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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1904
Page
19
Friday’s Our Remnant Day features a fall of low priced odds and ends in summer wear fabrics. Special yard pricing includes Voiles, Ginghams, Organides, Lawns, and Lisle thread hose from a overstocked importer. Many fabrics priced at 2 cents to 10 cents per yard with multiple clearances and bundles.
Friday bargain in men's two piece suits offers high grade, well tailored items at clearout prices. Remnants include gray cheviot suits sizes 38 to 46 now 5 to 8 dollars, $12 suits now 8 dollars, plus bath robes shirts and drawers discounts and Madras shirts reduced. Main floor East.
Women’s white lawn sacques with pink borders in a Kimane style. Unusual value at a sale price of 50 cents each, regular value one dollar. Located on the third floor of Eleventh Street.
White Goods sale on the second floor at Eleventh Street discounts linen Stripe Hamline and 20 yards Imported White Muslin. Lanen Shirt-waist patterns and Dimity yardage advertised with prices cut from 3.73, 4.50, and higher to 2.50, 1.25, or less per yard.
Readable reductions across lace curtains upholstery and table linens with substantial cuts. Includes White and Ivory Irish Point and Renaissance patterns, several 2 to 6 pair lots, and discounted rug and bed accessories. Also notes women's footwear, infant sandals, and Damask Cloths with marked price drops.
Readable ad item lists children's coats with reduced prices. Two white pique coats now $1.75 each, four white pique coats $4.50 each, two linen coats in natural and blue $9.00 each. Includes descriptions of length, collar, belts, edging and trims.
Brown silk parasols with tucked bar reduced from 3.25 to 2.90 each. White and black silk parasols reduced to 2.00 each. Misses' fancy silk parasols cut from 1.35 to 0.75. Main floor Tenth Street.
On the third floor G street the Men’s Hat Department lists 26 straw hats in varying braids and sizes at 50 cents each, down from 1 dollar. The Suit Department promotes several reduced price outfits including Black Cheviot Eton suit size 36 at 12.50, Navy Blue Mohair suits at 15.00, and 32 Irish Linen Shirt-waist Suits at 7.50, with other items like robes and shirt-waist suits discounted between 2.75 and 12.50.
Misses Green Famine Suit trimmed with white cloth and silk braid size 16 reduced from 25.00 to 12.50. Miss Mohair Suit black and white checked trimmed with braid full blouse size 1 reduced from 25.00 to 15.00. Six Girls White Persian Lawn Dresses grumpe style lace and tucks sizes 6 and 12 reduced from 3.50 to 4.5 each. Girls Linen Buster Brown Dresses Blaibeds size 6 reduced from 7.50 to 4.5 each. Russian style Linen Dresses with belt embroidered anchor sleeves size 4 reduced from 2.75 to 1.50 each. Third floor G street.
The millinery department offers four women's trimmed hats reduced from 600 and 800 to 390 each and five trimmed hats reduced from 10 and 312 to 500 each. A small lot of flowers massed from handling is offered. Second floor Tenth Street.
In the Boys' Department 10 wash suits in Sailor and Russian ap ee styles, sizes 3 to 10, slightly mussed. Prices slashed from 195, 225, and 2.95 to 1. A set of fine Russian blouse suits in blue tan pink and off rose sizes 21⁄2 to 6, reduced to 1.50. 4 white piqué sailor suits trimmed with embroidery sizes 3 to 30 except 7, cut from 3.95 to 1.95. Third floor Tenth St.
Boys' Furnishing Dept offers 3 straw hats for boys in sailor and stiff brim styles, all sizes, reduced to 15¢ each. 30 hats in assorted styles now 20¢ to 39¢. 18 straw sailors in white and black reduced to 39¢. EK. & E. blouses with blue and slaundered neckbands, sizes 5 to 15, cut from 60¢ to 3¢. Third floor Tenth St.
