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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
45
Woodward & Lothrop invites shoppers to Friday’s remnant day featuring attractive lots across New York Washington and Paris lines. Many small lots hold the best bargains and sell quickly, so early inspection is advised.
Friday Bargain in Men's Suits offers high grade new season suits at reduced prices. Several lots feature popular colors and patterns including browns blues and stripes. Inspect and call for details on these splendid bargains across new lines from multiple stores.
Bargain sale offers a wide selection of boys wool suits and related outfits across sizes 7 to 18, with reductions from regular prices. Includes Mont gray worsted double breasted coats, knickerbocker trousers, lushe serge lines, and lightweight regatta makes, with many items cut from $12 to $1.09 or similar reductions.
In Muslin underwear, Friday bargains feature silk filmy and satin items at reduced prices. A new collection offers lightweight, summer ready pieces with frills, flounces, and delicate trimmings. Sizes vary, with assorted checks and grays, crafted in plain weave and tasteful patterns for refined wear.
Disjointed OCR fragment shows price figures 25 22 50 18 and 16 75 for a choice, then garbled text naming people and items. Readable elements include multiple prices and references to selection or options, but meaning remains obscured.
Bargain sale highlights women’s trimmed hats with silk and feather accents. Discounts show prices like 300, 600, 800, and second floor bargains listed as 309, 1000, and 1200 in two loss 4s. Includes accessories and related items with emphasis on low prices.
Bargains on Silk and Gloria Umbrellas offered with sale prices listed as 30, 27 50, and 25 dollars. The readable text notes a continuation of a discount event at a shop, with additional unclear data following the price lines.
A cluttered ad lists children's drawers with price points around 40 cents and describes other items such as gowns, bed frames, laces, and decorative pieces. The noisy entry features miscellaneous household goods and a few higher priced items noted as values from 100 to 595 dollars, spread across multiple floors and departments. The tone is that of a late 19th or early 20th century sale catalog.
Bargains sweep Semmer Silks with reduced prices on baby Irish and French Valenciennes laces, embroidery nets, white linens, and women’s waists. Sales include tas or bargains on batistes, basements, and all wool materials, highlighting dramatic price drops across many items and sizes.
A trimmed listing highlights women’s waist department items with prices around $1430 in a midcentury catalog style. Items emphasize value and selection across sizes, with emphasis on practical wear for daily use.
Advertises discounts on gray, black, white striped, plaid, and Panama materials. Lists wool, silk, crepe, and serge fabrics with price cuts from several dollars to over forty dollars per piece. Highlights deals on 48 inch and other widths with multiple color options and finishings.
Traveling Goods Dept offers canvas covered dress trunks and suit cases for men and women at deep discounts. Solid leather bags and packing boxes reduced, with leather suitcases dropped from 609 to 195 and other items cut to 292. Limited time basement bargains at Equitable Building store.
A fragment describes cotton voile etamine at a bargain price with a ground image and a reduced rate. Mentions fabric details and a revula price of 100 dollars. Names and specifics are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate a sale on cotton fabrics with a heavy emphasis on price reduction.
An on sale list shows numerous decorated French china pieces including teapots sugar bowls cream sets bowls dishes and vases with markdowns from high hundreds to low prices. Notable reductions include a rose decorated set from 230 to 126 and English porcelain items like soup tureens butter dishes and after dinner cups discounted to 35 cents each or similar.
Friday bargains feature Misses tailored suits in stripes blues browns and tans at 25 to 50 percent off with sizes up to 34 bust. Also included are silk and linen dresses in blue and white, trimmed necklines and lace bands, reduced from high prices. Colored hosiery and skirts are offered in various fabrics including serge and gingham with embroidery details.
A shop inventory lists numerous lighting bargains with reductions on Electric Portable lamps, Green Metal Gas Portable lamps, Brass O:l Lamp, Nickel Study Lamp, Wrought Iron Hanging Lamps, Hanging Oil Lamp, Jeweled Hall Oil Lamp, Brass Candelabrum, Patent Candie Holders, Wax Candles, Paper Candle Shades, Silk Candle Shades, and Silver Cuirasses. Main floor items show substantial markdowns across multiple lamp styles and accessories.
A shoe sale lists multiple women’s styles with Goodyear welt soles and Cuban heels including Oxford Ties and Blucher cuts. Sizes vary across calfskin blacks and tans with reductions from $300 to $195, $350 to $195, and $359 to $195 per pair, with quantities noted for each item.
Bargain sale on silks and dresses with sizable reductions from original prices. Includes Lan Crepe de Chine, White Lawn Shirt Waist Suits, Blue and White Check Lawn outfits, Black World Princess Dress, White Filet Net Dress, and assorted coats and capes. Many items offered in limited sizes with substantial discounts.
Catalog notes heavy markdowns on leatherette couch reduce from 27 to 3.79 with green Veloc seat and oak frame in good condition. Oak Morris chair reduced to 7. Go cart and folding go cart items cited with price cuts. Various furniture pieces including dressers chifoniers and a mahogany piece discounted, with sale terms and adjustable wheels noted.
A department sale lists price reductions on kitchenware and furniture. Enamelware dishpans teapot kettles cleavers and coffee paraphernalia show marked cuts, with shopworn and damaged items like a chafing dish a percolator and a gas stove broiler offered at bargain prices.
American grown rose bushes offer Champion of the World Crimson Rambler Isabella Sprunt Baltimore Belle and The Bride varieties at 25 cents per five plant package. Sale located on the fifth floor Eleventh street.
Mrs Taft will leave Washington tomorrow for Bryn Mawr to attend her daughter Miss Ethel Roosevelt’s graduation. Miss Farr’s wedding will feature bridesmaids including Miss Ethel Roosevelt. A Cuban minister hosted a dinner for Gen Guerra with many generals and diplomats in attendance as Washington society circles unfold with weddings and social gatherings.
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