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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
25
A Very Special Remnant Day offers clearance prices on remnants and winter garments and home goods. The sale features wraps dresses skirts waists suits overcoats reefers and undergarments for all ages plus imperfect items ideal for economical shoppers. It highlights short lengths broken sizes and odds and ends across men women and children goods with substantial discounts.
Saturday sale item in silk and velveteen sections. 263 yards 19 inch Black Peau de Cygne offered to close at 9 cents per yard. 196 yards of striped and checked velveteens and velutinas in lengths for skirts waists and children's wear offered at 5.5 cents per yard. Previously priced 8 cents one dollar and a dollar twenty five. Second floor.
Auction notes describe Cambric Drawers Muello and Cambric Drawers with tucked cambric utile s and corset covers in white high and low neck styles. Garments feature embroidery lace beading and ribbons offered at reduced prices with some items lightly damaged. Most sold as sets at $3 95 and up for various muslin undergarments.
Reading from the ad, new Fern and White Pit laces and edgings are offered for trimming garments. Widths range from 2 to 10 9 inches, with a special sale price of 33 cents per yard. Some bows and trims appear in the listing.
Friday bargain notice highlights a sale of women's handkerchiefs. The listing promises nine dozen handkerchiefs of good sheer quality at special prices per piece and per half dozen, with emphasis on neat linen and trim details.
Readable fragments describe discounts on women’s hosiery and fabric items. Mentions assorted hose styles including striped effects and plain pairs, plus quantities and pricing hints. Source text is fragmented with uncertain specifics about manufacturers or exact counts.
Local retailer advertises discounted women’s knit underwear including Swiss ribbed cuts and vests. Highlights selected items with emphasis on quality and value for shoppers seeking affordable undergarments this Friday sale.
Corset department offers reductions on a range of items including figure busts and hip plastics with prices from $4.20 to $4.50. Includes real whalebone corsets, long hipgates, and sizes 27 to 28. Blue laces and seed goods also advertised with various sale prices.
The shop offers women's slippers in several satin combos with limited size 48 stock, trim Etats shoes, and satin pairs reduced from 1 to 2.50. Women’s kidskin and dull calfskin button shoes with Cuba heel receive deep discounts from 5 to 32.50 and 6 to 2.40 respectively. Goodyear welt soles, goodyear welted boots, and various sizes 4 to 7 inclusive are marked down on the third floor tenth street.
Clearance sale of odds and ends in various picture frames many reduced from high prices. Gilt and black round and oval frames. mahogany ovals. black Florentine and gilded styles. silver and green frames in multiple sizes with cuts to cents. Fourth floor Tenth st.
A dealer advertises 25 dozen men's muslin night shirts with self or colored embroidery, some with collars, all sizes, offered at 43 cents each. Also 25 dozen men's printed Madras pajamas with a collarless design and pearl buttons, in a large variety of colored designs.
A local sale advertises special prices on colored dress goods at $1.00 a suit, with many lines discontinued. Men’s linen collars and cuffs, four-in-hand ties, black derby hats, slippers, silk suspenders, madras neglect shirts, and Japanese kimonos are offered with substantial reductions. Fabrics include blue-and-green stripe cloth and green-shadow nav cloth with deep discounts.
Friday bargains highlight boys clothing with sea sonal makes and up to date styles. The sale features youths long trousers suits, knickerbocker sets, wool suits, overcoats and reefers, sweaters, knickerbocker trousers, laundered blouses, and hats in navy, red, and gray with special prices from 0.50 to 5.00, third floor tenth street.
China Department offers decorated items with reductions across many pieces. Includes Mayonnaise Dishes Celery Trays pudding sets and chocolate pots with prices cut from four to eight dollars and lower. Limited stock on fifth floor G Street.
This ad item lists deep reductions on assorted fabrics including wool raffeta chiffon broadcloth storm serge and voile. Notable cuts feature pieces from 38 yards of chiffon broadcloth to 238 yards total, with prices slashed from 37 to 6 and from 600 to 4.09, among others.
A city basement display at the Equitable Building lists 28 inch i-ply basswood trunks and bags with rawhide bindings, riveted construction, and multiple compartments. Prices fall from $30.00 to $15.00 for select items and from $12.50 to $4.00 for smaller suit cases amid a general clearance.
The Glassware Department lists items reduced from high prices to sale levels. Cut glass pieces include Vinegar Crest and Star Bowl with substantial price cuts and a dented Austrian glass set noted as damaged. Located on the pitth floor at 6st.
Women's suit dept advertises velvet suits with silk linings and braid trims in sizes 24 to 38, plus plaited skirts. Prices cut from 38 to 5 dollars and 42.50 to 30 dollars. Includes Havana Brown, Navy, and garnet velvet coats with satin linings. several eiderdown robes discounted from 5 dollars to 2.95 and 7.50 to 4.50.
Woman's department offers black kersey coats with velvet collars in sizes 34 and 36 reduced from 50 to 37.50. embroidered black kersey coat size 40 from 3800 to 25. elegant broadcloth long coat size 40 from 75 to 56. caracul jackets sizes 36, 38 reduced to 21 per item. imported butterfly caracul jacket reduced from high to 22.50. velour long coat size 46 from 62 to 25. velvet coat size 48 from 4360 to 2800. velvet cane with sable fur reduced to 15. another velvet cane at 7. velour jacket blouse style reduced to 15. velour pony jacket size 3 reduced from 200.
A local fur department advertises reduced prices on items including a Chincha Collar with brocade satin now 22.50, a Russian Pony Set 1250, a White Fox Collar 500, two ermine fur sets 37.40 each, and fur scarfs such as Opossum Persian Paw and Marien in various styles from 5 to 10 dollars, previously up to 31.00.
The notice advertises a Misses department sale with several items reduced. RAU-WooL plaid serge jumpers in sizes 14 16 18 now 8.75 each. Atlawool navy dresses trimmed with tie and green plaid cloth sizes MH 1 1 now 12.00 each. Black serge tailored suit size 18 reduced from 7.09 to 12.00. Black broadcloth suit sizes 18 or 34 bust now 18.25. Blue velvet jumper dress size 8 now 30.00. Third floor reductions noted.
Readable textile sale items include Sul curtains in white Arabian designs reduced from 1.30 to 1.00. Silt curtains with lace borders from 2.00 to 1.50. entorial de slahs Sul curtains from 2.75 to 1.75. Silt curtains with French net and Trish point Marie An toinetti styles from 4.59 to 1.00. handsome Sit curtains with real Trish palrt and Arabian Secoy now 20.00. Madras curtains in a range with all silk stripes from 3.00 to 2.00. French Madras heart shades from 7.09 to 4.80. Mercerized Portieres in green shades from 5.00 and 6.00 to 1.80. duplex Velour portieres in assorted colors from 18.0 to 12.75. single portieres 3.78. yard goods 2c to 0.10 per yard. fourth floor G street.
The Housefurnishing Dept offers shopworn items at deep cuts including a 13 piece Carving Set from 62.95 to 2.00 and 2 Sterling floor Sweepers from 2.25 to 1.75. Aluminum Chafing Dishes and Nickel plated Teapots also discounted. Location Fifth floor Eleventh St.
The White House hosted a grand diplomatic corps dinner with a floral decorated Blue Room and state dining room set for eighty. Attendees included ambassadors from Italy Austria Hungary France Germany Brazil Russia Mexico Britain and many ministers and senators. Mme Creel hosted at her last at home in Washington and guests described the social whirl surrounding Ambassador Creels upcoming departure.
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