This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
45
Friday remnant day highlights extraordinary efforts across departments to clear odds and ends. Shoppers find value in short lengths broken sizes and assortments, with bargains intended for home use and personal needs.
From manufacturers a large lot of women's undergarments including cambric and nainsook gowns drawers corset covers skirts and more. Priced at 50c for choice, regular 75c. Also Misses and Children's underwear gowns skirts drawers richly made with embroidery offered at regular value 75c. Third floor Eleventh Street.
White Goods Dept offers Cream Etamine a linen and mercerized cotton blend ideal for suits and skirts at 25c a yard, down from 30c. Location on the second floorEleventh street.
Linen Department offers hand embroidered and hemstitched linens including bureau, sideboard, and washstand scarfs in two sizes. Readily available designs advertised with special prices: 18x36 inch at 1.10 dollars each and 18x54 inch at 1.25 dollars each.
A small lot of fine and sheer white batiste robe patterns offered at a third less than usual. They feature deep flounce and are richly embroidered with English eyelet and heavy FOSE designs. Special price twelve dollars each, regularly eighteen dollars. Mam foor-G st.
The Handkerchief Dept on the Main floor offers 50 dozen all linen men s handkerchiefs in various weaves and 1 inch hems. Special price 18 cents each or 6 for 1.00. Durable quality and generous size highlighted.
In the second floor G Street sales room, cotton dress goods are offered at reduced prices. Items include 123 yards of silk and cotton bo ho hone in nile red and heliotrope at 50c a yard regular price 50c. Also remnants such as 50 yards Lachine Silk blue faded and soiled 37c a yard 124c VPereale 10c a yard 244 Batiste Lawn 10c a yard 1214c Outing Flannel 10c a yard 1c Outing Flannel 8c a yard 12%c Gingham 0c a yard 23c Printed Silk Organdie 15c a yard 23c Irish Dimity 15c a yard 37 Ve Japan Silk 25c a yard 50c Banzai Silk 37% a yard lengths 2 to 5 yards.
In the Toy Department several items are discounted including a large automobie with molber tires now 5.00, a large patrol wagon, mechanical train with track, two locomotives, and toy horses and carts. Other reductions include toy whirls boots iron soldiers jointed dolls and teddy bears with price cuts noted to attract buyers.
Readers are urged to close out winter stock in the Thad fvuer-Tenth street department. Bargains cover 15 Young Men's suits, multiple price points, plus boys and little boys outfits. Remaining overcoats, sailor suits, and raincoats are discounted to clear room for new spring stock arriving daily.
A local sale lists reductions on boys furnishings and clothing. Items include all wool outfits for ages up to nine, blanket bath robes in sizes 10 to 12, boys hats and cups, camel hair tams, and telescope hats and sailor tams in black blue and red, with prices cut from up to 2.00 to 10 or 25 cents. Third Floor Teneth Street.
Numerous corsets on sale with reduced prices. Decorated mottled cuspidors listed at 25 cents each. Corsets from Ivy and Sapphire lines described as French coutil with elastics and whale bone, various sizes, with steep markdowns from higher prices to sale figures.
A shop advertises fabric deals on many textile items including 24.8 yard color fabrics and various widths. Prices drop from figures like 7.09 to 5.50 per yard and 88 to 3.60, with yardages ranging around 21 to 51 yards and multiple voile and chiffon varieties mentioned. Second floor gross sales area noted.
A dated sales list shows heavy discounts in the Black Goods Department including chiffon Panama, whipcord, mohair twill, and Brussels and Axminster rugs. Items such as 44 inch chiffon, 38-8 yards, and 41-4 yard voiles reduced from high original prices to fractions, with many goods marked down on the second floor G section.
Readable items show large reductions on women's patent kidskin shoes and lace shoes with Goodyear welt soles, sizes listed and prices cut from dollars to under two. Also included are framed Madonna prints, Fra Angelica Angels, and other wall art with substantial markdowns, plus men's furnishings and a varied china department sale with multiple dish sets and decorative wares discounted.
