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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1905
Page
4
A two day sale offers near half price on overcoats suits and raincoats to clear thousands of dollars in stock before stock-taking. Washington shoppers flood the department daily with prices slashed from regular highs as bargains attract best buyers ahead of stock clearance.
A lengthy ad proclaims a clearance of women’s wear including suits in blue and black cheviots with vests, Marquise silk waists, new and handsome suits in Venetiane and cheviots, high grade man-tailored suits, taffeta silk underskirts, and coats and fur pieces. Prices drop dramatically from $16.98 to $5.98 on suits, waists priced around $2.98, coats down to $2.98, with broadtail velvet coats and mink neckpieces offering deep discounts as the sale closes tomorrow.
Antique style listing describing a 26 inch high Sunshine gag lamp with marbleized base opal dome shade and sterling glass chimney, plus a metal frame couch with genuine national fabric, helical ends and a spring bed for two. Special price offered. value about 3.98 dollars.
This item advertises a large purchase by a Washington grocer featuring Swift's Lean Boneless Bacon two to four pounds at reduced price, plus a wide range of National Biscuit Company products and other goods offered at Monday sale prices. It emphasizes freshness, direct-from-oven items, and limited dealer supply.
A liquidation sale features thousands of dozens of high grade four ply linen collars in 40 styles. Prices are $1.50 per dozen, with many items marked as seconds or perfect. The promotion notes that hundreds of men have visited and will return, bringing friends for the clearance. Also advertised are women’s flannelette dressing sacques and flannelette kimonas, once selling up to 98c, now 39c.
A diverse footwear sale offers women’s high grade samples in multiple styles and sizes, with many left in 49 sizes. Also featured are red and black blippers with tears, men's vici and calf lace shoes, and women’s bright hid lace shoes. Prices emphasize quick selling with most items marked well below original values.
A local sale offers Nottingham Lace Curtains and Egle White Door Panels at clearance prices. Many items include Rusled Swiss curtains, Swiss Bonne Femme designs, drapery fabrics, lace shams, applique scarfs, and white table oilcloths, with prices from a few cents to under a dollar per yard or pair. Strong entities include Nottingham Lace Curtains, Egle White, Swiss Curtains, Silkolines Cretonnes, Satins, and Table Oilcloths.
Great second floor display tomorrow features hundreds of Marquise waists including linen, Persian lawn, India linen, madras, and silk finished vests with lace and embroidery. Regular prices from four to five dollars, now sixty eight cents for choice. Also about a dozen wool material waists, up to date styles, none under one dollar and fifty cents.
A sale of boys clothing items from top suits to wash blouses in Galatea chambrays ducks linens and silk embroidery. Features highest grade wash suits knee pants Norfolk double breasted styles and overcoats with military buttons, most sizes for ages 3 to 8 and up. Prices range from 9c to several dollars in a clearance offering.
Advertises white bedspreads afera sold at 79 cents two to a buyer. White Marseilles spreads priced around 108 dollars with Silkeline bed comforts at 98 cents. White and gray blankets with colored borders offered at 59 cents a pair double bed size. 11-4 wool blankets with colored borders priced at 2 9? pair and wool blankets at 8 a pair. Big sale at 1908 prices.
A newspaper merchandise note advertises a clearance sale on laces, embroideries, edgings, cambric embroideries, insertions, and Swiss all-overs. Prices range from 3 cents to 25 cents per yard, with many items offered at sale or set prices, highlighting widths from 17 to 22 inches and a big clearance emphasis.
Monday sale features men's patent cuff links priced as low as 2c to 60c in many styles. Also fancy scarf pins and hatpins with subrange prices. White kid belts with buckles and eyelets, pearl necklaces with patent clasp, leather envelope bags, and large runs of women’s handkerchiefs and Swiss embroideries offered at deep discounts.
Wool Saxony Axminster carpet lengths from 15 to 23 yards at $150 per yard. All-wool Velvet Brussels 27 inches wide 18 to 30 yards—$1.45 value, Monday special 07¢. Wilton-back Velvet plush 9.5 to 20 yards, $135 value, Monday special. All-wool Brussels 10 to 20 yards, $125 value, Monday special 79¢. Ingrain carpet closeouts three grades 5 to 30 yards, Monday specials 45¢ to 334c.
A vintage advertisement touts Wrights Health Underwear as highly desirable and in demand. It claims the regular price is 160 dollars and promotes a remarkable sale opportunity with substantial savings for buyers. The copy emphasizes universal satisfaction and broad appeal among men.
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