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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
39
A large collection of remnants offers low prices on adornments for people and homes. Bargains cover odd lots broken assortments and short lengths with extra values from buyers. Also featured are White Lawn Dresses in size 4 to 14 at 115 each with lace trim and a French Fancy Pique sale at 25c a yard on the second floor.
A sale ad lists 40 dozen women's gauze lisle hose at 2 cents a pair, plus discounts on English long cloth and a large selection of boys’ coats suits and sailor blouse suits. Multiple sizes and styles reduced from high to low prices with items on the third floor tenth street location.
A historic boys wear sale lists items including fleece flannel outfits in sizes 4 and 8, all wool sweaters for ages 4 to 8, black lateen blouses, laundered KEK and TM branded blouses in sizes 6 to 8, hats and caps such as Tam o Shanters, Toques, and fedora styles in multiple colors. Offers show steep markdowns from high prices to 10c 50c or 39c range. Located on third floor Terth Street.
Third floor eleventh street offers muslin underwear with hemstitched trim at 79 cents per pair and cambric petticoats at 125 each. Nainsook gowns with lace yoke reduced to tie, cambric petticoats with umbrella flounce and nainsook drawers trimmed. Also Black taffeta silk cloaks and jackets deeply discounted with sizes and prices.
Infants white dresses offered in a Friday bargain line. A sample line of one of a kind infants long dresses in Nainsook and Persian lawn, trimmed with lace and embroidery. Prices range from 125 to 275 dollars, down from 275 to 325 dollars. Infants Dept, Third floor, Eleventh.
Long and Short Kimonas offered at sec for choice. Long Kimonas are pink striped lawn with white border. Short Kimonas are all white lawn with self border. Regular pace 75 cents. Third floor Eleventh street.
Odd Plain White Slop Jars with double handles in assorted shapes and styles 75¢ for choice sligehtly imperfect. Regularly 125 and 150. Plain White Pitchers and Basins in assorted shapes and styles 75¢ the Pair Regularly 106 and 125. Fifth floor.
A sale of 28 inch Rainy Day or Office Umbrellas with steel rods and natural wood handles. Special price five cents each. Main floor near street entrance.
A sale advert offers women's button boots in sizes 2 12 to 7 with A B C widths in black kidskin. Priced at about half of the $400 regular price, at $250 per pair, with available supply on the third floor at Tenth Street.
A main floor sale offers 37 pairs Wen's Fancy Lisle Thread and Cotton Hose in varied patterns reduced from 60c to 3 pairs for $10. 8 pairs of Men's Natural Gray Silk and Wool Drawers in sizes 34 to 40 trimmed from $4.25 to $2.60 each. Also discounts on Merino underwear, Paddock rain coats, and Kid gloves with price cuts to clear stock.
A local Auto Clothing Department offers reduced prices on leather mens knickerbockers from 31.50 to 32.50, a women’s tan leather shirt, 27 inch bust, cut from 5 to 0.50, two women’s tan leather jackets size 38 at 250 each, and a men’s tan chamois finish leather jacket size 44 cut from 20.00 to a final floor price.
Heavy brass corner suit case with cloth lining and brass lock reduced from 25 to 2 46 12 inch cowhide leather cases with steel frame linen lining reduced from 3700 to 00 24 inch leather case hand sewn heavy rivets reduced from 2 to 1 fine sole leather case with steel frame iron lining 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 a five year guarantee woodwork slightly marred reduced from 928 50 to 2500 on second floor G ft.
In the Basket Department items include shopworn baskets and hampers heavily discounted. Several large woven baskets and sweet grass baskets drop from cents to low pennies, plus Swiss hand carved boxes and branded wooden work boxes offered at deep cuts. Fifth floor G street location.
A department sale lists reduced prices on women’s ensembles including Elk Pongee, Tan Vole, Crepe Panama, Black Silk, Messaline Taffeta, and Cheviot suits and dresses. Items vary in size from 4 to 46 with discounts from 58.00 to 3000 dollars and more.
Women's department offers multiple girls and misses garments at reduced prices. Items include Cheviot suits in blue, black, and tan covert cloth jackets with pearl buttons, coats, two piece blouses, dresses, and organdie and point d esprit selections in sizes 6 to 18. Prices slashed from $3.50 to $12.56 to as low as $3.75 per item.
The Picture Department advertises reductions on art items including two large pastels landscape scenes in broad gilt frames reduced from 500 to 3160 each and small oil paintings marine in deep silt frame with shadow box reduced from 750 to 255. Also listed are woodland small oil, fancy head colored pictures in shadow boxes and more, with numerous price cuts and frame details.
Reduced prices on dolls go carts card doll houses magic lanterns toy music boxes hand sewing machines dolls leather couches parlor bowling alleys and more. Offers apply to limited stock on the fourth floor eleventh street with many items cut to small fractions of their former prices.
A Fifth floor sale advertises numerous decorated china pieces with marked price reductions. Items include 100-piece American dinner sets, 12-piece toilet sets, English porcelain, French silk-like bowls, bowls and pitchers, Limoges soup plates, Jardinieres, and chop dishes with discounts from a range of original prices. Damaged lots noted.
House furnishing department offers a catalog of enameled ware, cookware, and small appliances with steep cuts. Items include blue and white pitchers, saucepans, oyster fryers, a 3 burner gas range, garbage cans, steam cooker, alcohol stove, wooden smoking sets, bread maker, heavy tin boiler sets, tea kettles, a Vienna coffee pot, wine cooler, furniture polish, and Cremo metal polish. Prices slashed across the board. Fifth floor Eleventh St.
Catalog style list shows numerous furniture items with damaged OCR. Items include Genuine Leather Head Couch, Mahogany toilet table, Parkten Rocker, Quartered Oak Wachsteng, Bird’s eye Maple dresser and chiffonier, Oak extension eagle, Weathered Oak chairs and desks, and several other pieces with reductions from high prices to lower figures.
Noel House settlement hosts a charity sale and musicale with proceeds aiding the settlement. Mrs A C Tyler and others host yesterday's gatherings while a forthcoming Bridwell event features Capt Barrington at Lafayette Square Theater. Cuban and Italian diplomats attended lavish entertainments. Several society figures and brides are noted, with weddings planned for early April.
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