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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop hosts a special remnant sale with low prices on summer garments and accessories. Remnants include gowns drawers corset covers skirts and a wide range of hats caps and straw braids. Discounts apply across departments with half price muslin underwear and numerous items heavily reduced. The sale highlights numerous affordable fashion pieces for women men and children with limited quantities available.
Friday bargains in the Linen Department feature Fancy Linen Suiting with color options in light blue and black mixtures. Towels priced from 50 cents to 12 per yard, and towels offered at 1.75 per dozen, with reduced prices noted on various roll goods and ribber items.
Readers can find reduced prices on white goods and fabrics including eels cream, Batiste four inches wide cut to 25 cents a yard, Indian bunty felted threads dropped to 24 cents a yard, and other silks and undergarment materials cut from 20 to 12 cents per yard. Hand embroidered linen patterns showcase fine work. discounts from $6.75 to $1.00.
A small lot of White Marseilles bedspreads offers three quarters and double sizes with minor factory imperfections. Prices listed as 209, 225, and 3.00 dollars each, with usual tags 3.60, 325, and 4.00. Also available are Voan Ga Robes and other items priced per listing.
Friday bargain sale offers colored dress goods on Securit floor G Street with voile and etamine fabrics in two toned gray tan brown. Yard price 28 cents, regular a dollar. Includes waist skirt and dress lengths, with other remnants offered at half the regular prices while supplies last.
A 19th century sale notice lists cotton goods by yard, including Lawns, Percales, Dimities and Ginghams priced at 8 to 15 cents per yard. Lining and upholstery fabrics feature half-price marks, such as Bombyx Fasteta and Muslin bed ensembles. Also offered are window greens, Brabant lace curtains, and Renaissance bed sets with substantial reductions.
Men's Furnishings Dept offers reduced prices on cuffs gauntlets and sleeves protectors, boys sleeveless swimming jerseys, gym pants, linen collars, silk suspenders, tubular wash ties, neckwear, Lisle socks and two piece neglige suits. Items list sizes and former prices with cuts to clearance levels on main floor.
Five to eighteen boys suits available in sizes from 4 to 16 in various styles. Prices slashed from as high as 13.50 to 7.95 and from 4.50 to 2.95, plus other reductions on wool, drilled, and sailor styles. Location noted: third floor tenth at.
A third floor sale on Tenth Street offers reduced prices on children’s straw sailors plain and fancy colored, 10 straw sailors, 4 fine Mitten straw hats, 4 broad brim sailor hats, boys and girls items, including neglect shirts and madras blazes. Limited sizes noted. discounts from high original prices listed.
Cabinet sewing machine with full set of attachments offered at a five year guarantee. Woodwork marred. reduced from 7.50 to 1. Automatic drop head sewing machine with full attachments and five year guarantee. Woodwork marred. reduced from 400 to 0. BO on second floor.
Small lot of Women's Oxfords and Slippers in tan black and beaded leather on sale. Includes patent celluloid, patent leather, and woven soles at 1.50 per pair, reduced from 2.50 to 4.00. Misses Tan Roman Sandals and Christie Ties in various sizes also marked down from 2.00 to 1.00. Third floor Tenth et.
A list of damaged and reduced priced items from the China Department includes 2 Warwick Ching Dinner Sets and a Limoges set with cuts in price from 716.00 to 11.95 and 250 to 1 respectively. Also offered are Pink Decorated French China, Green Austrian plates, Decorated China bowls, and various meat and sauce dishes with substantial markdowns.
Women's department offers lace trimmed shirtwaist suits in English eyelet embroidery and panel fronts in multiple sizes. Prices slashed from 12.50 to 9.75, 5.50 to 3.75, and from 41.0 to 37.50 with selections in white, green, black, and light blue. Also cheviot jacket suits and check taffeta silk shirtwaists on sale for limited time.
A department store advertisement announces many white lawn shirt waists in assorted styles and sizes at greatly reduced prices and a large selection of silk shirt waists also on sale on the third floor B. G. location referenced.
A newspaper listing highlights price cuts on girls garments including white lawn guimpes and high neck dresses in sizes 6 to 12, suspended dresses, linen Peter Thompson gullg with emblems, flowered organdie dresses, white net dress, cambric shirt waist suits, imported pique dresses, and white guimpes with embroidery. Third floor G st.
Equitable Building basement display offers multiple traveling trunks and leather cases with revisions on prices. Items include 38 inch dress trunk basswood leather bound reduced from 20 to 18 dollars and 15 inch leather bound steamer trunk from 12 to 7.95. Additional pieces: 13 inch trunk, 1 inch bag, 1 inch case, leather tote, bellows top case and toilet set case all with price cuts.
