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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
33
Friday remnant day brings unusual deals across all departments. Fabrics and garments include silks, voiles, lawns, laces, and linens with prices cut to as low as 8 cents per yard. Readymade outfits such as Blue Cheviot Suit, Sicilian Suit, and English Rep Skirts are reduced sharply, with sizes 28 to 40 and prices ranging from $1.95 to $64.00.
A set of Women's Lawn Dressing Sacques in the Ki mona style with large collar and flowing sleeves, pretty figured effects, borders of plain white. Excellent value at 20c each. Regular value, second floor Eleventh St.
Lace curtains offered in single, double, and triple sets with price cuts averaging one third to one half. White and Ivory Irish Point Brussels Net Hand-made Arabian and Colored Cathedral styles featured. Discounts include various pair prices from $6.00 to $22.50, with midseason fall usability noted.
Listing from Third floor at Eleventh Street showing price cuts on infants wear and outerwear. Items include Serge reefers in blue and pink reduced from 8.00 to 5.00, white pique reefers with insertion, Suk Long Cloak trimmed with lace, linen diats with patent leather band, red straw sailor trimmed with ribband, and a long wallet dress with Turkish embroidery, all marked down from various higher prices to reduced amounts.
Muslin underwear items offered with reduced prices at the Eleventh Street shop. Petticoats with two tucked ruffs and trimmed gowns include chemise style pieces with embroidery and ribbing. Reductions show from 75c to 39c for petticoats and from $1.25 to $1.00 for gowns, reflecting clearance of several quality garments.
Linen items offered at marked-down prices include Round Center pieces reduced from £205 to $119 each and Hand-lam Double Damask reduced from 75 to $5.00. Imperfect pillow cases size 21x inches priced from $2.50 to? openwork waist patterns with rents backs and cuffs described as very fine and handsome, reduced from 390 to $4.50 each. Eleven? Et.
A scanned item lists price reductions on all wool blankets in scarlet white and gray, noting mill imperfections and new lower prices. Also advertised are Marseille spreads including marseilles, lincht Marseille spread, and a single bed cover with marked markdowns. The note references a location on Eleventh Street and mentions reductions from previous prices to new sale figures.
A local china department advertises discounts on decorated Haviland and Velox pieces including Thesart sets and English porcelain options. Several items show wide markdowns from $22.50 to $1.50 and similar cuts for French china plates cups and stoneware pitchers, with some items noted as slightly damaged.
Yardage department advertises 23 Persian lawn waists in three styles trimmed with hemstitched tucks and all sizes, now $1.90 from $2.95. Also 318 Fine Lawn Waists with turks and insertions in all sizes, reduced from $1.00 to 9c, plus 22 India Linen Waists with Swiss embroidery and lace fronts, all sizes, cut from $2.50 to $1.80. Third Near-Gst.
Misses blue homespun Sults and Buster Brown linen Salt dresses reduced from high prices to low tags. Sizes range from 4 to 16 with lace trims and guimpe styles. Third floor G St offers a generous markdown on girl and miss apparel.
Millinery department offers trimmed walking hats at deep cuts. Hats previously priced 46.00 and 8.00 drop to 2.00 each, another batch from 8.00 and 10.00 to 5.00. Small bouquet arrangements reduced to 10c per bunch. Second floor Tenth Street location.
Men s department offers twenty seven piece pepper and salt under shirts with sizes 39 42 44 and 45 reduced from 12 50 to 6 25 each Also white cotton mesh undershirts sizes 36 38 40 42 and 44 reduced from 25 to 12 1 2c and thirty washable four in hand ties with white grounds and neat colored figures reduced from 3c to 12 1 2c each Malin floor F st
The Boys department offers reduced prices on various garments including fine Russian blouse suits with bloomer pants in sizes 212 to 6, white pique sailor suits, all wool galf pants, separate vests, and two piece suits. Items show deep markdowns from higher prices. Third floor Ten st.
In the boys furnishing section items are deeply discounted. Madras blouses and fine white Oxford shirts with attached collars are cut to 39¢ and 10¢ respectively. Straw sailor hats, stiff-brim hats, and various caps see prices slashed from dollars to cents.
An advertisement lists numerous women’s oxfords in patent and Dongola Kid leathers with extension and turn soles. Sizes range from 3 to 7 2 and 8, with various stock codes and discounts noted, including reductions from high prices to about 1.50 to 1.90 per pair. Third Noor-Tenth at.
Adirondack items include a lawn table at 2.50 from 5.00 and an Adirondack Birch Rustic Lawn Chair now 1.00 from 2.00. A 1 inch Mahogany Parlor Table drops to 12.00 from 20.00, Weathered Oak Chair and Rocker 15.00 each from 34.00, a Rattan Reclining Go-cart 7.50 from 12.00, and a Metal Cooler Stand 1.75 from 3.50. Sixth floor clearance at G st.
Travel goods department offers a 4 ac inch grain leather bag leather lined with gilt mountings. An 11 inch soft grain leather bag leather lined now 6 90 after reduction from 11.00. A 24 inch leatherette suitcase steel frame leather corners slightly damaged now 1.50 from 2.95. A 11 inch cowhide bag brass hardware covered frame slightly damaged now 2.75 from 5.00. A 134 inch man’s trunk 3 ply basswood bound with leather two straps heavy brass clamps riveted now 720.00 from 25.03. Basement Equilateral Building.
Damaged items listed with reductions include a sewing cabinet from 1.50 to 1.00 and a plate rack with damaged price adjustments. A 25 ft garden hose with nozzle drops to 41.25, plus an aluminum teapot from 2.50 to 1.50 and another item from 2.25 to 1.25. Fifth floor Eleventh St.
