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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
19
Woodward & Lothrop offers deep discounts in suit department with numerous dresses and shirtwaist suits reduced from high to sale prices. Blue dotted Swiss dresses, organza and ta f fauna, white trim fabrics, and Irish linen shirtwaist suits feature reductions from e.g. 25 to 7.60 and 3.76. Fabrics include English rep linen duck and blue brilli antine styles.
Reduced prices on Tinen shirt waists in white lawn and Swiss dotted styles sized 35 to 44. Genuine Irish linen waists with lace fronts drop from 7.00 to 2.75. White China Silk waists with tucks and lace cut from 5.00 to 2.98. News mentions third floor GST.
75 silk remnants from 1 to 3 yards each offered in taffetas and Louisines with plain and fancy effects. Suitable for jacket linings and trimmings. Priced at 25 cents a yard, down from 75 85 and 1 dollar. Malin floor sixth street.
A sale listing of women’s long kimonas made from printed lawn with yoke back and front, trimmed with white lawn border. Priced at 75 cents, offered on the third floor of Eleventh Street.
Lace stripa and muslin fabrics offered in white sheer qualities. Etamine sold in white blue and black priced per yard. Hand drawn embroidered shirtwaist patterns with open work for fronts backs and sleeves offered at three dollars each, reduced from nine dollars. Second floor Eleventh Street.
Bargains on Swiss Curtains two pairs trimmed with ruffles and tucks and neat. Clearances include Fine Nottingham Curtains reduced from $29 and $2.25 to $1.50 per pair. Yardage discounts follow for Figured Silkoline and screen fabrics with substantial price cuts. Window screens of various sizes also heavily discounted on the fourth floor.
The store advertises Sun day-school books and Bibles at reduced prices including Sunset Rhymes and Arnold's commentary. Also offers a mixed lot of sample Bibles and hymnals. Millinery bargains present women's trimmed hats and untrimmed hats with prices cut from six to twelve dollars down to one dollar. Flowers and other items offered as closeout.
Infant department offers discounts on India linen dresses with yokes and bertha trims, pink chambray and white pique reefers, and white coats in Russian and plaited styles. Original prices ranged from 0.50 to 8.00. sale prices show reductions to 0.40 or 2.50 and similar.
A department display promotes silk umbrellas with reduced pricing. Three Silk Umbrellas in red with borders and plaid pattern fall from 500 dollars to 3 dollars each. Six Ywinch Silk Umbrellas with colored borders and wood handles drop from 3 dollars to 260 cents. One Inch Silk Umbrellas in black with border and red/navy trim cut from 250 to 200 dollars each. Main floor First Street.
In the Sewing Machine Dept an Eldredge Automatic drophead with lift and full attachments is offered with a five year guarantee, discounted from 40 to bow. The Goods Dept lists Liquid Developer bottles like Metal-Hydro and Eikonogen, Velox developing kits, toning powders, and 31 boxes of fixing powders all reduced. Also several odd cameras with cases and plate holders offered at lower prices on the fourth floor.
Third floor Misses Department offers reduced prices on bathing suits and shoes, plus girls dresses and Linen suits. Items include bathing cans from 2c, canvas bath Shoes 25c, turbans 50c, and Lacings boots 50c. Dresses and suits in various sizes cut from $2.50 to $3.00 down to 1 each and more.
Storewide men’s department marks down summer suits in fancy homespun and blue serge from 12.50 to 6.25, blue serge coats to 3.00, neckwear and shirts cut from 0.50 0.75 to 0.35, Madras shirts at 1.00, Lisle socks two pairs for 0.20, and linen caps from 1.00 to 0.80. Main floor east.
The listing shows boys wear reductions on several items including All Wool Voat and West gray mix military suits in size 3 down from 12.50 to 5.50, white pique wash suits sizes 7 to 4 cut to 1.9 percent of prior prices, pink and blue chambray wash suits trimmed in white down to 1.50 each, and two pairs of bicycle pants with double-stitched cavalry bent, all on the Third Floor, Tenth Street area.
