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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
11
A sale lists remnants and discounted fabrics including Voiles in multiple colors, cotton dress goods, and various laces with prices cut to as low as 1 cent per yard. Several high quality items such as French Organ dies and Lisle Thread Hose are offered, with promotions like three pairs for $1.00 and hosiery at 75 cents regular price.
A sale offers remaining 3-piece summer suits at deep discounts. Gray mixed cheviots in sizes 38 to 46 reduced from 8 10 to 5 dollars. 12 dollar suits cut to 8 dollars. Also remnants include cotton terry robes 3 dollars each, white Lisle shirts and drawers heavily discounted, Madras shirts cut from 2 dollars to 1 dollar. Main floor front.
Women’s white lawn sacques with pink borders in Kimane style. Very pretty and an unusual value. Regular price one dollar. Third floor Eleventh Street.
White goods sale on Eleventh Street offers Hauni drawn and embroidered Lanen shirtwaist patterns at 4.50 each, down from 7.3 and 4.50. Linen striped India dimity and striped Madras fabrics priced per yard, with discounts from 18c to 25c.
Bargain sale on lace curtains featuring White Ivory Irish Point Marc An toinette Renaissance and Colored Cathedral styles in 2 to 6 pair lots with price cuts from third to half. Sections include Upholstery with Renaissance lace, bed sets, frames, and a small lot of children's shoes and linen cloths with substantial discounts noted. Located at Fourth and Eleventh streets.
In the infants department two white pique coats three quarter length with round collars reduced from 2.50 to 1.73 each. Four white pique coats three quarter length with insertion trimmed reduced from 6.50 to 4.50 each. Two linen coats natural and blue with plaited effect reduced from 6.75 and 8.00 to 5.00 each.
Parasol Department offers brown silk parasols with tucked bars at reduced prices from 3.25 to 2.90 each. White and black silk parasols drop from 3.00 to 2.00 each. Misses fancy silk parasols reduced from 1.35 to 0.75 each. Main floor Ten-street location.
Men's and suit departments feature extensive reductions on hats shirts and suits. Straw hats 50c each. several suits and robes cut from high prices to $12.50 to $7.50. numerous shirt waists and linen items discounted, sizes listed, with assorted fabrics and trims.
Department store display listsMisses Green Famine Suit price cut from 25.00 to 12.50 plus a Mohair Suit at 15.00 and six Girls White Persian Lawn Dresses in grumpe style reduced to 4.5 each. Linen Buster Brown and Russian style Linen Dresses cut from 7.50 and 2.75 to low prices. Third floor G Street.
Millinery department offers 4 trimmed hats reduced from 600 and 800 to 390 each and 5 trimmed hats reduced from 10 and 312 to 500 each. Also a small lot of flowers massed from handling at second floor Tenth Street.
Boys' wash suits in Sailor and Russian ap ee styles, sizes 3 4 5 6 and 10, slightly soiled. Reduced from 195 225 and 2 95 to Tac each. Fine Russian blouse suits in blue tan pink off rose sizes 21 2 to 6. Reduced from 2.50 2.95 and 3.75 to 150 each. White piqua sailor suits with embroidery sizes 3 to 30 except 7. Third floor Tenth st.
The Boys Furnishing Dept promotes straw hats for boys and Boss straw sailors with wide brims in various styles all reduced to 15 to 39 cents. Also featured are EK. & E blouses with blue and slatterned neckbands in small sizes, cut from 60 to 3 cents. Third floor Tenth St.
Umbrella department items listed with price cuts. 24 inch emerald green sun umbrellas with club sticks reduced from 41 to 2 dollars each. 24 inch silk sun umbrellas in green white checked with gun metal handles reduced from 5 to 2 dollars. 25 inch colored silk umbrellas with borders reduced from 3 to 2 dollars each.
