Friday Remnant Day draws shoppers to bargain lots
Friday marks Remnant Day with an unusually attractive collection of goods offering high value and varied classes. Many small lots hold best bargains and sell quickly, so early selection is advised.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1907
Page
7
Friday marks Remnant Day with an unusually attractive collection of goods offering high value and varied classes. Many small lots hold best bargains and sell quickly, so early selection is advised.
Bargain items at Muslin clothing and Women's Silk Hose sections include discounted lace trim and sheer fabrics. Shoppers encounter occasional imperfect lots priced to clear, with miscellaneous apparel and accessories on sale.
Special purchase offers 100 dozen men’s linen cuffs with slight defects sold at a clear price. Reversible links, plain lapels, all sizes, reduced from 84.00 to 4.00 per dozen. other linen items and accessories priced low for quick sale.
A garbled OCR passage lists items and people tied to a boys clothing department. The string includes partial words like shirts, coats, and dresses interspersed with scattered names such as Ted, Wes, Sean, and Pete, with no coherent narrative or clear event.
A cluttered sale list highlights original Owl paintings and landscapes in gilt frames reduced from 400 to 95 cents each, painted china plaques, lace curtains, tapestry sets, and multiple framed pictures. Numerous items show deep price cuts to lure holiday shoppers in a bustling department store display.
An itemized sale notice lists teddy bears jointed goose dolls and infant dolls with substantial markdowns. Prices drop from higher figures to lower prices with many items reduced to sale levels. Includes roller shares and other toys for boys and girls.
The text shows garbled OCR from an entry likely listing names and locales. readable bits include scattered terms such as Tow, Pad, Lavan, Pad Say, Lat yah, Sou rae hoo, and references to places or individuals, but no coherent event, date, or action is discernible. The fragment lacks a clear subject, verbs, or structured details to summarize into a distinct news item.
Cotton dress goods listed with prices and lengths including Gann Silk 33¢ per yard, We Miku Silk 2re per yard, Suel Madras 18 yards, Tleecedown at 124¢ per yard, Heevedown 10. per yard, Gingham 12¢ per yard, various other fabrics priced per yard.
A damaged advertisement fragment lists dress fabrics and prices including yarns, velvets, and broadcloths with numerous misread spellings. Mentions reductions and assorted lengths such as yards and inches, referencing merchants and brands obliquely across a cluttered OCR line.
Misses department items described with prices ranging from 39 to 1970 dollars. Includes suspenders, coats, suits, serge jackets, velvet trimming, and satin details. Sizes noted. reductions from higher prices are indicated.
A chaotic OCR excerpt lists numerous China made items with price reductions. Items include meat dishes and tea cups with various discounts from high to modest, naming dishes like oysters and pickles as well as cups, pots, and caddies. Strong entities are China, Arabia, and specific product names, though many details are garbled.
Catalog page lists several women's garments with reductions including Blue Serge English Cutaway Suit 36, Cream Serge suit 38, patterned trimmed skirts size 27 38, and Valle Suit with taffeta vest 34. Prices cut from high to sale figures, promoting tailored pieces and lace trimmed dresses in assorted sizes.
Friday bargains feature Lace and Net Waists in Arabian dark cream and white hues. Silk net costumes trimmed with lace medallions and silk fringe. special price 575 each. Also Women’s Tailored Madras Waists in varied effects, value 1 25 12. White Lawn Batiste Waists with embroidery medallions at greatly reduced prices. Gray Eilardewn Bata Robes sizes 2 to 35 reduced from 9 to 39s each.
The shoe department lists 16 DAIS Wovens Shoes in sizes 4 4 2 8 8 12 and Tan gk 2 a ing 412A with price cuts from 120 to 190 per pair. Other items include Dongola lace and button shoes, military heel, and several Dongola Kidston models with reduced prices from 300 to 180, plus calfskin price reductions and patent gaiters in multiple sizes.
Men s department offers reduced prices on quality Cheviot overcoats suits and top coats. Reductions include sizes 42 to 49 with color mixes in gray brown and tan. Limited stock and frequent markdowns from original prices.
A varied furniture sale list shows deep discounts on items including 81 Te 1 Quartered Morris chairs, hair filled reversible cushions, green ship-sent mahogany armchairs, a Partor Suite with bedstead, quartered oak tables, a revolving oak chair, a quartered oak typewriter desk, mahogany double beds, a Hanbo settee, and numerous bamboo tables and stands. Reductions range from modest to substantial across 125 to 1,000 plus dollar values, with items damaged or slight imperfections noted. The sale occupies Sixth and Seventh floors G at the location.
The notice lists shopworn and damaged items with reduced prices in the House furnishing department at 1 Markel. Items include chafing dishes, aluminum heating dish, teapots, drip pot, coffee bot, portable fire grate, stepladder, kitchen tables, cutting table, wash handle, bread box, cake cloner, toothbrush holders, toilet paper holders, and Velvecy silver polish with multiple percentage-like price cuts and a fifth door at Eleventh St.
The social column records Miss Theodora Shonts visiting Washington after engagement news in New York. Guests include Mrs Richard Reid Rogers and several debutantes at Chevy Chase lunches and dinners. It notes weddings, receptions, debuts, and various society events with mentions of diplomats, judges, and university crews in late November.
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