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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
7
A Friday sale features odds and ends in wear ing apparel and household goods with low prices for quick selling. Short lengths of silks and cotton fabrics, corded linen, dimity, piques, and galatea cloths are discounted, with shirtwaist patterns offered at reduced prices. items are on the main and second floors on Eleventh Street.
Bargain offers on men’s tan lisle socks and related apparel. Includes half price sets of tan lace dish socks in matching patterns, various sizes with early selection advised, remnants of Madras pajamas in stripes and dots, 48 pairs of fancy socks in mixed sizes, and two piece homespun suits reduced from eight dollars to four dollars. Main floor-First Street.
Bargains listed for the upholstery department with misread pricing notes. Includes Swiss Muslin Curtains in several styles and quantities, quoted as pairs with various price notations and a second floor reference for G street.
Cotton dress goods offered in lengths from 2 to 8 yards with a wide range of woven fabrics. Discounts include remnants and printed lawns at 15 to 21 cents per yard, primed percales, fancy ginghams, melange boules, and other fabrics priced to clear. Also silk madras and fancy printed shoe fabrics listed.
Parasol Department offers listing of parasols with color and trim details. Red silk parasol reduced from 70 to 60, white silk parasol trimmed with dinele lice reduced to 4.60. Two fancy white and pink parasols reduced to 2.60 each. Two black parasols cut from 0 to 0.50 each. Malin floot "Ponth at" appears as a fragment.
A fragmented ad lists women’s tan Russian calf oxford styles with Cuban heel and algae pricing notes, plus reductions on children’s oxford styles and black and tan shoes. Mentions sizes and a third floor Tenth Street location.
Historic sale notice lists reduced prices on infant white silk cloaks with lace, children's white pique reefers, nainsook long dresses, red hats, and hats in natural duck with Tam o Shenter crown. Major discounts include silk cloak from 1500 to 31000, reefers from 256 to 173, dresses from 75 to 7, hats from 250 to 10, and hats from 175 to 125.
Several girls department garments on sale with reduced prices. Items include tailored suits in several sizes, dark percale dresses, wash dresses on white grounds, woven zephyr tissue dresses, brown and white linen dresses, one piece sailor linen dress, double breasted Norfolk suits, wash suits in multiple sizes, and Russian blouse wash suits with bloomer pants. Prices slashed from higher figures to values shown.
Bargain sale on men's gauze underwear and mesh shirts with drawered tops, sizes available. Prices appear at Igc per garment, with regular pricing around 25c, located at Main floor First Street.
A department listing offers various men’s hats including Jap and Sennit straw in sizes from 63-4 to 73-8, reduced from 1.00 to a sale price. Additional lots include Split Jap and Sennit hats up to 73-8 reduced from 1.50 to 11.00, and Split and Rough straw hats up to 73-8 reduced from 2.00 to 1.50. Also featured are Fine Straw hats Milan and Jap braids in multiple sizes, reduced from 2.50 38.00 and 4.00 to 2.00. Main floor F-st.
A department sale lists reduced prices on multiple women’s suit categories including white lawn shirt waist suits, black and white batistes, silk shirt waists in black and white figures, mohair Norfolk and gray brocaded linen suits, gray ramproof skirts, and English rep skirts. Notable reductions include $12.60 to $6.73, $10.00 to $6.75, $18.50 to $10.00, and $500 to $2.95 with champagne shades and sizes 34 to 38, plus several small sizes.
Footnote style ad lists multiple waists with Persian lawn and Granite Cloth fabrics in sizes 4 to 42. Items include lengths described as waists with fronts backs lace chiffon and polka details. Prices drop from several dollars to around three to four dollars, highlighting markdowns on assorted sizes and patterns.
Trimmed hats cut from 95.00 and 360 to 3.00 each. Trimmed hats from 3.00 to 1.00. Trimmed bonnets from 0.00 to 6.00 each. Untrimmed hats from 10.00 and 1.95 to 0.50 each. List of flowers from 6.00 to 1.25. Second floor tenth at.
