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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
22
Woodward and Lothrop invites shoppers to a Friday remnant sale across all departments from basement to top floor. Find odds and ends at reduced prices to clear remaining lines and make way for fresh assortments next week.
A dealer advertises a large stock of Jet brand men's four in hand ties at 25 cents each, plus numerous remnants including dressing gowns, handkerchiefs, lisle shirts, gloves, Madras shirts, pajamas, and boy's suits and coats. Numerous price cuts listed across many items, with locations noted as Main floor and Third floor on Tenth Street.
A lot of Women's Outing Flannel Petticoats in pink blue and gray striped effects trimmed at the bottom with buttonhole stitch. 25 cents each. Value, third floor Eleventh street.
Bargain sale on women’s hose featuring 50 dozen fast black cotton hose with double soles heels and toes offered at 20 cents each or three for 50 cents. Also remnants including four pairs fancy striped thread hose and lisle thread hose with embroidered tops. Location noted as main floor front.
A sample line from a manufacturer offers women and children’s knit vests tights and drawers at 25c each, with a few piece limits. Prices compare 25c to 50c, with regular values 35c to 1.50, in the main floor east storefront.
Framed picture sale offers large landscape etchings in gilt frames at $1 each, valued at $2. A set of five “I Hunting” scenes in black frames, two upright colored pictures including “Girl With the Doves” and “Oriental Girl,” and a “Head of Girl” portrait are heavily discounted. Other pieces include a violinist in a gold frame, Pastels landscapes, a George and Sany figure in green framing, and a Fourth Street location near Tenth Street.
Friday bargain offers Spanish olives packed in 38 dozen bottles. Some bottles are spotted or slightly off in color but eating quality remains good. Offered at a special price per bottle from the Pure Food Department on the Fifth floor to Tenth.
In the fifth floor china department many items are reduced from high prices. Decorated porcelain soup tureens sauce tureen and tea sets see steep cuts from $130 to 50 cents and $8.50 to 25 cents, plus several other china pieces including coffee cups saucers and ice cream plates discounted to small sums. A large imported Stein shows a price drop from 350 to 75 dollars with some pieces slightly damaged.
In the third floor boys department tinting down prices on items including tan wash vests in sizes 8 through 11 from 150 to 26 cents each, wash stocks from 2 cents to a tee, shield bow ties at 1 cent, white cheviot shirts slightly soiled at 75 cents, and Madras shirts at 5 cents.
A shoe department ad lists 22 pairs of women's kidskin and dull kidskin lace shoes with web sole and assorted sizes from 3 to 7 AA, TA, B and TC. Prices were reduced from eight dollars and four dollars to 3250 and 3250, highlighting substantial markdowns across numerous SKUs.
A bookstore advertisement lists multiple corset styles on the third floor of the Eleven St location. Parame, French, P. D., I. C., Sapphire Girdle, and PWM Corsets are offered with real whalebone boning, elastics, and straight front designs. Prices reduced from high figures to low, with sizes given for each item.
Second floor G street item offers a New Victor sewing machine with full set of attachments and five year guarantee. Wood case slightly marred. Reduced from 18.00 to 16.00.
Upholstery department offers extensive lace curtains tapestry fabrics and velvet cushion covers at substantial cuts. French bobbinet to Renaissance lace curtains silk damasks and Arabian pieces reduced from high prices to bargain each pair or yard. 85 yards tapestry and velour cushions offered with marked savings. Fourth floor 6 ft.
A list of furniture items with marked-down prices including mahogany washstands, oak and rattan pieces, a cheval glass, a parlor table, a weathered oak cabinet, a combination desk and bookcase, an oak china closet, a solid oak extension table, a mahogany sideboard, a tall clock case, and an oak office table, all shown with reduced prices.
A list of women's formal wear items with reductions. Includes mohair semi-tailored suits in sizes 34 and 36, a black taffeta silk tailor made suit with a 3-4 jacket, a black voile dress, a black cheviot suit, brown pin stripe taffeta silk suit, and a black white pin check mohair suit. Old prices range 28.50 to 85.00. sale prices 10.00 to 42.50.
