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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1905
Page
7
Vintage ad lists widths of Madras and Grenadine fabrics priced per yard from 20c to 50c and features a wide selection of curtains draperies ropes portieres and made to order couches. Also promotes furniture repair reupholstery services with free pickup and delivery and estimates for entire house.
A fifth floor display by the establishment offers cut glass porcelain china and kitchen laundry and cleaning supplies. Labor saving devices and low prices result from direct factory purchases with items such as Ching-fow furniture polish floor polish and Johnson's wax products listed with varied bottle sizes and prices.
A local storefront lists a wide variety of household disinfectants and insect exterminators with prices. Pratt’s Chloride and Acme Chloride of Lime are offered alongside Peterman’s Roach Foo and Ant Pood. Ammonia, cleaning aids, and a complete line of brushes and cleaning tools fill the catalog with dozens of items and prices.
A fragmented catalog of ready mixed paints enamels varnishes and finishes with assorted prices and container sizes. It mentions Sapolin Aluminum Enamel Bath tub enamel stove pipe enamel and wood finish products along with Glidden varnish and miscellaneous coatings for floors furniture and interior woodwork with varied prices.
A dense OCR catalog listing metal polishes and regilding supplies for silver copper brass and gilt items. Includes names such as Electro Silicon Green's Mineral Paste Osoeasy Meyer's Putz Cream Burnishine Our Favorite Silver Enamel Japanese Gold Paint Cremo Gobe Wellington Blue Seal and assorted bottle cans and prices.
Advertises a spring sale of hoes rakes trowels spades and grass shears with prices starting at sixty cents for trowels and one cent and up for weeders rakes lawn weeders and shears inspection invited and items displayed.
Best Quality Seeds and Bulbs advertises top flower seeds from Johnson & Stokes and Vaughn seed lines. It lists Flower Seeds including Sweet Peas four packets for six cents, Vegetable Seeds three large packets for a price, plus bulbs such as Pearl Tube Roses Gladiola Bulbs Tuberous Begonia bulbs Caladium and Elephant Ear Bulbs Bleeding Hearts and Poinnias in various quantities.
New shipment of Kentia Palms potted by an experienced florist offered at a special price of 15 cents each. Limited quantity available. Ideal for gifts or home decor.
Socially prominent circles close a season of entertainments with the German Ambassador and Baroness von Sternburg hosting a large reception. Diplomatic guests, officials, and residents attended. Mrs. Thomas W. Symons hosted a small tea for students and debutantes. The Gentlewoman's Sale opens today at St John’s Parish Hall offering children’s wear and wares to aid distressed women.
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