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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
9
The term store closes at 3 pm on weekdays and 1 pm Saturdays for a Special Remnant Day. Remnants include short ends, small lots, broken sizes, and assortments with prices down on summer needs such as coal and clothes. The sale highlights many departments and practical details for budget shoppers.
Bargain sale on 26 inch black Union Taffeta silk umbrellas with cases, tassels, and pearl and silver handles plus a small lot of 25 inch novelty umbrellas. Each $1.45. total value $200 for the main lot, $400 to $500 for the other group. Main floor Genxt entrance.
A sale offers Misses and Children's dull calfskin and tan Russia calfskin pumps with welt soles and spring heels in sizes 8 to 11, at 173 per pair from former 2.00 to 2.50. Also Boys' patent and dull calfskin Oxford Ties in sizes 2 to 5, priced 2.30 per pair from 3.50. Floor-time unknown.
A set of Torchon and Cluny Laces in cotton and linen, ideal for trimming undergarments. Widths range from 3 to 4 inches. Special price five cents a yard. Main floor G at.
A sale featuring women’s gingham and percale petticoats in neat striped designs, well made and finished. Special price of 50 cents each. Located near Eleventh Street in the nia flogi area.
A sale offers a large selection of Children's Poke Bonnets sewn from dotted muslin. Bonnets feature embroidery ruffles finished with ribbon bow and rub. Prices advertised at 150 dollars per item, with sale date noted as third fluoy-eleventh.
Friday bargain offers 46 dozen pairs of women’s lisle thread hose in fast black gauze. Special price 35 cents per pair or three for one dollar. Mam flsor Fat
Hemmed and Hemstitched towels priced at $2.35 to $2.75 per dozen with slight imperfections. Irish Damask Pattern cloths offered at $2.75 each, and 50 cloths at $3.75 value. Various damask yardage and all-crash toweling discounted. Second floor Eleventh Street sale display.
Friday bargain list from a historical retailer featuring men s fancy hose long list of items including lisle thread half hose pajama sets wool gauze undershirts and drawers Turkish toweling bath robes and silk four-in-hand and string ties with reductions from original prices to sale figures. Includes stock counts and size ranges with a main floor display note.
Featured reductions on men’s straw hats, white crash and flannel hats, linen autos caps, and youth pants suits. Deep cuts include caps from 35c to 5c, straw hats from 3 to 1, and boys wool and wash suits reduced to as low as 2.95. Third floor youth and main floor items noted with sizes and prices.
Reduced prices on a mix of boys and girls clothing and hats. Madras blouses in sizes 6 7 and 3 offered at 50 cents each from 150. Colorad Bale coats and cloaks cut to 50 cents. Stoaer Sallora reduced to 8 cents. Milan straw hats trimmed from 2 and 2.09 to 1.00 each. Wash hats and caps dropped from 50 cents to 25 cents. Third floor tenth street.
A newspaper style sale notice lists remaining stock in the White Goods Department. It details 200 yards of all black dotted Swiss at 7 cents per yard, 2,000 yards white striped lawn at 12 cents, 1,000 yards 40 inch sheer India linen at 15 cents, and various remnants and yard pieces with substantial reductions. Mentions bundles of Englah Namsook and several colored fabrics with marked prices and sale reductions. Second floor—gaslight, prices and quantities specified.
Millinery department clearout on second floor tenth street offering trimmed hats from 3.00 each and untrimmed hats at 1.00 to 2.00 each. Children wide brim sailors cut to 0.25 and Persian squares 0.50. Tailor made stocks and linen coat sets offered at fractions of former prices with slight flaws. Regular main floor offerings noted.
A sale item listing from the belt department describes women’s belts including suede and patent leather. Many pieces are marked down from 6 cents to 10 cents each on the main floor at G Street.
In the corset department four to twenty five pairs offered with descriptions of straight fronts high or Hugh busts long hips boned with real whale bone. Prices cut from nine dollars to six and from six fifty to three dollars. Includes J B imported net corsets in various sizes.
Clearout sale offering Mats and linoleum remnants with varied lengths and patterns. Items include Ching Mating rolls reduced from 1200 to 900 per roll, Japanese matting 3800 per roll, Brussels Bug remnants, and linoleum remnants from 1 to 30 square yards with measurements requested.
From the Cloak Department a Rajah Sik Coat in size 46 with a loose front drops from 4500 to 15 dollars. A Black Sik Eton Jacket with plaited fronts and trim reduced from 2500 to 12 dollars. White Cannon Cloth Eton Jackets sizes 31 and 38 drop from 75 to 3.75 dollars each. A Cannon Cloth Jacket with stitched bande size 38 falls from 750 to 25 dollars. A Black Sik Pony Coat with braid and white taffeta silk size 38 marked down to a third-floor clearance location.
A clipped sale page lists multiple women’s suits and lawn dresses with waist and skirt embroidery, lace, and trimmed details. Includes white linen, duck, and lawn shirtwaist suits in sizes 30 to 40, reduced from high original prices to low sale figures.
Misses waists feature pointed tunka yoke and Hertha embroidery with full skirts and deep hems. Girls Blue Linen Dresses waist with pointed Hertha embroidery, sizes 6 to 12, reduced from 150 to 3 each and 160 to 3.95. Blue Serge “Peter Thompson” Reefer coats for girls 6 to 14, box style with sleeve emblem, reduced from 7.0 to each. White linen coats with lace collar, sizes 6, 8, reduced from 16 to 7.50. Cream linen box coats with lace trim, size 8, reduced from 13 to 3.500.
