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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
13
A local ad highlights remnant and sale items including White Lawn Dresses sizes 4 to 14 for 1.15 and French Fancy Pique at 0.25 a yard. Bargains cover odd lots broken assortments and short lengths with deep hems and lace trim. Storewide bargains on the eleventh street second floor and third floor.
A newspaper sale ad listing deep discounts on women’s gauze lisle hose and a range of boys clothing plus English long cloth. Items include 40 dozen hose at 2c per pair, long cloth pieces at $11.5 a piece, and numerous reduced coats and suits for youths, with sizes and old versus sale prices noted. Third floor tenth street location.
Reduced prices on boys clothing and accessories including flannel outfits for ages 4 and 8, all wool sweaters for 4 to 8 year olds, black lateen blouses, laundered blouses KEK. & TM. brands, hats caps Tam o Shanter and Toques, and felt fedora hats in various colors. Third floor Terth St.
Third floor notices list muslin underwear with modest trims cut from $1.00 to 79 cents per pair and cambric petticoats from $1.75 to 1.25 each. Nainsook gowns with lace yoke cut from $1.00. Also listed are black silk cloaks 34 and 86 costing 1250, a peau de soie jacket 125, and a taffeta blouse jacket 1000 in size 86.
Infants white dresses on sale with a one of a kind sample line in Nainsook and Persian Lawn. Varying trims include lace insertion and embroidery ruffles. Prices range from 125 to 275 dollars, marked down 13 to 1 quarter less than regular. Available in Infants Dept on the Eleventh floor.
Friday bargain offers long and short kimonas in pink striped and white lawn with matching borders. Sets come in combined options on the third floor Eleventh Street with regular pace priced at 75 cents.
Bargains on Friday in the chinware department offer odd plain white slop jars with double handles at 75 cents each, originally 125 to 150 dollars. A selection of plain white pitchers and basins in assorted shapes is 75 cents per pair, regularly 106 to 125 dollars. Fifth floor.
A rainy day sale offers 4 Rainy Day or Office Umbrellas 28 inches in size with steel rods and natural wood handles. Special price 5 cents each. Main floor near street entrance.
A shopping note advertises women’s button boots in sizes 2 1/2 to 7 B C. Made of black kidskin with a fox military heel and web sole, the item is offered at nearly half price 250 dollars per pair, down from 400 dollars. Third floor Tenth Street.
Men’s department clears inventory with reductions on Wen’s hose, Merino underwear, silk and wool drawers, and Paddock rain coats. Buyers can haul 37 pairs of patterned Lisle hose, 8 pairs of underwear, 12 pairs of gray kid gloves, plus two rain coats at deep cut prices, all on main floor F.
Automobile Clothing Dept offers men and women leather items at marked-down prices. Includes 1 pair tan leather knickers reduced from 31.50 to 32.50, 1 woman’s tan leather shirt with 27 inch measure reduced from 5.00 to 0.50, 2 women’s tan leather jackets size 38 reduced from 20.00 to 2.50 each, and 1 man’s tan chamois finish leather jacket size 44 reduced from 20.00 to… floor price noted.
Traveling Goods Dept offers 1223 inch Kretol Suit Case with heavy brass corners and brass lock reduced from 25 to 2 46 12-inch Cowhide Leather Suit Case steel frame linen lined shirt fold reduced from 37 00 to 00 24nch Leather Suit Case leather lined hand sewn with heavy rivets reduced from 2 to 1 Fine Sole Leather Suit Case hand sewn steel frame iron lined inside straps hinges reduced from 91500 to 850 Basement Equitable Building.
Sewing machine drop head with automatic stand and swell front, complete with full set of attachments and five year guarantee. Woodwork slightly marred. Reduced from 928 50 to 2500. Second floor G ft.
A Shopworn Basket Department offers numerous reductions including Silver Baskets from 65c to 1de each and Palm Clothes Hampers from 450 to 00. Large Work Baskets cut to thc each, Sweet Grass Baskets various reductions, Swiss hand carved work boxes and briniet boxes discounted from hundreds to low prices on the Fifth Floor G Street frontage.
A catalog of women’s apparel showing reductions on numerous items. Included are Elk Pongee and Tan Vole suits with lace and velvet trims, a Brown Crepe Panama Dress, a Black Silk Suit, Light Tan Messaline Taffeta Shirtwaist sets, and Cheviot suits in multiple sizes. Prices drop from hundreds to a few dollars, with quantities listed.
Misses garments including blue and black Cheviot suits in sizes 14 16 18 trimmed lighter cloth reduce from 3050 to 1000 each. Also tan covert pieces for girls sizes 10 and 12 priced down. Numerous jackets coats and dresses across sizes 3 to 14 with substantial discounts from 1500 125 to 875 750 and 500 300. Third floor sale features white organdie dresses and point d esprit options with final marks around 97 and 30.
In this Fourth Street catalog fragment from the Picture Department numerous artworks are offered with deep discounts. Pastels Landscape in large gilt frames drop from 500 to 3160 each while small marine oil in shadow box falls to 255. Other items include woodland oil 1500 to 00, fancy head pictures 350 to 100, and multiple rounds of fancy heads and girls heads at reduced prices.
A Fourth floor Eleventh street sale sheet lists numerous toy department markdowns. Dolls go carts, cardboard doll houses, magic lanterns, toy music boxes, hand sewing machines, dolls leather couches, parlor bowling alleys and more with price cuts from hundreds to cents per item. Strong entities include the department and items with reduced prices.
A Fifth floor sale catalog lists numerous items of Decorated American, English, French, Japanese and French china. Prices slashed from as high as 2560 to 6 and 10 cents, with many pieces like bowls jugs plates and jardinieres offered at reduced rates.
The Fifth floor on Eleventh Street lists reduced prices on blue and white enamel pitchers saucepans oyster fryers and more. Items include gas stoves, garbage cans, steam cookers, alcohol stoves, wooden smoking sets, bread maker, tin boilers, tea kettles and wine coolers with substantial markdowns noted in the listing.
Auction or store sale listing many fine furniture items with discounts. Includes Genuine Leather Head Couch, solid mahogany frames, Parkten Rocker, quartered oak Wachsteng design, Bird's-eye Maple dressers and chiffonier, Princess Dresser with oval mirror, large writing desks, oak extension table, and leathered oak chairs. Numerous price cuts from high original prices to reduced figures. items described with wood types, designs, and finishes.
Social events dominate the page with a Charity Sale and musicale for Noel House Settlement this afternoon at the Boardman home. Notables hostesses include Mrs A C Tyler and Mrs Padelford, while plans unfold for next week’s Capt Barrington at Lafayette Square Theatre benefiting the Pierce Guild.
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