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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop announces an 8:30 a m to 6 p m hours sale featuring remnants of women's and girls winter wraps dresses furs skirts waists and men's and children's wear plus household goods. Clearance prices apply to winter stock and some spring merchandise with imperfect items included.
Silk Department sale underway with 240 yards of 21-inch Black Shanghai Silk at 30 cents a yard, and 195 yards of 20-inch Fancy Taffetas in old rose and silver gray at 69 cents a yard. Regular prices were 65 cents and $1.00 respectively. Second floor G street.
Sample showroom linens from John S Brown & Sons offered at deep discounts. Various sizes and weights with original prices shown, marking high grade table cloths as soiled samples. Napkins included. special price per dozen. Second floor Eleventh Street.
California Blankets offers 55 remaining pairs in tan and gray at one third off regular prices. Australian wool full size 11-4, with multiple color options and quantities listed, including gray plaid tan and light gray. Second floor F st.
Clearance sale offers small lots of lace curtains at reduced prices. Includes Chiny, Cluny, Renaissance and Arabian lace curtains with marked discounts and some remaining muslin curtains and fabrics. Fourth floor.
A miscellaneous lot of Women’s Muslin Underwear including drawers short skirts and corset covers trimmed with lace embroidery and hemstitching offered at 25c per garment Also knitted cotton short skirts in blue black and red remnants of Nainsook Corset Covers gowns and Sacques plus Pink and Black Taffeta Petticoats with reductions listed This third floor sale on Eleventh Street highlights deep discounts and varied sizes and styles.
A Friday sale offers women's patent leather and dull kidskin lace and button shoes in multiple sizes at 2.50 per pair, down from 3.50 and 4.00. Also on sale: decorated porcelain and Limoges items, blue Japanese bread plates, and Limoges china tableware with discounts across several floor sections.
Bargain notice for 75 dozen pairs of women's black cotton hose with double soles high spliced heels and ribbed tops all sizes offered at 12 4 cents a pair, regular 19 cents. Main floor F street.
Special lot ofWomen's 1 clasp White Pique Kid Gloves in all sizes offered at 75 cents per pair. Located on Mein floor six.
A crowded sale listing offers men s tan extra heavy cotton socks 6 pairs for 75c and discounts on Lisle thread, gloves, collars, shirts, ties, and coats. Numerous reductions include youth suits, boys overcoats, and trunks with prices slashed from peak figures to bargain amounts.
Fifth floor Eleventh St offers reduced prices on shopworn and damaged goods. MiCkel-pigtea Linanngwisn chairware, porcelain-lined coffee pot, nickel-plated items, planished tin dish, bronze fire screen, enameled pitchers, boiler, Yankee heaters, heater knives, noodle cutter, and more, with discounts from 34.50 down to 1.7 and lower.
Women's trimmed hats on clearance offered at special low prices. Hats marked at $2.00, $3.00, and $5.00 each, originally higher. Stock available on the second floor at Tenth Street.
Storewide reductions apply to imported novelty jackets and suits, broadcloth and chiffon outfits, and travel coats. Featured items include 3-4 length jacket suits in tan, blue plaid ensembles, light blue chiffon dress, white house dresses, eiderdown bath robes, all with substantial price cuts from original figures.
Advertised items include several Misses suits in sizes 14 to 18 and Girls coats and reefers in sizes 6 to 14. Prices slashed from $25 to $15 for suits and from about $10 to $5 for coats with additional reductions for other styles. Third floor goods.
A sixth floor sale lists numerous furniture pieces with reduced prices including a handsome mahogany desk from 50 to 37.50, a Golden Oak Morris Chair from 12 to 1, several oak chairs and rockers, a fumed oak buffet from 115 to 60, china closets, a mahogany parlor suite, leather arm chairs, a drop end sofa, and other matching items. Prices show substantial markdowns across mahogany, oak, and leather pieces.
Picture Department offers multiple oil paintings by Delahogue Agresti Oltein Alainie and others with deep gilt frames and shadow boxes. Prices cut from about 20 to 8 to 9 dollars and other items reduced from 3 to 6 dollars each. Fourth floor Tenth street location noted.
Social and personal items from Washington society describe engagements dinners and teas hosted by the Colombian minister Mme Cortes and Mr and Mrs Shonts for their daughters Miss Margerite and Miss Theodora Shonts. Attendees include diplomats and society figures such as Miss Townsend Miss Nugent Count Hatzfeldt Prince Zu Lynar and others with notices of upcoming weddings and at home dates.
Society circles discuss Mrs Theresa Oelrichs engagement to Harry Black after mourning for Herman Oelrichs. She declines to comment, saying it is of indifference. The piece notes Black’s background, past marriages, and their shared auto interest amid a Metropolitan Opera House social scene.
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