A department store notice promotes discounts on waists and lawn wrappers on the third floor. White Ching Sik waists reduced from 6.00 to 2.50 each with assorted styles and sizes. Lawn wrappers offered in black and white at 59 cents each, sizes 24 through 40. Percale wrappers also discounted to 59 cents, with various sizes listed.
Cataloged items include Misses Blue Cloth Tailor made Suit with vest size 18, several Misses White Lawn 2 piece Dresses in sizes 14 18, lace trimmed dresses, a Girls White Silk Coat size 6, girls jackets, a White Serge Dress size 6, multiple Girls White Dresses in sizes 6 8, and Linen-Inish Cambric Dresses with embroidery across sizes, all deeply discounted.
A catalog of infants reefers with colors and styles including dark blue serge and dark red silk. Prices are cut from high figures such as 60 dollars to 1 dollar and reduced from 15 to 5 dollars, with several other color varieties and trims in panne velvet silk and white braid.
A local department store lists markdowns on women’s undergarments and nightwear. Green taffeta silk petticoats trimmed with ruching see price cuts from 3.00 to 3.50 each, fitted cambric corset covers reduced, nainsook chemises and gowns discounted to 79c to 18 60, plus a pink silk negligee cut from 35.00 to 18.60.
Items include single barreled shotguns with ejectors reduced from 500 to 4.50, Parker hammerless shotguns from 8000 to 35 each, Bristol steel wading rods cut to 4.50 and 3. per rod, 500 yards of black waterproof fishing line at 25c per 2 yards, 12 laboratory aprons at 39c each, Hastman Hydroquinone develop powders down from 2c to 15c per half dozen, all on main floor tenth at.
On the fifth floor six stalls offer shopworn and slightly damaged baskets including willow clothes baskets palm hampers knife baskets and sweet grass baskets with reduced prices from $2.50 to $1.50 and 45c to 5c or 20c each depending on item. Many items show reductions across categories.
A long list of shop worn and damaged houseware items on sale in the Fifth floor eleventh street department. Chairs ladders mirrors and cabinets reduced from several dollars to low prices. Kitchenware including pots, pans, fish holders, molds, and a cereal bin cabinet offered at substantial discounts.
A lengthy social column details fall season movements of diplomats, military families, and Washington society including Miss Beulah Bohrer's marriage to John Bocock Thrift. It lists travel, arrivals, and farewells of the Moncheurs, Satterlees, Greelys, Olivers, Westinghouse, and others, with engagements, retirements, and upcoming trips to Niagara Falls, Aiken, Palm Beach, and Europe.
Continental Chapter D A R meets at Ebbitt House with regent Mrs Mary C Beach presiding. An entertainment in November is planned for Continental Hall fund under direction of several members. A donation to the Spanish war nurse monument fund is noted. Resolutions to comfort ex regent Mrs Louise L Bacon upon her husband’s death are to be drawn.
Miss Fannie Barbee daughter of Mrs. Virginia Barbee and the late George Barbee wed Mr Richard Kidder Meade son of Mr and Mrs Graham Curtis Meade at Temple Baptist Church Rev J J Muir officiated The couple will reside at 227 H Street NW New York Niagara Falls trip followed and gifts included a fine Haviland china set from War Department friends and Mrs Barbee gave a large case of adver.
Sionest G. Walker will assume charge of the Washington bureau for the Boston Herald on Monday succeeding Otto Carmichael who left to edit the Detroit Free Press. Walker, longtime Washington Post correspondent, has covered Capitol politics and earned wide respect for accuracy. The piece also notes various local notices and a mislaid name case, ending with a wedding florist ad snippet.
Open air concert at the navy yard this evening at 7 30 under J G Moody director. Program includes marches overtures waltzes serenades and a medley with national air The Star Spangled Banner. Admission 1 25 by Baltimore and Return via Pennsylvania Railroad Saturday and Sunday trains. connection details listed.
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