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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1905
Page
21
New York Washington Woodward Lothrop opens with 8 am to 6 pm hours until further notice. Main Floor Easter Cards and Novelties on G Street. Friday Remnant Day features weekly sale of overstock and reduced items. Thousands shop weekly for great values as stock turns over. Some remnants may be dusty or mussed after long display as buyers pick through.
Seize a Friday bargain on 16 dozen Bon Ton Corsets made of embroidered batiste in white pink and light blue. Styles include straight front and hip hips in sizes 18 to 26. Special price $1.59, regular $2.50. Third floor Tenth St.
A Rich Lace Robes sale offers a half dozen lace and spangled robes from recent imports in exclusive styles. Prices range from $30 for a gray spangled robe to $1300 for a white lace robe, with each item marked down from higher past prices. Also available are Tosca Nets and hand embroidered linen robes and waist patterns on the Main floor Lace Department.
White Goods sale offers 1,000 yards imported white shirtings with Madras patterns at 15 cents a yard, down from 30 cents. Also 50 pieces English Nainsook soft finish with minor weave irregularities priced at 1 dollar 15 cents for a 12 yard piece, regular 1.50. Second Noor-Eleventh st.
Bargains announced for White bedspreads including Marseilles and White Satin Finish in 64 inch sizes with slight factory imperfections. Prices listed as $2.50, $2.75, and $3.00, under usual prices. Display on second floor Eleventh Street.
Women’s button boots in black kidskin with slipper fox trim and military heel. Available in sizes 2 to 7 with widths A to D. Priced at nearly half of $4.00, originally $250 per pair. Third floor Tenth St.
Bargain sale on Damask tablecloths and napkins with reduced prices for damaged samples. Selection includes napkins at $2.00 to $3.00 per dozen, tablecloths from $4.50 to $5.00, bath towels 6 for $1.15, plus remnants of colored dress fabrics offered at quarter to third of former prices and various wool and wool‑blend remnants priced per yard. Second floor Eleventh Street store.
Bargain sale offers samples of bed sets in muslin and net with slight display soiling. Prices shown from 1.75 to 15.00, plus discounts on black derby hats, cloth caps, leather automobile caps, and a heavy walking stick. Located Fourth door Gil Street and Main floor storefront.
The Brownsville store lists deep reductions across boys and ladies wear. Boys tour coat sets from sizes 1 to 18 drop from ten to fifteen dollars to five dollars each, plus fine blue cheviot and serge suits in various sizes now four fifty, sailor blouses and bloomers down to under five dollars, and all-wool three-piece suits cut to 2.50. Ladies garments include silk lined dresses, voiles, sailer suits, and cloaks marked down to mid twenties.
Several thousand pounds writing paper in rough and smooth finishes and various sizes. Plain white and colors suitable for scratch memorandums school use and more. No envelopes match so offered at 5c a sheet or 4 sheets for 25c. Center counter Main floor.
Box Couches offered in a sale boasting sturdy steel springs, denim and cretonne coverings, silklined interlining, button tufting, adjustable lifts hinges and castors. Special price ten dollars each, values twelve fifty and fourteen dollars. Fourth floor G Street.
Footwear sale note lists 2 pairs Women s Tan Russia Calfskin Oxfords Blaher style with ribbon laces Goodyear web sole and multiple sizes 21 4 3 6 7A 21 2 3 31 2 4 6 1 2 21 2 41 2 51 2 6 7D Reduced from to 2 50 a pair Also 15 pairs Children s Lace and Button Shoes turn sole patent tip spring heel sizes 6 7 7 12 and B and lasts Reduced from 1 00 and 1 235 to 7tc per pair 4
The listing details numerous reductions in the Picture Department for pastels, hand colored photographs, sepia pictures, and brown tone photogravures with Japanese Children images. Also offered are children’s spring-weight cloth reefers, blue cheviot reefers, a tan cloth reefer, white corduroy coats, and India linen Russian suits with substantial price cuts across multiple floors and departments.
Classified notice lists numerous book sets with reductions. Shakespeare Complete Works in 8 volumes, Library of American Literature, Webster's Dictionary, People's Popular Atlas, Dickens works in 15 volumes, 20th Century Encyclopaedia, all with reduced prices and bindings specified. Matin floor Tenth st.
Fourth floor sale listing rugs in plenty of sizes and patterns. Items include Brussels and Smyrna rugs with deep markdowns from $3.75 to $1.75, $9 to $0.95, $12.50 to $2, and more, with quantities noted for each style. Standard floor display in the fourth floor department.
