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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1904
Page
11
The store repeats its twice yearly stock clearance with many small surpluses and broken assortments offered at extraordinarily low prices. Odds and ends fill the floor as the season shifts, aiming to ease labor and make room for new stock. Rare bargains spread across the shop.
Discounted men s shirts and hosiery offer. Sizes range from 13 1 2 to 17 with various Madras Neglige shirts and white Madras shirts, several cuffs and inclusive pricing. Hosiery includes listed thread half hose in sizes 9 to 11 1 2 with bundled price options.
French Corsets in sizes odd and even offered at clearance prices. High class models including straight-front effects. Prices include $5.00 and $3.50 with prior prices listed. items on third floor Eleventh Street.
Advertises a clearance sale of shirt waists and shirtwaist suits in various fabrics and styles. Prices shown include Durables such as Irish linen blends and Persian lawn fabrics, with marked reductions from original prices. Third floor location noted.
Clearance sale features all linen damask items in varied sizes with strong discounts. Includes lineny damask tablecloths napkins napkin rings and damask pattern cloths at reduced prices. All linens advertised with per yard or per dozen pricing and note of blemishes on some items. Second floor Eleventh et.
Advertisement notes a clearance sale of fancy printed lawns, 500 yards of white grounds with mercerized stripes and dainty floral printings. Fabrics are very sheer, 29 inches wide, 8 cents a yard, reduced from regular and cost, located on Matin floor G Street.
Clearout sale of manufacturers seconds offers wool blankets in sizes for single, triple, double and twin beds. Imperfections are minor under close view like tiny oil spots or small snags and do not affect wear. Prices range 2.75 to 6.50 per pair. located on second floor Eleventh Street.
Fourth floor sale offers rugs at about one third off regular prices. 2 4x12 Bigelow Wilton rugs at 35 each, 4 6x12 Bigelow Axminster at 25, 3 9x12 Smyrna at 17.50, 2 9x11 Brussels at 13.50, 4 2.5x12 Imperial Smyrna at 7.50. Aimed at discontinued patterns with varied colors and designs.
Trunks advertised in a basement sale at the Equitable Building offer strong, well-made traveling trunks with iron reinforcement, fifteen hardwood slats, full sheet iron bottom, brass lock and a tray. 28 inch trunks priced at $2.25 and 32 inch at $3.25. Heavy canvas-covered trunks with two center bands priced at $2.95 for 28 inch and $3.50 for 32 inch.
Odd Lots China sale offers French and English porcelain items with varied designs. Bread and butter plates tea plates pie plates breakfast and dinner plates priced at 25 cents each with values up to 7 shillings. Decorated English porcelain vegetable dishes 50 cents each with values from 7 cents to 1.25 dollars. French china cups and saucers 23 cents each values up to 5 dollars. Decorated French china butter dishes 75 cents to 1 dollar. Located on Fifth floor G Street.
A clearance sale offers remaining matting patterns at four off regular price. Sold by roll or piece with tiered pricing: 4 rolls 50c per roll or 30c per yard, 3 rolls 40c per roll or 27c per yard, 5 rolls 35c per roll or 25c per yard, 2 rolls 30c per roll or 22c per yard, 4 rolls 25c per roll or 20c per yard, 3 rolls 22c per roll or 17 4c per yard. Remnants under 10 yards marked per yard rs¢, under 20 yards at 7oc per yard. Fourth floor 6 st.
Social and personal items chronicle the Countess of Yarmouth and Miss Alice Roosevelt staying in New York, Newport, and Cresson Pa. engagements include Miss Mary Elizabeth Cutts's upcoming marriage to Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, plus multiple society gatherings, weddings, and travels among prominent families and diplomats across Newport, Bar Harbor, Lake Geneva, and Cape May.
Edgar Stephan is to take place at Grace Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening September 7 at 8 o clock. Mrs M J Crane and Miss Maud M Crane have gone to the Aurora House in Aurora West Virginia to spend the late summer and early autumn. Miss Marion Wolff of Capitol Hill has returned from her vacation at Kenfield Place Herndon Virginia and Atlantic City.
Special to The Washington Post Miss Daisy Leiter denied in Chicago that she was engaged to the Earl of Suffolk. Her mother and sister Nannie are accompanying her at 101 Rush Street as the Leiter family holds a reunion while Joseph Leiter acts as head of the estate matters. The Suffolk rumor persisted despite Lester stating there is no truth.
Miss Alice Roosevelt fainted in Willam Payne Thompson's car early Saturday after a dancing party at Col and Mrs William Jay's residence. A. de Navarro's chauffeur sped the vehicle and Michael Woods, Navarro's driver, was arrested and jailed five days for fast driving.
Mrs Wary Lee Chamberlain wife of United States Commissioner of Navigation Eugene Tyler Chamberlain died at Providence Hospital from heart trouble and dropsical complications after months of illness. She had lived in Baltimore and Washington, with recent residence at Eckington and 1902 Cincinnati street. Funeral private Wednesday. interment Loudon Park Baltimore. Judge Pritchard visiting Washington. Gettings funeral held at 2456 Brightwood avenue with interment at Rock Creek.
Special to The Washington Post Gainesville Va Aug 2 1901 headquarters of the army maneuvers established at a Blue Ridge foothill site Maj Gen Henry C Corbin arrived in command with Mrs Corbin and will oversee the 30000 troops mobilizing at Manassas Thoroughfare and nearby camps Major General Grant and General Bell toured the camps inspecting headquarters and Thoroughfare positions while drills and lectures for press and officers were arranged to improve readiness and sanitation amid growing anticipation of the largest US maneuvers to date.
A monument to the Bull Run dead, erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy, is to be dedicated at Groveton with Gen Hell and Gov Montague attending. The cavalry division will perform a nine mile practice march, divided into five groups arriving simultaneously, starting at 1 o'clock. No drills were ordered today.
Maj F Eltonhead, 50, former commander of a battalion at Fort Wayne in 1902, veteran of Indian and Philippine wars, shot himself in his Lothrop apartments Detroit residence, due to despondency. He served in the Twenty first and Fourteenth Regiments U S Infantry and retired about a year ago. A Chicago businessman brother and a east coast niece are listed as relatives.
Newport reports the battleships Kearsarge Alabama and fleet units arriving for target practice near No Man's Land under Rear Admiral Barker. Separate notices update officer leaves, transfers, and naval orders, including Chesapeake’s arrival at Annapolis under Lieut. Commander Fullam.
Sidney Bieber, paymaster of the District naval militia, leaves for Philadelphia to take charge of the double turret monitor Puritan for a district cruise. The Fern will be turned in before the voyage as Minnesota seeks the vessel, which is deemed not sea worthy. Bieber denies press claims of backing Minnesota or quotes about Representative Mc Cleary. He cites desire for a better vessel for any state seeking the ship. Also notes forthcoming transatlantic passages of British nobility and the Volunteers of America entourage aboard ships Cedric and Majestic.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Mr Darling and other officials who attended the launching of the Louisiana at Newport News have returned to Washington. Movements of vessels include Wyoming Bremerton and more. Postmasters appointed in Maine New York Pennsylvania. Loss of appetite noted and Hood's Sarsaparilla praised as a tonic.
The notice directs Army officers at Manassas and awaiting departure to a full range of regulation boots shoes and leggins in tan and black. It highlights imported pigskin Puttee Leggins and notes prompt mail order service from the department offering complete facilities.
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