Announced royal guests Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia will visit Newport hosting events with Vanderbilt. Miss Pauline Morton to christen the Cumberland in Boston. Numerous notices of weddings, engagements, ministerial visits, and society travels follow, including Barry of Bar Harbor and trips to Washington, New York, and Atlantic City.
Frank N. Carver, builder and contractor, died at his home 1431 L Street NW after a nine month illness. The cause was acute rheumatism. Funeral by the Masonic order will be Saturday at 2 PM at the residence, with interment in Glenwood Cemetery. He was sixty, born in Charles County Maryland, educated in public schools, served in the Confederate commissary department, worked in Richmond before moving to Washington. Survived by wife three sons Raymond B Albert Arthur R and three daughters Mrs Charles Lenz Newark NJ Mrs Howard Beall and Jean Carver of Washington. He belonged to Hope Lodge F A M and held the 32nd degree.
Mrs. Alonzo E Stoddard widow of the noted singer died in North Brookfield after a paralysis stroke last week She resided in Washington and spent summers there Survived by two children Mrs A M Verguson of Passaic N J and E F Stoddard of this city Funeral and interment will be held in North Brookfield Also notes Postmasters appointed Frank Boynton at Hebrew New York and Owen F Stewart at Outcrop Pennsylvania.
The article by Rear Admiral Schley on the battle of Santiago de Cuba rekindles bitter naval disputes. President Roosevelt favors nonaction to preserve navy harmony, while Maryland supporters of Schley risk political backlash.
Lieut Col George M Dunn designated for duty at Manassas maneuvers. Leave of absence granted to First Lieut Henry W Parker for two months from August 81. Second Lieut Benjamin H Kerfoot granted one month leave around August 15. First Lieut Frederick B Hennemay granted leave. Capt Edwin M Supplee and Capt Lorenzo P Davison to report for observation and treatment. First Lieut Dana T Merrill to Spencer W Va for evidence procurement in a Fort Myer case awaiting trial. Contract Surgeon Milton Vaughan relieved to Fort Douglas Utah. James H Hepburn to Jersey Shore Pa for contract annulment. Capt Philip E M Walker to Latrick W Va for evidence procurement in a Fort Myer case. Navy: Marine officers B S Berry and Wmile P Moses reprimanded for intoxication. four numbers in rank and public reprimand ordered.
Secretary Morton and party departed Washington aboard the Dolphin for a visit of inspection to Northern navy yards. The secretary was joined by Mrs Morton, Miss Morton, Attorney General Moody, and Representative Foss, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. At Newport they will be joined by Speaker Cannon and Miss Cannon.
Announcement from the Navy Department reports Capt. George F. F. Wilde commandant at Boston Navy Yard and Capt. Charles J. Train president of the board of inspection and survey promoted to rear admiral. Cable from Trieste notes typhoid fever among American sailors aboard the Mayflower with Captain Gleaves. other patients improving. Also details movements and detachments of ships and officers, with Montgomery ordered north for commission changes and new training-site planning for the Great Lakes region.
A list of naval and army officers and staff assigned to various posts. Wino, H Holmes, P Washington, B F Littenhouse, W Holt, H B Worder, G W Williams, and W R Sexton are mentioned with destinations including Cavite, Yokohama Hospital, Wisconsin, Oregon, and Bainbridge.
After Mayor Berg selected Miss Muargaret Treadway of Dubuque as sponsor for the new vessel, the Navy Department learned contractors had invited Miss Hull to christen the ship at Morris Heights. The case grows complex with several other applicants including Miss Jessie May Welch of New York and daughters Myra and Edna Wybrant Smith of Philadelphia with Dubuque roots.
Comptroller Tracewell disallowed the Department of Commerce and Labor travel expenses claimed by Commissioner James A. Garfield for a vacation trip to Mentor Ohio. Garfield had been recalled to Washington for a conference and argued the trip was official, but the Comptroller ruled the move was for personal convenience and not a lawful vacation under office duties.
Chicago reports the Knights of Pythias endowment rank now has 66,224 members with $107,908,000 insurance in force and $754,267 net resources. Over two years, 21,468 applications were considered and death claims paid totaling $2,625,249. Assets stood at $913,380 with liabilities under $200,000 as of June 20.
Inside the district jail with about four hundred inmates, August Sheffer stands out for paper folding artistry. A cross of mourning and other designs emerge from heavy book paper, while a quarrel near a curb shows a crowd of newsboys clashing over a dropped cent. The piece also notes a government bulletin promising doubled corn yields through seed selection and careful farming, plus Treasury receipts and expenditures data.
The funeral of former Senator George Graham West in St Louis closed municipal offices for two hours and half-mast flags as his body was laid to rest in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Attending were World's Fair officials and city leaders, with Gov. Dockery and Sen. Stone among mourners. The procession from Sweet Springs included a special funeral train.
Judge J. Bulina sustains the summons against Mrs Genevieve Chandler Phipps in the divorce suit by Lawrence C. Phipps. The motion to quash the summons is denied for the defendant but granted for United States Steel Corp J P Morgan Co and United States Trust Co allowing dividends and interest to be paid to Mrs Phipps. She is given five days to plead.
Chicago reports Miss Grace Gregory daughter of prominent businessman Rob ert B Gregory died after her horse shied at a passing train and threw her, fracturing her skull in the Lake Forest area. Separately, Postmaster General Payne orders consolidation of Ashley and Kingston Pa post offices with Wilkesbarre effective September 1.
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