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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
7
A retailer cleans stocks across lines and offers remnants for rapid sale. Some items are imperfect or odds and ends, with many departments represented. Limited quantities mean early buyers have the best chance, as late comers risk disappointment.
A fragmentary newspaper ad lists taffeta silk items including two styles of dresses with flounces and features. It mentions undergarments and street window promotions, with scattered prices in shillings and pounds and other fabric goods like pillows and petticoats.
A noisy ad lists damaged and imported decorated chinaware including German and Japanese pieces. It touts reductions from prices like 1000 dollars and 20 dollars, with items such as cake ports and nut dishes in various colors and styles.
In the Nechwear Department at Main floor G Street a Friday clearance offers Coque Feather Boas in black anil light and ar k effects. Remaining stock priced at 2.00, 3.00, or 5.00 each with former prices listed as 3.50 4.50 7.50. Readily suitable for street and evening wear.
A dealer offers quadruple plated silverware at half to one quarter price, with many misfits and single pieces. Items include bonbon dishes cups sugar bowls and baking dishes among others, all bright new goods. Purchases suit wedding gifts or practical household use during the clearance.
A fragmented shopping column lists fabrics and trims with prices, discounts, and yardage. Items include silk linings in multiple colors, quilted lateen, Grenadine Voile, Albatross, Cheviot Charpin’s, Freeh Serge, Nun’s Veiling, and Panama fabrics with notable markdowns from original to sale prices. Many items show mis-typed names and garbled figures.
Blanket department catalog lists multiple wool and plaid blankets in varying conditions and sizes with substantial price reductions. Items include 6 pairs I-4 wool blankets and 2 pairs W-4, with reductions from 6.00 to 5.00 and 3.50 to 4.00 respectively. Also noted are Jopre tid plaid blankets and H wool blankets marked as soiled, along with a pink and white blanket at 98.00 and a scarlet all wool blanket described as imperfect. September 11 sale floor location.
A list of sale prices and reductions for various toys in the Fourth floor on Eleventh Street. Items include mechanical trains, jointed circus toys, iron banks, tin study items, a large elephant statue, teddy bears, and plush animals, some described as soiled.
Large lot of calendars offered at fraction of original prices across sizes and kinds. Drop, black, religious, and fancy calendars in excellent condition. Prices nominal from 2 for 5 cents up to 25 cents each at main floor G street, with various original ranges.
Overstocked from a leading maker offers two lots of cowhide and grain leather bags and suit cases at reduced prices. Lot 1 features real cowhide travel bags from 9 to 18 inches at 2.95 each, Lot 2 grain leather bags at 3.95, Lot 3 cowhide travel bags at 8.50, and suit cases 6.00 regular price, all on basement display.
Umbrella shop lists women and men silk and union umbrellas with features such as close roll, natural wood handles, and ivory and horn accents. Prices reduced from 159 to 2.00 and 4.48 for selected pieces, with women’s green model discounted from 20 to metal. store notes main floor entrance.
A sale notice from the Picture Department lists numerous framed items including large hand colored photogravures, prints, pastels, and watercolors with reduced prices. Items feature gilt, beaded, black, and green frames with reductions from high original prices to modest sale figures. Fourth floor Tenrb St.
An extensive sale offers 23 dozen men's cotton night shirts trimmed with braids, 10 dozen black derby hats, remnants including girdles and tassels, and various shirts, collars, cuffs, ties, and jackets. Prices cut from higher amounts to 4c to 71c, with assorted sizes and color options.
Men’s Department offers 3 winter-weight suits in plaid gray and silver, sizes 38 to 46 regular. Heavy overcoats in black and oxford with velvet collars, sizes 40 to 46. Raincoats with pinstripe and herringbone, sizes 36 to 44. Fancy vests in several fabrics, varying sizes. All items reduced from higher prices to lower sale figures. Main floor sale display.
Bargain sale on boys wool suits and reefers across sizes from 2% to 16. Styles include sailor, Russian, Norfolk, knickerbocker, and straight-cut pants. Also remnants and youth long pants suits, overcoats, reefers, and third-floor displays on Tenth Street with many items reduced from higher prices.
A local sale lists reduced prices on various items in the Sporting Goods Dept. 12 inch George Washington University and Georgetown University pillow covers with fringe, 21 inch banners, gunatona pillow covers, girls and boys clothing, and roller skates. Several items show cuts from higher prices to now lower amounts, with multiple sizes and styles noted.
A large lot of hats and caps in bearskin astrakhan and rich cloths in white and navy blue for boys and girls of all sizes. Priced 50c and 75c each, regular prices up to $3.00. Located on the third floor at Tenth Street.
Social and personal notes report Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt leaving for New York to attend Miss Gladys Vanderbilt’s marriage to Count Szechenyi. Various receptions, luncheons, and teas follow, with diplomats and society figures invited, including the Roosevelts hosting a dinner and musicale at the White House.
Miss Elsie Aldrich daughter of Senator and Mrs Nelson W Aldrich was formally presented to society at a reception in Angell Street Providence The event featured a rose bower and many flowers from New York and Washington Mrs John Rockefeller Jr of New York Mrs Aldrichs sister attended among notable guests including Robert Ives Gammell Harry Parsons Cross and Robert W Taft The debutante wore a white gown with lace and pink embroidery carrying an armful of vases The St Louis Merchants and Manufacturers Association plans its annual ball at Lemp Park on February 12 with canaries and butterflies as key attractions and a moon dance under artificial light The mix of treasurers and entertainers closes with the moon dance and a controversial note about the ball on the ninth page
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