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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
9
Store hours during the busy season extend to 5 p m weekdays and 1 p m Saturdays with Friday labeled Remnant Day. A large display offers odds and ends in summer wear and household goods at special low prices. Remnants include cotton and wool dress fabrics half price and numerous yardage pieces for shirtswaists dresses and skirts with many more bargains noted. Second floor G Street.
Women's corset covers in nainsook and cambric with lace embroidery beading and ribbon trim offered at 25 cents each. Special price on third floor Eleventh street.
A Friday bargain sale features a large lot of Women's 26 inch slack union taffeta silk umbrellas with varied handles and cases priced at 145 each, and a section of novelty silk umbrellas at 165 chosen from numerous patterns. Also offered are reduced men's silk four in hand and wash ties, Madras shirts, gauze undershirts, and various straw hats with substantial savings across multiple categories on the main floor.
Linen department offers 30 hemstitched moercerized fabric pieces at 25 cents each, down from 43 cents, plus 47 damask table cloths in various sizes at discounted prices. Additional damask cloths, hemmed Huckaback towels, and white goods sections list substantial reductions from higher regular prices. Regular yardage for embroideries and lawn fabrics also shown with marked-down per yard rates.
Vintage clipping lists remaining stock of dress fabrics with yardage in tan crepe de Paris and brown and white mohair, plus tan boheme and gray cashmere pieces. Reductions show prices slashed from high to lower amounts across several widths and lengths on the second floor.
Catalog notes deep reductions on 48 inch French foulé and 35 to 45 inch fabrics. Items include 4 inch Lupin Voile and 3 to 4 inch broadcloth, with wholesale cuts from high to low figures and substantial per yard savings. Included are Panama and Serge materials with price drops from premium to marked down rates.
Long coats and sailor blouse suits for boys reduce from high prices to $1.25 to $8.75. All wool double breasted suits with shattered prices. Navy play suits sizes 34 to 56 cut to 25 to 50 cents. White duck pants and long pants reduced to small coin amounts. Third floor on Tenth Street.
Avan Boys Furnishing Dept lists boys shirts and blouses with deep cuts from 150 to 90, hats and caps dropped to 2 cents, and women’s trimmed hats marked down from 9.00 to 2.00. Untrimmed hats in various shapes now 10.50 to 8.50, flowers sold at 25 cents a bunch. Second floor Tenth Street millinery department.
Sale items include Sapphire Corsets straight front high bust sizes 22 23 reduced from 89 7 to 3 30 per pair. J B Corsets sizes 13 29 20 reduced from 100 to 50 cents per pair. Net Corsets sizes 18 20 24 25 26 30 reduced from 1 00 to 50 cents. Also matting remnants and Brussels rug remnant offered at half price. Fourth floor at G Street location.
A department sale notice lists numerous price cuts across Basket and China sections. Items include lunch hampers, baskets, telescope baskets, dress suit cases, plates, mugs, basins, celery trays, salad bowls, soup plates, game plates, bonbon boxes and more with marked down prices and quantities.
Department sale item list details multiple women’s suit options with sizes 34 to 40, including white linen, cannon cloth coats, and lace trims. Prices drop from high original amounts to reduced sale figures, highlighting Eton jackets, coat suits, and shirtwaist styles. Notable pieces include lace trim, Valenciennes lace, and gored skirts.
Cloak Department showcases Black Sikh Eton Jacket with plaited front and braid trim, size 38, reduced from 6500 to 12. Black Sik Pony Jacket trimmed and lined, size 38, cut from 1250 to 875. White Cannon Cloth Eton Jackets sizes 34 46 and 38 cut from 30 to 2. Willite Linen Shirt trimmed with same material, reduced from 1000 to 5.00.
Assorted white lawn waists in many styles with limited sizes per style and full size range in the combined lot. Also lace and silk waists on sale at reduced prices. Located on the third floor G street.
Ladies department notes yardage and price cuts on Gris Wilte linen coats with lace collars, Peter Thompson blue serge reefers, striped Percale dresses, and white India lawn gutmpes. Sizes range from children to teens, with markdowns from high to low prices as listed.
Infants department features hand made blips and gowns with deep discounts across multiple items. Reduced prices apply to nainsook blips, Swisa Bon nets, India Linen dresses, plane coats, and women's canvas oxfords with sizes listed and location on third floor of Sleventh street and tenth street stores.
