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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
23
Woodward & Lothrop advertises a Friday remnant day with a large collection of remnants short lengths one-of-a-kind articles and odd broken sizes. Bargain lots from regular stock and special low remnant prices invite quick clearance of desirable goods.
Costa Rican minister sails to Central America for the opening of an International Court. Mrs Brodhead hosts a luncheon. Mrs Von Meyer and daughters depart New York aboard the Amerika. W R Cochran hosts a dinner with Cardinal Logue and other dignitaries, supported by a notable guest list.
Dense Washington society notices mix with reduced prices on dresses and slips, listing items from waist dept and lingerie to rompers and bolero jackets. The column chronicles hostesses, dinners, and upcoming gatherings, with brief notes on diplomats and dignitaries traveling to or from New York and France.
Local ad lists deep discounts on corsets with reduced prices and mentions ranges from 70 to 940 units, highlighting pets and related items in the sale. The readable text shows a clearance style promotion with pricing and product categories.
Bargain listing for men's wear with batwing ties hats socks and shirts. Includes bulk pricing 3 for 100 and 10 dozen batwing ties described as good enrors and navy blue items with pin accents. Ends with miscellaneous yard goods and flour-post note.
Local shop offers a limited assortment of men’s vests with decorative patterns and varied fabrics. Prices listed at $1.50 and $2.00 per item, with remnants marked as clearance. Merchandise includes several sizes and styles across the display.
A garbled OCR text describes boys clothing items for sale including shirts and shoes in a bustling market. Mentions prices, sizes, and various buyers browsing the stalls. The legible fragments indicate a standard street market scene with vendors and customers negotiating over garments.
Friday bargains offer Misses spring suits and frocks in serges panamas and Razah fabrics in brown tan black and black and white checks. Includes box front. double and single breasted coats. sizes 14 to 18 and 34 to 35. Also featured are Peter Thomas dresses and India linen guimpes with embroidery and round carriage cuffs. prices reduced from $100 to $1.29 to $12.40. third floor G Street.
The notice details a lamp department sale with discounted items across shades beads and gongs. It mentions colors red green jade black and onyx with various finishes and price points including reductions from original prices. The sale emphasizes main floor displays and limited stock on several decorative lamp components.
Valenciennes laces offered at low prices with varieties and per dozen values. Readable fragments indicate discounts and ranges from 73 cents to 300 dollars, though some text is garbled. Listings mention aggregate quantities and potential child’s frocks and trais, with prices anchored to bundled lace items.
The listing shows discounts on Velocipede rubber tires and accessories with prices falling from 7S to 00 and 00 to 145 each. Two pairs of hardles and hines reduced from 3200 to 2 rae. Other shopworn items include Face Game and a Kestner Doll at lowered prices. Fourth floor Eleventh St.
In the basket department several items are reduced from higher prices to lower sale figures. Choices include knife maskee hampers napkins and straw baskets with percent-off labelings and per unit price cuts noted throughout the display.
Gallery notes advertise dramatic price cuts on colored portraits and landscape photographs. Frames vary from brown to gold and silt, with reductions from high amounts to low tens, including a notable reduction from 800 to 14 for a carbon photograph.
Bargains on 28 inch silk umbrellas in blue, black, and natural wood handles priced from 4.95 to 19.5 after discount from 8.00 to 4.95. Also wholesale trimmed corsets in red and green checks with gold caps and matching items plus sterling silver handled umbrellas for men with horn tops featured at reduced prices.
Upholstery dept items offer substantial reductions on drapery, silks, damask, laces, and velvets. Yardage for curtains and furniture covers drops from high prices to 12. to 220 per yard with several fabrics listed in diminished amounts and assorted widths.
An old classifieds entry advertises multiple sewing machines for sale with full attachments and guarantees. Items include an Improved Domestic, White Rotary, Pidredee Rotary, and Rabo Automatic models, each with pricing reductions and occasional noting of minor damage.
A sale offers women’s tailored suits in striped, brown gray and brick shades. Suits are semi fitting and lined with silk shirts, pleated fronts, and folded hems. Lot includes full outfits at half their original price, with $12.30 choices formerly $25.00.
Catalog-style notice listing numerous imported decorated china items and tableware with price cuts. Water pitchers, porcelain sauce sets, fruit bowls, celery trays, celery salt sets, sugar and creamers, plates, ramekins, coffee cups and saucers, Stein mugs and more, discounted from various higher prices to reduced sale prices. Numbers shown include fractions and cents, reflecting promotional markdowns across multiple lines and product types.
A list of reduced prices on drip coffee pots, teapots, ice cream molds, enameled kettles, double boilers, soup stands, chafing dishes, trays, wash boilers, a camrole cover, fiber font tub, cutting table, nursery chair, knife sharpeners, freezers, and sher polish. Discounts range from small shopworn items to new stock, with many items cut from high original prices to modest sale figures.
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