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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1904
Page
7
Friday bargain day at Woodward & Lothrop features remnants and heavily discounted wares across departments on the Eleventh street floors. Men’s ties, shirts, vests, and frocks join marked-down damask napkins, linens, and bold Black Goods reductions, with further slashed prices on toys, jackets, and children's wear.
A small lot of boys shirts and blouses in Madras and wash fabrics reduced from higher prices to 25c to 89c each. Includes Ross brand shirts, Russian blouses, Bay a style drag shirts, neglige shirts, ties, and cloth capes with embroidered emblems. early sale ends today.
Fragmentary OCR text describes women's breakfast items and apparel details. Mentions fabric qualities, trimmed waists, plaid patterns, and a value related to a $100 item. No clear event, person, or organization identified.
Bargain priced black sateen skirts feature umbilla style with two tucked cubes and silk linings. Sold on seventh street second floor near old town, price listed as 235 with other details faded in OCR.
Local upholstery section lists curtains and drapery items with multiple discounts. Includes muslin curtains, lace curtains, bed spreads, curtains with trim, and shade fabrics in various sizes and colors, noting price cuts from original to sale figures and bundles. Some entries reference per-yard and per-set pricing and reduced styles across several items and patterns.
A garbled price list shows blanket and textile items with reductions from various higher figures to lower amounts. The text mentions wool blankets and spreads with markdowns, trimming costs, and a few vague item descriptions.
fragmentary OCR note lists reduced from figures and prices for furniture items. damaged text mentions items, prices and a department sale with possible references to Roa and Yoram S12. unclear amounts and dates.
Readable fragment shows a furniture department sale with items like oaken Dutch desks, upholstered settees and sofas, a pine fox couch, a serpentine dresser with mirror, and a writing desk. Prices are heavily reduced from figures such as 1500 to 750 and 2000 to 1200, with mentions of springs, tapestry, and a ninth floor location.
Historic carbon photogravures and ornate frames reduced from high prices to 3c to 20c each. Numerous suits and waists including champagne Mohair, Tan Pongee Silk, White Lawn, and White Linen options cut dramatically. Linen, Madras and China Silk waists with trims priced from $2.50 to $5.00, items sized 34 through 42.
Catalog note lists several coats and cloaks with marked price drops. Items include two Black Taffeta Aisk cloaks sizes 34 and 40 now 750 each, Tan Covert Cloth Long Cloak satin lined waist size 4 now 150, two Tan Linen jackets sizes 36 and 38 now 500 each, and a Black Taffeta Ulster size 40 reduced to 78. Third floor.
The lamp department lists damaged lamps with price cuts. Japanese lamp shave reduced from 500 to 200, porcelain lamp shade from 75 to percent, porcelain shade from 23 to 100, lamp globe from 150 to 100, globe from 250 to 195. Fifth floor GST.
A miscellaneous sale of highly decorated English and French porcelain, Japanese and Chinese china, and stoneware. Items include meat dishes, sauce boats, tea pots, salad bowls, and jugs with price cuts from high to low and various ornate patterns. Fifth floor goods.
A list of heavily reduced items from a house furnishing department includes 3 rubber door mats 3 pantry tables 1 kitchen table and flour bin 1 umbrella stand 1 metal wash tub 1 white enamel bench 3 painted cedar wash tubs and other shopworn or damaged goods priced down from small to moderate amounts.
Granddaughter of General Fairbanks receives social honors at St Louis reception. Washington society highlights include Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs John T Davis visiting for winter, weddings and engagements among Grant, Kendall, McKenna families, and a flurry of society guests at St Louis events.
Miss Mary Stanton and Hugh Stanton posed as spouses to avoid separation aboard the Westernland arriving in Philadelphia. Immigration officials initially refused land, then Miss Stanton won permission to land after appealing to Philadelphia authorities. Stanton’s future status remains uncertain amid plans of marriage to others.
The Supreme Castle of We Knights of the Golden Eagle adjourned after a long day during which officers were elected and installed and governing rules amended. James He J Avingwton of Ballimers named supreme chief, with Frank A Williams of Youngstown as soprano vice chief, and a slate including William A Small, John J Harger, AC Lytle, Harry P Reinteke, William Culbertson, Eli Manchester, Dr Ginnelley, and Past Grand Chief Johm B Tretchler. The ceremony featured a gold watch gift to retiring chief Ruf of New Jersey. committees for the next year were appointed by the new supreme chief.
The Supreme Council of the Knights of Father Matthew closed a twenty-five national convention at Louis on October 13. It voted to save the proposed level-rate schedule, to be examined by an actuary and reported to local councils for deliberate action at the next biennial convention. Officers for the next term were reelected. next convention planned for Chicago.
Cardinal will dedicate the new church at South Capitol and M streets SW on Sunday morning October 16 at 10 o clock with a solemn high mass led by Rev W Caughy and sermon by Rev Dr Stafford. A Gregorian chant choir of forty will sing and many clergy will attend. Confirmation will follow after the 7 o clock mass. Funeral services for A M Warfield were held at 2 PM yesterday from 2903 Fourteenth Street NW with interment at Congressional Cemetery. Warfield, longtime Navy Yard employee, left a large circle of friends. pallbearers and survivors include widow, six daughters, and a son.
The first annual report of the Automobile Board covering August 11, 1903 to June 20, 1904, submitted to Commissioner West, lists board members F Vermilion Henry Boesch and Daniel Johnson with examiners H L Thornton H M Weedward and Charles E Foster. It notes 88 applicants examined, 62 deemed competent, 5 rejected, 1 surrendered a permit, and 12 temporary permits issued to tourists. The board recommends a $1 registration fee and a $1 operating permit for DC motor vehicles, with D and added to numbers for DC or Maryland vehicles powered by electricity steam or other energy. It asks Congress to adjust secretary salary to match engineers and plumbing boards, and to pay the electrical expert £30 annually.
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