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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
29
Woodward and Lothrop announces Remnant Day with bargains across the store. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, closing at 1 p.m. Saturday for Washingtons Birthday. Featured deals include velvet jackets and caracal jackets reduced from higher prices, along with other wrap and coat specials.
Friday bargains at the eleventh street shop feature women's waists and boys all wool overcoats in navy heavy weight. Remnants include coats with belts and embroideries, dresses in blue pink and red, and child coats and dresses reduced from high to low prices. The sale highlights dresses and coats in various sizes and styles with substantial discounts.
Remnant and sale items include 23 dozen Women's Lisle Hose at 7% per pair, various face designs, and reduced prices on catian hose, white ground with pink sprays, plus youth and boys apparel. Main floor and third floor displays list reduced suits, overcoats, and heavy outerwear with sizes noted.
Men’s clothing items Reduced from 318.2 to 307 each. Overcoats gray w eeringbone reduced from 18.1 to 39. Vest and reefcoats in tan oxford high grade sizes 28 to 40, marked down. Fancy vests with plains and patterns in assorted colors cut to lower prices. Main store at Tenth Street.
Silk Petticoats in black and assorted colors listed with several styles, including circular and accordion plaited finishes, priced to clear. Also advertised are women's white waists, lawn garments with embroidery, combination suits with Valenciennes lace, corset covers, and various dresses and accessories at discounted prices.
Readable snippets show a sale on dress fabric and trimmings. Items include Lupins Re dure and Latin Stripe Gren tadine with price reductions noted from 11.38 down to 9.60 per piece and 212 yards in a dimen Latin Stripe Gren tadine line.
Feature list of reduced prices on men’s wear. Velvet dressing gowns, silk matelese gowns, smoking jackets, bath robes, sweaters, shirts, four in hand silk ties, suspenders, and accessories. Numerous items show large markdowns from old prices to bargain rates. Second floor sale section highlights end-of-range textiles and fashion pieces in varied sizes and colors.
A damaged catalog page lists various fur items and accessories with prices. Entries include a fox fur scarf trimmed with heads from Shiver and reduced prices for mink sets, merino lamb pieces, squirrel pillow mufflers, and Japanese mako seals. Notes indicate discounts from high to low and limited stock.
A shop advertises extensive reductions on oak and imitation mahogany furniture including tabourets chairs tables and desks. Items such as a solid mahogany armchair a quartered oak revolving office chair and a leather armchair show significant price cuts from high original tags to much lower sale prices.
Misses Brown Coats in white weight with brown velvet buttons. two gray wool coats with box style trim. one light gray worsted coat with velvet trims. one white Peter Thompson suit with pleated shirt yoke. one dark blue Panama coat trimmed with tan. Prices reduced from high figures to lower amounts. Third floor.
A vintage notice from a sporting goods department advertises price cuts on gym equipment and accessories. Items include dumbbells, chest protectors, Indian clubs, wood handles, and skates with reduced prices noted beside each. The ad references a store location on Fourth Street North.
A sale offers eighteen hand colored photographs in heavy gold and rosewood frames priced at $10 each, down from $25. Subjects include Sheep in the Woods Winter in the Woods A Picnic Party The Worship of Hera Voltaire Reading Semiramis to King Stanislaus The Attack on the Caravan and various landscapes. Fourth Moor Tenth st.
Social and personal notices from Washington detail Mrs. Chow and Mrs. Yung Kwai preparing to depart for China with a thronged final reception at the Chinese Legation. Guests include Surgeon General of the Navy and Mrs. Rixey, various officials, and numerous society members. Other dinners and luncheons honor guests such as Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Grant, and Mrs. James, with mentions of New York and Boston briefings, upcoming teas, and note of Admiral’s recovery.
London social season opens with King Edward and Queen Alexandra hosting a court at Buckingham Palace despite mourning for the Portuguese royal family. Debutantes fill the scene, while Americans and European guests mingle at hotel receptions and social events.
A Wednesday auction in New York drew a throng of men and fashionable women bidding fiercely on items from the Danger collection. The scene referenced Boxer turmoil in Beijing and the American legation, with detailed notes on silks and import goods offered by Japanese laborers and a British regiment, highlighting remarkable price fluctuations and the era’s social splendor.
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