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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1904
Page
7
A Friday remnant sale offers odds and ends from stock, with many items marked for swift sale. Prices span from 25c to 1.75 for socks and oxfords, damask textiles at 50c per yard, and 25% off damaged or display-ready goods. Numerous men’s boys’ and infants’ items on third and tenth floors include suits, blouses, shirts, hats, dresses, and coats with substantial reductions.
White goods sale lists include 40 inch India Linens at 15 cents a yard and 45 inch French Lawn at 25 cents a yard. Also offered are 300 yards Pique Muslins at 3 cents per yard and 1000 yards Lace Stripe Novelty White Goods at 18 cents per yard. Jake award. Value not specified.
Advertisement for cambric petticoats on sale in a third floor Eleventh Street shop. Umbrella style, trim with two ticked ruffles. Good quality, well made, priced at 79 cents each.
Newspaper ad lists men’s clothing bargains including 5 dozen suits at $1 each, 8 dozen white madras pajamas in large sizes, 12¢ price remnants, and bath robes cut from $12 to $8, plus assorted colored negligee shirts in limited sizes.
Odd Lots China sale listing priced at 25 cents to one dollar for various porcelain items including French and English china plates cups and saucers and butter dishes. Items described with assorted shapes colors and sizes and located at Fifth Loom G St.
Friday bargains in a photo supplies display offer items such as Liquid Developer Metal-Hyiro EYikonogen for plates or arms, toning and fixing powders, jet drying racks for 4x6 to 6x10, glass masks, Munitalp developer, professional mounts white, Oold cameras with cases and plate holders. Discounts cited with prices and floor location on Eleventh Street Fourth floor.
The Traveling Goods Department advertises several trunks with deep discounts. A 4-inch dress trunk drops from 2000 to 315, a 38-inch man’s trunk from 30 to 22, a 141-inch steamer trunk from 25 to 13, and a 36-inch man’s steamer trunk from 25.09 to 19.00, all bound with rawhide or riveted construction and linen interiors.
Storewide markdowns in the Muslin Underwear and Corset Departments feature substantial cuts. Gowns and petticoats drop from $1.75 to $1 and 1.25 to 6d, while slips, lacques, and dressing sacques see price cuts. Corsets by Parame, Royal Worcester, W. B., and FP. D move from high dollars to just dollars, with rugs also discounted on the fourth floor.
Upholstery department offers reductions on curtains Swiss muslin bed sets sofa cushions tapestry yards and various fabrics. window screens and screen doors also marked down. Items include curtain lace reduced from 2.00 2.25 to 1.50 and padded fabrics cut to lower prices across the fourth floor.
Bargain shop listing from the Fifth floor GST announces discounts on china items including Decorated American China Dinner Set with 3 pieces missing, Decorated Limoges Bread and Butter Plates, Pickle Dishes, Cracker Jars and a few slightly damaged items. Prices slashed from former tag amounts to lower sale prices.
Reduced prices on Dartington dish washers, a fiber water cooler, a fancy scrap basket, a large cook's knife, tin fish boiler, cedar wash tub, enameled rice roiler, pudding pans, garden hose and a straw dress suit case. Items show markdowns from listed prices with some damaged goods noted, located on Fifth floor eleven st.
Social notices reveal marriages linking notable families across Virginia and Washington. Miss Patty Earle Faxon wed Warren Greene Ogden as planned. relatives include Priscilla Adams line and Dolly Madison descendants. Other weddings: Kate Miller Latham to John B. Jeffries Jr in Washington. Miss Latham, a soprano, plans New York life. Also reports of visas, travels, and upcoming society events amid late summer social season.
Sir William H Ramsay the English scientist and president of the Society of Chemical Industry arrived on the steamship Baltic and will attend the society meeting in New York from September 7 to 11. His party of nineteen plans a postmeeting tour by special train to Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis and other cities with lectures including one in St Louis on September 30.
The eighth International Geographic Congress opens in Washington on September 8 for three days then tours Philadelphia New York Chicago and St. Louis. About 173 foreign delegates and around 440 Americans attend with headquarters at the Ebbitt House. Deliberations cover governmental surveys oceanography and geographic development with receptions and lectures by notable figures including Commander Peary and Prof Albert Gobat. The program includes visits to mount Vernon Fairmount Park Niagara Falls and West Point, ending with collaborations in Chicago and St. Louis and a departure for Mexico City after adjournment. Grover Cleveland and party arrive at Gray Gables for a few days of rest and galt fishing.
Panama Canal Commission requisitions piping for city water supply and purchases three large steam shovels for Culebra cut. Printing office equipment and a special Cape May tour are arranged. Pennsylvania Railroad run trip departs Washington Friday September 2, returns September 6. Round trip $12.60 with three days board at Congress Hall.
The former Columbian University in Washington rebrands as the George Washington University under President Needham. The change, approved by Congress, shifts to a non denominational, national scope with plans for a Van Ness Park quadrangle including a $500 000 Administration Building and new departments in public health and library science. Alumni support and memorial associations back the expansion as the university prepares for fall openings and graduate emphasis.
A hundred members and guests of the German American Technological Association feasted at Saergerbund Hall hosted by the Washington Society. The evening featured toasts, music by Doncha Orchestra, and speeches from leaders across the nation. New York City was chosen as next meeting place and membership stood at 571 after a 70 rise.
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