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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
7
Woodward & Lothrop announces hours drop to 5 PM on weekdays and 1 PM on Saturdays. A weekend remnants sale offers reduced prices on assorted merchandise, including one of a kind items, broken sizes, and small lots. Numerous men and boys garments, furnishings, and household items are priced low as first come, first served.
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Readable fragments describe corsets robes and skirts offered at half price with numerous reductions from original prices. Items include trimmed and untrimmed hats suits tuners shirts and jackets plus hosiery and tea doilies. Grape juice also advertised on the tenth floor.
Public notice of a Friday sale offering deep cuts on remaining stock across furniture and women’s wear. Items include tables, yard items, stools, coats, skirts, dresses, and hats with prices slashed from several dollars to hundreds, across men’s and misses departments.
An early 20th century department store advertisement lists infants and childrens wear with embroidered lace and tucks. Dresses, coats, and skirts are offered in various sizes with reductions from 40 to 13 dollars, noting trims such as feather stitching, lace, and sateen.
Unclear OCR reads offers on voile fabrics in various colors and patterns with prices and yardage. Mentions blue and black checks, trims, and other textiles. Includes scattered brand-like names and discount references, but specifics are obscured.
A local department store advertises reductions across boys wear including all wool suits in sizes varying from 7 to 14, coats from 2 to 14, and red tag deals on khaki play outfits. Prices drop from high to low with reductions noted on multiple items such as coats, suits, and shirts.
The page lists a variety of decorated china items with marked discounts. Items include German, Japanese, Austrian, English porcelain, and imported pieces such as punch bowls, tea pots, berry ware, and pickle dishes. Prices are shown reduced from higher amounts to sale figures across multiple lines.
The listing shows multiple glass items with marked price reductions. Items include an Austrian glass bowl, decorative Austrian glands, bombro dishes, star cut tumblers, a decorated glass water set, pressed glass cream mugs, pressed glass berry bowls, and a Fitch item with various markdowns. Prices range from about 1 to 135, with discounts noted and quantities specified in some lines.
Readable fragments show a shoe department listing many styles and sizes with markdowns from high prices to low. Mentions include women’s purses misses children and men’s options patent leather oxford blucher saddle shoes and various sizes and colors.
Sale notice lists reductions on books including Character Sketches in twelve volumes red cloth and Shakespeare set, Webster's Dictionary now confined, Crom Encyclopaedia, and Henry Mann editions. Also featured are discounted housewares on Main Nour-Tenth st, with stoves, kettles, jars, wash boilers, and porcelain items cut from prices as much as half in a bulk department sale.
Social and personal notices recap Washington summer travel for diplomats and spouses. Ambassadors and viscountesses prepare to depart for Buena Vista PacMir. Mr and Mrs Reeside report at Rockville. several households plan summers in Rockville and Baycroft Place. a marriage is announced in Alexandria Virginia. the piece notes many society moves, trips to Europe, and local receptions with names and places.
Social chatter threads through Miss Ethel Roosevelts forthcoming debut at the White House ball next winter as mothers tout prospects for the President’s daughter. Rivalries with Mrs Longworth and expectations of prim seconds weigh on the Roosevelts while Christian Scientists and London society figures spotlight broader news in this crowded society column.
Ambassador Reid and family entertained Princess Louise Duke of Argyle and Prince Francis of Teck among a glittering Dorchester House party. Notables present included Countess Beaconsfield Lady Desborough and Sir Evelyn Innester with Cassano orchestra providing music and a lavish dinner.
The funeral of Charles Davies, a veteran pension clerk, was held yesterday afternoon at Oak Hill Cemetery. Mr Wingate, rector of St Paul’s PE Church, read the service for the dead in the Oak Hill Chapel. Bearers included Samuel Benjamin, Dr Robert Reyburn, AA Bleney Howard, Prince E. Hendrickson, and William S Bineley.
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