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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
13
Woodward & Lothrop announces 5:30 P M closing until further notice and Friday Remnant Day with deep cuts across apparel. Hats, vests, corset covers, boys and men’s clothing, and dresses on sale, many items heavily reduced from prices such as $8 to $3, $2.50 to 55c, and $40s to $15–$30, across first, second, and third floors serving women, children, and men.
A Friday bargain offers 40 dozen women’s lisle and cotton fancy hose in boot and stripe patterns at 25 cents per pair. Regular prices are 25 and 50 cents. Also 40 dozen women’s plain black gauze lisle thread hose at 25 cents. Main floor F street.
An advertises Irish damask table cloths offering about 300 pieces with bleaching imperfections but weaving intact. Prices range from $2.25 to $6.95 per piece, with various sizes and bulk lots noted.
Advertises 300 full double bed sheets in muslin 81 by 96 inches at 63 cents each. Value listed as 75 cents. Item located on the second floor at Eleventh Street.
Muslin undergarments and gowns offered at low prices, including corset covers of cambric and trimmed with embroidery, lace, tucks, and ruffles. Also children's muslin drawers waists skirts and gowns with tasteful trim. Special price 25¢ per garment. Third to fifth street to eleventh street.
An advertised sale offers a recent purchase of American made men's black half hose at a special price. The seller notes the goods compare favorably with foreign made items and retail at twenty five cents, but slightly below the regular quarter grade. Available in sizes from 6 1 2 to 11 2, the offer is six pairs for one dollar.
Bargain sale lists price cuts across men’s wear and accessories. Silk and linen handkerchief sets go for 25 cents each, with remnants including socks, ties, puff scarfs, gloves, shirts, gowns, coats, and rainwear heavily discounted. Prices drop from 50 cents to 28 cents on ties, from 1.00 to 60 cents on scarfs, and from 1.50 to 1.00 on gloves, to 11.26 for a heavy-weight coat and 12.50 for a brocade dressing gown.
A Friday sale lists eight shapes of high grade men s stiff derbys from a leading maker at about two thirds to one half of regular prices. Hats shown in black and brown, with slight imperfections not affecting wear. Special price 1.90 dollars each, regular 3.00 and 4.00. Men's Store on Main floor East.
Special sale of Renaissance lace bed sets with matching bolster covers and valances, sample items with minor wear from holidays. Also offered are Snowflake and Grenadine curtains, Maslin bedroom curtains, reversible tapestry couch covers, and assorted tapestry samples and patterns at reduced prices on the fourth floor.
Sporting Goods Dept on Tenth Street offers canvas hunting coats at two dollars each, corduroy hunting coats discounted to two fifty and two ninety five, plus corduroy pants in multiple sizes at reduced prices. Main floor.
Traveling Goods Dept offers trunks and suitcases with multiple features and imperfections. Items include a 40 inch and 140 inch women dress trunks, a 24 inch grain leather suitcase, and men’s trunks bound with iron clamps and leather straps, all marked down from higher prices. Sale located in Basement Equitable Building.
Reduced Smyrna Rug 1 2x7 1 2 ft Wilton 41 2x71 2 ft Axminster 8xli ft Axminster and linoleum samples at half price. All remnants of mattings under 20 yard lengths reduced to half price. Fourth floor-6 ft.
Large linings landscape scenes and hand colored photographs in gilt frames reduced from 1.00 to 0.50. Figures and angels in cathedral or fancy frames cut from 3.50 to 1.00 and 2.50 to 0.90. Sepia and paney figures, pastels, Gainsborough piece, and other portraits lowered to 0.50 to 1.50 with various frames. Fourth floor Tenth st.
The screen department lists various 1 4 fold Oak and Japanese screens in mission style, black gilt, and decorated textiles with discounts from $14.00 to $10.00, $216.00 to $6.00, $6.00 to $0.78, and other marked reductions. Utility boxes with burlap and matting show further price cuts. Second floor G st.
Fifth floor Hileventh street headlines a sale in the Housefurnishing Department with shopworn items cut deeply. Wopper-pottom Wash Bower and Patent Washer discounts from $2 to $1.25 and $5 to $1.25. numerous iron kettles pots trays and heaters priced and slashed for clearance.
Waist and wrapper department offers fine black and white waist styles at deep cuts. Bath robes include Elderdown sizes 38 and 40, marked down from 4 dollars 26 cents to 1 dollar 96 cents. Satin trimmed Pink Hiderdown robe size 3 drops to 3.75, flannelette wrappers sizes 34, 38, 40 reduced to 1 dollar. Third floor.
A magazine style sale lists many girls garments with sizes and deep reductions. Itemized offerings include blue, green, red coats in cheviot blends from six to twelve. rain coats in tan and cream. gray winter coats. a tailor made suit. reefers lined with silk. blue cheviot dresses. and plaid velvet trimmed dresses. Prices drop from $25.00 to $10.00 and lower, with most items marked around $3.75 to $5.00, third floor department.
In the Infants' Department the Children’s Cloth Coats with box back and double-breasted fronts drop from 8.75 to 6.50, a brown corduroy coat with turn-over collar and pearl-button cuffs falls from 11.60 to 8.50, and a gray bearskin double-breasted coat with frog closures drops from 25.00 to 15.00. Third floor Eleven St.
Five Squirrel Ties in Holna May style cut from 5.90 to 3.00. Three imitation Ermine sets with hat muff and satin lined tie reduced from 10.00 to 7.50 each, plus Ermine throw ties down from 6.00 to 3.76. Persian Lamb Bion jacket with vest trimmed down from 300.00 to 100.60. Children white lamb sets cut from 2.95 to 1.50 each. White Thibet fur sets fall from 7.50 to 3.75. Red Fox muff and boa set reduced from 8.75 to 5.00.
A catalog excerpt lists women and small children’s footwear with many Goodyear welt soles and Cuban heels. Prices drop from 1.25 to 0.50, 8.50 to 2.50, and 4.00 to 2.60 or 3.50 per pair across various sizes and styles including i-strap slippers, lace shoes, and buttoned dongola looks.
A city furniture department offers several items at deep discounts including a mahogany chair reduced from 37.60 to 325.00, a parlor suite, a mission desk, an oak sideboard, a rockers and chairs with assorted finishes. Numerous pieces show marked price cuts as storage space clears on the sixth and seventh floors.
A catalog of discounted items includes French china bon bon boxes, chocolate pot, covered dishes, a white Haviland soup tureen, vegetable dishes, Royal Copenhagen ware, meat dishes, Emelish porcelain, blue stoneware mugs, decorated game plates, flower crocks, and other pieces. Prices cut from high to low with several items reduced to fifty cents to two dollars.
Society notes describe a reception with debutantes, notably Miss May Eliot and Miss Kimball, and a lecture by M. Guillen Tiersot on French songs at Gardiner Green Memorial Hall. Attendees include the French Ambassador and many social figures. weddings, teas, dances, and receptions are listed with dates and hosts across Washington society.
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