The ad lists multiple beds and mattresses with price cuts including 1-1 ft. and 1-1-2 ft. green and white beds with high headboards reduced from 10.00 to 6.00. 1-1-2 ft. white enamelled beds with brass and vases reduced from 9.50 to 7.50. 1-1-2 ft. enamelled beds reduced from 6.00 to 3.50. 4 1-2 ft. white enamelled beds reduced from 6.50 to 2.30. 1-2 ft. cotton felt mattresses slightly soiled reduced from 10.00 to 7.00 and 12-ft mattresses reduced from 10.00 to 7.00. Second floor store area referenced.
Screen Department advertises discounts on a 1 4-fold black and gold screened piece reduced to 3.00 a 1 4-fold imitation embossed leather screen damaged reduced to 10.00 A utility box with Japanese matting bamboo finish reduced to 7.50 A clothes box with Japanese matting bamboo finish reduced to 7.00 Located on the second floor G street.
The main floor sale lists Men's Band Bow Ties mostly dark at 25c each, Shield Bows for turn-down collars two for 25c, Riderdown Bath Robes blue and pink striped at $3.50, Fancy Stiff-bosom Shirts with assorted sizes discounted from $1.50 to 32.06 ta Mc each, and Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose ends at 3 pairs for 50c.
In the seventh and sixth floors a selection of furniture items lists deep discounts. Davenport, mahogany table, head couch, leather couch, parlor tables, library table, Turkish chair, weathered oak pieces, and a 15‑piece Weathered Oak Library Suite are offered with cuts from $50 to $2, as well as other reduced pieces like rockers, sideboards, and desks.
Clothing items include waist and skirt reductions with prices cut from historic figures. Lameta plaited fronts and backs in sizes 36 to 42. black taffeta silk waists in 38 to 42. corded navy waists. white wool silk fronts. striped flannel waists. brown cheviot skirts. mohair skirts in blue and black. a black broadtail velvet skirt now $12.50.
Multiple tea gowns in pink blue and other colors described by size and style are reduced from prices ranging up to 38 dollars to sale figures from 2 to 15 dollars per item. Wrappers include Cashmere Silk and Elderdown options and include Persian effects flannelette and German Miannel varieties. Third floor G at.
Misses Black Cheviot Coat Suits with plaited jackets and skirts and colored vests in sizes 16 and 18 reduced from 30.00 to 10.00 each. Girls Blue Cheviot Blouse Suits trimmed with braid in sizes 10 and 12 reduced from 15.00 to 8.75 each. Two Girls Fancy Mixed Wool Dresses sizes 6 to 16 reduced from 15.00 to 7.50 each. One Girl Red Cheviot Serge Russian Suit size 6 reduced from 100 to 37.40. Four Girl Tan Covert Cloth Long Coats sizes 10 to 14 reduced from 15.00 to 10.0 each. Six Girls Tan Covert Cloth Reefers sizes 6 to 10 reduced from 15.00 to 7.50 each. Three Girls Russian Dresses sizes 10 to 14 reduced from 12.50 to 5.00 each. Third floor G St.
An automobile clothing department offers a leather skirt in size 7% at 11.25 after a reduction from 34.00. Leather coats for women in size 38 drop from 20.00 to 5.00 each. A men's leather coat in size 44 falls from 2000 to 5.00. Leather knickerbockers in size 40 reduce from 1500 to 93.76. Leather leggings in size 1312 inches drop from 3.00 to 1.50.
Fifth floor G St offers deep discounts on a wide assortment of decorated dinnerware. Items include 100 piece American China sets now 15 dollars, 100 piece Austrian sets 9.95, bouillon can sets, sauce dishes, meat dishes, porcelain pie plates, tea sets and more with prices slashed from cents to dollars.
Household items in clearance include wine cooler, bread maker, enamelware and metal pots with steep cuts. Items show shop worn or damaged status with reduced prices from one to several dollars, including lamps badges and cleaning supplies.
A major social occasion is the Festival of Nations at Rauscher's to aid the Newsboys' Home with a vaudeville show and German garden dinner. Marine Band performances, global wares, and tables for evening dinner parties mark the event, led by Mrs. John C. Fremont and featuring a large attendance.
Tonight at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church South members and friends bid farewell to Rev. F. J. Prettyman whose pastorate ends with the conference year. He has served four years, helped promote social life, and acted as chaplain of the U S Senate. The church, with about 1000 members, expects a large reception. Next Sunday will be his last sermon before appointment to a new field after the Baltimore conference near Winchester Va March 22.
Professor James C Egbert of Columbia University will lecture this afternoon at Georgetown University Hall at 3 30 on Augustus Altar of Peace and the Excavations of 14 in the Roman Forum The talk will be illustrated with stereopticon views and held under the auspices of the Washington Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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