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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
13
Woodward & Lothrop announces a remnant sale and closing time until further notice. Wearables and seasonal goods are marked down to clear stock across most departments for men women and children. Many items can be worn into fall with extra odds and ends offered at very low prices.
Bargain offers on children's coats with multiple colors and styles. Prices start around $3.00 to $12.00, featuring box side, belted, and double-breasted designs with trimmed collars and buttons.
Fragmented OCR text describes sales items including gowns and lace trim with references to pricing and possibly department store bargains. The readable portions show undergarments and apparel items as a promotional snippet from a Friday sale.
A brief sale listing boys clothing items with various sizes and price points. The fragment mentions knickers, shirts, tees, and coats in multiple sizes, including 24 to 10 and 5 to 10, highlighting bargain prices and an area with assorted garments. The readable portion focuses on sale items and stock availability.
A cluttered sale note offers women’s patent colt shoes at special prices. Each pair features varied heels, tops, and finishes with prices quoted around 225 to 2794 dollars and regulars from 350 to 5 dollars. Sizes listed include 2 to 7 with multiple misprints and garbled sizing.
Men’s department offers 12 pairs of summer weight trousers reduced from 3 to 5 dollars and 50 pairs of light weight summer trousers in neat styles. Mens odd vests in cheviot and cassimeres sizes 39 and 40 reduced to a low price. Main floor Fifth St.
Readable fragments show a department store sale of men s wear including four in hand ties in navy blue and gray tones, neglige shirts with fronts cuffs and varying colors, terry cloth bath robes and fancy socks with cotton thread. Several items are marked reduced from higher prices, with sizes and color notes scattered throughout the list.
Fragmentary sale note lists various boy and men’s accessories and clothing items with markdowns. Items include hats, caps, blouses, linen wear, and wool garments, with prices and size notes partly obscured by OCR errors.
Readable ad copy lists umbrellas for sale with 50 women’s 25 inch colored taffeta models and men’s or children’s varieties. Describes paragon steel frame, red blue black designs, tassels and fancy handles, priced around 300 for children sale items and 100 for other pieces. Entrance at floor G.
A ledger style rundown details a large upholstery sale with lace curtains and drapery fabrics. It lists Nottingham Renaissance and various panel curtains, price drops from hundreds to lower figures, remnants suitable for upholstering, and labeled fabric types. Also mentioned are window screens, tapestries, and heavy Mercerized fabrics with discounts.
Parcel of imported and domestic china items offered at marked down prices. Teapot sugar and cream set celery tray tureen meat dish and sauce IPureens fern dish and other decorated pieces reduced from 5 to 1 or 4 to 1. English porcelain cups saucers Austrian and French china plates soup plates and coffee service on sale with various discount amounts.
A classified listing offers Weathered Oak Arm chairs and Rockers with leatherette seats and sturdy springs at 395 each, plus numerous other furniture reductions. The ad notes invitations and social announcements for Mrs Washington Romaine Nichols's daughter Henriatta marrying Charles Emory Smith, with wedding plans at Luletro Elberon, and lists reduced prices on parlor furniture, dining chairs, china closets, trunks, and go carts.
A local department store clears a selection of women’s apparel with deep reductions. Highlights include afzea all wool Eton suits cut from 3000 to 1000, black chiffon Panama outfits discounted from 00 to 7, and a brown and white frock coat suit marked down from 500 to 72500.
The ad lists coats and skirts with markdowns from high prices to low ones. Women's wool coats, raincoats, taffeta jackets, tan and gray options, plus white duck skirts and lawn skirts shown with reduced prices. Several entries note substantial reductions from original amounts and sizes. Intertwined are wedding notices and society updates from Greensburg and Washington circles, with names of prominent families and upcoming ceremonies.
Society attendees flocked to the fourteenth annual event with horse show attractions, fashion notes, and celebrity sightings. Notable owners like W. Harriman and Alfred Vanderbilt entries sparked chatter as show prizes were awarded for harness and saddle classes while guests discussed marriages, rumors, and upcoming social events among New York's elite.
Women wear assorted lawn waists pink blue with white beading priced at 150 each. Embroidered trimmed lawn dresses sized 34 to 46 reduced from 67 to 45. White lawn jumpers with striped full skirts in all sizes cut to 9. Sizes 40 and 42 silk shirt with embroidered collar and cuffs reduced from 16 to 5.
Classified items show Misses department lawn dresses trimmed with lace and embroidery in sizes 6 to 12, reduced from 10 to 3.09 each. Girls white lawn dresses with lace and flzel trimmed at 8 to 3d, marked down from 7 to 6.60 each. Thompson suite with embroidered seca 18 and 20 reduced from 17.50 to 9.0 each. Wille One suspender drawer with embroidery trimmed Swiss Be sixes reduced from 0 to 2.29 each. Third Floor.
A damaged list from the house furnishing department shows extensive markdowns on items such as medicine cabinets, silver plated and nickel items, aluminum chafing dishes, preserving kettles, bread boxes, tripers, copper bottom wash bowls, threadbare toiletries, and cigar holders with prices slashed from high to lower figures. The document notes reduced prices across multiple lines, including silver and steelware, with several items described as damaged or lightly damaged.
A humorous list assigns cups to harvest home vegetables with names like Carrot, Cabbage, Cantaloupe, and Corneman. The event includes an eel of a trophy and a September 21 tasting, with extensive real estate notes and local figures involved, hinting at a large Lenox display and plans for a future page continuation.
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