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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
45
Woodward & Lothrop announces a Friday remnant day across New York and Washington Paris lines with a large assortment of remnants, short lengths, one of a kind items and bargain lots from regular stock offered at very low remnant prices for quick clearance.
Social and personal notes accompany the voyage of Dr. Calvo returning to attend the opening of the International Court in Central America. Mrs. Brodhead hosts a luncheon. Mrs. Von Meyer and daughters depart New York aboard the Amerika. A formal dinner hosted by Representative W Rourke Cochran features Cardinal Logue and other dignitaries. Passenger lists from the Amerika include Mrs. George Jon Ie Meyer and about 25 others, with fashion descriptions and prices from the same era.
Fragments describe department store sales on waist garments dresses and slips in a wide price cut range from low to mid hundreds, with items like bolero jackets and mikado style jumpers listed. A long social note follows about Washington society events, dinners, and arrivals, naming many titled guests and diplomats, plus travel details and engagements.
Bargain notices advertise reductions on Corsets with various prices and discounts. Items include mock ad phrases about pets and related odds and ends tied to a sale in a shop featuring fine corsets and fashion items.
Fringe sale listing offers 10 dozen batwing ties in assorted colors at 38c each or 3 for $100, plus assorted socks and handkerchiefs in navy and other shades. Describes remaining stock and special prices, with notes on fiber and end-of-run items.
Bargain notice lists a selection of men s fancy vests with various patterns and effects. Prices shown include $1.50 and $2.00 each with remnants and sale items offered for quick acceptance.
Fragmented OCR notes describe a clothing sale including boys shirts suits and jackets with prices and sizes. Mentions retailers and locations with scattered quantities and volumes as a local sale notice.
Local discount page advertises Friday bargains on misses tailored suits in French serges panamas and razah subs inn with box whet double and single breasted styles. Included are coats with white and black checks, embroidery trimmed dresses, and India linen guimpes. sizes range from 4 to 18, many items reduced from high prices to low sale figures. Third floor G St.
The notice details discounted lamp shades and fittings on the main floor with prices from renders such as 80 cents to several dollars, noting shades in red green and other colors, fringe options, and various bead trim styles. It references candie shades, hammered gongs, and other decorative items with reductions from original prices.
Valenciennes lace bargain advertised with various values and pricing per dozen yards. Listing appears from an old catalog or ad fragment mentioning Potty Joes Suttable and related items with prices ranging from 73c to 300 ME on 1 G st.
A fragment from a historical catalog shows price cuts on Velocipede tires and rubber tires, scale of reductions from $7.50 to $5.00, two pairs harnesses and lines. dolls like Kestner line marked down from 39.06 to 1. a June date and floor location on Eleventh Street noted.
Readable sale list shows multiple items with reduced prices including baskets, hampers, straw items, knife maskee and ring holders. Discounts range from small cents to dollars, with several lines indicating original and reduced prices and item descriptions.
A cluttered catalog from the Picture Department lists reductions on many framed pieces. Items include color portraits, landscapes, and carbon photographs in brown frames, with prices slashed from high amounts to as low as a few dollars. Numerous frames are described as broad or gilt and the display is located on a downtown street’s fourth floor.
A sale advertises 28 inch silk umbrellas in black and colored varieties with natural wood handles. Reduced from 3000 to 195 each, plus 3 mens and 5 inch silk umbrellas with sterling silver handles discounted from 3 to 4.95. Also mentions trench silk umbrellas and horn handling.
Local upholstery and screen door shop advertises substantial reductions across textiles. Sales include drapery fabrics, silk damask, lapes, and remnants with price cuts from high amounts to $1.00 and $220, yardage lengths noted for small bays and furniture coverings.
Auction style list of sewing machines with attachments and guarantees including Improved Domestic Rotary and White Rotary models. Prices reduced from high to low, some marred items, with odd garbled terms and unclear street details.
Bargain sale features women’s tailored suits in piner brown gray and brick stripe patterns. Semi fitting lined coats and silk shirts priced at half original cost. Choice at $12.30, previously $25.00 each.
China department offers discounts on decorative dinnerware and kitchenware. Decorated water pitchers reduce from 600 to 1, porcelain sets drop from 3609 to 809, sugar and cream sets from 6 to 15, fruit bowls and celery dishes scaled down, coffee cups and saucers cut to 2 cents, and other imported decorated china pieces marked down across multiple items.
The advertisement lists discounts on drip coffee pots brass coffee pots teapots molds tea kettles and chafing dishes among many items. Prices slash from hundreds to low dollars and cents with shopworn and imperfect items indicated.
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