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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1904
Page
21
Friday sale offers 94 yards of short lengths, 65c to 55c per yard on crepe de Chine and taffeta silk, with regular prices noted. 143 yards Latin Sultana, 53 yards red taffeta silk. many items half price for quick clearance. Second floor bargains feature odd lots and soil ed pieces with embroidery and lace trims. Third floor Eleventh St.
Friday bargain offers women’s shoes in hardskin and patent tipped styles at 2.50 per pair, regular 3.50. Also sale on mixed lines of $5.00 shoes for women at 3.00 per pair, with box calf and kidskin options, some with tips, all with welt soles. Third four tenth street.
Advert shows discounted Little Children's Outing Flannel Night Gowns in pink and blue stripes with yoke, turn-over collar and cuffs priced at 35¢ each. Also Mercerized Waist Patterns offered 300 heavy white designs with 3-yard patterns at 54c and 1-yard patterns at 63c. Regular prices listed. sale locations on Third floor Ninth street and Second floor Eleventh street.
White bedspreads including Joo Marseilles Crochet and Latin designs offered at about a third off with minimal defects, assorted sizes for single to double beds and cribs. Also inspected damaged toys, dolls, games, and a large clearance of hosiery and Zummer Merino underwear on multiple floors.
Muslin pillow cases offered at 6 for 1.00, size 22 by 36 inches. Advertising note claims use of top quality sheetings Wamsutta New Bedford and Wamsutta Percale, regular price 1.50. Urges readers to plan ahead for inauguration needs and save.
Our remaining stock of horse blankets is offered at reduced prices to close. Sac each. Were 1.00 now 0.75. Were 1.25 now 1.00. Were 1.50 now 1.25. Were 1.75 now 1.50. Were 2.00 now 1.75. Five lap robes reduced from 5.00 to 2.00 each.
The advertisement lists remnants in dress fabrics including Broadcloths Cheviots Serges Venetians Cashmeres Albatross Voiles Crepe de Paris Mohairs and waistings with reductions. Men's handkerchiefs puff scarfs shirts stiff bosom shirts hats and soft felt hats are heavily discounted with prices cut from higher figures to sale prices.
A Black Goods Department sale features deep discounts on fabrics and garments. Silk and Wool Novelty pieces drop from 24.50 to 10.50 per piece, Crepe de Chine from 9.00 to 7.00, All-wool Storm Serge from 38.00 to 34.00, and multiple widths of Broadcloth and Chiffon Broadcloth reduced. Garments include fancy overcoats, reefers, boys and youths suits, all-wear two-piece suits, Norfolk jackets, and velveteen blouses with prices slashed. Hats, shirts, and knitwear also offered at marked-down rates. Second floor, cost-cutting savings for fall wear.
Hurt Books offers immediate clearance of slightly soiled or scarred volumes at very low prices. The collection covers art religion history biography essays fiction juvenile books and sets with many items undamaged. Great reductions from former prices for home libraries.
Cotton remnants offered in lengths from 2 to 8 yards. Roc outing flannel priced at 8 cents per yard, 12 cent outing flannel at 10 cents per yard. Pereales at 10 cents per yard. 12 caliber ginghams at 10 cents per yard, other ginghams at 12 cents per yard.
Remnants of lining fabrics offered at half price with multiple colored percali nes listed by yard prices ranging from 12 to 74 cents. The ad emphasizes savings on colored perc lines and encourages quick purchase.
Mussed and soiled handkerchiefs for men women and children from holiday selling or duties in the windows are offered at very low prices for immediate clearance. Displayed on center counters on G street main floor.
Blanket department offers light blue satin covered down comfortables and a pink silk covered version with Arabian lace centers at reduced prices. One light blue silk covered model with garners is marked down from 40.00 to 1.00.
The Corset Department offers multiple styles with marked reductions. Items include 6 pairs wrench vorsets sizes 18 19 20 21 at 4.00 each and 4 pairs French Corsets bone boned sizes 28 29 30 at 3.75 each. Also 4 pairs black Italian cloth boned corsets sizes 20 25 30 at 3.75 each and 10 KR G corsets sizes 18 28 24 3 at 0.50 each. Additional 4 pairs W B corsets sizes 18 21 28 30 at 1.00 each and 7 J B corsets sizes 24 26 27 28 at 0.??? per pair. Third floor Eleventh St.
An upholstery department offers 50 pairs dotted muslin curtains at 1.00 per pair, 25 pairs figured muslin curtains at 1.50, 12 pairs white and Arabian net curtains at 1.50, and a mixed lot with 43 off regular prices. Also available are drapery samples in brocatelles damasks and velours, odd portieres at 2.50 each, cross stripe window draperies at 1.00 per pair, and five English bobbinette bed sets at 5.00 per set.
Trimmed and untrimmed hats cut to half price and less with 10 Trimmed Walking Hats selling at 3.00 from 5.00 and 6.00. Trimmed hats for dress cost 5.00, down from 8.00 and 10.00. Untrimmed hats in all colors 0.50 to 1.50. Fancy feathers and flowers priced at 0.05 to 0.75. Second floor Tenth St.
