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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1906
Page
1
Many hat styles are offered at reduced prices including White Heaver Hats $4.50 and assorted Felt Hats from 98 cents to $1.43. Turbans in Velvet and Horsehair, Ready-to-wear Hats, and Velvet Sailors are also discounted with marked savings across colors and shapes.
A butchered clearance list shows prices on Fox Bona Fox Hoax Fox Pelerines Marten items and Mink furs including Ties Muff and Jacket reductions. Numerous items carry clearance prices ranging from cents to several dollars with children's sets in Augorn Thibet River Mink and Coney noted.
Readable catalog note listing discounted fabrics and decorative items from the art department. Includes Tenneriffe scarfs Squarca centerpieces and trimming lace braids priced at 35c 50c and 75c per dozen yards. Also mentions stamped linen lawn tapestry pillow tops hemstitched tray covers kimonos flannel ready made items and baby pillows at clearance prices.
Sale includes women's all wool golf gloves in sizes and colors including red gray white navy brown and pearl. Children's and misses gloves in brown black and navy reduced from 25 to 5 and 3 9? etc. Special lot of women's French Grace suede kid gloves with two clasps and Foster racing styles also reduced from 1 to 0.49.
A reader’s fragment lists 49¢ notions including back combs, Kloster Silk, Simmons lengths, shoe laces, hidden spring curling irons, dress shields, crystal buttons, bone hairpins, combs, darning cotton, Colonial cotton, sanitary pins, elastic, hat rolls, crochet cotton, snap fasteners, and other sewing supplies with various prices.
Lot of Women's All linen Handkerchiefs with hand embroidered medallions and corner initials, hem stitched, laundered. Also Women’s Initial Handkerchiefs, hem stitched, not all jetters. All reduced from the original price. Located on the first floor.
A local clearing sale lists neckwear items with significant price cuts on ostrich boas in black and white, white ostrich boas, and assorted laces including Princess, Brugge, Hattenberg, and Point Gune. Embroidered linen coats, chiffon yokes, and related accessories show marked reductions. Key items include ostrich boas priced down from 16.50 to 12.00 and muff discounts, with limited quantities noted.
Listing of domestic goods including regulation size pillowcases 45x36 inches from multiple brands and muslin, with a clearing price per case. Also features 30-4 sheet with soft finish, round thread, extra weight. bleached sheeting 48 inches wide, Newmarket brand, raw cotton. states approximate yard values and clearance pricing.
Linen back velvet ribbons in black only from narrow to two inches wide priced 8 to 10 cents per yard. Narrow ribbons 1 to 1.5 inches wide valued at 12 cents per yard. Larger widths 154 inches to two inches wide priced 20 cents per yard. First floor sale remains advertised with unclear typographic waste.
A vintage merchandised list offers women’s Jersey-fitting vests and pants in fleeced and ribbed styles. It notes reductions across multiple items including Swiss-ribbed Merino pieces and black Equestrienne tights, with sizes and prices abbreviated and marked on the first floor.
Price list shows reductions on Irish Point Curtains and Nottingham Curtains. Items include various sizes and discounts with figures like 3.05, 12.00, 8.01, 18.00, and multiple Nottingham options. Third Floor.
Reading from a newspaper notice for a clearance sale on flannels and related fabrics. It highlights novelty all week flannel waists, dress flannelettes, extra heavy outing flannels, and royal flannel in various patterns, with prices cut from 48c to 10c per yard and 12 4 yard deals.
Trimming dept items including fine Dresden oxidized gen metal and fancy combinations priced at 1.48 per dozen with tomorrow as the note. Small and medium size buttons match above at 25 to 48 cents per dozen, tomorrow indicated.
A damaged OCR shopping list shows assorted toiletry items with prices, including creams soaps brushes and mirrors. Items mentioned include Eclipse Almona Blossom cream Velva Soap Kirk’s Juvenile Soap Vaseline in a cut glass jar and celluloid mirrors and boxes reflecting a period sale catalog tone.
Local store advertises a clearing sale on women and children footwear with many lines heavily reduced. Includes $5 to $4 shoes in various leathers and finishes, plus special bargain table items and end-of-line slippers and school shoes.
Leather bags and cases for women and children offered in various sizes and finishes. Prices range from 5c to $2.00 for items like card cases, vanity sets, belts, silk fans, opera bags, and feather fans. Descriptive notes indicate stock from exhibition and assorted colors and styles.
A local clearing sale advertises stationery including leather and cloth bound sets from 23c to 125 dollars. Decorated crepe paper sold in 250 fold bundles at 15c per fold. Also offered are portfolios blotters memorandum books and letter racks at reduced prices. Large stock includes high grade stationery at clearing prices.
Imported novelty golf blouses with fancy stitches and buttons cut from 4.50 to 3.75 and other styles down to 5.50 for women. all wool and combo blouses reduced from 36.00 to 34.00 and 31.50 levels. Women’s golf vests and blouses in white red black silk bound options also marked down. Children and misses blouses and sweaters, all wool, with roll collars, reduced from 2.00 2.75 to lower prices.
A catalog-like listing describes jewelry items including Kayserzian trays gold plated frames and belts buckles with prices noted. Items feature household trinkets such as miniature mirrors gold filled chains bracelets cuff links purses and hatpins.
Listing of fabrics including mercerized finish lateen in blue and black at 10440 per yard and 39 cents per yard for silk maing. Also mentions a lot of cringlet soft finish canvas for stiffening street costumes with a special clearing price. Contains garbled filler text.
Advertisement lists black flannelette wrappers with white stripes and decorative flounce, originally $1.25, now clearance. Fine cassimere tea gowns elaborately trimmed, originally $6.50 to $7.50. Silk tea gowns limited stock in white, light blue and pink, originally $12 to $15, offered at clearance price $7.95.
Clearing sale offers turkish mail rugs 36 inch squares reduced from 87.50 to lower prices. Sanford's Best Axminster Rugs and Smith'n Velvet Rugs in 50 by 60 inch and 50 by 60 inch sizes show reductions from 2.00 to 1.39. Bromley's all wool Smyrna rugs 7 feet reduced from 5.50 to lower prices.
About fifty pairs of slightly used department samples and ends of lines are reduced. Various 11-4 blankets in red plaid white and silver gray drop from 4.98 to 3.98 or 4.08 to 1.69 to 4.98. White rib blankets 30 by 50 and Pinto colors cut to 4.98 and 1.98 for comforters and marseilles white spreads also reduced to 1.98 with original prices noted.
Women and children receive deep discounts on imported and domestic hosiery items. Black cotton hose with double heels and toes drop from 25 cents to 19 cents per pair. French silk hosiery, lace pairs, and fleeced cotton options show reductions up to several dollars per pair.
A local clearing sale lists Mercerized Tapestry portieres in multiple price points. Items show substantial reductions with prices ranging from three to eight dollars, reflecting heavy sale discounts across assorted sizes and quantities.
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