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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
7
A clearance sale offers remnants and winter garments and home goods at low prices. Includes wraps dresses skirts waists suits overcoats reefers underwear and drapery fabrics plus imperfect items. Sale emphasizes odds and ends broken sizes short lengths and defaced articles reduced to attract budget shoppers.
Friday bargain sale in silk department offers 263 yards 19 inch Black Peau de Cygne to close at 9 cents per yard. 196 yards of striped and checked velveteens and velutinas in skirt waist and children’s coat lengths to close at 55 cents per yard, previously 8 cents to 1.25 dollars. Second floor.
Advertises multiple lots of muslin underwear including cambric drawers and gowns with embroidery, ruffles, and tucks. Details materials such as cambric, muslin, nainsook, and mull, with descriptions of necklines, front styles, trims, and varied reductions. States garments are slightly soiled but offered at reduced prices up to $3.95 each.
Bargains on new Fern and White Pit laces with edgings for trimming ladies dresses. Widths from 2 to 10 inches offered at special price from 33 cents a yard. Possible alteration service available. (Text fragmentary)
Friday bargain item lists nine dozen women’s handkerchiefs described as good sheer quality with neat patterns. Special price at 9d per piece or 6 for half a dozen, with a note of tassels.
A fragmented sale note advertises women’s hose offers including multiple dozen pairs, assorted textures and striped effects. Mentions manufacturers samples, cotton thread, and fancy designs. Pricing implied per pair, with emphasis on bulk purchase and varied styles.
A readable brief notes a Friday bargain on women's knit underwear featuring Swiss ribbed covers and vests. The sale highlights quality items from Wowaren Value Abu dbs Fost and Devon manufacturers.
Readable fragments show reduced prices on corsets and bust enhancing garments. Items include structured corsets with real whalebone stiffeners, various bust sizes, and long hip caps. Prices drop from $15 50 to $4 20 per pair and similar markdowns noted across the assortment.
A damaged catalog page lists reduced prices on women’s shoes and slippers in black red satin white satin and kidskin, with sizes 4 to 8 and Cuban heels. Items include Prits slippers, trimmed etats, wings in white and black, and dull calfskin button shoes, with prices slashed from high dollars to about two dollars per pair.
A Friday clearance sale offers odds and ends in picture frames. Most items are near perfect though some show minor flaws and can be repaired cheaply. The list covers gilt, black, florentine, mahogany, silver, and green frames in varied sizes with deep discounts. Fourth floor Tenth St.
25 dozen Men's Muslin Night Shirts offered in sizes with self or colored embroidery, some with collars, others without, all sizes. Priced at 43 cents each. Also 25 dozen Men's Printed Madras Pajamas in a wide range of colored designs, collarless and finished with pearl buttons.
Discontinuous lines and remnants offered: Colored Dress Goods at $1.00 per suit, linen collars $0.40 per half dozen, cuffs $0.40 per half dozen, four-in-hand ties 33 cents each or 3 for $1.00, black derby hats $1.85, Japanese slippers, silk suspenders, Madras Neglige shirts, kimonos, Lisle gloves and caps, and assorted fabrics marked down from high regular prices. Includes many sizes and varieties with bold discounts.
Friday bargains highlight boys clothing for youth sizes 7 to 17 and up to 32-10 inch. Special prices cut From 5.00 suits and 3.75 wool suits to 5.00 overcoats and 3.95 reefers. Sweaters 69 cents and hats 50 cents, with a range of styles and colors on the third floor of tenth street.
On the fourth floor, a China Department sale lists decorated French china sets and pieces at deep discounts. Items include sugar and cream sets, fern dishes, mayonnaise dishes, celery trays, pudding sets, salad bowls, chocolate pots, and cake plates with prices cut from several dollars to under three dollars.
Bargain fabric list shows multiple items with substantial markdowns from high to low prices. Wool tartans and chiffon broadcloth pieces cut from 37 to 6 dollars, Venetian cloth and storm serge marked down, plus polka dot taffeta and other silks discounted for pieces. Limited stock offered in second hand fleet sale context.
A department store sale lists reduced prices on travel trunks and bags including 28 inch i-ply basswood trunks with hats shoes and small articles, 18 inch black walrus bags, 16 and 18 inch calfskin bags, money bags and suit cases all marked down at basement Equitable Building.
Damaged glass items reduced from SW to 50 dollars each and from 300 to 1.50 for vinegar crest. A cut glass star bowl and Austrian glass may be marked down. Floor 6 Pitt Street.
Women’s suit department lists velvet ensembles in multiple colors and sizes with silk linings and braided trims. Prices slashed from 38 to 5, 42.50 to 30, and similar reductions on navy and garnet coats plus eiderdown robes in gray pink and helio troné hues with satin and braid trims.
A catalog of women's outerwear with reductions on black kersey coats, velvet trimmed jackets, caracul and velour coats, and related items. Notable titles include imported black kersey coat with embroidery size 40, long velour coats, brown caracul jackets, butterfly caracul jacket, and velvet coats with sable trim. Prices slashed from hundreds to tens of dollars.
Sale offers chincha collar with brocade satin reduced from 15.00 to 22.50. Russian pony set priced at 1250, down from 450. White fox collar trimmed with heads and tails cut to 500 from 3800. Two limitat ion ermine fur sets muff and scarf reduced from 1260 to 37.40 each. Fur scarfs in opossum Persian paw and marien styles priced at 5.00 each, down from 8.75 to 10.00.
The notice lists numerous Misses garments with reduced prices. Items include RAU Wool plaid serge jumpers in sizes 14 to 18 at 8.75, Atlawool navy dresses trimmed with green plaid cloth in sizes MH to 1, a black serge tailor made suit in size 18, black broadcloth suits in size 18, a blue velvet jumper dress in size 8, all shown with markdowns from high original prices to substantial cuts. The sale notes third floor location and various bust measurements where relevant.
Readable entries describe deep discounts on SUL and Silt Curtains in white, Arabian, and ivory, with borders and lace. Madras curtains with silk stripes. Mercerized Portieres in green and rose. duplex Velour portieres. and assorted textiles, with reduced prices from high figures to low sale prices, located on the Fourth floor G street.
Listing shopworn housewares with sharp price cuts across many items. Highlights include 13 piece carving set down to 2.00, 12 piece down to 75c, aluminum chafing dish up to 8.00, nickel plated teapots at 1.40 and 60c, weathered oak plate racks at 1.75, and sterling sweepers reduced to 1.75 each.
The White House hosted a grand diplomatic corps dinner with state drawing rooms opened and floral decor in pink blue and red. Attending were ambassadors from Italy Austria-Hungary France Germany Brazil Russia and several ministers including the Turkish Spanish and Chilean, plus members of Congress and naval officials. The Mexican Embassy's Mme Creel hosted a large afternoon reception signaling her departure to Mexico.
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