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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1905
Page
26
Woodward & Lothrop promotes Friday remnant sales across departments in New York Washington Paris stores. Fresh stock marked down includes silk and dress goods handbags linens rugs and ready to wear with deep discounts on late arrivals and special buys such as black silk net robes lace trims tea cloths bureaus and men s sleepwear and shirts plus heavy reductions on coats suits and accessories.
Third floor Tenth Street advertises reductions on boys coats and suits. All-wool double-diredanted suits in dark colors for various sizes drop from five dollars to 3.76 each. Heavy and medium weight double-breasted suits reduce to 2.95 and 3.75 respectively. Three rain coats for boys, full length, sizes 13 and 14, drop from 13.50 to 10.00 each.
Bargain sale of framed artotypes and reminders of heavy reductions. Items include Char iot Race The Duel The Horse Fair and The Courier in broad black frames at g8c each. Hand colored pictures and photographs with various frames marked down from high original prices to reduced figures. Fourth floor Tenth st.
The bed department lists heavy enameled bedsteads with gilt trim and brass swell fronts, reduced from 31 100 to 800 and 800 to 500. Also sham bolster rolls, bamboo boxes and stools, a bamboo laundry box, a blue burlap covered utility box, and an oak cellarette reduced to 20 dollars. Second floor F street.
A readable fragment notes bargains on maid and waitress aprons priced at 38 cents each with hemstitched bibs or embroidery. The items are described as generous in size and located on the third floor Eleventh at the store.
Classified sale item highlights steep reductions on women’s outing flannel petticoats and cheviot suits, silk dresses, and waists. Items include blue pink or gray petticoats, various sizes, and multiple floor discounts from 28.50 to 15.00, 88.00 to 21.00, 48.00 to 28.50, 66.00 to 30.00, plus waists and wrappers marked down on the third floor furniture goods display.
A small lot of cotton filed Comfortables with sateen coverings in neat patterns full double bed size and excellent quality. S100 each Value $1.50 Second floor Hileventh st.
Friday sale offers reinforced muslin sheets that outwear rivals at special prices. Two by two feet sell for 68 cents each, value 85 cents. 24 by 23 inches go for 75 cents each, value 90 cents. Second floor Eleventh Street.
Upholstery department showcases a wide selection of curtains and textile remnants at cut prices. Bobbinette, Grenadine, and Mercerized Portieres offered in various colors and lengths, with many items reduced from higher prices. Also listed are lace curtains, bed sets, and Tambour Net designs in multiple sizes and conditions.
Main floor G stair area offers a clearance of bronze figures marble pedestals Royal Nipen Ware Italian Marble Vase Royal Bonn Vase Bronze Wilectrolier Royal Mortage Vase and Fishing Vase with significant reductions from many original prices. Damaged items marked down. sale emphasizes limited stock and low prices.
A list of reduced prices for furniture items on the seventh floor shows heavy discounts from initial tags. Weathered Oak tables, arm chairs, bookcases, chests, and a parlor suite, along with gilt and satin damask pieces, are marked down to prices like 4.95, 3.95, 46.83, and 24.35, with notes of minor damage on some items and details on construction and upholstery.
Catalog notes multiple price cuts on girls garments including a white serge dress size 6 reduced from 13.50 to 7.00 and a white Persian lawn dress size 12 cut to 7.50. Also lists white guimpes and pique dresses, tan covert cloth jackets, velvet coats in several colors, and heavy mixed cheviot coats with substantial markdowns.
Fifth floor offers heavy discounts on a range of baskets from Japanese, Indian, straw, palm and sweet grass styles with prices cut from bold tags. Household items include a dozen decorated dinner plates at 110 per dozen and several porcelain meat dishes, soup tureens, and covered dishes marked down to modest prices.
A Fifth floor items sale on Seventh Street cuts prices on damaged and shopworn house furnishings. Tub, dish washer, tin boilers, molds, cork puller, lemon baueener, kitchen table, mats, sponge rack, towel racks, wine cooler, steeledom kettle, drip coffee pot, coffee pots, bread box, wash roiler, varnish stain, and floor polish see substantial markdowns from original tag prices.
Fall sale announces price cuts on women's Dongola Kidskin and Box Calfskin lace shoes. Various sizes listed with Goodyear welt soles and military heels, prices slashed from 4.00 to 2.00 or 2.50 per pair. Includes multiple stock codes and size ranges.
British squadron under Prince Laula of Guttenberg will anchor off Fifty fourth street in New York Harbor during his visit after Washington and Annapolis. Secretary Metcalf announces anchorage plan with no formalities beyond a White House reception and a dinner. The order sets vessel positions, confines, and cable avoidance while preserving main channel access.
Annapolis October 26 Special to The Washington Pest officers at the Naval Academy may stage a regular coon hunt for Prince Louis of Battenberg’s fleet. The hunt is planned for the night of Friday November with Prince Louis and senior staff visiting Washington to pay respects to the President. Invites will go to junior officers below their rank. Prof N M Terry head of physics and chemistry originated the plan and leads the effort.
Washington society circles report preparations for a Fort Myer Army Relief drill at 2 pm with noted hostesses aiding the event. Ambassadors and dignitaries arrive, depart, or plan seasons in Washington, including the Netherlands legation reopening and Mexico's Casasus expected by mid November. Detailing weddings, travels, and new postings, the column also notes Mrs. Paul Morton joining a statue unveiling in Nebraska and multiple Washington residents planning winter residences or trips abroad.
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