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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
33
Woodward & Lothrop announces a regular weekly remnant sale during the heated term with remnant collections, short lengths, odd sizes, and bargain lots from regular stock offered at very low remnant prices for quick clearance. Stores close at 5 every weeknight and Saturdays at 1, with Remnant Day noted for patrons familiar with the event.
Friday bargains in the men s furnishing department showcase a sample line of fine belts in gray tan and black with varied skins and sizes. Prices range from 50 cents to 1.00 each with regular values cited up to 2 and 3 dollars. Also offered are men s link cuffs in several edge styles and turned-down dollars mostly in half dozen lots with prices around 20 to 90 cents per half dozen or per dozen.
A small lot of Women's 16 but ton length Silk Gloves in tan white and black at 73c a pair. Value 1.50. A lot of Women's 2 clasp Lister Thread Gloves in black white and tan at 23c a pair. Value 30c. Main floor G st.
Silk Petticoats in a Friday bargain at Eleventh Street. Women's wear features deep full flounces and bias finishing. Heavy rustic SAO material listed with a value of 7.50 dollars.
A sale offer describes women’s white lawn kimonos in full length with wide hems and trimmed with pink and blue borders. Also listed is a white lawn dressing sacque with a square neck short sleeves and full front. Price noted as 35e each. Located at Thiru fucr Eleventh st.
Valenciennes Laces offered in another lot with edges and insertions matching recent ads. Widths vary from four to a yet unspecified inches, suitable for trimming summer dresses, children’s outfits, underwear. Priced at 6 cents per dozen ward values, and $1.00 to SLPS. Maca note CF st.
Bargain notice offers 50 dozen pairs of women's lisle thread hose in Rechelieu and Rembrandt drop stitch. Priced at 35 cents per pair with value described as a sale item in stock.
Friday bargain item lists twenty dozen women's lisle vests with Swiss rib and crocheted fronts. Low neck, sleeveless design priced at 29 cents each, value listed at 50 cents. Includes reference to Mam floor street in the fragment.
Bargains on 250 yards of 36 inch White Linen Lawn at 23 cents a yard and 300 yards of 36 inch White Merc erized Batiste at one cent a yard as advertised at ntd fuel on Eleventh Street.
Linen Department offers 50 dozen 18x36 Huck Towels hemmed and ready for use at 20c each or 2.25 per dozen, regular 2.75 per dozen. 23 dozen Huck Towels sold in half-dozen lots: 6 for 60c, 6 for 68c, 6 for 73c. Includes 1 case Pure Linen Crash Toweling at 10c per yard. Second Amor seventh st.
A department store advertises heavy discounts on boys and youths wear. Russian suits sizes 2 1 2 to 12 reduced from several dollars to 1.95 to 7.00 each, sailor blouses and navy serge suits cut to 4.85 and 7.00, khaki knickerbocker sets and long trousers now 1.95 per pair, and linen knicker suits from 5 to 1.95.
In the boys department items including straw sailors duck hats caps and blouses see price cuts. Reduced prices list for various sizes and garments with final marks at five to fifty cents per item. Third floor tenth et.
Men’s Clothing Department offers light flannel trousers in neat checked patterns in sizes a HM 96 and I, reduced from 4.00 to 1.05 per pair. Also serge trousers in white and white with black stripes in sizes 31 38 34 86 and 38, reduced from 5.00 and 6.00 to 8.95 per pair on the main floor Tenth street.
Readable items list fabrics by yard with prices: printed percales at 12 1 2 cents, dress gingham, printed organdies, mercerized poplin 25 cents, scotch madras one token, mousseline de soie at 3 cents, printed mousseline, and plain linen per yard. Second floor GST.
A rara compra sale lists storm serge inch wide at 4.59 after a 5.15 price, Mohair Sicilian at 4.40 for five yards, Fancy Plaid Serge at 5.09 for five yards, Armure Suiting at 2.00 for five yards, and Wool Melrose at 1.50 for five yards, all noted on the second floor near the goods.
