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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
7
Remnant sale announced with short hours 5 pm weeknights and 1 pm Saturdays. Emphasizes damaged items offered far below regular prices. Promises fresh stylish stock and convenience for families and households. Acknowledges patronage and highlights weekly special and general sale.
A catalog item listing Torchon Edging with insertion in cotton and linens, various widths, and a special price. Also priced are several women's suits including imported white rep suits with lace, two white duck jacket suits, two gay Panama suits with lace trim, a white silk lined Eton jacket, and multiple white short waist suits, all heavily reduced from higher prices.
A large lot of dress trimmings in rich Persian patterns offered at 33 cents per yard, with earlier prices shown as 60 cents and 1.50 dollars. Located at Malp Igor-G Street.
Frayed OCR lists deep cuts on children’s white lawn dresses, pique coats, and summer coats. Prices range from 1.73 to 7.10 dollars, with many items described as reduced from higher values, featuring lace, insertion, and embroidery details.
Fragments describe a women’s underwear sale with long kimonas and lawn dresses in various fabrics. Prices range from low to mid hundreds, with items like sheer camisoles, lawn kimonas, and lavender taffeta pieces offered at discounted rates. Aimed at shoppers seeking reduced prices on intimate apparel and housewear.
Remnants of cotton goods priced per yard include lengths from 14 to 134 yards. Items listed cover printed linens, imported pressed fabrics, mercerized fabrics, and ginghams with prices ranging from 12.5c to 29c per yard. Second non-sgn.
Textile shop lists markdowns on Mohair and dress goods including plaid Mohair from 234 19 to 1, blue and white striped cloth cut to 0, lavender Albatross and Albatross fabrics discounted. Prices vary per piece and yard with substantial reductions noted for pre measures and quantities. Various items show price drops from high hundreds to single digits, indicating a broad clearance.
A bargain listing for women’s waists in white fabrics. Includes fine white batiste waists with embroidered fronts and tucked yokes in long and short sleeves, sizes all. Also white inn silk waists with turnover for style in sizes 22 to 40, reduced to two dollars each. Additional lines note India silk waists with tuck fronts, back, and varied sizes, reduced to two dollars and twenty five cents. A mixed assortment of linen and batiste waists at reduced prices also offered.
Black Silk Jackets reduced from 1250 to 7 59 each. Box Coats trimmed in brown reduced from 10 to 4.95. Black Silk Loose Coats cut from 1830 to 100. Tan Covered Cloth Jackets down to 3. Black Chestot Jacket 10 to 6. Black Belted Jacket with strap seams, save 385.00.
A list of skirt items with assorted lengths and materials shows price reductions. White Duck Skirts, Heustrope styled pieces, linen skirts, gray wool shots, and gray Panama skirts are discounted from higher prices to new lower figures. Quantities and exact styles vary across departments.
Readable item lists show girls dresses in white lawn lace trimmed and pique styles, sizes 4 to 12 reduced from about 1.90 to 1.15, plus wool and linen coats and suits in sizes up to 22. Discounts feature price cuts from 15 to 60 percent. Includes imported linen dresses with embroidery and cheviot coats with lace collars. Floor display noted.
A local boys department advertises deep discounts on youth tuxedos and suit sets. Numerous styles in sizes from 3 to 18 are reduced from $14 to $43 and more, including double breasted and single breasted all wool and cotton blends, with long pants and sailor styles.
The advertisement lists shoe items including Misses Oxfords patent and leather blucher models. It notes price reductions from dollar values such as 258 to 150 and references multiple sizes and pairs in stock. Limited legible details show a sale focus on Oxfords and related footwear with marked discounts.
A furniture department advertises high-grade, single items from September stock at exceptional prices. Listings include desks, tables, dressers, mirrors, parlor suites, and cabinets with values shown, highlights like mahogany and bird’s-eye maple pieces and multiple prominent items priced from around 12 to 60 dollars with hefty original values.
Upholstery department lists heavy reductions on lace curtains, damask portieres, silk fringe portieres, and Scotch Madras curtains. Items show cuts from large amounts to hundreds and even tens of dollars per pair, with several colors and finishes available.
The listing shows a China department clearance with numerous items including decorated French china tureens, dishes, meat sets, breakfast plates, and tea plates. Prices are heavily discounted from original figures such as $90 to $2.50 and $175 to $0. Both damaged and new pieces are noted with reductions across porcelain, glassware, and mirrors.
House furnishing dept advertises reductions on china, enamelware, baskets, towels, and hampers. Items include nickel plate towel rack reduced from 1.05 to 0.85, enamelware pitchers from 0.25 to 0.15, jelly molds from 0.12 to 0.08, jappanned bread boxes from 0.30 to 0.15, infant bath shopworn from 6.00 to 2.50, lined knit baskets from 1.50 to 0.75, fancy baskets from 0.50 to 0.25, fitted lunch hampers, and poles polish.
Social and personal notes describe September weddings of Miss Anna Gertrude Kearney to Rev. Wilbur Pierce Johnston in Washington and Miss Virginia Andrews to Mr. John H. Gassaway Jr in Washington. Delegations of diplomats and Washington society figures sail for Paris and visit Virginia, with receptions, travel outfits, and plans for the coming season.
The marriage of Dr. Nelson DuVal Brecht of this city and Miss Marc Louise Johnston of Kent Hugiend was quietly solemnized on August MN Alexandria Virginia. Afterward the Brechts reside in Washington with Mr Horace Chanalee returning from Peonlan Springs Virginia and Mrs Cross family traveling with relatives to Baileys Stand Me. Miss Lorena Hines arrives in Savannah to take matron duties at the YWCA.
In a Luxembourg tale of romance and political intrigue, Hardy clashes with Prince Edric while entangled with the Countess of Wilverwiltz. A wolf drive becomes a backdrop for marriage, loyalties, and hidden ambitions as the group journeys through Luxemberg and the duke’s court.
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