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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
21
Woodward and Lothrop announces its final remnants day before Christmas. The store will clear shelves of small and incomplete lots to make way for fresh stock, offering half price and deeply reduced bargains on dress goods ends, ribbons, lace, china, bric a brac, and other gift items.
Bargain sale on boys suits featuring all wool knickerbocker sets in navy blue worsteds and serges, sizes 4 to 17, with remnant offers and deep reductions from various previous prices. Highlights include two piece knicker suits, long navy overcoats, and multiple price cuts across a range of sizes and styles.
Weekend sale offers Madras blouses for boys ages 7 to 16 at 25 cents, with values up to 75 cents. Madras shirts with or without collars reduce in price, wash suits in all sizes cut from 32.95 to 5, odd can sizes. All-wool sweaters and black felt hats also marked down, with significant price drops across third floor selections.
Bargain sale listing seven linen collars in various styles with low prices. Collars described as up to date with fashionable shapes. Stock clearout of surplus stock with dozen pricing listed.
Bargain clearance for men’s soft hats and lace curtains featuring gray tan and brown styles. Most hats are slightly mussed or soiled but mostly fresh. priced at 2.50 each, with regular prices listed at 3.00 and 3.50. Limited sizes and selection described.
Friday bargain offers a limited stock of women's trimmed hats in velvet silk and fancy wings marked at 10 to 18 dollars previously. Second floor also features a sale on White Renaissance and Arabian color net sash curtains with many styles and sizes discounted. numerous portieres and related drapery items listed with reduced prices for a one day event.
A sale listing offers Women's 26-inch Soft finish Black Taffeta Silk Umbrellas with paragon frame and wood handles at $2.25 each, a value of $3.00. Also offered are Women's 26-inch Black Twisted Silk Umbrellas with gun metal and silver trims at $3.00 each, value $4.50. Main floor entrance.
Friday bargain in men's walking gloves features gray macha es and Cape gloves in assorted sizes. Low prices listed as 23 dollars per pair, with a reference to 173 dollars per pair.
A fragmented notice advertises bargains on men's linen cuffs and related items. It mentions low prices such as 1.00 and 33 cents per pair, with references to quantities and stores, though many details are garbled. The readable parts imply a sales pitch typical of classified ads.
Friday bargains advertise Slen's Cetin Lisle Sox in quality colors at 25¢ and 38¢ per pair. Yen's Cotton Lisle and Koistiese Sox offered at 10¢ to 30¢ per pair. Listings mention tan gray and other tones with emphasis on value and variety for men.
Muslin underwear sale featuring finished petticoats with accordion plaits and value prices. Blak Taffeta Silk Petticoats offered with decorative trims, values listed as fractions and round figures, context appears as clothing clearance in a department store setting.
Fragmentary sale notice offering children's garments with sizes 2 to 1 years and special prices. Mentions Noda and Tovyers, unclear descriptions, 10¢ per item. Source text is garbled but indicates a bargain listing for kids clothing.
Friday bargain advertises a large collection of men winter suits in brown gray and other colors with striped checks and plain patterns. Valid sizes and fabrics claimed high quality with special price of 15.75 and former values listed as 22.30 and 25.00. Fax order option suggested.
Bargain sale listing offers fleece lined and woolen womens suits and pants in sizes 2 through 8 with deep discounts. Corsets and venting garments included with price cuts from original figures, items placed on Main Floor near Seventh Street.
Shoe department advertises women's kidskin lage shoes and calfskin lave shoes discounted from high prices to low. Several item codes and sizes listed, including patent calskin but ton shoes with nang welt, all described as reduced for the sale. Third floor Tenth street.
Display of various framed art pieces from the Picture Department on the Fourth floor Tenth street. Items include photogravures, sepia photos, watercolors, pastels, and Dutch pieces with discounts from original prices ranging roughly from two to five dollars, all in mahogany, gilt, and shadow box frames.
A sale listing from Blain Wood- Fdeventh Street highlights discounted items across china and jewelry. Decorated Limoges and Austrian pieces show chips and flaws, with prices slashed from hundreds to modest totals. Includes Meats, French GNI chains, and jeweled accessories with multiple items reduced to low figures.
Heavy all wool Chaviot coats in hills and red with velvet collar and cuffs sizes 8 8 10 14 and 11 reduced from 15.00 to 10.00. Girls wool dresses in plaids and checks sizes 6 3 20 reduced from 8.75 to 3.00 each. Plus several other items with marked reductions on coats and jackets. Third floor Gay
One lot of 16 inch Teddy Bears in cinnamon brown offered at 135 each. Value 2.50. Fourth floor Eleventh at.
Classified sale item notes heavy with fabric prices including Cotton Dress Goods 244 to 5 yard lengths 50c Banzai Silk 35¢ yard Mikado Silk 25¢ yard Isch Madras 374c yard Fleecedown 15c yard Percale 12446 yard Outing Flannel 10¢ yard. Second foot-6 xt
A collection of Beautiful Lace and Net Waists offered at nearly half price. White, cream, and Arabian colors shown with silk or chiffon lining. New patterns, smart models, some open in front or back. Handome waists suited for formal and semi formal wear.
A lot of Women’s Fine White Madras Waists in assorted styles and sizes offered at $9.75 each. Values listed as $15.00 and $38.50. Also a lot of Women’s Fine White Lawn Waists in assorted styles and sizes offered at 05e each. Values shown as $1.25 and $1.50, with greatly reduced prices.
Several women's garments on sale including lace trimmed suits in sizes 4 and 38, white lawn Princess dress in size 24, Copenhagen blue striped suit in size 26, and black taffeta jumpers in sizes 36 with reductions from high prices to sale prices. Limited quantities noted, final prices vary by item.
A newspaper notice lists numerous women apparel items with discounted prices including silk Eton jackets, taffeta coats, raincoats, and skirts. Items range in sizes from 0 to 42 with reductions from dollars to double digits, featuring colors black tan olive white plaid and patterns such as Panama and gingham.
Furniture department clearances list various bamboo pieces, wardrobes, tables, chairs, and sofas with marked reductions. Items include a bamboo table, corner chair, magazine stand, ward robe, stool, hassock, jardiniere stand, ramman seat, a bold mahogany Davenport, quartered oak wardrobe, early eagle buffet, large cellarst, mahogany table, parlor settees, and a web grade dresser. Prices drop from the original to lower sale figures.
An itemized sale lists dozens of discounted goods with marked reductions. Nickel plated tooth brushes holders and powder bowls show price drops, along with portable fire grates, copper bottom wash boilers, and velvet silver pull tabs. Most prices fall from dollars to cents, with several damaged items noted for rework or sale.
British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce guests of Mr and Mrs Andrew Carnegie join social rounds as Debutante Miss Yalee Noble is formally presented at a Washington home. VIPs include Vice President and Mrs Fairbanks, Secretaries Root Cortelyou Garfield Straus and Meyer, and numerous diplomats and social leaders with dinners and receptions spanning Thanksgiving week.
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