Fourth floor Eleventh street features reduced prices on Adirondack chairs and outdoor sets. Birch furniture includes a double goat unit with birch canopy, artfully priced down from 41800 to 85. Vador Summer House canvas top units cut from 28 to 10. Birch High Back chair with arms lowers from 600 to 350. Rattan library table, weathered finish, leather top now 2500 from 8700. Ladies Rattan writing desk with shelf down from 92940 to 12. High Back Rattan Reading Chair from 1800 to 1300. Go-cart models cut from 1200 to 750 and 1500 to 950. Fourth floor Eleventh street.
China department offers discounted dinner sets and porcelain items with noted damages. Items include an English porcelain set reduced from 10 dollars to 645, Haviland china pitcher damaged, Japanese china tea plates cut from 250 to 180 per dozen, and other damaged glassware and tableware with assorted markdowns.
An assortment of worn and damaged items offered for quick sale. Infant's fiber bath tub, Alaska ice cutting machine, comb and brush trays, copper smash ball, garden hose lengths, Soro ture polish, nickel call bells, straw dress suit gas light, all reduced from listed prices to bargain levels.
The Italian Ambassador and Baroness Moncheur have rented a Chelsea cottage in Atlantic City for the season while embassy staff stay at the Chelsea Hotel. Several diplomats and relatives prepare travels from Washington and St. Louis, with arrivals and farewells at the Willard. Also announced are engagements and summer plans for numerous Washington residents and visiting officials.
President Roosevelt plans to trim Lafayette Square trees and other city parks, but execution likely slips to September. Conflicts with multiple agencies slow action as Forester Pinchot coordinates with the District Parking Commission and engineers. If Pinchot leaves town, no work occurs until September, offering shade later as trees regrow.
The Aid Association for the Blind of the District of Columbia met at the Home for the Blind on BE Street Northwest. Vice president Mrs Julia E Pond presided. Mrs I C Gittings was praised for gathering donations to buy a refrigerator and china closet for the home.
A broad set of Army and Navy personnel moves is announced. Lieut. Col. Aniel J. Smith receives a one month leave, Capt. Campbell King is relieved from duties connected to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and several officers have extended leaves or relocations due to disabilities or reassignment. Navy officers Tappan, Fenton, Pettengill, and Evans receive commissions or new duties, with other detachments and resignations noted. Also announced is a contract to Pusey & Jones for a steam vessel to serve Army ordnance needs, detailing specs and purpose.
About 100 boys from St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum joined Sister Baptista for a picnic on the Charles Macalester to Marshall Hall. Guests including Mrs. H. L. J. Davis of Texas and Miss Ida Cartwright attended as lady managers.
London announces Pauline Astor engaged to Capt. H. H. Spender-Clay once of the Second Life Guards famed for involvement in the Nevill fraud case. Spender-Clay resigned after the Windsor ragging scandal of 1902. he and his fortune-linked family connect to Bass Brewing. Also notes Census Office romance of Rosamond Stewart and Charles Davis. Smithsonian Grounds concert by United States Engineer Band led by Ju Hus Kamper at 7:30 p.m. with a varied program.
The army transport Thomas arrived in San Francisco from Manila with 34 enlisted men from Coast Artillery units of the Tenth Thirty-eighth Hughtyrfifth and 108th companies. It carried 368 men from other commands 80 discharged soldiers 18 marines and 38 military prisoners.
Excerpt from Tit Bits describes Portugal’s prison of Atlence near Lisbon. Inmates live in a five story wheel like complex where cells are coffin-like and corridors keep silent. Daily, prisoners exit in shrouds with masked faces as a cruel punishment to prevent sight of others. Only about ten years of such torture. Also noted are scattered humorous quips about mud and a presidential year.
A New York paper notes Missouri mines now offer electric trolley rides through coal caverns. Incandescent lights line the route. air is split into multiple currents for safety. Mines increasingly rely on electricity for hauling and power, while mules still run cross entries. Passenger cars ferry workers and visitors, preserving picks and shovels as tools.
A noble marquis sale reveals prices for a drop shaped pearl scarf pin eight thousand, a pearl stud eight thousand, a white bouton pearl coat fastener one hundred ninety eight, seven buttons for one hundred seventy, and sleeve links one hundred fifty five. Louis XIV’s 1685 button spree spent around one million pounds on buttons.
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