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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1905
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop announces Remnant Day with many items sold at deep discounts. Soiled, mussed, or imperfect merchandise across all departments, including men’s linen handkerchiefs at 2 for 5c and baby dresses marked down from 73¢ to 5.00, with values up to 7.50. Third floor Seventh Street location.
A long advertising page offers silk petticoats in black and fashion shades at $5.00, with reductions on blankets, hats, dresses, cloaks, and menswear across multiple floors. Items include readyto wear hats, veils, and extensive all wool fabrics with substantial price cuts noted for second and third floors. Numerous coats, suits, skirts, waists, and fur sets are discounted, with final markdowns on house furnishings and smallware on higher floors.
Readable catalog style note on dress trimmings and pendants offered at bargain prices. Black silk applique trimmings listed with yard prices and historical compares. Persian trimmings and assorted pendants priced per yard or per lot, with sale terms implied.
Bargain sale offers box couches from holiday stock at 1000 each with high quality springs and denim coverings. Remnants and varied upholstery items priced down from 2500 to 18.00 and other reductions on bed sets curtains portieres and tapestry pieces in the upholstery department on the fourth floor.
Main floor Eleventh st offers reduced prices on Sterling Silver Belt Buckles, French Belt Buckles, and hatpins. Items include 4 Sterling Silver Belt Buckles marked down from 2000 to 1000 and 1800 to 900 each, plus other reductions on French and gilt pieces and cigarette cases.
Listing from the basement Equitable Building promotes discounts on travel goods including a slightly damaged telescope feather pound two straps a cowhide grain leather bag a 21 inch real leather suitcase and a two tray basswood trunk with rawhide binding all reduced from high original prices to much lower figures with several items noted as damaged or with worn corners brackets and locks.
Readable list of discounted mahogany dressers tables cabinets chairs and settees with items like a white enameled dresser a princess mahogany dresser and a large leather rocker all reduced heavily from high original prices to low sale figures. Includes mahogany music cabinet settee and bookcase with varied damages noted and locations specified as Seventh floor.
A Fifth floor G street clearance lists heavy reductions on Royal Doulton bowls and Chinese wares, French china nut bowls, Japanese cups and saucers, blue Japanese oatmeal bowls, pickle dishes, bonbon dishes, bread and butter plates, cracker jars, Perfection glassware, and meat dishes with prices slashed from high figures to cents and dollars. Items include 2 dozen cups and saucers, 13 bread and butter plates, 25 decanters, and 22 cruets among others.
A newspaper ad lists deep discounts in the Boys Furnishing Dept with items including blankets, Madras blouses, separate pants, outing night shirts, neglige shirts and silk wear in hand ties. Prices drop from 3.50 to 2.95, 10 cents to 39 and 12.5 cents, all in garnet blue or black selections on the tenth floor at Third Street.
Catalog notes from the third floor on Tenth Street detailing Pats women’s boots and button shoes in patent tip and welt sole with military or Cuban heels in multiple sizes. Prices show reductions from 2.50 to 2.50 per pair and various discounts across Dongola Kidskin and Box Calf Lace styles.
Classified listing for Picture Department items offering large reductions on art prints, portraits, frames, and easel pieces. Items include landscapes, marine views, historical portraits, colored pictures, etchings, three-in-one hunting scenes, and numerous frames. Fourth floor Tenorth street.
A local sale lists numerous basket items with marked-down prices. Covered sweet grass baskets drop from 8c to 36c each, 3 units. others move from 6c to unknown, 3 units. 45c to 16c, 6 units. 25c to 5c, 6 units. Uncovered grass baskets fall from 55c to Nc, 6. 45c to tde, 6. 35c to ide, 6. Birch bark scrap baskets 125 to 60c, 2. Rattan office scrap basket 66c to 25. Sweet grass scrap basket 8.00 to 1.00. Strawress case damaged, 1. Dent remaining items include a 3.80 to 1.00 straw dress stand, 360 for orelock tea stand, large willow hamper damaged at 4.75 to 2, and straw dog baskets damaged from 1.25 to 60c each.
Damaged art objects and trinkets with reductions from original prices. Items include bronze electroliers with shades, marble figure, smoking tray, hand painted dish, and vases. Prices slashed from 22.50 to 16.00, 25.00 to 12.50, 15.00 to 9.50, and other marked reductions. Main floor display area at PraceRe.
A long society column describes Social and Personal events including a large House of Mercy benefit tea hosted by Mrs. B H Warner and the Misses Warner, a formal military wedding at St John s Church for Katharine Thomas Wood and Captain Robert Henry Dunlap, and numerous receptions and dinners hosted by New York and Washington society figures. It notes attendees from military, diplomatic, and social circles, upcoming matinee tea at the New Willard to benefit House of Mercy, and a parade of guest lists and home entertainments through January.
Special to The Washington Foot reports the Alaska romance of Judge Rufus Hildreth Thayer of Washington DC and Miss Harriet I. Barnes of New York ending in a noon ceremony at the Church of the Divine Love in Montrose on the Hudson. The couple, aged about 48 and 35, met two years ago in Alaska and were joined by families at a wedding breakfast hosted by Frederick W. Seward. The Thayers and Barnes relatives attended, including siblings and the Seward family, with guests touring Alaska prior to the wedding.
The Earl and Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire arrived at Malmesbury today en route to Charlton Park. Crowds cheered as they were greeted at the Market Cross by the mayor and town officials who presented a silver gallver and an embossed address in thanks for the town’s celebrations.
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