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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
11
Woodward & Lothrop advertises a weekly remnant sale featuring a large collection of remnants short lengths one of a kind articles incomplete assortments and odd sizes. Bargain lots from regular stock and items secured at favorable prices are offered for quick clearance. Stores close early on Saturdays and Fridays feature Remnant Day.
Friday bargains highlight a manufacturer sample line of fine belts in gray tan and black with several skin types and colors. Prices vary from 20 cents to 2 dollars per item, with belts offered at 1.00 each and values up to 3.00. various sizes and bulk halves are available. Also featured are numerous link cuffs and turn-down style collars offered in half-dozen lots at low rates, with regular prices noted for comparison.
A small lot of women's 16 but length silk gloves in tan white and black cost 73c per pair with a value of 1.50. Also a lot of women's two clasp lister thread gloves in black white and tan priced at 23c per pair with a value of 30c. Main floor G street.
Silk Petticoats sold at a discount in a Friday bargain. Women's footwear and fabric items described with deep flounces and bias finishing, offered at a value around 7.50. Located at Eleventh street, with rustic styling and tonal details highlighted.
An advertisement notes a sale on white lawn kimonos with wide hems and trimmed with pink and blue bands. It highlights a full front dressing sacquel with square neck and short sleeves, priced at 35e each, located near Eleventh Street.
We have secured another lot of Dainty Valenciennes Laces edges and insertions to match, similar to those advertised recently. They vary in width from 4 to inches and are suitable for trimming summer dresses children tracks underwear and more. 6c per dozen ward values, $1.00 to SLPS. Maca note CF st.
A local store offers 50 dozen pairs of women’s lisle thread hose in plain black. Available in Rechelieu and Rembrandt drop stitch styles with a value of 35 cents per pair, quantity suggestive of a limited frugal sale.
Bargain listing offers 20 dozen women's lisle vests with low necks and crocheted fronts. Swiss rib fabric, sleeveless design, priced at 29 cents each, compared to a 50 cent value. Includes partial address fragment Mam foor st.
Special ad item highlights linen lawn at 23¢ a yard and mercerized batiste at 1s a yard. Promotional notice lists 250 yards of 36 inch White Linen Lawn and 300 yards of 36 inch White Mercerized Batiste for sale at ntd fuel Eleventh st.
Friday bargains in the linen department feature 50 dozen 18x36 inch Huck towels hemmed and ready for use at 20 cents each or 2.25 per dozen. Also 23 dozen hemmed Huck towels offered in half dozen lots with prices 6 for 60c 6 for 68c and 6 for 73c. A case of pure linen crash toweling is priced at 10 cents per yard. Second Amor seventh St.
Notice lists deep discounts in the Boys' Clothing Department II with numerous reductions on Russian suits sizes 2 1 2 to 14, Sailor blouses, navy serge suits, wool and linen outfits, knickerbocker khaki sets, and youth trousers. Prices drop from up to $10.00 to as low as $1.95 per item.
Readable fragments show department items with discounts on boys hats caps blouses neglige shirts and other wear. Sale notes include quantities sizes and reduced prices though several figures are incomplete. Third floor tenth et seems to indicate location.
Advertises price reductions on men’s clothing with light flannel trousers and serge options. Highlights sizes including 31 through 38 and 34 through 86, reduced from 4.00 to 1.05 dollars and from 5.00 and 6.00 dollars to 8.95 dollars per pair. Main floor tenth street.
An OCR damaged catalog style note lists cotton dress goods in various yard lengths and prices. Notable items include Printed Percales, Dress Gingham, Printed Organdies, Mercerized Poplin, Scotch Madras, Mousseline de soie, and Linen fabrics priced by the yard. Listing repeats several items with minor OCR errors and indicates second floor goods.
Reduced prices on storm serge mohair sicilian fancy plaid serge and armure suiting. Yardage amounts vary with several pieces offered, including 41 to 45 inch fabrics. Wool Melrose drops from five dollars to one fifty on second floor garden street store.
A newspaper ad lists deep reductions across lamp items. Brass lamp with shade drops from 8.00 to 4.25 and banquet lamp from 6.50 to 4.45. Dozens of paper and silk shades, mantels, and linens reduced, including white metal candle shades, fancy princess lamp shades, and a brass jardiniere, with varying markdowns.
