramatically with prices cut to 3 yard, 4 yard, or piece amounts. Tan, gray, cream, and china blue remnants include silk, wool crepe, serge, voile, and voile with substantial markdowns for this season only. About 40 other high quality remnants offered at half price or less.
Remnants of various fabrics offered at reduced yard prices on the main floor. Batiste lawns printed and plain colors from 8c per yard. imported Irish Tumits at 12 1 2c. printed Sik Mousseline at 1c. Mercerized Epheme 13c. 10 remnants of printed French Organdies with multiple lengths and designs priced around 6 1 2 to 14 yards. pink rose and gray flower patterns detailed.
A fragmented sale notice lists dozens of men’s collars suspenders neckwear and hosiery with price drops from 10 to 25 cents and multi item deals. Items include high grade collars in standing and high-flat styles, wash four in hand ties, silk tours and club style neckwear, white gauze wool underskirts, fancy half hose, and suspenders.
The notice lists 24 fancy wool golf caps with most sizes on sale except 71 8 and 71 4, reduced from BAL to 250 each. It also shows 14 young men’s white Trannel outing hats in all sizes, reduced from 200 to 100 each. Includes price cuts and department details for quick shopper reference.
A third floor sale lists Ross and Boss Russian blouse suits with bloomer pants in various sizes, reduced from 3895 to 295 each, and 37 to 195. Young men and boys outfits including Buster Brown and all wool knee panty suits see price drops from 150 to 295, with multiple sizes and colors offered.
Boys hats and girls hats in white, tan, and Milan straw styles offered at deep markdowns. Prices slashed from 1.00 to 0.50, from 1.25 to 0.50, and from 2.00 to 1.75 for various straw and Milan straw Sailors. Third floor Tenth Street department store announces broad selections in white and tan and Milan straw hats for both genders.
A catalog style listing shows reduced prices on porch and cottage furniture. Items include armchairs with cane seats, high back chairs, rustic stands and decor, porch swings in oak and rattan, reclining go carts, and leather upholstered beds with heavy tires and steel gears. Sixth floor display area notes price cuts and product variants.
Department store discounts on travel gear include 1 St inch Burkau trunk of basswood lowered from 200 to 1985 dollars, 10 inch basket trunk of rattan and leather reduced to 2175, 39 inch mans trunk with canvas cover cut from 17 to 11, 1 inch black enameled leather bag from 1350 to 275, 1 inch black horn alligator bag from 2640 to 50, 1 inch walrus hand bag from 1400 to 759, and 24 inch pegmamoid bellows suitcase on steel frame reduced to 310, basement Equitable building.
An ad lists a 1Ww and L Caobinet sewing machine with full attachments and a five year guarantee with woodwork marred, reduced from 3750 to 1. Beacon style automatic machine with full attachments and five year guarantee, woodwork marred, reduced from 35 to 2000. A Vindex drop head sewing machine with five year guarantee, woodwork marred, reduced from 2000 to 1850. Second floor G Street.
Women’s trimmed macs offered in smart effects for general wear come from work rooms made of material ends. Items valued at $500 are priced at $10 to $12. Childrens trimmed hats reduced from 6 to 1.50 each. A lot of untrimmed hats cut from $100 to $50 and $200 to $20. Second floor Tenth St.
The department offers white linen and Auto Cloth Eton suits with trimmed skirts and braid details on multiple sizes. Prices slash from hundreds to a fraction, with reductions noted for each item including waistcoat style and decorative features.
An assortment of White Lawn Waists in various styles with most sizes available across the combined lot. Also reduced prices on face and black waists. Located near Fourth and G Streets.
A vintage ad details fabric coats and girls dresses with bold price cuts. items include a black broadcloth pony coat size 18 reduced from 875 to 250 and multiple girls dresses in sizes 4 to 14 with substantial markdowns, noting origin, trims, and fabrics. third floor goods at G Street store location.
On the Eleventh Street third floor a reduced sale lists infants hats coats and dresses. Items include two white pique hats trimmed with ruffles and ribbon at 50 cents each and children’s white hats and coats marked down from higher prices to 1.00 and 6.00 respectively. White lawn and blue gingham dresses with embroidery and braid trims are also offered at sale prices.
In the Linen Department numerous damask tea cloths and napkins are heavily marked down. Hemstitched tea cloths 46 inches square drop from 150 to 31 percent, Damask cloths in several sizes fall from 425 to 225 each, and 3 yard and 21-2 yard cloths also drop. Irish Damask napkins 27 inch reduce to 6 per dozen. hand embroidered linen items cut to 33 cents each. Second floor eleventh street.
Upholstery sale lists Real Irish Point Lace Curtains 32 yards wide, reduced from 700 to 500 per pair. Tapestry Cushion Covers at 1% yards 36 inch Cretonnes and Taffetas in many colors, trimmed down. Stoop or Chair Cushions with cotton and silkeline, remnants in Cord Gimp and Fringes. Cabinet-made Window Screens offered at 10 cents each, Walnut-finish Screen Doors with fixtures 28x3x7 feet, reduced from 1.00 to 9 cents each. Fourth floor.
China and glassware items including Japanese and French china reduced from dollars to cents. Decorated coffee cups and saucers, covered dishes, blue stein, combs and brushes, salad bowls, butter dishes, soup plates, bread plates, sugar bowls, and more priced with deep discounts. Limited quantities left on fifth floor.
The list shows discounts at House furnishing Dept and LeTee Alcohol Store from $300 to 0 and other items reduced, including Meacets trays, Bess Coffee Pot, Saucernars, Enameled pans and pots, Copper-bottom Steam Seeker, Clothes Boiler, Fruit Presses, and Porcelain-lined Double Roiler, with various price cuts and damaged items.
Social and personal notes tell of Louis Carl Pedler and Abbie Belle Longley marrying in New York at the Little Church Around the Corner after a Norfolk boat sighting trip. The couple, once drawn together by Pedler’s sketches, wed with few witnesses and plan to live in New York.
Matthew Blacklees former bootblack turned broker pursues romance and power within a high society circle led by Roebuck and Langdon. He courts Anita Bilersly, risks ruin by defying creditors, marries her after church ceremony, while betrayal and manipulation unfold through gambling dens and family entanglements as plans to reorganize National Coal loom.
In a tense family scene Blacklock speaks at length about his hunger for conversation and control as his wife remains wary and distant. He hints that her family, the Langdons, threaten their finances while she refuses to reveal details. He asserts his own resilience and plans to regain money, insisting actions matter more than words.
Matthew Blacklock recalls his tense encounter with Roebuck, the ultra rich man who conceals fear of assassination behind pious family prayers. Roebuck’s transformation from Chicago splendor to New York thrift frames a portrait of wealth, paranoia, and moral restraint.
A narrator confronts a powerful foe about a postponed reorganization and a rumored plot against him. He rejects mere evasion, asserts his own strength, and reflects on wealth, courage, aging, and the looming reckoning, as personal and economic conflict climaxes.
The faculty and officers at Gonzaga College opening September 11 for 1905 07 include Rev Edward X Fink as president Rev J Sepliy as vice president prefect of studies and discipline Rev David C Daly algebra Mr Philip J Debold second academic algebra and German Mr Richard OBrien third academic and algebra Mr Francis A Brayeasch mathematics Mr William F Geogan preparatory arithmetic Mr Matthew Fertler in charge of treadmen Rev Francis J Kelly to St Jo nore College Philadelphia Rev Fremgen to Baltimore and Rev Batrick J Dooley to Holy Cross College Worcester Mass Alfie remains at St Aloysine Church with changes noted.
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