A lamp department sale lists numerous items with steep markdowns. Brass lamps with shades, glass banquet lamps, candle shades in multiple colors, silvered paper shades, white metal candle shades, silk princess lamp shades, black mantels, green paper electric shades, linen linings with fringe, and a brass jardiniere all see price cuts from high to reduced figures. Many items show large percentage discounts, signaling a major clearance event.
Miss Marie Boyland wed Mr. Waldemar Schaller at home in Washington with a palatial decor. Senor Creel departs for Mexico after a month in Washington, with various stops en route. Miss Emily Neville Taylor engaged to Mr. Harrison Symington, plan to marry in Lucerne. Numerous society guests travel between Newport, Paris, Berlin, and Manhattan, with Virginia and Massachusetts stays noted.
Society notes report Mrs. Nicholas Longworth receiving daily American Beauty roses from her husband at Sagamore Hill and a reception in her honor. Bar Harbor Fair Association hosted a crowded second day of the horse show with many prize winners and notable exhibitors, including Miss Anne Thompson and Miss Bowdoin, while a Moscow-like fashion segment in Paris and Newport society details follow with language about Miss Elizabeth Colton and the Harriman marriage.
An article argues kidney inflammation causes dropsy and outlines Fulton’s Renal Compound as a remedy. It claims standard treatments only momentarily help, while the compound supposedly clears kidney inflammation and restores tubule function, with about 87 percent recovery in cases with dropsy. It cites J. Fulton Co and Henry Evans as sources and mentions a bulletin for recoveries.
The fragment lists prices for Black Lynx items including a pillow and pelerine, with figures such as 340.00 and 27.50 and 34.50, plus references to Moff and 365.00 Black Lynx ave. 28. It appears to be a catalog or sale snippet showing product names and prices without full context.
Outdoor sports draw crowds as Deal Golf Club hosts an Invitation tournament with 20 entries. Finalists Arthur de Young and Harry Bilas beat Gibbs of Spring Lake 1-6 6-4 16 1-7 6-2. Notables attend court, clubhouse dinners, and gatherings at Casino and various homes with social rounds and travel plans noted.
In Lenox Massachusetts Aug 10 a dinner and lawn bridge for Miss A H Williams of Hartford guest of Miss Adele Kneeland at Feirlawn. Guests included Mrs Charles Astor Bristed and several visting friends. Edward B R Wharton returned from Canada. Eben Draper and Tierbert Parker toured Mount Pleasant with Senator Crane and attended a tablet unveiling in Lanesboro. Richard T Wilson Jr and other guests stayed at local inns in the Berkshire area.
Warramansett Pler reports unusually high tides drawing bathers to Narragansett Reach where women of society educators and judges mingle with Justice Joseph McKenna and grandchildren of notable families. A yesterday bridge party at Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Leidy’s Belvoir-on-the-Rocka honored Mrs. William Carter with tea and hydrangea decor.
In Newport R I the final for cups offered by Mrs. R Livingston Beeckman was won by Clarence W Dolan and Ogden Milla defeating Maturin Livingston and John T Si at the Golf Club. The Newport Reading Room held its annual meeting with all old officers reelected and governors chosen.
In Leapright New Jersey Miss Rosa mond Kearny Street daughter of William A Street and niece of Levi P Morton married George Peabody Bustis son of the late Representative Geo Kapils in her father’s Hermitage. The ceremony at the Presbyterian Church featured Frank Diehl and Miss Susan as attendants. The couple plan trips to Virginia, Italy, and Bar eet Springs after the wedding.
In Farmington Maine at Old South Church Herbert Colman Hunter of Washington assistant editor of the National Weather Bureau Review marries Miss Isabel Sewall of Farmington noted for college friends attendance. Brother Frederick Hunter of Boston serves as best man and a reception follows at Abington Massachusetts.
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