Reduced prices across rustic chairs beds and settees with caned seats and backs. Items include Weathered Oak Settee and Chai te, Fine Rattan Chair, Woven Cane Rocker, Arm and Side Chairs, Imported Rattan Arm Chair, Arm Rocker, Green Bentwood pieces, Rustic Stools, and Rattan Settee with broad arms. Sixth floor G ft.
Baltimore girl becomes wife of R. B. Wasson of Cadiz Ohio. Washington guests attend. Sen Frye and granddaughter at Poland Spring Maine. Ambassador Jussérand sailed from New York to France. Mrs Morgan Hill and Miss Diane Morgan Hill arrive at Narragansett Pier for month. Mrs C C Glover and family at Narragansett recovering from illness. Miss Harriet Muncaster marries Harry Southwell Brown at St Andrew's Church. Quiet ceremony with relatives present. Brides wear traveling brown gown. Wedding of Miss Mary D Swingle and Charles C Clark held at Mrs Swingle's home due to death in family. Distinguish guests from Washington attend Browne-Wason wedding. Groom grandson of late John A. Bingham, former Representative and Japan Minister. Engagement announced for Charlotte Plamondon to Oliver T Boyd. wedding planned in winter in Philadelphia. Senator Frye and granddaughter Caroline Frye Briggs at Poland Springs with other guests. Mrs George A Lea hosts at Leahurst near Milton NC. Seahurst noted as show place in western North Carolina. Dr and Mrs S O Richey spending summer at Greenbrier. Misses Sheehan of Foley Minnesota visiting Rhode Island Ave. Mrs Cora C Day and J Paul Day to visit Seymour Indiana. Edelin and J Anderson guests of Mr Long to Colonia? Concert at Smithsonian by U.S. Engineer Band. program listed.
Dr O Connell presided as resolutions praised nations maintaining religious and secular instruction in elementary schools. The convention adopted praise for such systems, urged more Catholic colleges and higher education, and called for ecclesiastical art in seminary curricula. Elected officers for general, college, seminary, and school departments were announced. A papal cablegram thanked the association for its reelection.
North Carolina editors discuss a Vanderbilt lunch invitation at Biltmore dairy near Asheville. Raleigh's Robert M. Phillips says the luncheon was a pure social gesture, with editors free to decline ice cream and not bound to dine inside the dairy. The event was described as a formal compliment to the editors and their accompanying ladies.
The body of Gen James N Tyner will be buried privately at 2 PM in a family lot at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died December 5 194 and was once considered for posts in the Post Office Department. Mrs Tyner chose Oak Hill over Peru Indiana, honoring a family burial place since 1875 where her brother and mother lie. Oak Hill has hosted famed figures including James G Blaine.
A large meeting of the Business Men's Association elected Leo F. Zwissler Edwin L. Cockrell and Dr William F Walter as members. President James F Oyster named a committee to investigate the Eastern High School controversy comprising Benjamin Graves W Hoge A Schmiters Fred G Coldren and Phillips Walker. The June outing committee reported it the most successful event yet and praised E H Neumeyer Samuel M Stinemetz A Loffier and William F Gude for their efforts.
Advertises a Fifth floor sale of house furnishing goods with marked reductions on umbrellas enamelware Picchera to 76 cents infants baths lowered from 2.50 to 1.00 and other items including a lemon juice extractor and galvanized weaving machine. details show shopworn stock and price cuts from higher to lower figures.
Wilkesharre July 18 The city council by unanimous vote declared intent to seek legality and appropriate 1000 for erecting platform and arches in honor of President Roosevelt visit on August 10 City Attorney McHugh cites a Harrisburg 1878 case where a taxpayer blocked a similar expenditure but the council says the city cannot be disgraced by inaction Funeral services for Frank L Hanvey contractor and builder who died Wednesday night will be held at 4 pm tomorrow from his residence 15 Sacon street northwest.
A government announcement from Maj. Carson, chief of the Bureau of Manufactures, notes a $36,000 appropriation for overseas trade studies with five agents assigned to regions including China, Korea, Japan, Canada, Mexico, South America, and Central America with the aim to expand exports. Also filed yesterday in Probate Court are three wills: Joseph Ritner Wagner leaves estate to widow Bessie B. Warner as executrix. Mary P. Saunders names James Saunders Richard T. Baun ders and Mary E. Johnson as beneficiaries with Harry Kimball as executor. Darter Curtin names sons Thomas James Martin Sinula and daughter Catherine with Martin Curtin as executor.
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