Wedding bells ring at Miss Marie Boyland and Mr. Waldemar Schaller ceremony at St Matthew’s Church with music and lace gowns. Senor Enrique Creel to join Mrs Creel in Chihuahua after Washington visit. Elizabeth Custer returns from Europe trip. Admiral Evans’ niece Miss Taylor engaged to Maj. W. Stuart Symington. Various delegates, travelers, and society figures populate a lively social page with tours, weddings, engagements, and host city scenes.
Society notes recount Mrs Nicholas Longworth receiving two boxes of American Beauty roses from her husband and a reception in Sagamore Hill. Bar Harbor Fair Association held a smooth second day horse show with many winners, notable carriages, and Miss Anne Thompson winning with Gato. Miss Bowdoin presented a Russian team, while Miss Elizabeth Colton is profiled as a linguist. The Harri man marriage at Newport and Parisian attitudes toward American wealth are touched, along with fashion trends for lightweight coats and bold colors suitable for the coming season.
An old medical claim describes kidney inflammation causing dropsy and swelling. It asserts Fulton’s Renal Compound dissolves kidney inflammation, improving tubule function and heart pressure, claiming about 87 percent recovery across stages, aided by a promotional organization.
A dated catalog fragment shows items including Black Lynx and Moff fabrics with prices such as 340.00 for a Pillow Moff, 27.50 for a pelerine, 34.50 for HO and 365.00 for Black Lynx. Also lists 365.00 Black Lynx ave and 32.50 prices, indicating a textile sale or inventory from a shop.
Outdoor sports draw crowds at West End as Deal lawn tennis finals see Arthur de Young and Harry Bilas beat Gibbs of Spring Lake in four sets. Deal Golf Club hosts a 20-entry Invitation tournament with dinners planned at the clubhouse and social gatherings across Ocean Avenue and surrounding hotels.
Miss Anna B Shaw hosted a dinner and bridge at The Homestead in Lenox for Hartford guest Miss A H Williams with a notable turnout including Mrs Charles Astor Bristed and several Kneeland friends. Social happenings extended to Feirlawn with a Girls friendly society visit and lawn activities. Edward B R Wharton returned from Canada while Eben Draper and Tierbert Parker stayed with Senator Crane at Mount Pleasant in Windsor. Jonathan Smith tablet unveiling in Lanesboro was noted along with other guests at the Curtis Hotel and Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge.
A Narragansett arrival notes Warramansett and bathing crowds enjoying high surf and lively breakers. The gathering includes Justice Joseph McKenna and grandchildren of professors, plus Judge William M. Thompson. A later bridge party at Belvoir-on-the-Rocks hosted by Myre Lely honored Mrs. William B. Carter with tea amid hydrangeas and wildflowers, drawing society ladies such as Mrs. Brander Matthews and Mrs. Howard Lapsley.
The Newport bridge final for cups offered by Mrs. R. Livingston Beeckman was played at the Golf Club this afternoon, won by Clarence W. Dolan and Mrs. Ogden Milla over Mrs. Maturin Livingston and John T. Si. The annual Newport Reading Room meeting re elected all old officers and elected three year governors Pemberton Hare Powel Bradford Norman William R. Hunter and John Thompson Spencer. General officers named were President De Lancey Astor Kane vice president and treasurer Pemberton Hare Powel secretary Roland King and executive committee De Lance A Kane Louis L. Lorillard and Maximilian Agassiz. The Atalanta carried George Jay Goulds family on a cruise eastward. Mrs. Henry A. C. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Leroy Emmett returned from Bar Harbor on Wanderer. William A. Larned, lawn tennis champion, arrived as guest of George B. Scott at Belmond. Brig. Gen. William S. Mage retired U S M C visited Maj. William W. McKelvy. Mrs. William Grosvenor hosted a recent son. Harry Redmond hosted luncheon at Clambake Club. dinner parties honor attended by Mrs. Craig Bidd ig Mrs. Kusha Dyer Mrs. Charles F. Hoffman Mrs. Robert Goelet and Mrs. Philip M. Lydig.
Leapright New Jersey August wedding ties Rosa mond K Street a New York social figure to George Peabody Bustis son of the late Representative Geo Kapils. The ceremony at the Hermitage featured Frank Diehl and Miss Susan as attendants. couple to Seabright Bar Harbor and Virginia Springs before Italy.
Herbert Colman Hunter of Washington assistant editor of the National Weather Bureau Review and Miss Isabel Sewall of Farmington Maine wed in Old South Church Farmington. The ceremony drew college friends, with Frederick H. Hunter as best man and Helen Sewall as bridesmaid. The couple will reside in Washington.
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