Umbrella Department offers 24 inch emerald green sun umbrellas with club sticks, reduced from 41 to 2 dollars each. 24 inch silk sun umbrellas in green and white checked effect with dark green selvage and gun metal handles, reduced from 5 to 2 dollars each. 25 inch colored silk umbrellas with fanc y borders, reduced from 3 to 2 dollars each.
In the Furniture Department on the sixth floor G street, items include a Woman's Rattan Writing Desk marked down from 20.00 to 11.50 and a Laree Rattan Reading Chair reduced to 11.00. A Mahogany Rocker and a Fine Box Couch see large cuts, while a 100 piece Blue Decorated American China Dinner Set drops to 15.00 and assorted dishes and pitchers are discounted to 60c or 10c.
Miss Mabel McGill wed Oliver James Le Beau in a quiet St Patrick ceremony. The wedding followed with a small family breakfast and a two week honeymoon to Niagara Falls Thousand Islands and New York. The piece also notes society sights at the Morton household sailing plans and several other weddings and social notices in Washington.
Secretary Morton issues a special order praising Rear Admiral Henry C. Taylor for his services in the Battle of Santiago and as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The notice commends his reforms and leadership, notes his untimely end of a distinguished career, and calls for half mast flags and thirteen guns at moon to honor his memory.
The Union Iron Works may forfeit 18200 dollars to the U S government for not achieving the required speed on the battleship Ohio. The ship will be accepted as a charge fighting machine, with all other requirements met. The deduction will come from the contract price of 2899600 dollars. West Virginia Tests Satisfactory. Special to The Washington Post. Newport News Va Aug 4 Two of the ten inch guns for the armored cruiser West Virginia have been received at the shipyard but will not be installed yet as the turrets are not in place. The dock trial finished today with engines meeting all tests satisfactorily, and officials expect the ship to exceed contract speed on her official trial. Col E L Steever Fourth Cavalry at Fort Riley Kans and Col Jacob A Augur Tenth Cavalry at Fort Robinson Nebr reported at the War Department to confer on maneuvers near Manassas next month. They will act as chief umpires and inspect the field.
New Secretary Paul Morton pushes railroad style informality into the Navy Department. He urges division heads to supply offhand information, seeks armor plate inventories, and compares government work to big railroad practice. A South Atlantic Squadron report from Tangier to Montevideo notes their voyage, while a Bremerton survey for Albany repairs requests $180,000 and eight months.
The navy approves surveys totaling 96,000 for three yard projects. An $80,000 survey is set for the Nashville at Boston, a $10,000 survey for the Sterling at Norfolk, and a $6,000 survey for the Isla de Luzon at the navy yard, Pensacola.
The Missouri attorney general appeals to the War Department over control and possible federal action against Merchants' and Ends bridges in St Louis after state court ruling. Judge Advocate General Davis attends Missouri session and reports to Secretary Taft. Rail and steamboat interests urged reconsideration of Union Railway bridge elevation case in Pittsburgh. Secretary Taft may decide soon with experts Mackenzie and Davis advising.
Maj J F Case city engineer Manila presented gravity water supply and sewerage plans to the Secretary of War and Col Edwards after approval by Manila's municipal board. The project runs sixteen miles from Mariquina Valley, costing about $2,000,000, with bonds authorized and contracts to be let.
President and Secretary of the Navy invite the Connecticut governor to select the christening lady for the battleship Connecticut to be launched at the New York navy yard on September 29. Cardinal Satolli visits the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Governors Island as part of official tours with Gen. Corbin.
Orders grant leave of absence for multiple officers including First Lieut. Marion B. Wiibott and Second Lieut. Cathro with disability. detachments and reassignment for Lieut. Commander F. H. Bailey, R. B. Higging, and others. Retirement announced for Deputy Surgeon General Edwin F. Gardner. Promotions and regimental assignments announced for Dodd, Brown, and Babcock.
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