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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
15
Woodward & Lothrop presents a Friday remnant day with a large collection of remnants short lengths one of a kind items and bargain lots from regular stock offered at very low remnant prices for quick clearance attracting patrons with complete assortments and odd sizes.
Dr Calvo returns to Central America for the opening of the International Court. Mrs Brodhead hosts at a luncheon. Mrs Von Meyer and daughters depart New York aboard the Amerika. Representative W Rourke Cochran hosted a 20 cover dinner with Cardinal Logue as guest of honor and a long list of clergy and officials in attendance. Passengers include Mrs George Jon Ie Meyer and about 25 others sailing on the Amerika. For sale items accompany a long shopping list of coats suits and dresses with heavy discounts.
Extensive society column items detail boutique sales from 8 to 1700, wardrobes trimmed with baby fish and lace parallels. diplomatic visits, embassy guests, and garden parties feature ministers and social hosts. A long roster includes Costa Foca, Mr and Mrs Crawford, and Mme de Villet among others amid spring social season mentions.
Bargain sale offers discounts on a range of corsets with prices around 1 and 4 shillings, featuring reductions on popular styles. Local patrons urged to visit the shop to take advantage of the limited time event.
Bargain listing for men’s wear items including batwing ties at 38c each or 3 for $1.00, various neckwear and socks described with spectacle pricing and remnants sale hints. Includes misprinted text and OCR errors but conveys a clearance at reduced prices.
A fragment lists a sale on men's vests with varied patterns and price points. It notes values around $150 and $2.00 each, mentioning remnants and sizes. The garbled text references customer options and potential promotions though details are unclear.
A cluttered OCR reads like a street scene of a boys clothing sale at a tent. Shoppers compare sizes from 3504 options and price tags show bargains around $1. Prices and selection attract buyers, with emphasis on sturdy fabrics and affordable fits.
Readable catalog snippet shows MissesTailored Suits and dresses on sale with multiple fabrics including serges panamas and razah subs inn. Styles range from box front to double and single breasted coats with sizes 14 to 18 or 34 and 35. prices reduced from $12 to $1 40 and up. Third floor G street.
A sale note outlines lamp department items including candie shades in assorted colors with fringe, paper shades, and beads. It lists discounts on hammered brass gongs, resin pieces, and various lamp parts with reduced prices from the original, mainly on main floor offerings.
Valenciennes laces offered at discount with prices from 73 cents to $3.00 per dozen yards. Listing lists various values and mentions associates, with possible shop or stall context and a date reference.
In the toy department several items show marked reductions. Velocipede tires and rubber tires decrease from $7.50 to 5.00, two pairs of hardles and hines discounted, a face game shopworn sale lowers prices, and a June target dressed Kestner doll drops from 39.60 to 14.50. Fourth floor Eleventh Street.
A garbled sale list shows multiple reductions on baskets and kitchen goods at the Stopping Rags store. Items include straw hand baskets, work baskets, fruit hampers, pocket baskets, and related holders all marked down from various old prices to new sale figures.
Auction listings show various prints and photographs with reduced prices. Vl Qmeren morseback Hidin and Tescremi works in broad brown frames fall to listed amounts. Pastels landscapes and colored portraits also mark significant discounts across multiple frame styles.
In excellent silk, 28 inch women’s umbrellas with natural wood handles offered at a reduced price from 8 00 to 4 95. Also included are trench silk linings and four color options with long sterling silver handles priced from 1 00 to 3 00 each. Mens umbrellas with horn handles and polished bindings offered as reduced stock from 3 000 to 3.
Local upholstery department advertises drastic markdowns on drapery fabrics, silk damask, and upholstery remnants. Prices fall from 220 to 120 dollars for selected items, yardage reports note reductions on cretonnes and laces, and various fabric cuts suit covering furniture and blinds.
Several sewing machines listed with full sets of attachments and guarantees. Items include an Improved Domestic, White Rotary, Pidredee Rotary, and Rabo Automatic models, all discounted from high prices to lowered figures. Some marred items noted. sale is in a damaged notice format with varied pricing and garbled words.
Lot of women’s tailored suits in pine, brown gray, brick stripes and fancy coats. Semi fitting and lined with silk or taffeta. Shirts are pleated and finished with folds. Priced at half original. $12.30 for Choice, originally $25.00 each.
China department lists numerous decorates and patterns with price cuts across dinnerware lines. Items include Water Pitchers Soup Dishes Plates and Sugar Sets with reductions from high to low prices, many labeled as imported decorated china porcelain and porcelain fruit bowls. Prices drop to fractions and single dollars, noting damaged or imperfect pieces and clearance items.
Department sale lists deep cuts across kitchenware and table items. Drip coffee pots and small brass Russian coffee pot priced low, shopworn specials include imported ice cream molds, enameled kettles, double boilers, chafing dishes, trays, wash boilers, and a oak cabinet cover, many items marked down from high to reduced prices.
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