Large etching Landscape in brown and gold frame cut from 5.00 to 32.00. Three colored heads of girls in black and gold shadow boxes reduced to 1.60 each. Two Raphael Madonnas in brown frames with round sparing reduced to 2.00 each. Two Raphael Angels in brown frames cut to 1.50. Fifteen imported poster pictures in dark green frames reduced to 0.50. Small colored landscape marine or figure pictures in leatherette frames reduced to 0.50 each. Fourth floor Tenth St.
Infants' Close Hats in brown and blue with white silk lining reduced from 75c to 5c each. One Child's Dark Blue Silk Hat down from 7.50 to 5.00. Nainsook Short Dresses with lace edged trim reduced from 1.25 to 1.00. Two Children's Cloth Coats champagne shade cut from 15.00 to 7.60. Eight Velvet Tam o Shanter hats reduced from 1.00 to 0.60. Third floor eleventh at.
The store advertises reduced quick sale prices on sewing machines and baskets. Surplus items include 1 Sewing Machine with attachments reduced from 25 to 22 dollars, 1 Eldredge Automatic with five year guarantee, various New Enterprise and New Howe machines from 15 to 19 dollars, several work baskets damaged with cuts to 60 cents, and multiple baskets and racks with steep markdowns on the fifth floor.
In the lamp department a clearance list offers 6 paper lamp shades cut from 2c each to 2c. Japanese lamp shades imperfect marked down from 3.00 to 1.75 each. Yellow silk lamp and shade gilt reduced from 7.50 to 3.25. One fancy Bilk lamp shade imperfect down from 20.00 to 12.50. One lamp shade set down from 9.00 to 2.50. Porcelain shade damaged reduced from 1.25 to 0.10. One green lamp shade dropped from 5.00 to 1.50. Bilic electric light shades 6 down from 1.25 each. Six reduced from 1.00 to 0.50. Red. 18 Oda Yanale shades shopworn reduced from 10c to 1c each.
A third floor listing shows multiple girls fashion items marked down. Navy blue cheviot reefers in sizes 6 to 14, blue cheviot suits with belts, zibeline tailors in sizes 14 to 16, red cheviot dresses to size 10, sailor and chenille coats, and a red chinchilla reefer with emblem, all reduced from higher prices to sale prices.
Bargain rack listing includes 10 Fisk, Clark & Flagg Red Flannel waists in sizes 38 40 at 2.85 each and 12 Wool waists in varied styles at 2.95 each. Also 8 Wool Batiste waists at 3.75, 4 Striped Taffeta Silk waists at 1.95, and 43 Brown Check Changeable Silk waists at 3.75. Third floor goods.
A sale ad lists multiple women's suits with sizes and reductions: Cheviot and velvet ensembles in colors black, olive, blue, brown, and gray. jackets, skirts, vests, and linings noted. Discounts range from small to substantial, with several items cut from $45 to $18 or $25 and one imperfect shirt-waist set marked $5.00.
On the third floor G Street, the Fur Department reduces prices across several sets. Three White Lambs Wool Angora trimmed sets drop to 1.40 each, Blue Angora to 1.00, four White Imitation Ermine to 1.00, three Moleskin to 2.25, and six White Thibet to 2.95.
Third floorgst features a sale in the Women’s Cloak Department with tan covert cloth jackets in sizes 22 36 and 38 reduced from 10.00 to 6.00 each plus a long black silk coat gray silk lined and braid trimmed down from 88.00 to 38.00 a long light tan coat size 36 reduced from 38.00 to 18.50 and three black and red mixture rain coats braid and velvet trimmed sizes 34 36 and 38 cut from 18.50 to 12.50 each with three black silk jackets white silk lined and braid trimmed sizes 36 38 and 40 reduced from 24.00 to 10.00 each.
Fifth floor sale offers deep cuts on various decorated Austrian German French and Japanese chinaware. Items include Syracuse China dinner sets Turkish and porcelain pieces with substantial reductions from 375.00 to 40.00 and other bargains per piece trades with prices ranging from 5c to 19.00.
Fifth floor Eleventh st offers discounted dented and shop worn items from japan goods to wash boilers and enamel ware. Prices slashed from dollars and cents to under a dollar on many pieces including boxes, tubs, pitchers, and spittoons.
Former Philadelphia city treasurer and newspaperman J Hampton Moore was offered and accepted the post of Chief of the Bureau of Manufactures in the Department of Commerce and Labor by President Roosevelt. Senator Penrose and Philadelphia Republican leaders voiced strong support as Moore prepares to assume duties early next year.
State Department announces filling of four diplomatic and consular posts. James Jeffrey Roche becomes consul at Genoa Italy. James Johnston is consul general at Hankow China. William H. Bishop serves as consul at Palermo Italy. Hugh Baugh is student interpreter at the American Legation in Peking. Wilson Church Christmas Tree brings joy to about 400 Sunday school children. Santa Claus distributes gifts and Rev. E.B. Holmes Lamar and Mrs. Lamar are honored with chair and silver can delabrum.
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