Social pages chronicle a high profile scene in Mexico City with Gen Porfirio Diaz and Mrs Diaz attending a Renacimiento Theater performance of Cuauhtemoc starring Francisco Cardona and Virginia Fabrigas de Cardona, plus a gala supper in the theater foyer. The march of diplomats, embassy staff, and Washington visitors to varied residences and summer spots across Bar Harbor and Bretton Woods is detailed with numerous arrivals, marriages, and travel plans.
A diplomat on a Luxembourg mission encounters danger and romance aboard a train. An American officer, Hardy, refuses a forged passport exchange and faces a pistol threat. In Luxembourg a hooded woman reveals intense feelings and a perilous entanglement that ends with a vow of separation and remorse.
Fourth floor items listed with reduced prices include cross stripe Madras summer portieres in pink blue orange and yellow. single portieres in brown red green rose. Trish Point Lace curtains twelve yards long. hand-made couch upholstered in cotton taffeta. stoop seats with cretonne and silkoline. hardwood screen doors with fixtures in sizes 2 l0xé 19 and 3x7 feet. Prices cut from 250 to 225 and 180 to 125 respectively.
The notice lists wool blankets with multiple lots at reduced prices including 11-2 wool blankets slightly imperfect from 600 to 450 per pair, 12-4 al wool blankets reduced from 800 to 61 per pair, 11-4 wool blankets soiled from 625 to 500 per pair, 11-4 wool blankets damaged from 7 to 5.25, Sikeline Comfort damaged from 200 to 125, and India blankets sold from 250 to 1.23 each.
A Bamboo Furniture Department sale lists shirtwaist boxes and covers at deep cuts. Items include burlap and imitation leather coverings with price reductions from hundreds to around fifty to two hundred dollars. Several items show multiple quantity discounts and conversions to sale pricing.
The ad lists department 11 aluminum and shopworn housewares with heavy markdowns. Prices drop from 175 to 100 for Pur items, 2 drip coffee pots, 22 qt kettles, tinned items, and enameled ware pitchers and soap ladies. Numerous items show steep reductions and bulk pricing.
Ty, Md visits cousin Mrs E Max Hasselbach at 121 h street northwest Rochester relatives greeted Mrs Fred F Schrader plans summer in Bluemont Virginia. Washington to Dublin reports announce arrival of a girl to Lieut Commander and Mrs William Sims Mrs Sims is daughter of the Secretary of the Interior with the Sims wedding noted as a major event last fall. Commander and Mrs Sims spent winter at Stoneleigh Court and joined guests at the Hitchcock residence in Dublin NH during the summer.
Children at Camp Good Will compete for cleanliness with a weeklong focus on spotless quarters. Activities include daily piano music, graphophone tunes, morning swimming for girls at 10, and a later pool time for boys. A lengthy list of donors and contributions follows, totaling funds raised for the camp’s ongoing efforts. A Catholic Standard and Times excerpt closes with a domestic dialogue about a marriage proposal.
Unmarried Captain Frank McCoy of the Third Cavalry appointed to succeed Charles McCawley as personal aide to President Roosevelt and hostess duties with Mrs Roosevelt. McCawley, longtime White House aide since McKinley era, leaves on three months leave. President commends his tact and discretion. Ethel Roosevelt visiting relatives at Meadow Croft Sayville Long Island.
Old stock remnants offered from a prior sale 50 yard lengths and inch squares suitable for pillows tops or chairs. Pack includes 5c to 7c odd pairs and lace collars matched into pairs but with one pair of a kind. Patterns resemble fish Point and Le Brussels. Prices up to 1.29 per pair.
Readable items describe yardage and color ranges for Satin Taffeta Baby Ribbon Plain and Satin Taffeta, including 21-2 to 4inch widths and 11-4 to 11-finth sizes in all colors and black, with prices per yard. Also mentions Me silk Park retained Messalines and first floor bargain displays.
These steam cookers, made of charcoal tin with copper bottoms, claim to replace an entire meal cooked over one burner. Offered at $2.48 and $2.98, they promise fuel savings and heat prevention. Aimed at buyers seeking economical kitchen aids.
A dramatic scene unfolds as a wife pleads for love and freedom, offering her soul rather than possession. She slips away through a window as a dangerous escape begins, leaving a ring behind and a vow to be remembered. The moment ends with a hurried exit and a hint of tomorrow’s continuation.
A fragment lists white lawn fabrics and yard wide white corded and striped poplinette suits, noting neat patterns and high grade yardage. The lines mention white poplin and suitable wash tests, with prices and percentages partially obscured.
A compact sale notice for lawn kimonas offered at 50 cents each, highlighting black and white effects and large colored designs. Describes full cut with trimmed white lawn folds, a house gown style, and promotion price of one dollar. Contains showroom reference on Second Floor.
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