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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
7
A scanned advertisement from Woodward & Lothrop lists remnants and fabric prices. It mentions fabrics such as pink chiffon, gingham, flannel, mohair, and broadcloth with various yardage and sale discounts. The cluttered OCR shows numerous item descriptions and price points, indicating a department store sale on fabric remnants across departments.
Readable portions show a furniture department sale with reductions on sofas, chairs, tables, dining sets, and bedroom pieces. Numerous items include green rattan sofas, mahogany armchairs, parlor tables, chest sets, and art glass for reduced prices. Also listed are women's clothing and linens on sale on various floors.
Damaged OCR text shows partial lines about a department and dates but lacks coherent facts, names, or locations to form a complete summary. The readable pieces suggest a department note or listing with vague references to a retailer, items, and a possible date.
fragmentary OCR item describes women suit department concerns and fashion items including pink and other fabrics. mentions brands and stores in a period style, with garbled shop terms and partial names.
Fragmented ad item with scattered numbers and notes for a shoe department sale. Mentions women's sizes 4 to 9, price ranges from 4.00 to 225 dollars, and references to specific styles and locations. Reading unreliable placeholders.
Fragment of a newspaper ad listing men’s department items with prices and notes on sales. Items include oxford shirts and winter fabrics with reduced prices and multiple sizes. Also mentions topcoats and various garments with markdowns and stock references.
Fragments describe a men’s department with coats, sweaters, and cotton socks. Mentions various sizes 0 and 4F, reduced prices from totals, and items such as a red sweater and black clocked socks. Details are garbled and unit counts unclear.
A retailer lists numerous discounted items across departments including hats, coats, Winter goods, and toys with markdowns from higher prices to lower sale figures. Entries reference hats, silk goods, displays, a mechanical theater, blackboards, stuffed stork, and sleigh items with reductions and numeric pricing details.
A catalog of furniture and picture items shows numerous reductions on large and small framed artworks and decor. Items include large photogravures, hand colored pictures, sepia photographs, watercolors, and mirrors with gilt frames. Prices drop from hundreds to tens of dollars as listed, with several pieces marked for Second Floor display.
The Coat and Skirt Department lists women’s wear with reduced prices on green and black silks, tweed, covert cloth jackets, white taffeta linings, and Panama hats. Items include Eton jackets, trimmed coats, plaid skirts, and shirts with plaited styles, all discounted from high original prices.
A damaged listing notes reductions in the Glassware Department. Items include decor and decorated Austrian glass pieces, vases, and a Austrian Coke set. Prices fall from higher amounts to lower sale figures, with references to five floor location.
Catalog page lists lowered prices on girls dresses in sizes 12 and 6 to 19, white linen and lawn outfits with guimpes and lace trim, light chaviot and tweed suits, wool knit sweater, and tailored All wool suit in Indiana gray, noting substantial discounts from original prices.
A catalog-like notice lists reductions on curtains portieres and upholstery items. Items include Irish polkt lace curtains, Renaissance lace, Net Curtains, green portieres, and heavy cavell covers with price cuts from high original figures to modest sale prices across multiple pairs and styles.
Listings show shopworn and damaged items from the House Furnishing Department with steep cuts. Pots, coffee pots, dishes, bread boxes, and metal wares reduced from hundreds to a few dollars, many marked as damaged or shopworn with limited quantities remaining.
Social and personal notices detail the postponement of Mr George Lewis Huntress Jr’s wedding after the death of his brother. Mourners, diplomats, and society figures gather for funeral rites at St Margaret’s Church and a tribute luncheon honors Baroness Goto and Mme Nitobe. Names include Mrs Garfield, Mme Miyaoke, and several ambassadors as Washington’s elite attend services and plan future events.
Summary of social notices from New York and nearby areas lists Mins Postlethwaite and Mrs Hnelpe hosting events for the guest of Summender, with diplomats and envoys from Germany and Brazil visiting. Multiple dinners and receptions occur as society figures travel between Huntington, Berlin, and London, plus weddings and parties across Virginia, Washington, and New York with notable attendees including Count Hermann von Hatx plot Wildenburg and Lieut Goidé Pedernetras.
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