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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
7
Woodward and Lothrop announces a Special Remnant Day with affordable prices on broken assortments odd cuts and remnants from various causes. All items are clearly marked with their original prices and the sale emphasizes stock clearance while maintaining strict quality standards.
A fragmentary ad notes a Friday sale of muslin underwear and gingham shirts at discount prices. It mentions white slips, embroidery, ribbons, and various styles with values around 1.00, offering clearance pricing by the wearer. The text is garbled but indicates a department store bargain display on Eleventh Street.
Infants' Short Dresses offered with needlework details in tuck work and embroidered necks and sleeves. Prices 50c to 75c, with regular price 75c. Located on Third Avenue Eleventh Street shop.
Black Mistral fabric offered at bargain price. All wool, 44 inches wide, thin dress material. Regular price 1.25 per yard, now promoted to attract buyers. Read as a textile advertisement noting yardage and discount.
Dress trimmings sale offers applique trims in various light and dark colors and several widths. Original prices were 1.00 and 1.25. Now reduced by customer tax and discount.
Bargains in the linen department feature warehouse samples offered at a 25 to 34 percent reduction from regular prices. Damask tablecloths and damask napkins are priced at $1.50 each, with 38 inch wide Irish linens suitable for garments available at a discounted rate on the second floor of Eleventh Street.
Four unique imported cireen bronze electric lamps offered at reduced prices. Pedestal lamps with shaded domes, suitable for parlor or library. Eight hundred prices listed from 125 to 175 dollars, with earlier higher prices shown as discounts. Also small brass lamps and shades described as ornate and well made.
Fragmentary OCR shows an import glassware list with brown glass items and several prices. Text mentions at least one price of 20 cents and references various styles and vendors, but many words are garbled. Key entities include imported glassware and Fifth Street area hints.
Catalog snippet lists Sewing Machine Department items with attachments and five year guarantees. Prices cut on singing machines, gas drop light, lamps, shades, and fringe items with reductions from several dollars to hundreds, some noting slight damage or marred condition.
A catalog-style sale lists men s black cotton socks at a special price of 23 cents per pair along with remnants and discounts on lisle suspenders web suspenders and tan farle thread hose. Other items include canes wash cases and linen boxoms with reduced prices to clear stock.
Men s hats and caps offered in multiple sizes with price reductions from two dollars to 1 90 each. Derby hats in brown and black listed with sizes 634 914 728 and 713 and reduced price.
Readable items include overcoats and jackets in several sizes from boys and young men, with discounts from original prices. Reduced prices cover wool suits, tuxedo sets, overscales, and infant garments, across third floor offerings at Tenth Street store locations.
Readable fragment describes corset items with sizes and price cuts. Mentions bone corsets with bayonet or pearl bone, elastics, and reductions from high prices to lower tags. References La Vonita Corsets and Eleventh Street location with damaged product details.
Shoe department advertises Dewi Catfakin lace shoes with varied sizes and colors. Prices reduced from original to about 398 per pair on third floor tents. Includes mentions of several size ranges and stock notes in a terse catalog style.
Text from a damaged ad lists rug department items including matting remnants in lengths from 3 to 40 yards and a sale price reduction from 814.00 to 10.00 for matting and rug remnants with prices as low as 2 each, indicating a clearance on Fourth floor goods.
A garbled list from a house furnishing department describes shopworn items with large price cuts. Items include tables with drawers, coffee pots, wine coolers, bread boxes, and cleaners, noting reductions from prior prices and occasional condition remarks like dented or worn. The text repeats several price reductions and product names in a fragmented sale notice style.
A vintage department store circular notes discounted prices on women coats and capes. Reduced fares include Velour Coats sized 7 8 and 5 4 lengths with silk linings and braid trim, and Broadcloth Evening Coats in sizes 38 to 40. Prices drop from high amounts to mid prices across multiple items.
