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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
13
The store closes out summer items this week by sacking departments and overhauling stocks to present fresh fall goods. Bargains include mostly odds and ends, small lots, and slightly defaced items, but most are worth full price. Every department participates in the sale.
Fragments describe women garments with lists of gowns and accessories. Items include long kimonos, cambric gowns, lace detailing, trimmed borders, and various color descriptions. Prices appear low though the text is garbled and partial.
Bargain sale notes umbrellas for women and misses with close-rolled natural wool frame and various colors. Prices listed at about $3.00 with references to children's school items and Eng wood handles. Located on Front Street or nearby retail location with heavy black versions and 22 to 26 inch sizes.
A muddled list details menswear items including shirts belts and hosiery with mentions of sizes and fabrics. It includes references to Turkish towels, underwear sets, white and striped patterns, price ranges, and promotional phrases, though many words are garbled.
Fragmentary listing from a clothing department includes items like summer suits and three piece sets with various sizes and prices. Content is garbled, names and locations are unreadable, offering minimal verifiable details.
Portable fragments report a Benk Belk hat department sale with men’s suits and track derby shoes. Details are garbled but indicate price reductions and stock adjustments.
Reduce from five dollars for many items. Gray worsted suits, overcoats, trousers, and wash outfits offered in various sizes. Plain white and colored shirts and blouses, two piece suits, and long coats advertised with marked price cuts and assortment noted near Third Floor.
Millinery department offers women's hats trimmed with Kuwerm and Kibona with prices from 33.00 to 209. Redhead items priced from 80 to 209 each. Men’s figure Rongh Beene Lallore jackets from 4.09 to 1.00. Also Aloor-Tenth section noted.
Bargain on 100 dozen pairs of women’s imported black gauze lisle thread hose with double soles and high spliced heels. Excellent quality offered at 25 cents a pair. Main floor F street.
A local department store showcases discounts in the boys and teens section. Items include Madras blouses in sizes 3 and up, all wool jersey knit sweaters in white navy and red reduced to low prices, bathing suits and trunks discounted, caps and hats, and duck Tam o Shanter hats in multiple colors. Sale location noted as Third Floor Tenths at.
An old catalog style notice lists women’s shoes and children's footwear with many size options and price cuts. Items include white canvas oxford heels tan pumps and patent leather styles, reduced from higher prices to lowered sale points.
Readable items include embroidered silk suits in sizes 34 and 36 reduced from 32.00 to 0.00, black and white check outfits, white linen styles with embroidery, and lawn dresses with sizes 3, 46. Prices drop from 18.80 to 4.5, 30.00 to 0.00, and 15.25 to 2.60, with several jumper suits in striped patterns also on sale.
Women's coats offered in brown, green, black voile and tan raincoat styles. Sizes range 36 to 38 with reductions from high to bargain prices. Includes tourist style tan raincoat and white duck prince chap coats, each item discounted to mid range. Prices shown indicating substantial sale markdowns on multiple items.
A shop listing reveals Misses department reductions on Fancy Plaid Swiss Dresses and Gingham Jumper Dresses with sizes 1 to 3. Blue Molawir Bathing Suits in assorted styles and sizes 1 and 2 are marked down from 3 to 6 dollars. Third floor-G at stores.
A list of furniture and kitchen hardware with price cuts: wool dusters, nickel plated brush and collet holders, soap dishes, tumbler holders, towel der, cuspidors, floor sweep, steel knives, white metal forks and spoons, dessert spoons, camper-bottom wash boat, japanned flour cans and bread box. Prices drop from cents to dollars. Floor location seventh at the end.
Washington society items report engagements, marriages, and travels. Edith Jane Tupper wed Harold J. Caul of Porto Rico, with ceremony at her parents’ home and a bridal trip planned. Kathryn Depue married Howard S. Dalzell, in a family home ceremony. receptions followed. Social figures from Washington, Newport, and Atlantic City appear in notices of guests, travels, and society events.
Northern resorts report Count von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, a German Embassy counselor, engaged to Miss Isabel May daughter of Col Henry May, while a second rumor ties him to Miss Frederics Morgan. Both claims are disputed as family sources deny the engagements. Miss May and Miss Morgan are close friends. Miss May hails from a wealthy, worldly background and Count Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg is tied to Paris society. Count Hatzfeldt is an American-mothered German noble who visited Washington last year and will be abroad until mid October.
A long, fragmented society column recounts a Kentucky wife’s divorce suit against Lewis T. Brown over alleged abandonment. It traces Brown’s career in Lexington and Washington, and sketches Consuelo Vanderbilt era society, fashion notes, Newport tennis drama, and assorted expatriate and aristocratic intrigues with names like Marlborough, Deacon, Sherman, Abbott, O Reilly, and the Duke of Connaught, weaving a tapestry of early 20th century high society gossip.
The Gonzaga Gourse wall reopens after a nearly complete renovation dating from the summer. The interior is now a thoroughly modern building with few faculty changes from last year. The list includes Rev. Joseph Himivel S J as president and Rev. John Goully as vice president, with several teachers assigned across languages and mathematics.
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