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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
7
Friday Is Our Remnant Day. Every garment not absolutely clean fresh and perfect will be offered at figures far below regular price. Our stock backs a thoroughly fresh stylish best quality line. Mothers and housekeepers know how Friday bargains fit into family economy. A specially interesting sale today. Every stall piece of goods slightly injured and offered.
Friday bargain alert offers R G and G Corsets at 79 cents per pair, nearly half price. The straight front models with long tips feature lace and ribbon finishes, available in white, black or gray from sizes 18 to 30, on the third floor of Eleventh Street.
A small lot of Lambric and Nainsook gowns, about twenty dozen in total, is offered at one third off. Made of fine cloth with high or square necklines, hemstitched tucks and insertion, and embroidered neck and sleeves. Special price one dollar each, regular price one fifty. Eleventh street.
Two lots of Women's Liste Thread and Cotton Hose offered at nearly half price. These are manufacturer samples, with many unique pairs, secured at a concession enabling very low pricing. Hosiery comes in various sizes and colors, priced at 28¢ to 70¢ per pair, with regular values listed at 30¢ to 35¢.
A Friday bargain offers children’s knit underwear and full-weight veers pants including Dragwees. Sizes 18 to 34 feature well made garments at a special value with prices as low as 11 cents per item.
A Friday sale lists imported walking gloves, shirts, vests, hose, and jackets with deep discounts. Items include men and boys apparel such as Lisle thread hose, hunting shirts, linen collars, and warm coats, highlighting reduced prices from $1.50 to 10s, and bulk deals on belts, caps, and belts.
Fourth floor G Street offers heavy discounts in the Upholstery Department. Sales include 3 pairs Lace Curtains reduced from 7.50 to 0.00, 4 pairs Point Lace Curtains cut to 15.00 per pair, 3 pairs Irish Point Lace Curtains reduced from 14.25 to 3.0 each, and various muslin and Bagdad style draperies priced down. Furniture and cushion covers also marked down with selections from 1.48 to 1.00 each and 0.50 to 0.60 ranges.
The Picture and Toy Departments advertise deep cuts on framed photographs and landscapes, marble dolls, mechanical clowns, and Punch and Judy shows. Clothing items include mohair tailors, tweed suits, shirt-waist ensembles, and white lawn waists with embroidery, all discounted on the third and fourth floors.
A furniture department sale lists solid mahogany tables, parlor suites, dressers, and couches with substantial price cuts. Items include a colonial reproduction library table and a mahogany dresser with large mirror, plus various chests, racks, and a Davenport, all heavily discounted from original prices.
Fragmented ad item lists corset sizes 18 19 21 23 2427 and mentions price reductions from 1.50 to 100 with front display. Includes references to wasteful phrasing and miscellaneous sizing notes at Worcester Carseta and Rednerd tram 600 Mose Tisgenth st.
Muslin Underwear Dept features reduced prices on French chemises and gowns. Items include five French chemises trimmed with satin, gowns with feathered edges, and ladies’ underwear with hand embroidery, slashed from higher amounts to low sale prices.
\\nRug listings show price cuts on Brussels and Kilim rugs, with units like Smyrna and Axminster noted as reduced from high to lower figures.\\nA drop-head sewing machine with automatic features and complete attachments is advertised, priced under a five-year guarantee, while furniture mentions are marked down at the Beacon Street location.
A Fifth floor sale offers a variety of china and porcelain items at deep discounts. Decorated English porcelain dinner sets and soup tureens reduced from up to $2.25 to Abe. Antiques include Austrian and German pieces with marked drops on bowls, plates, and sauce screens.
Catalog item list from the Housefurnishing Department notes extensive reductions on imported enameled ware and tin items. Prices drop from high to sale levels for double roilers pitchers pudding pans cake boxes and more, with shopworn and damaged goods marked down.
Mrs Henrietta M McLaughlin of East Lake City Utah a wealthy widow married Dr William A McEnery a London heart specialist at St Johns Episcopal Washington in a quiet ceremony after a London surgery and Mentone hotel diamond robbery left her ill The couple plan Utah based life with mining interests including a partnership with Senator Kearns and a Carnegie Institute connection
Diplomatic circles note the Ambassador from Austria-Hungary and Baroness Hengelmuller at Lenox await reopening of the embassy on October BM. Baroness Hengelmuller famed as a leading hostess and golfer, while Countess Cousin visits New York and Geneseo. Danish Minister Brun resumes Washington legation. Townsend and wife in St. Louis for the Exposition. A Mahans wedding links Capt. Alfred Mahan’s son to Madeline Johnson in New York with Mahan family in town. Invitations issued for Miss Anne Poe and Mr Alfred Tyler’s Baltimore wedding on October 19 with a noon ceremony and breakfast.
The stock is large and varied meeting every requirement. Special pieces of Jewelry and Silver ware are made to order from original designs and promptly furnished without charge.
The article lists society events and movements including the bridge and groom to be, Mrs Townsend’s social success in Belgium, Miss Josephine Boardman’s visit before Washington, the Rooney couple’s newborn son in Riverside Drive New York, and gatherings at Gapland Williams burg and Camp Spring Maryland. It notes engagements, receptions, and travel among prominent families, with guests from Philadelphia Baltimore Roanoke and Savannah, detailing autumn plans and a September 38 reception with music and a poem by Mr Parsons.
Capt Foster Pulaski Wood veteran of the Civil War and father of Court F Wood of Wood's Commercial College died in Bedford Pennsylvania at age eighty. Funeral from Kiagon 21 East Capitol Street with burial in Arlington Cemetery. Born Milford PA May 4 1824 he rose from private to captain in the 86th New York Volunteer Infantry and served at Second Bull Run Fredericksburg Gettysburg and many campaigns. He was honorably discharged after extensive field service and recruitment duties.
Michael A Dillon a War Department clerk and Civil War veteran died at his Cleveland Park home from malarial fever after a month illness. Born in New Hampshire in 1838 he served with the Second New Hampshire Volunteers and was wounded at the second battle of Bull Run. He organized the Medal of Honor Legion and the Union Veterans Union and helped found Meade Post 6 B G A R. Funeral at 230 this afternoon from 9038 Highland Ave Arlington interment. Sunday-school rally noted at 522 Sixth St NW with Mrs Weton Pint presiding and readings and lessons planned.
The funeral for Miss Henrietta Seawell occurred Tuesday morning and was held at St Matthew's Catholic Church at 10 o'clock. Rev Father Sterling officiated and the remains were sent to Baltimore for burial at Greenmount Cemetery. The funeral party included Miss Molly Elliot Seawell, Mr and Mrs Bryant, relatives, and the nurse who cared for her.
Mrs. Sallie Russell Reeves will present a stereopticon lecture on a Sunday-school Pilgrim in the Holy Land at Western Presbyterian Church. The event, sponsored by the Inasmuch Circle of the King's Daughters, occurs at 3 PM between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets northwest. Reeves recently attended the World's Fourth Sunday Renee Convention in Jerusalem.
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