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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
41
Woodward Lothrop announces a Special Remnant Day across New York Washington and Paris stores. Many garments and home items are discounted to clear fall and winter stock with odds and ends, broken sizes, and remnant lots offered at low prices. Includes linen mesh underwear remnants at 4 off and a large selection of curtains lace and upholstery pieces with various discount tiers.
The Rug Department offers deep markdowns on Kashmir and Scotch body Brussels rugs, Axminster and Wilton pieces, plus Oriental and Turkish styles. Notable cuts include 9x12 Kashmir rugs from 12.00 to 10.00 and Wilton and Wool rugs halved from 18.00 to 10.00, with many pieces slightly soiled or used. Evening dresses and mohair suits also discounted, with sizes 34 to 38 and prices cut from 68.00 to 8.80 for dresses and from 32.50 to 15.00 for suits in the Fourth floor sale.
A sale listing describes women’s outing flannel dressing sacques in plain pink and blue with round collars and buttonhole edge on sleeves and around sacque edge. Priced at $1.00 each, located on the third floor eleventh street.
Bargain prices on miss and women shoes from Misses School Shoes. Jet black gun metal calfskin lace shoes with kid skin tops and military heels offered in sizes from 3 to 6 at 32.50 per pair. Other styles priced down from 2.00 to 4.00 and 1.50 to 2.00. Located on Third Avenue and Tenth Street with various last types and reduced values.
Bargain listing for a line of Trish Damask Pattern Cloths and Napkins from a top Insh manufacturer. Includes 2x2 yard items priced at 1.50 to 3.60 with values from 3.20 to 4.80, napkins listed at multiple sizes and prices, sale on second floor Eleventh Street.
Complexion Sponges offered in irregular shapes at 5c each. Wain floor stands six feet high. A brief market notice advertising bargain pricing on assorted complexion sponge products with a small display of items.
Bargains on the third floor include boys double breasted and single breasted suits in sizes 8 to 16, with Norfolk jackets and bloomers, washed wool and Russian blouse styles. Prices slashed from the 70s to 3.75 dollars and from 6.00 to 2.75, plus hats reduced to 1.0.
Fifth floor offers a clearance of decorated French and German china pieces with reductions from two to five dollars and cents. Items include a 400-piece set with one plate missing, soup tureens, sauce tureen, bowls, teapots, trays, and coveed dishes, all marked down from higher prices to substantially lower amounts. Limited quantities available.
Various furniture pieces including box couches, mahogany chairs and arm chairs, writing desks, a Davenport, a Dutch desk, a rattan settee, a weathered oak settee, and a mahogany book table are listed with deep reductions from high original prices to sale figures. Sixth floor items on display.
A bed department offers several discounted items including 191-2 ft extra heavy white enameled beds with gilt trim, a green and white enameled mission style bed, 141-2 ft white enameled bed with brass uprights, 24 ft woven wire springs, and an extra heavy wooden cot with damaged fabric, all reduced from higher prices to low sale figures.
The Wrapper Department offers five white ground fine lawn wrappers with black stripes in sizes 86 and 38 at $1.50 each, ten fine percale wrappers in assorted patterns at $1.50 each, and one taffeta silk bathing suit size 36 at $7.50. Third floor G at.
A store advertises price cuts on girls garments including Eight lightweight Tourist jackets in sizes 6 to 12, three Silk Coats with braids in small sizes, eight White Serge Peter Thompson suits matching emblems, two-piece White Lawn dresses numbered by sizes, Peter Thompson white suits, White Lawn dresses, and Linen finish Cambric Russian Dresses with embroidery. Prices drop from up to 12.50 to 7.50, 1.60 to 5.00, 12.50 to 7.50, 10.00 to 3.95, and other reductions across multiple sizes and styles.
Infants items include hand made long lips shirts trimmed with lace reduced from 250 to 2.00 each. Children white lawn kimonas trimmed with beading reduced from 50c to 1e each. Child's white pique hat with brim and bow reduced from 2.50 to 2. Infant white sunbonnets madras cross bar muslin reduced from 1e to Ye each. Calid's white pique coat 3 4 length trimmed with insertion reduced from 3200 to B50. Infant's bedford cord long cloak with insertion reduced from .00 to 3.75. Third floor Eleventh St.
In the Fourth Year at Tenth Street the Picture Department offers a sale on colored pictures and photographs. Items include Winter Woodland in black and gold frame reduced from 5 dollars to 2.50, Landscape scene hand colored at 2.50, Sheep sepia photo in green and gold frame now 2.60, Bull feather hand colored photo 4.50, Ast Head sepia photo in rosewood frame 3.50, Old Violin Player sepia picture 2.50, Fancy Figures and Heads colored photos in gilt frames 0.50 each, 25 colored pictures in gilt frames 0.10 each, and an Upright Mirror with mantel frame and Aurora picture 15.00 from 30.00.
The House Furnishing Department offers heavy discounts on items such as a galvanized iron washing machine, oll size ladders, opal mirrors, commodes, and numerous kitchenware pieces. Reductions range from small cents to several dollars with prices listed per item and the store located on the fifth floor near Eleventh Street.
Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis to occupy Corcoran House this season as family preparations for a fall wedding and a birth are noted. Engagements include Miss Susan W Quay to Watson Hubbard Butler of Sandusky Ohio. Other arrivals, weddings, and society events feature the Eichshoffs, Camerons, Orchard, and Richmonder circles with messages of congratulations and travel plans.
An exemplified copy of Joseph J. Snellenberg’s will was filed yesterday in Philadelphia. He leaves all to his widow Clara Snellenberg after paying each surviving child 10000 dollars. His widow and brother Nathan Sneijienberg are named as joint executors. No property schedule was attached in the District.
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