In the third floor boys department items are discounted. K and H wash blouses with laundered neckbands sizes five to nine reduced from 50 to 88 each. Madras wash ties pink champi and light blue reduced from Be to the each. 30 straw sailors Sennet and Milan braids all sizes reduced from Te 100 and 1.50 to 10c each. 10 duck overalls for boys and girls in blue and tan with long streamers, all sizes reduced from 225 to 80c each.
A newspaper ad lists numerous Oxford Ties in varied shapes and sizes with deep discounts. White canvas Oxfords for Misses and Children drop from several dollars to $1.00 per pair, plus Roman sandals and other sandal styles at reduced rates.
Inventory list shows a 17-inch black bag leather lined with nickel mountings discounted from 3.50 to 5.95, a 24-inch cowhide leather suitcase steel framed discounted from 5.00 to 2.95, a 13-inch trunk with brass clamps leather straps sheet-iron bottom reduced from 6.80 to 3.00, and a 34-tuned man’s trunk of basswood with brass clamps two trays reduced from 22.00 to 18.00 in the basement display.
Catalog note lists reductions on dinner sets, porcelain and glassware, toilets, and decorative items. Items include 10 piece decorated American force dinner set with two missing, Doulton Ware bowl and pitcher, English porcelain mugs, cups and saucers, maple carving, kitchen utensils, enamelware, and heavy gourn boilers. Prices slashed on fifth floor goods from $13.50 to $11.55 and similar cuts across dozens of items.
Army orders hasten a Philadelphia wedding with Miss Jamison and Lieut. Walter Gunster set to wed in September at the Baltimore home of the bride. The Grady Reed wedding at First Presbyterian Church in Washington was a quiet ceremony hosted by relatives and followed by a Maryland honeymoon.
A pretty home wedding occurred at the residence of Mrs A P Davis 212 First Street Northwest Tuesday evening at 8 oclock Miss Salle Lewis and Mr J L Davis both of Charlotte Hall Md were the bride and groom Rev Dr Chestey of Charlotte Hall Md officiated J F Dyson was best man Miss M Davis sister of the groom was bridesmaid and Miss Florente Dorothy and Elizabeth Davis daughters of the hostess acted as flower girls A wedding dinner followed and the couple left for Philadelphia and Atlantic City before making their home in Charlotte Hall Md
A flotilla of Navy monitors Nevada Arkansas and Florida anchored off Sixth Street to inspect midshipmen at the naval yard. The torpedo boat destroyers Whipple Worden Hopkins Lawrence and MacDonough moved to Baltimore. Monitors Nevada Arkansas and Florida arrived. battleships Texas and Massachusetts and others remained near Potomac mouth.
Maj. Gen. Corbin outlines a field exercise titled Blue versus Brown with maneuvers at Manassas and Thoroughfare September 5 to 10. Blue and Brown forces simulate a Washington defense and Shenandoah Valley advance, detailing problem setups, troop dispositions, and planned attacks aimed at testing flank and turning movements despite water and camp logistics.
The report outlines Blue and Brown divisions in the Manassas area with Brown advancing from Front Royal toward Gainesville and Alexandria environs while Blue positions to defend near Thoroughfare and Manassas. Re-enforcements from Washington are anticipated. both sides plan to hold or assault based on incoming troops.
The funeral of First Lieut Guilford Garber Artillery Corps U S A was largely attended by the Grand Army post Indiana National Guard companions of the Loyal Legion and friends. He died by suicide after years of service and personal strain though known as a brilliant scholar and capable officer with high marks in mathematics and leadership in San Francisco and the Philippines. The War Department received favorable service reports and officers recall him as the best Spanish scholar in his regiment. The Presidio officers expressed shock and questioned who would be next.
Military orders grant leaves of absence ranging from fifteen days to one month for officers including Contract Surgeon Harry Greenberg and Captain Guy T Scott, with several recruiting duties and postings listed. Other items note Navy yard power plant suspensions, pier extensions, and new armored cruiser plans under the Bureau of Yards and Docks, plus assignments to attend the Eighth International Geographic Congress and to Manassas protection details.
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