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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
25
Remnant sale at Woodward & Lothrop Washington store features half price and lower discounts on silk petticoats dresses undergarments and extensive remnants. Cleaned departments include silk kimonos fans and table linens with values ranging from $0.25 to $5 and hundreds of pieces marketed to first comers on a limited 5 30 p m close.
Upholstery department offers 35 screen doors marred from handling in various sizes. Also listed are pongee-finish cross stripe fabrics, Renaissance lace bed sets, figured jute taffeta, and cretonnes in yard lengths. Prices shown from 7c to 200, with typical discounts from original tags.
The sale lists various book bundles and decor items with deep discounts. Home history series prices drop from 35 to 25 cents, Christ and geography sets from 40 to 50 cents. Complete works by Dumas Dickens Eliot Scott heavily reduced, plus jardinières and home decor pieces with damaged boxes and partial stock reductions. Main floor and Fifth floor quantities noted.
A cloak department advertises discounts on rain coats and coats in multiple colors and sizes, with reductions from high original prices to low sale amounts. Items include black and white striped rain coats, gray self-trimmed coats, black broadcloth coats, taffeta jackets, tunic-like coats, covert gowns, and several children's dresses, with numerous sizes and prices reduced significantly.
A third party sale lists heavy discounts across a range of home items including matting rugs lamps glassware and dinner sets. Reductions show items like Brussels and Heavy China Matting from 40c to 30c per yard and a 12 ft ice bowl from 400 to 20, with numerous porcelain dinner sets and glassware marked down dramatically.
Fifth floor sale list outlines damaged items with marked reductions on rubber and wire door mats oak medicine cabinets saucepans enameled ware cups and saucepans double boilers tea kettles and related kitchenware. Prices show deep cuts from original figures and several unit descriptions include enamelware and copper plating.
The German Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburg depart for Beverly Farms for summer. Miss Crossman to wed Leslie Gray next month at Calvary Baptist Church. Gen Califfom Washington and other dignitaries hosted by Mme Jusserand and guests include Taft, Spooner, Beveridge, and many embassy figures. A Newton of society events features parties at Fort Myer and Boundary Castle with elaborate decor, gowns, and prizes.
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