A furniture department notice lists a range of discounted items on the sixth floor G street including a woman's rattan writing desk with lower shelf now 11.50 from 20, a laree rattan chair 11.00 down from 18, a mahogany rocker 7.50 from 15, a fine box couch 19.50 from 35.06, and a 100 piece blue decorated American china set 15.00 from 23.00 among other bargains such as toilet sets, English porcelain dishes, decorated French china bowls, stoneware pitchers and more with simple price cuts.
Social and personal notices celebrate Miss Mabel A McGill marrying Oliver James Le Beau at St Patrick's Church with a quiet ceremony, a breakfast at the bride's home, and a two week honeymoon to Niagara Falls Thousand Islands and New York. The Morton family sail on August 1 with a large party and return to Washington later in the season.
Secretary Morton issues a special order praising Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor for his role in Santiago and as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The tribute credits his reforms, mobility, and leadership, notes the navy mourns his loss, and measures of respect include half mast flags and thirteen gun salutes on the day after the order arrives.
The Ohio will be accepted by the government despite a speed shortfall after Union Iron Works may forfeit 18 200 dollars from the 2 899 600 dollar contract. The ship proved a chargefighting machine, meeting all other requirements. West Virginia Tests Satisfactory at Newport News shipyard. Turrets not yet installed, but dock trials and engine tests were favorable. Officials expect speed to be exceeded on the official trial. Col. E L Steever and Col. Jacob A Augur report to War Department to plan Manassas maneuvers with Col. Arthur Wagner as chief umpire.
The new Secretary Paul Morton pushes railroad business methods into the Navy Department, expecting quick, offhand information from bureau chiefs. He faces naval red tape, while noting armor plate shortages and ongoing surveys for Albany repairs estimated at 180000 dollars. The South Atlantic Squadron arrives at San Paul de Loando en route to Montevideo.
The report lists approval of a survey for 80000 on the Nashville at Boston 10000 on the Sterling at Norfolk and 6000 on the Isla de Luzon at the navy yard Pensacola.
The Missouri attorney general seeks federal action against Merchants and Ends bridges at St. Louis after state court rulings. Judge Advocate General Davis attends Missouri session. Secretary Taft to decide on federal proceedings. Rail and steamboat interests pressed to revisit a Pittsburgh bridge ruling, with Gen Mackenzie and JAG Davis assisting Taft.
Maj J F Case city engineer Manila presented proposed gravity fed water and sewerage system to the Secretary of War and Col Edwards. Plan approved by Manila municipal board. eminent engineer favorable. Cost around $2,000,000 for a sixteen mile delivery from Mariquina Valley. Bonds authorized. Contracts soon. Grant era dispatch boat Monahansett wrecked. Beverly Mass. steamer total loss after Misery Island fog. Built 1862. 174 ft long. valued $10,000. insured $6,000. Philippines to build Pasig River bridge and nine smaller bridges. bids invited. American firms not yet competing.
President and Secretary of the Navy invite Connecticut's governor to select the sponsor for the battleship Connecticut to be launched at the New York navy yard on September 29. Cardinal Satolli visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Governors Island with officials. Gen Chaffee inspected Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City. Naval machinist Samuel Carter drowned in Shanghai on the Chauncey. his mother is in Everett, Massachusetts.
The army announces leaves and assignments: Lieut. Commander F H Bailey detached to Brookly n as fleet engineer and to wait orders. Lieut. Commander R B Higging detached to Brooklyn as feet engineer of the South Atlantic Squadron. First Lieut. Marion B Wiibott granted two months leave to Aug 10. First Lieut. James B Abbott and Lieut. Col. Edwin F Gardner noted for retirements. Second Lieut. Thomas E Cathro extended three months on disability. Maj. Thomas A Raymond detained for American Roentgen Bay Society meeting Sept 8–13. Capt. Solomon P Vastall detailed to New Mexico militia encampment Aug to 15. several officers promoted in regiments with changes in rank and assignment.
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