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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
45
The store will close at 5 30 p m until further notice as a Very Special Remnant Day offers clearance of winter stocks. Read like a sale card for remnants of wraps dresses furs skirts waists suits undergarments draperies rugs and home goods at low prices including some spring items and defaced articles.
Fractional savings across departments highlight clearance items including untrimmed hats, taffeta silk petticoats, Irish damask patterns, and all linen hemstitched sheets. Deep discounts offer 10c hats, 2.75 to 6.00-yard fabrics, reinforced muslin sheets at 8c, and silk and velvet appliques at half price.
Reduced yardage and remnants offered at a social price. Prices show discounts on wool, granite, serge, batiste, and veiling fabrics with items from Priestley’s and Re- Yoo brands. Several rolls list prices down from $1.25 to about $4.75 per yard. Location appears as a merchant floor display.
Readable ad items list deep cuts on women's hose and formal wear, plus men's shirts, coats, vests, suits, and pajamas. The sale highlights reduced prices across footwear, belts, hats, coats, suits, hats, and trunks with main floor and tenth street and other department locations noted.
Classified notice listing reduced prices on Japanese and oak screens and bamboo tables. One 1 fold Japanese Screen cut from $5.00 to $2.50. A 4 fold Light Oak Screen with green burlap reduced from $1050 to $8.00. A Bamboo Table slightly damaged marked down from $2.25 to $1.26. Eight Bamboo Tables also offered at lower prices. Sale on second floor G Street.
A large women’s apparel sale lists velvet suits in sizes 36 to 44 with price cuts from 40s to below 20s, broadcloth suits in multiple sizes, and numerous silk waists and coats. Discounts include party and daytime wear in plum, blue, tan, gray, and black, plus lace trimmed chiffons and messaline silks.
A shop lists numerous baskets with varied reductions such as Willow Wood, Palm Knife, Birch Bark, and Sweet Grass, with inconsistent pricing like 33.00 and 1.00, plus a damaged Infant’s Bassinette marked down from 34.25 to 275, and a miscellaneous note “Fifth four-6 at.”
A Fur Department ad offers fox and blended squirrel neckpieces with scarves ties boas and more reduced from 10.00 to 9.75. Also fur neckpieces including scarves collars and other styles in squirrel Japanese mink and ink reduced from 15.00 and 18.50 to 7.50. Third floor Q st.
A sales item list for Misses Department features girls coats and dresses in sizes 6 to 12. Items include Old Rose Kersey Coat, White Velvet Coat, Panama Dresses, Serge Presses, Plaid Panama Dress, Blue Serge Dress and Blue Cheviot Reefers with marked reductions from original prices to sale prices. Quantity notes and sizes are given for several styles.
Sixth floor furniture sale lists Bird's eye maple dresser and chiffonier with large mirror at deep discounts. Mahogany Davenport and table with pedestal design cut price, along with a weathered oak table and a mahogany music cabinet. Includes a near complete markdown list with final sale prices.
Fifth floor goods marked down in a departmental sale. Japanned wine cooler and several pots, kettles, and cookware reduced from framed prices to sale figures. Items include coffee pots, sugar canisters, spice sets, towel bars, a steam cooker, fish boilers, a dish washer, knives, a dining plaque, and polish products with varied markdowns.
Social and personal notes describe a Pan American embassy dinner in honor of Secretary Root and Mrs Root, with numerous diplomats and officials in attendance abroad. The article also reports the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Warder and Mr Ralph Ellis at the bride’s mother’s residence, with a small family ceremony and a wedding trip planned.
The advertisement touts Galt's reputation as a trusted source of unique exclusive designs for over a hundred years, asserting that buying from Galt's guarantees quality and originality.
A local ad lists a wide assortment of toilet waters soaps powders and brushes with prices from a few cents to a quarter. Items include Sanitol Dentifrice Mme Yale's Powder Arnica Tooth Soap Woodbury's Powder Hall's Violetine Calder's Powder combs tooth brushes and assorted toilet accessories.
A Washington social page lists receptions hosted by Mrs J W Reynolds at Westover Street Hotel and notes guests including Mrs Henry Villard Mrs Charles Darwin and others. It describes Calvert mansion restoration at Riverdale with Lafayette ties and lists numerous attendees from Chevy Chase College Washington College and local clubs. Next Sundays Post promises a portrait supplement of Mrs Nicholas Longworth (nee Roosevelt).
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