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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
7
Special sale announces eviction of all seasonal goods with low remnant prices from men, women, children wearables and home items. Nearly every department represented with odds and ends, broken sizes, and short lengths marked for quick selling today.
Bargain sale listing shows many items with deep cuts: twenty five dozen handkerchiefs and remnants of men’s shirts, collars, ties, frogs, and knit items. Notable prices drop from high dollar figures to pennies, emphasizing school use and everyday wear.
Friday bargain sale offers women Swiss ribbed vests and drawers with lace trim at 23c each, plus Lisle thread vests with crocheted fronts at 33c, and Boys Balbriggan shirts sized 24 to 34 at 35c each. Values shown as higher figures with standard discounts.
Friday bargain sale offers women’s wear in nainsook and cambric including trimmed gowns petticoats and drawers. Items feature laces embroidery beads and ribbons with various price reductions from original figures down to sale amounts. Includes petticoats gowns and gowns with Valenciennes trim.
A small lot of women novelty silk umbrellas in check patterns for sun or rain, 25 inches, $1.35 each. Also remaining men’s 2-inch fine union taffeta umbrellas with silver trim reduced from 0 to $255 each. Men’s inch fine union taffeta umbrellas with silver gun metal and trimmed handles reduced from $700 to $500 to $85 each. Main floor entrance.
In the Fan Department a pink silk fan with amber sticks is reduced from 35.09 to 10 for October 7 sale. Hand decorated fan offered at lower price.
Third floor at Tenth Street features deep reductions on boys suits and outerwear. All-wool double breasted and naval blue serge sets in sizes 2 to 15 see prices cut from 3.50 to 1.95, 4.50 to 3.95, and 6.00 to 4.36 with knickerbocker options and Russian blouse styles also reduced.
Selected one of a kind pieces from September sale offered at cut prices. Golden Oak Sideboard 18.95. Handsome Quartered Oak Buffet 37.50. Weathered Oak Settee 6.00. Weathered Oak Table 12.00. Alshogany Davenport 20.00. 17 piece Parlor Suite 18.73. Weathered Oak Settee 15.00. Box Coven 9.95. Genuine Leather Rocker 25.00. Large Velour Rocker 16.50. Large Leather Rocker 24.73. Weathered Oak Bookcase 18.73. Golden Oak Washstand 10.00. Quartered Oak Cheval Mirror 27.00. Weathered Oak Screen 5.00. Quartered Oak Chiffolier 29.75. Mahogany Bed 25.00. Drop end Sofa 0.00. Quartered Date Bookcase 28.00. Golden Oak Settee 23.65. Sixth and seventh floors.
Damaged OCR lists reduced prices on decorated American, French, and English china items. Includes bowls sets coffee cans saucers teapots and creamers, covered dishes, soup tureens, breakfast plates, and soup plates with discounts from old prices to new, varied by item and quantity. Some lines unclear due to text damage.
A fragmented shoe listing shows women’s white canvas Oxforts with turn soles in sizes 4 3 and 7 A and reduced prices from and to various amounts. It mentions children and boys shoes with patent leather etc and references to sales and reductions. The text is garbled but indicates a shoe sale with multiple sizes and styles.
Several items in the sporting goods department are deeply discounted. Coats, hunting vests, corduroy hunting caps, shells, boxes, hunting shoes, football, hockey, basketball and bowling shoes reduced from high prices to fractions. A complete item list shows sizes, styles, and new sale prices across coats, vests, caps, shells, and footwear.
A department sale features women's waist garments in fine white batiste with embroidered fronts and tucked yokes. Styles include long and short sleeves in all sizes. Prices marked at $1.90 each, originally up to $2.95. Also includes turnover collar styles and assorted sizes with substantial reductions.
Trimmed MIG lice and Strapping suits reduced from 50 to 7.60 each. White Tack Suit bar jacket reduced to 145. Gray Panama outfits and Mixed Cheviot suits cut sharply, prices slashed from 33800 to 150 and from 3860 to 12. Fancy Gray Panama suit ends at 2500. Updated sizes include 38 and 38.
A listing from the cloak department details various garment reductions on coasts and jackets. Items include black Varreva suk loose coats in size 34 reduced from 18 to 0, back Sik pony jackets with white satin sizes unspecified, black taffeta jacket with reduced price, black Eton jackets with white taffeta trim sizes 36 and 38, black pony jacket of imported ber feta silk with Dresden silk trimmings in size 36, and several skirts including gray singer, linen, and white duck styles with percentage or dollar reductions. Promotions indicate third floor location and sale pricing.
A clearance listing from the Misses Department details a variety of girls and misses dresses and suits. Items include white lawn dresses with embroidery and tuck details in sizes 4 to 14, silk gingham dress, white linen dresses, linen coats, cheviot costs, and tailored suits with reduced prices from $1.90 to $1.00 or more, all on the third floor.
A local upholstery sale lists Arabian Lace and Lees Curtains at substantial markdowns from 1000 to 600, and from 500 to 3800, plus Bonne Femme Curtains white and ecru trimmed with taf fete reduced to 550, and various portieres and seats discounted.
Readable items note leather band bags with brass locks and pockets, reduced from high prices to low. Morocco leather wallets and cases feature leather linings, steel frames, and feather filling, with discounts shown from $12.00 to $5.10 and other markdowns noted.
Reduced prices on damaged stock and shopworn goods across the department. Items include fiber footstools, door mats, enamelware, aluminum covers, burner stoves, wash boilers, copper butter pails, baskets, telescope baskets, and laundry baskets with noted price cuts and final sale location on the first floor at Eleventh Street.
Social and personal notes from Washington describe a minister from Norway and Mme Hauge arriving, plans to sail to Europe, and Mme Hauge’s presentation to Norway’s court. Also listed are wedding engagements, anniversaries, and numerous social visits across residences, hotels, and embassies with references to the Willard, Highlands, and Lenox scenes. The item notes engagements of Maude Fair to Capt. Henry Chay Lawrence and a tenth anniversary musicale for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ensign Stevens.
Elizabeth Blair Lee widow of Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee dies at her Silver Spring home in Montgomery County aged eighty nine. She remains survived by her son Hon. Blair and was longtime organizer of Washington charities and a leader in the Daughters of the American Revolution and Washington Club. The article recalls her family ties to Maryland Virginia and Kentucky lineages and her father Francis Blair Sr. links to Andrew Jackson.
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