A basement display at Equitable Building shows reduced prices on travel bags and cases. Items include a 21 inch shell alligator suit cage with steel frame and brass locks cut from 41.00 to 14.95, a 116 inch brown walrus bag silk lined with two pockets cut from 18.60 to 12.00, and multiple shell alligator and cowhide bags with leather lining and brass locks, all reduced from higher prices to low sale figures.
Inventory cut prices include a 30 inch 12 gauge double barreled hammerless Hartford Fire Arms Co shotgun reduced from 16.00 to 9.00. Jansses Lang Co double barreled model cut from 1600 to 9.00. Steverlg single barreled hammerless shotgun down to 7.90. Tennis slippers for boys and girls and hunting coats discounted on main floor Tenth St.
A fragment from the Blanket Department advertises numerous blanket discounts and damaged Marseilles bedspreads. Items include 5 pairs 11-4 Allewaal Blankets reduced to 5.00, 6 pairs 1-4 All-wool Plaid Blankets cut to 1 pair, 14 Wool Blankets priced at 6.00, and 24 Marceilles Bedspreads damaged priced at 8.25 each. Location noted as Second floor seventh st.
A garbled catalog note lists upholstery items such as portieres, couch covers, damasks, tapestries, velours, blinds and doors with scattered prices and reductions. It mentions mercerized and oriental effects, fringe details, widths, and various sizes, but presents mixed figures and misprints. The passage reads like an unfinished sale call with inconsistent numbers and items.
Fifth floor offers reduced prices on English porcelain soup tureens bon bon dishes celery trays breakfast plates and bouillon cups with sugar and creamer sets and after dinner cups and saucers all heavily discounted from original figures to small domestic prices including errors shown in OCR such as percentages and misaligned figures.
A misprinted list from the House furnishing Dept. in Ohio shows several items on sale with price cuts. Listings include steam cookers, clothes roilers, aluminum pots, tea pots, infant baths, and nickel pudding dishes, all marked down from various higher prices.
Social notes report the marriage of Miss Ethel Heygster daughter of Mrs Ada Heygster 1907 G Street NW to Merritt Osborne Richmond of New York at their family home with Rev CR Stetson officiating. Bridesmaids and guests attend a buffet reception after the ceremony. The couple plan a wedding trip and will reside in New York.
The report notes August tremors felt in Kingston and St Lucia with numerous shocks on St Lucia and St Vincent. Seismic activity follows a February quake, stirring anxiety about ongoing tremors and potential damage on the islands.
King Edward left Friedrichshof after a cordial farewell with Emperor William and royal guests. He proceeded to Marienbad with Sir Frank Lastelles while William returned to Friedrichshof. officials in Paris and London described the meeting as largely symbolic with little impact on politics.
Dr Theodore Lewala German commissioner general to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis hosts a dinner in Berlin in honor of David R Francis president of the exposition company and a fall committee deputation. Francis receives a bronze medal designed by Prof Breuer and pays tribute to Emperor William before remaining in Berlin for several days and expecting an audience with William II.
Senator Chauncey M Depew was in a red touring car halted in Hartsdale by a country constable who stopped the vehicle for speeding. The chauffeur faced arrest. the party, including Mrs Depew, continued to White Plains after paying a 26 fine. Constable Townsend waved a red flag and used a stop watch to time the pace.
At the New York department encampment United Spanish War Veterans held in Albany Capt Hamilton Ward Jr was chosen as New Yorks candidate for national commander to be elected at the upcoming encampment in Washington October 15. Hodgson is the unanimous choice of the District of Columbia and could face Capt Simmons of Rochester in a three way race with Gen William Moulton possibly entering.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians held its annual Luna Park outing with nearly 1000 members. A 3 pm baseball game saw Nationals of Washington defeat Center Market 18 to 2. Free park rides and a crowded pavilion followed as organizers fund prizes and plan next day’s Hepatasophs outing at Luna Park.
Judge George Hickenlooper aged eighty died early yesterday at his daughter's home 1209 Kenyon Street Northwest after cancer of the liver. He for thirty five years until last January served as a clerk in the War Department paymaster general's office. He served three years in the Civil War, lived in Albia Iowa where he edited the Albia Union and became county judge. Survived by daughter Mrs Sebring and son Carlos of St Louis and Gen Andrew Hickenlooper of Cincinnati. Funeral today at 3 30 at the house with Rev William Young of Ballston Va officiating.
War Department orders make Fort Stocum New York Columbus Barracks Ohio and Jefferson Barracks St Louis sole recruit stations Troops at these posts will be withdrawn and new recruits posted There is a transfer of some enlisted men from recruit depots to general service infantry and permanent recruiting duties Col Robert KE Evans Fifth Infantry now at Mount Gretna encampment will command Jefferson Barracks.
The will dated October 2 1895 at Alexandria Virginia was filed yesterday for probate. It leaves to widow Lena Bakersmith life estate in four houses two vacant lots on Rock Creek Ford road and a grocery business at 48 North Alfred street Alexandria. Five shares in the Washington Building Association and other assets are also specified with remainder to the children on widowhood or remarriage.
The State Department announced examinations on October 1 to fill sixteen interpreter posts in Japan and one in China with a ten year service commitment. Salary is $1,000 yearly with selection from competitive exams and letters in by eligible young men aged nineteen to twenty six.
Behr defeated Dewhurst to reach the open singles semi finals at Meadow Brook and will face William A. Larned tomorrow for the title. Larned beat Beals Wright in a grueling match as the defending champion shows renewed form amid tough competition. American Ambassador in Russia note signals ongoing international context. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad copy urged readers to take a bottle for renewed vigor and restful sleep.
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