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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1906
Page
2
A local advertisement announces a one day sale offering black all silk taffeta 27 inches wide, normally selling at $1 a yard, now 69 cents. The fabric is fully guaranteed for wear and promises lustrous rustle finish, a rare price opportunity for Monday.
A three day sale is held before stock-taking with prices sacrificed to clear shelves counters and stock-rooms. Stocks must be at their lowest ebb and thousands of dollars of goods will be cleared in three days with no concern for regular profits. The sale targets rapid stock reduction attracting the best informed buyers.
Read about the big clearance week sale featuring New Spring Organ dies with 9 percent discount. Dress organ dies with floral fig ured effects in blue pink and violet arrive late from mills and are offered now at 97 cents per yard.
A sale advertises brand-new Dress Ginghams for 1906 with cotton prices high by 20 to 25 percent. Buyers may purchase one dress length each, with plain color, stripe and check dressinghams offered at a little over half their value.
A lot of fine wool batistes cream 27 inches wide normally 25c yards 750 yards offered at display table. Also various Madras lawns flannels and white Madras described as desirable with values high as 124c. White Table Felt 50 inches wide sold elsewhere at 29c yard priced lower for Monday.
A newspaper ad promotes a Monday sale offering over fifty dozen Women's Tan Hose in all sizes and shades at three pairs for 25c. Also featured are Children's Black Ribbed Hosiery, Women's Fine-gauge Black Cotton Hose at 2¢ due to a minor imperfection, and various Boys and Children's hats and caps priced well below normal.
Auction style notice notes substantial cuts on draperies upholstery fabrics and related items. Mentions special sale with reduced prices on covers and mantels, asserting noteworthy discounts and value. Includes scattered misspellings and garbled phrases but conveys a clearance sale for home decor textiles.
The Rev Dieffenbach of Allegheny releases a letter from President Roosevelt's secretary William Loeb Jr conveying Attorney General Moody's report on the Enterprise National Bank failure. Moody notes records were looted and destroyed, making criminal action premature and statements unwise until the situation is clearer.
A New York jury awarded the Liverpool London and Globe Insurance Company $1,083 in a suit seeking to recover $7,000 paid for the yacht Scythian burning. The jurors stated Mrs Susan Day Parker was not responsible for the blaze. Capt Carl Uf testified he set fire to the yacht by Dr Parker’s order.
St Louis January 2 Policeman John A Scollard died by suicide after being tormented by alleged immoral rumors. Before dying he dictated a statement saying he was hounded to death by false reports about him. Naval orders note Lieut Tompkins to the Asiatic station aboard Rainbow from San Francisco around February 27 1806 and Lieut EH Duon granted two months leave.
A Monday sale showcases advance Spring styles including satin lined Covert Coats in 50 inch lengths with collarless designs priced around seven to eight dollars. Also featured are 50 inch suits in blue black brown and green, skirts in pleated and mixed effects, white lace and Jap silk waists, shirt-waist suits, tan covert coats and Eton style spring suits from twenty to thirty dollars, plus waterproof rain coats and wool petticoats with corded ruffles and bright raffles.
At never earlier in the year are prices so heavily sacrificed. Beautifully trimmed hats in silk velvets chenille and kid sell for 69c to 400, with finest imported models from 12 to 18 dollars. Untrimmed hats offered in hundreds of styles at 89c to 18 and 20 inch coque and hackle brands.
A Monday sale offers children's white wool merino vests and drawers slightly soiled, boys underwear branded Buster Brown in all sizes, OMO dress shirts, women's neckwear in lace and wash stocks, gloves, back comes, and men's Lisle and cotton gloves. Many items reduced from regular prices 5c to 60c, with various sale prices across a range of garments and accessories.
A large assortment of Swiss imported embroideries, edges and insertions, in widths from four to six hundred thirty four yards, will be sold at 3 cents per yard. The pieces remain uncut and represent quality usually priced at 10 cents per yard. The sale aims to create a sensation with these low prices.
A sale of ten dozen women’s flannelette items including good quality kimona dressing lacques and wind skirts. Prices previously 50 to 69 cents now offered at about 29 cents. Items described as warm, well made, and good quality. Some garments titled tin derskirts in listing.
A historical sale notice highlights rare underpricing on boys wear. High grade wash suits in many styles, overcoats, mannish coats, knee pants, and waist items are offered well below typical prices, with savings emphasized across multiple age ranges and fabrics.
A New Zealand premier funds a government backed football tour as a potential model for colonial teams abroad. The piece discusses imperial subvention, civil service status for players, and cross national sports diplomacy amid European royal intrigues and Morocco dispatch outcomes.
An external remedy marketed for pneumonia claims quick relief for croup colds and sore throats. A testimonial from Mrs Paris M Rutherford describes a dramatic recovery in a dying patient after one application, asserting lung health and strong throats from the cure.
Gowan Medical Co announces Gowan's Pneumonia Care guaranteed and sold by all druggists and Affleck's Drug Store located at 1429 Pa. Ave. N. W. Offer includes large bottles at $1.00 and croup size at 25¢, with mail order available from Durham, North Carolina.
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