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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
11
Store hours include 5 pm and Saturdays 1 pm as the final day of the semi annual clearance sale. Summer goods and garments left from the sale are being closed out with odds and ends brought to light for stock taking. Many items are soiled or mussed but priced to clear and more bargains remain unseen in the advertisement.
Eighty remnants colored taf feta silks mill ends in lengths from 1 to 20 yards for dresses petticoats trimmings etc Bea yard were 75c and 85c. Yoety remnants fancy colored silks 1 to 5 yards suitable for waists kimonos children's frocks trimmings etc reduced to exactly half price. Second floor G at.
Cotton dress goods in lengths from 12 to 214 yards offered in a clearance sale. Popular wash materials from this season's production suitable for dresses, shirt waists, blouses, and children's frocks. Prices include 8 to 25 cents per yard for Voile, Dimity, Mousseline, Silk Organdie, and net fabrics.
Sale notice for clearance of women gowns and gingham pet items with remaining stock priced at 60 cents to 73 cents each. Includes mention of wares and values, with third-hand outlet items.
About 35 pairs remain from our sale of manufacturers seconds. Finely made Sniffy Wool-Blankets with minimal flaws visible only on close inspection. 14-4 priced from 3.00 to 8.50 per pair and 12-4 from 6.50 to 9.00 per pair. Second Floor Eleventh Street.
Summer Linens offers a clearance on towels and Damask cloths with reduced prices. Items include Gozer small club towels and IrishDamask cloths in various yardage, with prices from 0.07 to 6.00 per dozen or yard. The sale is on the second floor at Eleventh St.
Clearance sale offers upholstery fabrics in silk motre damask plain rose and olive, suitable for furniture and portieres at 2.50 a yard, reduced from 3.50. Binch tanastry in red and green 1.25 a yard, down from 2.00. Shineh jute tapestry 60c to 1.50 a yard, manufacturer samples of damask miles tapestries velours arma in Zeine squares. One-third to one-half off regular prices. Fourth floor G st.
Readable sale notes list reduced prices on many items. Fancy cotton Lisle Sox, tan open work effects in small sizes. Pereale and Corded Dimity Pajamas with large sizes. light-weight Merino underwear with flaws. Madras shirts mostly pink and lavender. colored negligee shirts with cuffs. four-in-hand silk ties. white insurance collars. terry cloth bath robes. Main floor F Street.
Men's straw hats and white duck hats put on sale with reductions from 1.50 to 25 cents each. Young men's outing hats with black bands in several sizes reduced from 1 to 50 cents each. Main floor front.
In the third floor Young Men's department a variety of all wool suits see big reductions. 3 piece gray mixtures in sizes 18 to 20 now 7.50 each, Norfolk jacket suits with knickerbocker pants in sizes 9 to 16 reduced from 4.60 to 1.95, and double breasted knee pant suits cut from 15 and 18.50 to 7.50. Imported cheviots and tweeds Norfolk jackets drop to 5.00. Boxer bishop collar wash suits with bloomer pants sizes 2 1 2 to 6 reduced from 4.50 to 1.50 each. Third floor Tenth Street.
Reduced tags apply to Boys Furnishing Department items including K and F E blouses in sizes 6 and 12, and boys shirts. Girls White Duck and Tam o Shanter styles cut from 1.00 to 50 cents and 1.40 to 50 cents. Limited stock, tenth street location.
Reduced prices on tan silk and wool crepe velours and plaid mohair fabrics. Tan silk and wool crepe velour pieces cut from 3.62 to 1.00. Silk and wool voile pieces from 14.00 to 0.00 and 12.00 to 4.00. Gray and white check blankets reduced to 3.75. Second floor, east.
Textile shop advertises reductions across fabrics and widths. Crepe de Paris, chiffon broadcloth, French Serge, Yoile, all-wool serge, and Panama pieces discounted from various higher prices to lower rates per piece. Second floor sales note ongoing.
A prewar catalog entry lists Paraine and Lily of France corsets with front styles and real whalebone boning. Discounts apply to multiple sizes from 18 to 30, including several price cuts from 5 50 to 3 00, 6 00 to 4 00, and 9 75 to 3 00. Located on the third floor at Eleventh Street.
An old newspaper notice lists reductions in matting prices. It mentions five rolls of China matting reduced to 10.40 and three rolls of Japanese matting down to 8.00, plus remnants in lengths from four to twenty yards.
An old catalog snippet lists attack trunks and Morrocan hand bags with leather linings and pockets. Items include 12 inch Brown Seal Bees leather bags and 1 inch Morocco hand bags with inside pockets. Prices reduced from various amounts to lower sale prices. Basement Equitable Bidz.
A list of department store jacket suits in various colors and fabrics with sizes 26 to 38, trimmed with silk lace or piping, and reduced prices from 28.00 to 18.60 38.00 to 15.00 22.50 to 12.50 21.00 to 7.50 and 15.00 to 5.00 each. Includes items such as Blue Valletton Silk trimmed suits, Blue Mixed Novelty Cotton, Blue Gray Panama, Rose Mercerized Rep Eton, Linen Eton, and White Duck Coat Suits.
