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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
29
The notice invites shoppers to the regular remnant day featuring a collection of remnants praised for price and quality. It warns that many small lots hold the best bargains and sell quickly, urging early selection across all departments.
A local ad markets a Friday sale on men’s suits and overcoats with several price points. Highlights include $19.75 for choice suits valued at $25.00, $17.75 to $22.50 for two piece coats and coats, and $10.75 to $13.75 for assorted outerwear. Quality materials and tailoring are stressed amid varied styles and colors.
Fragmented OCR text describes a Friday bargain event for women's silk garments with scattered names and numbers. The readable portions mention sales at a theater venue and nearby locations, with references to prices and dates, but most specifics are garbled. The piece reads like a fragmented local shopping listing from a newspaper page.
Friday bargain offer for men's fancy lisle socks with im porters' broken lines and mixed patterns. Nearby stock includes colored embroidery, checks, and solid colors in various sizes. Special prices: three pairs $1.00, six pairs $1.95, regular 50 cents per pair.
Bargain sale item featuring men's bath robes with Turkish towel cloth and reinforced girdle styling. Special price 2.75 dollars each, regular price 4.00 dollars. Limited quantities advertised with colorful striped options.
A garbled newspaper listing shows a sale in the Men’s Furnishings Department with mixed discounts on underwear shirts Turkish bathrobes and terry robes. It references prices and reductions for menswear including shirts, bath robes, percale garments and lawn waists. The text mentions several brands and styles and notes substantial markdowns from higher prices to lower sale figures.
In the Misses Department items include 23 Girls Part Wool Piala Dreanes and Sik wining at reduced prices, 46 Girls Waite Lawn Guimpes with trims and tacks, light-weight Coats with frills, and a Blue Serge Tailor-wade suit. Pricing shows reductions from higher amounts to $15 and $1.00 levels.
The display lists art works and gifts with heavy wear or minor damage. Oil paintings landscapes marine views and portraits are discounted from hundreds to single digits. Various photogravures watercolors and prints, plus bronze lamps and figurines, show price cuts from high hundreds to 1 or 2 dollars.
In the women’s suit department several items receive price cuts. Brown silk braided brown trim brown and white striped cloth suits in sizes M and others drop from 12.00 to 2.00, white broadcloth and blue broadcloth ensembles fall to 5.00, silk trimmed outfits to 25.00, black broadcloth suits to 18.50, unfinished worsted suits to 34.50, and mixed novelty cloth suits to 18.50.
Local notice of reduced prices for boys washing blouses and collars with sale terms. Items advertised at low prices. details include quantities and pricing per unit, intended for shoppers seeking affordable schoolwear.
A fragment lists a Friday sale of boys' clothing with about 75 suits and various items described in garbled phrases. It notes prices around 6.30, 57.90, and 8.30 with references to jackets, sailor outfits, and shirts, though many terms are unclear.
An upholstery department lists price cuts on Tapestry Wun Panels and Redveed trams with reductions across many items. Curtains and upholstery fabrics see wholesale drops from high to lower per yard rates, including Green Rep Portteroa and Red Velour Potzleres with notable markdowns and several stock-keeping adjustments.
An antique retail notice lists women's Demat caltakin Lace shoes, Misses Dongola and Sidskin styles in multiple colors with prices cut from 1.00 to 1.25 per pair, plus 4 pairs of Women's Evening Stipsars and Fanny Oxfords in pink blue gray bronze reduced to low figures. Other items include 41E GTR and 12 pairs shown with dates and sizes, all marked down from original prices to bargain amounts listed as 46 31 90 and similar.
A fragmented from a department store sale catalog lists numerous items in the Hat and Women's departments with markdowns. It details men’s hats, jackets, coats, and skirts for sizes 34 to 46, including reductions from high original prices to sale prices such as $15 down to $12.50 and $25 down to $10, with several items described in old-fashioned terms and inconsistent spellings.
Readable catalog of heavy discounts in a furniture department listing parlor suites, beds, dressers, desks, cabinets, chairs, and china. Items include upholstered parlor sets, oak pieces, washstands, roll top desks, chinas, and decorative dinnerware with price cuts from hundreds to tens of dollars, highlighting reduced from and sale prices.
The social page reports Vice President and Mrs. Fairbanks hosting visits at K Street while their daughter Mrs. Timmons and other debutantes attend fashionable events. Baron Rosen and Baron Schlippenbach arrive or visit, with Nabner and Nabors arrivals noted. Luncheons, tea, and bridge parties mark high society in Washington as dignitaries and ambassadors converge for formal entertainments.
A local housefurnishings department lists numerous items with price reductions and damaged goods. Copper-bottom wash bolts and copper pieces reduced from high prices to lower amounts. kitchen table and cabinet items noted as damaged or gently so. Some items carry revised prices, dating to late period cataloging, with several entries showing clearance-style pricing and final sale conditions.
A dense sketch of high society in Washington and New Jersey features multiple Parker sisters from New Jersey with ties to the White House circle. It notes Miss Mary Elizabeth Walcott Parker’s winter India trip, Miss Alice Gordon Parker’s Washington social role, and Miss Eleanor Parker’s standing with the Roosevelts. Other debutantes and marriages are mentioned, including Miss Martha Bacon, Miss Carrie Munn, and the Langhorne wedding near Baltimore, highlighting dress details and prominent guests. The piece also touches on Princess Marie Bonaparte’s wedding plans to Prince George of Greece and the Vanderbilt circle's social calendar with luncheon and horse show attendance.
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