A catalog-style list details several suits and dresses with size notes and deep markdowns. Items include Black Cheviot, Broadcloth, English Worsted, Garnet Velvet, and Plum Velvet suits with jacket and skirt designs, various sizes from 4 to 38, marked down from $25 to $64 to sale prices as low as $10.00.
A sale ad lists 36 inch women wrappers in blue and white, sizes 3 to H, discounted from 1.00 to Treach, plus women's flannelette wrappers in patterns, sizes 84 to 4, reduced from 1.91 to Tre each. Includes white lawn and madras waists in assorted styles and sizes, and a lot of silk waists, all at greatly reduced prices. Thira foor-G st.
A department page advertises girls heavy winter coats in sizes 6 to 18 and 36 with discounts. Also listed are old rose broadcloth cloaks in Em bire style, light-weight cheviot reefers, cashmere mackintoshes, white batiste dresses and lace trimmed garments, all marked down from higher prices to sale figures, with sizes and reductions noted.
An old newspaper ad lists weathered oak settee, chairs, rockers, and other mahogany and maple pieces on deep discounts. Items include a 4 ft settee reduced from 22 to 12.50, a chair from 1450 to 98, a rocker from 100 to 8.50, a solid mahogany rocker to 990, a pine quartered oak stand to 4.95, a solid mahogany table to 14.00, a mahogany runner to 10, a maple table marked down, a bird eye maple dresser, a maple chiffonier, a quartered oak desk with legs to 8.95, and a large mahogany dresser with colonial features at reduced prices. Sixth floor, 6th street location.
Store sale details list mixed china items including celery trays tea plates and chop bowls. Reductions range from fractions of original prices to about 8.50 for a chocolate pot and 25 to 40 percent discounts on several French and English porcelain pieces. Fifth floor showcases rich Royal Dalton wares at marked prices.
Five lines of baskets with price cuts including fancy scrap baskets infant and mountain baskets Birch Bark Covered Baskets and various silver and grass baskets. Discounts listed per item with reductions from higher prices to sale prices. Fifth floor department store copy notes reduced items and prices in a dated newspaper style.
Mrs Fairbanks hosts luncheon for daughter in law and house guest Mrs Warren Fairbanks amid a week of social dining and bridge parties. German Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburg entertain the Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks at a dinner with a long guest list including lawmakers diplomats and socialites. Other gatherings feature Belgian and Russian ministers, Moroccan talk by Ion Perdicaris, and a series of musicales and luncheons as winter social season continues in Washington.
A tea tomorrow afternoon from to 6 o clock features hostesses including Mrs. Benjamin Alvord and Mrs Jameel Parker with presiding Mrs. Joseph Van Arsdale and Mrs Charles W Shelton assisted by Misses Atvord Norwood Summy and Winarsdale. Also listed are travelers and guests including Mr and Mrs Byron Andrews departing for Southern Europe and Northern Africa and Mrs R W Haynes and son Warren at Palm Beach before returning.
Body of late scientist Langley to Boston for interment at Forest Hill Cemetery after funeral at All Souls Unitarian Church. Honorary pallbearers include Supreme Court Chief Justice Fuller and Dr. Bell. active pallbearers named. Langley died at Aiken South Carolina and was secretary of the Smithsonian.
The ninth free musical lecture series at Carroll Institute Hall features Dr Cornelius Rubner dean of the Washington College of Music and director of the Washington Choral Society. He tours as a pianist with a distinguished history including Baden Baden and multiple foreign decorations. His program includes Bach Schumann Chopin Liszt Wagner and Strauss works.
Women flock to S. Kann, Sons & Co for an embroidery exhibit with prizes. Thousands attend today and tomorrow. sales and eager handling of pieces continue. Prizes awarded include various embroidery and crochet items to Mrs Maria Sorratino, Mrs B Stone, Mrs W Saunders, C Licatia Peppin, and others.
The council of the First Congregational Church approved the dissolution of the pastoral relation with Rev Dr S M Newman due to ill health. The report praises his twenty one years of faithful service, calling him an eminent preacher and pastor with deep gratitude and affection.
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