Catalog of cloaks department items on sale including 1 black silk pony coat with braid trim and white lining, 1 black silk ton jacket size 38, 3 white dock coats length 3 9 size 40, 8 white Eton jackets with braid trim and red front braid. Prices reduced from 12.50 to 8.70, 25.00 to 10.00, 7.50 to 2.60, 7.50 to 1.60.
An assortment of White Lawn Waists in various styles and sizes is offered at greatly reduced prices. Also a lot of Lace and Silk Waists at reduced prices. Located on the third floor G street.
Week sale advertises discounts across Misses coats and dresses with sizes 0 to 16. includes Childs Pine Linen Coat and White Persian Lawn Dresses. Prices fall from $16.00 to $6.01 and $3.50 to $2.50, plus Percale Dresses at $1.00 and Peter Thompson Reefers reduced to $5.00 each. Third floor G St.
The Infants Department lists six large mul Bonnets trimmed with embroidery and sulon bow reduced from 100 to 1.0 each. Four Nainsook Dresses with low neck and short sleeves trimmed with embroidery and insertion reduced from 3.750 to 2.75 each. Two Fresco lined blue coats trimmed with scallop reduced from AK to 4.00 each. Five Gingham Dresses with low neck, short sleeves and stitched winds in pink and blue stripes reduced from 312% to 1.00 each. Third floor Eleven Street.
A Fifth floor sale offers assorted imported china pieces with steep price cuts. Items include hand painted German and Japanese dinnerware, teapots, sugar sets, and bouillon cups with reductions from 7ap to 4.00, many at half price or better.
A long list of reduced sporting goods prices from the Richmond Fire Arms and Stevens Fire Arms Co lines. Rifles shotguns hunting gear and apparel show marked discounts from small single to large reductions. Items include Galena double barreled shotguns, Hammertess single barrel, .22 rifles, canvas hunting coats, corduroy caps, hunting hats and caps, tennis and football shoes, rowline and basketball shoes, jump shoes, gloves, and more with prices slashed to a fraction of their former values. Fourth floor Ten at.
Department store notices reveal deep discounts on kitchenware and ware including a large steam cooker reduced from 33.50 to 1.5, planished tin coffers from 6.00 to 1.5, drip coffers at 5c to 45c, enamel pitchers from 1.35 to 7c, Maslin preserving kettles to 650 each, Japanned bread boxes damaged from 5c to 40c, all on the fifth floor eleventh section.
Special to The Washington Post describes Capon Springs West Virginia owner Charles F. Nelson feeding guests with nearby beef mutton lamb poultry butter eggs and vegetables from the surrounding region. The piece adds vivid scenes of mountain life and notes census on water quality and temperance taverns while praising Virginia and Southern resilience.
The narrator recalls a wild incident with a rabbit sympathizer who grew furious after meeting two rabbits on the road a week earlier. He supposedly fed them moonshine whisky from a tin cup, nearly tearing him apart ten minutes later, then warns it is now safe to drive or walk near Capon if you offer cabbage leaves to the rabbits.
Washington reports Miss Eleanor Granger daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Granger of 1838 Connecticut Avenue sustained a fracture of her collarbone and an ankle when thrown from a horse at Bayville Long Island near Great South Bay. The society girl, expert horsewoman and summer resident, was adjusting her skirt when the horse lurched.
Social and personal notes report a church wedding with elegant gowns praised by attendees. The event highlighted Newport attire and the refined fashion seen at the ceremony.
Warrenton Va August 30 Society was in force at the horse show with a field of entries and blue ribbons awarded to Dandy Pennask Atlantic’s riders. Miss Marguerite Morselie Guy hosted a church wedding with Rev Willem Taylor Snyder officiating. The ceremony featured palm decorations and a Tannhauser march as part of the music.
A dated promotional fragment urges readers to ask doctors about Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral for hard colds and related bronchial issues. It hints at choosing the best, with a skeptical note about alternatives and a call to trust a longstanding remedy.
The item lists local residents and guests traveling to or from Cape May Atlantic City and the Mount Washington Hotel Bretton Woods New Hampshire. It mentions Mrs William Deamond and family, Ella Devine Lacey Mester Lacey of Philadelphia visiting Mary Cashman, Cleaver from the Weather Bureau, Louis Winters, Nicholas Bekharat family dinner for Mrs William Deamond, and Pred G Dieterich traveling as Dieterich family rep with 5000 expected attendees at Kutztown Park Berks County Pa. continuous summer movements through September 1 and a reunion planned by the Dieterich family.
The Washington Tobacco Company offered a complimentary outing to friends and patrons at Luna Park, drawing a large crowd amid fine weather. officials present included Monroe Nuchs, Charles W. Plugge, August Brinkman, Joseph Luchs, and F Buckley. many sales force members attended and park rides were provided for children. Weather data for September in Washington was noted, with past thirty five year averages and extremes cited. Separate items covered a Guatemalan treaty signaling, and new postmaster appointments by the President. Five Chinese students were brought to the United States by James Lynn Rodgers, American consul at Shanghai, with placements in California and Lynchburg schools.
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