Local upholstery department advertises Madras curtains, jacquard tapestry, and extra heavy fabrics with substantial price cuts. Imported colored Madras yardage and tapestry offerings reduced. box couch advertised as handmade with steel springs, marked down from 15 to 10 dollars.
Reduced figures from 4500 to 25 and 9 to 4 60 on marble heads and other items. One large marble head one jardiniere and pedestal reduced from 40 06 to 425 00. Electric desk lamp adjustments and several jardinières cut to 10 00. Main floor G st.
Shopping deal lists reduced prices on smoking sets jelly molds and enameled ware while brass cages copper boilers and polish products drop sharply. Items include a smoking set stand sixty two priced at 350 down to 2 75 each and an assortment of cookware dinner ware and cleaning supplies with common reductions noted.
A fragmented sale ad lists reductions on Misses and Girls dresses, coats, and wraps. Items include silk and plaid silk wool dresses, a Peter Thompson suit, wool dresses, white lawn styles, and a brown broadcloth wrap with white silk lining. Sizes range from 6 to 18 with marked price drops from high to low figures. Third floor displays.
Druggist Sundries Dept offers multiple shaving sets with cups brushes and mirrors at reduced prices. Sets list original prices of 7 14 1 00 3 50 and 5 00 and sale prices to 3 00 7 00 7 55 1 75 and 1 40 respectively. Main floor sign notes department markdowns and stock.
A list of lamp department markdowns includes reduce prices on items such as a large red silk lamp shade and various damaged shades from a Japanese and porcelain line. Items show substantial cuts from original prices with quantities noted across 10 inch to 48 inch globes and decorative shades.
A sale note lists multiple women's suits with sizes 34 to 96 in gray and black fabrics. Reduced prices include a gray Uneviot suit from 506 to 20 dollars, black broadcloth sets from 58 to 30, 75 to 40, and 48 to 21, plus a velvet trimmed gray serge piece from 56 to 25 and a silk velvet outfit from 368 to 20 dollars.
Green broancloth Tourise Coat unmatched gray satin size 28 reduced from 25 dollars to 12 50. Two plaid tourist coats velvet trim size 40 reduced from 25 to 10 dollars each. Light-weight red cheviot tourist coat size 88 reduced from 28 50 to ight-weight Hellotrope Kersey Coat length plaid trim size 34 reduced from 350 to 20 00. Two tan raincoats sizes 49 and 42 reduced from 26 to 10 60 each. One handsome silk coat embroidered size 36 reduced from 90 to 1. Handsome silk velvet wrap embroidered lined with white silk size 38 reduced from 168 to 68.
A damaged OCR item lists women's skirts with price cuts. One white serge skirt from 12.60 to 6.00, three plaid Panama skirts at 5.00, a black taffeta silk skirt at 7.50, and other reduced outfits including a dropped-hem white skirt formerly 15.00.
Fashion department sale list with multiple waists including crepe de chine silk taffeta and wool challis. Items feature embroidered fronts and sizes 24 to 48 with price cuts from 25.00 to 10.00, 2500 to 18.50, 35.00 to 2.95, and 5.00 to 2.60. Also lawn waist trimmed with lace, sizes 40 and 48. Third floor Gat.
Reduced prices on a wide range of mahogany and oak furniture pieces. Highlights include parlor suites chairs tables cabinets and chests with substantial markdowns from $25 to under $20 and larger discounts on display items and set pieces. Offers include leather and velveteen upholstered items as well as ornate carved and mirror features.
Washington society items detail Mrs Swanson wife of Virginia’s governor leaving for Richmond for a visit and Mrs Stephen B Elkins touring New York. Hosts Mr and Mrs Barber celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary with hundreds of guests as spring flowers and palms decked the rooms.
A New York social club plan divides sections for members of the New Colony Club to keep cigarettes and highballs out of certain rooms while other areas welcome smoking. Matrons and debutantes in Washington and New York fashion circles showcase bold color palettes, roller skating, and social polish as Mrs Reed Smoot and Miss Irene Crawford Moore mingle with society figures.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.