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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
7
A fragment notes Viewr est productions from leading modistes of major fashion centers. The item highlights the culmination of a fashion event, underscoring prominent designers and their presented garments.
Friday's sale features 316 yards of Black Silk Crepe de Chine at 75c per yard, a broad selection of remnant apparel and home goods across floors. Items include Women's Petticoats, Fleece-lined Vests, Jersey Ribbed Merino Vests, Children's Comb Nation Suits, Men's Winter-weight Cotton Sox, and a range of Black Union Silk and All-silk Umbrellas, plus extensive furniture markdowns on mahogany and golden oak pieces across floors one through seven.
A fabric sale offers 350 yards of Black All wool French Crepe de Chine 42 inches wide at half price. The garment fabric is promoted for street and house dresses after a quickly sold earlier lot at 50c per yard.
Women’s Lisle Hose offered in a bargain sale. Fifty dozen pairs of extra fine gauze lisle thread hose with garter tops double soles and high spliced heels. Quality described as excellent. Priced at 35 cents each or three pairs for one dollar at Malin floor Fat.
Special price on new Women’s Black Russia Calf Lace Shoes made on an up-to-date last with welt goles for house or street wear. Sizes 3 to 6 A B C D lasts. Price two dollars fifty cents per pair, regular three dollars. Third floor Tenth St.
Fourth floor Eleventh street offers deep discounts on a Fountain with lighthouse and boat, a mechanical trolley car, a line of dolls and doll furniture, k estner dolls, walking figures, and wigs. Prices slashed from $1000 to $3 on a mechanical train, and from $150 to $150 on a doll bed.
We have just purchased another lot of Harrison Fisher Pictures offered at nearly half price. Large pictures with attractive black frames. Subjects are all interesting. Special price 95c each, regular price 1.50. Fourth portion.
A second floor sale advertises deep cuts on various colored dress fabrics. Items include Plum Broadcloth 52 inch 81-4 yards at ten dollars per piece, Brown Mohair 54 inch three dollars, Tan Check Mohair 46 inch twenty-seven eighths yards at two dollars, Scotch Mixture 43 inch eighteen and a quarter yards at one dollar per piece, and numerous other silks and voiles with prices slashed from modest to substantial.
Rug department offers deep cuts on Brussels, Saratoga and Welter rugs. Prices drop from 25.00 to 16.00 and from 40.00 to 29.00 with smaller sizes and Chinese or Japanese pieces reduced as well. Vestibule rugs and remnant lots priced to clear, located on the fourth floor.
A local clothing department advertises heavy discounts on boys and young men suits and coats. Items include all wool cheviot suits in various sizes, gray mixed suits, double breasted styles with belts, extra pants, and top coats. Many prices cut from high dollars to below ten dollars and around six to twenty dollars.
Readable items list deep discounting boys garments including madras shirts blouses belts knickerbocker pants and bloomer pants with reduced prices from high dollars to fractions. Items include sizes 3 to 18 across vests blouses knickerbockers and sweaters with brand mentions and color options.
The notice lists numerous price cuts across basket and glassware sections. Palm Hampers drop to 460 each and 0 0 for others, Infant's Palm Hamper to 200, Indian and Japanese hampers reduced, Japanese Straw Hand Bregs damaged, and various lunch baskets and cabinet items marked down with distorted OCR figures.
Upholstery department offers Real Irish Point Lace Curtains and Lace Cartelas in Renaissance and Arabian motifs at deep discounts. Couch covers and heavy portieres marked down, with silk damask and cross stripe fabrics also reduced. Fourth floor display promotes bargains on window draperies and room hangings.
Richly decorated French China pieces and other dinnerware are marked down significantly. Items listed include salad bowls, covered dishes, comb and brush trays, ching dish, teapots, sugar and cream sets, soup tureens, cake plates, meat dishes, plaques, and Haviland cups. Reductions range from fractions to large sums, with several items shown as imperfect. Fifth floor department location noted.
A broad closeout page lists tennis balls, drying racks, washing boxes, glass developers, trays, cameras, caps, bicycle hose, football shoes, and more. Prices drop from cents to dollars as the Fourth floor clearance highlights reduced items including film gear, developing trays, and sports footwear in a varied markdown spree.
Notable sale items include a 2 wire door mats reduced from 1 35 to each. An oak commode with back is cut from 99.00 to 6. A Russian coffee pot shopworn marked down from 300 to 155. Two gas heating stoves formerly 5.00 now 8.60 each. Four gas heaters reduced from 1 00 to 3i e each. Enamel ware jelly mold pairs at reduced price. Brass armoire staved from 50 to 79. Small lot noted with pricing details and condition notes.
Miss Zoe Davis daughter of Gerae Davis U S A married Mr Richard Calvert in a restrained service behind family walls. Rev George Calvert Carter officiated as relatives and close friends attended. The couple, undecorated in attendance, plan to sail to Bangalore tomorrow for Mr Calvert's business duties.
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