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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
53
This notice details a large remnants event with many items marked down. Men and boys clothing including shirts, gloves, handkerchiefs, suits, overcoats, and fabric remnants are offered at deep discounts as the store clears winter stock before a spring opening. Names of products and reduced prices are listed in a brisk, period-typical style.
Bargain selections on the third floor of the Eleventh Street shop include black silk skirts with plaited ruffles priced at $3.95, cambric drawers and corset covers reduced from $1.00 to lower figures, pink silk slips and blue taffeta skirts on sale, plus handmade gowns of sheer peau de soie with embroidery, all featuring marked savings and limited stock.
Bargains on 30 dozen Swiss ribbed bed vests Crocheted fronts priced at 25 cents each. 21 Lisle vests trimmed with lace size 6 reduced from 9 1 to 1wa. ribbed Dawers with lace trim size 4 cut from 2 to 9 per pair. children's ribbed cotton vests with high neck and long sleeves for sizes g to 7 reduced from 25 cents to 12 1/2 cents each.
A sale lists infants silk caps marked 50c to 75c, down from 75c to 1.00. Also two white silk bonnets, blue sweaters with red and white trim, child dresses in nainsook and linen fuseian styles, and misses skirts, all reduced from high prices to modest sums. Third floor Eleventh Ave store notice.
Inventory lists multiple rugs with reduced prices including 9x12 oak mating, 6x Kashmir Rue, 2x51 inch Fatah, 9x1? Rue blends, Brussels and Remnant mats. Reductions range from small remnants to major cuts such as a Brussels rug from 2750 to 19.75 and 6x6 Brussels rug to 1976. Fourth floor G Street location.
A period notice details sharp cuts across stationery items including 15 lbs Bive and Gray Linen Finish paper envelopes and desk pads. Discounts are shown for leather cornered desk pads, pencil boxes, and various papers with reduced prices across multiple lines.
The second floor showcases fabric reductions across many items. 47 inch Old Rowe, 46-8 yard Blue and White Stripe Wool, 2 yards China Blue Serge, 4 yards Shadow Check Green Batiste, 11 2 yards Navy Broadcloth, 63-5 yards Tan and White Check Satire, 40 inch Panama Cloth, 4 yards Gray Suiting, and 31.2 yards Gray and Blue Suiting see price drops from high to sale figures.
Upholstery items listed include numerous curtains in Irish Point, Cluny, Renaissance, and Real Arabian styles with varied quantities and price reductions. Also featured are Plain Muslin Curtains, upholstery fabrics sold by yard, and Woodward & Lothrop made box and head box couches with marked reductions from higher prices to sale figures.
A dramatic shoe sale offers heavy discounts on women's patent Coltskin and other dress shoes, with reductions from high prices to as low as 1.00 pair. Includes women's Dongola, dull calfskin, and patent variants in multiple sizes, plus children's red kidskin and infants' ankle ties, all marked down on the third floor.
A troubled listing shows a furniture department sale with many mis-spelled items and drastic price cuts. Items include parlor suites dining tables chests chiffoniers dressers and a mahogany settee with reductions from hundreds to under 200 dollars.
A compact listing details women's cloaks and jackets with sizes 34 to 38, trimmed in braid or embroidery. Items include a Caracal Cloth Eton Jacket in white, a black silk velvet jacket, a broadcloth jacket with ermine collar, a light-weight Kersey coat, and an evening wrap, each shown with reduced sale prices from high original amounts.
Readable inventory notes silk waists in navy and white, sizes 34 through 40, with discounts from higher prices to as low as 1.16. Includes silk waists with embroidery, white lawn waists with sleeves, and white voile waists, all advertised as reduced items for quick sale.
A third floor sale lists multiple Misses’ outerwear and dresses with large price cuts. Items include light-weight red Cheviot coats, satin lined coats, mixed Cheviot coats, all-wool Russian dresses in red and blue, sailor-collared blue Cheviot dresses, a white Broadcloth coat, and a two-piece dress, all reduced substantially from original prices. Elderdown bath robes priced down as well.
Multiple fur items listed with deep markdowns including a Genuine Erming fur set a Russian Pony fur set and various marten, mink and fox products. Reductions range from small to near half price with muff, scarf, pelerine and two-animal pieces highlighted. Sale prices appear distorted but indicate heavy clearance.
China Department offers numerous discounts on fine wares including salt and pepper shakers from 60c to 2c each and Austrian, Limoges, and French china pieces reduced significantly. Items include tea plates, teapots, sugar bowls, candlesticks, and meat dishes with varied price cuts.
A storefront notice lists numerous basket types with marked-down prices. Japanese straw scrap baskets, prairie grass scrap baskets, wicker and steel wire trash baskets, prairie grass hampers, infants baskets, mats, and handkerchief baskets show reductions from listed prices to new lower amounts. Located on the eleventh floor at Eleventh floor Eleveth?
The Boys Outing department advertises a sale on a wide range of items. Reduced prices apply to robe sets, ties, suspenders, hats, caps, tams, and telescope hats. Sizes vary. discounts drop from multiple dollar and cent amounts to notably lower figures. Third floor on Tenth Street.
Itemized reductions in toy stock with Teddy Bears Dolls Brass Beds and more. Prices slashed: teddy bears 150 to 90 each, dolls wire beds 25 to 10 cents, brass bed 12 to 3.80, mechanical frames 1 to 35 cents, stations trains 1.25 to 50 cents, doll carriages and walking dolls discounted, Japanese and French dolls cut to 26 and 2 dollars respectively. Fourth floor Eleventh street.
Picture Department offers reduced prices on small oil paintings in green frames from 200 to 5b each and a smaller print reduced to 2c. Antiques include a Head of Christ carbon print, Madonna of the Ghatr, and Holy Family pieces in various frames with substantial discounts. Also listed are imported plaques, unframed pictures, and assorted prints with bulk markdowns on all items.
The Housefurnishing Department in Miller Gil Peres lists numerous items marked down. Gas heaters, fire screens, smoking sets, pudding and jelly molds, enameled ware, rubber mats, stoves, and copper bottoms all show reduced prices, with signs of shopworn and dented stock.
The Roosevelt dinner party hosted guests including the British Ambassador Bryce and other dignitaries. Wadsworths plan a ball for their daughter Harriet. Various ambassadors, ministers, and military officers attended dinners and luncheons at Washington society events, with Mrs Hobart and Mrs Richard Bauer among hosts. The Nicaraguan Minister and Mme Cores honeymoon at Oak View, and many social gatherings featured music and elegant dress.
Altamont Spring Water Co promotes its water as a uniquely pure soft water, sterilized bottles, and sanitary handling. It claims no other spring water matches Altamont’s class and purity and lists sale points at 1305 F Street NW and Eleventh and F Streets with Exclusive Ward and Lathrop as agents.
A banquet hall event featured dancing and a central flag display as guests wore playful costumes. Warner Harwood as King Cole drew attention in ermine cape and crown, Florence Schneider, Gretchen Prescott, Franklin Schneider as a coon, Katherina Elson as Old Mother Hubbard, Helen Rogers as Pocahontas, and many others including Rough Rider and Indian maiden outfits.
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