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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
21
A local shop advertises ready to wear garments for boys girls and babies, with complete outfits for various settings including seashore country and city summer homes. The column highlights cool comfortable and smart clothing and furnishings for juveniles and families.
Catalog page lists boys linen Norfolk jackets in gray and tan sizes 7 to 10 up to 750 value, with sale prices around 3.95, plus all wool sailor and bath outfits, washable russe, bloomers, denim overalls, hats, shirts, blouses, robes, and bathing suits in various sizes and prices, advertised as Third floor Tenth St. availability.
Classified page lists girls and misses white lawn gowns with lace trims from 1.50 to 18.50, white linen suits Peter Thompson in regulation styles priced 12.50 to 13.50, blue serge reefers at 5.00, traveling coats 10.00 to 15.00, and sizes 1 to 14 years for various items, located on Third floor Eleventh St.
A catalog of travel wear for women including Kimonas Pajamas Negligees Silk Petticoats and undergarments. Highlights include De-Silk Kimonas at 5.00, Pajamas Madras and Sateen from 2.50 to 3.50, Black Taffeta Petticoats with flounces at 3.95, Black and Colored Silk Petticoats with 5.00 to 7.50 price range. Third floor Eleventh at.
An assortment of practical summer neckwear for hot weather focuses on latest novelties and dress occasions. Highlights include neck ruchings, wash stock, Windsor ties, plain and Persian scarfs, with one-of-a-kind Parisian pieces and prices from $1.30 to $5.50.
Infants department offers nai nso ok slips and short skirts with neck ruffles and embroidery. Caps, bon nets, rompers, sun nets, and white pique hats priced from 2 to 50 cents. Infants cotton shirts and women's lawn hats advertised with wide brims and embroidery on sale on the third floor at Eleven th Street location.
Children’s Sox in plain and open work in pink sky blue tan white and black priced 266 to 35 cents. White hose with lace and ribbed effects 25 to 2 dollars. Fine ribbed black cotton hose double knees heels and toes sizes to 10 3 pairs for 4 dollars. Lisle thread holes in white tan black lace ankle and all-over lace effects all sizes. Main floor F street 506.
Reads as a store catalog snippet listing MISSES CHILDREN AND INFANTS SHOES in white canvas lace and button styles, buckskin lace options, moccasins, Russia calfskin oxfords for boys and youths, patent leather oxfords, and Roman sandals. Includes sizes 3 to 11, with various price points from $1.50 to $4.00 and notes on lasts and heel types.
A stylish net corset with straight front, short hip, and medium high bust sold in sizes 18 to 23 for 73 cents a pair. Value, one dollar. Located at Third Floor Eleventh Street. Small lot of J. B. corsets made of import materials.
The notice advertises a selection of toiletries and cosmetics including Dr Pray's Rosalins 160 and Nall Enamel, Pears soaps, Cuticura, Sozodont products, Glycerine soaps, Benzoin oil, mouth wash, and talcum powder. Located on the main floor G street shop display.
A compact list of listed groceries including lemons cantaloupes cereal drinks and jams with prices and brands such as Colonial Grape Juice Nutlet Peanut Butter Rajah Tea Queen Olives Imperial Root Beer Extract and Walter Baker products. Located on the shop’s tenth street storefront with various item prices and descriptions.
Washington society notes describe a cruising party down the Potomac with Miss Edith Jamison and Mr. Eugene Tillotson’s engagement. The engagement of Miss Mary Webster Clark of the Library of Congress to Mr. Charles William Jackson of New York is announced, with a September wedding in Easthampton Massachusetts. Details cover guests, trips to Montreal Quebec Philadelphia and Atlantic City, and numerous social movements of Washington residents and visitors.
The International League of Women Suffragists holds its third conference in Copenhagen from August qT to 11 with many American delegates arriving. Queen Louise granted Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt a one hour audience and praised American women as active models for others, mourning the late king limited royal entertainments.
Sister Mary Theresa Robe formerly Mary Theresa Robe a Philadelphia native dies at eighty one after six decades in the Sisters of the Visitation. She long served in Washington with requiem mass and funeral rites conducted by local clergy before burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Newport society and townspeople attended the St. Mary's Orphanage fair at Sandy Paint farm the Vanderbilt country place. The event featured a blind auction with bear cubs sold for several thousand dollars. Mrs Law bought one and presented it to Miss Kathleen Vanderbilt.
Judge De Lacy plans a Sunday reunion for 122 probationary youths at 1816 F Street NW now used for the Juvenile Court. He envisions a playground between the House of Detention and court with swings, open to all hours except court sessions, to keep offenders away from curious crowds and promote preventive work.
In a tangled financial world, Matthew Blacklock rises through the Roebuck Langdon Ver mite circle to marry Anita Ellersly after wooing her amid ruin. Blacklock’s gambles, debts, and tense loyalties collide with Anita’s defiance and Harsh family pressures as an empire teeters on collapse. a chilling confrontation in moonlit rooms seals fates.
A narrator confronts his wife about independence and loyalty within a life of wealth and power. He warns that true freedom for her is unlikely and recalls battles with rivals Roebuck and Langdon as he wrestles control and desire. The scene closes with his mind awash in tangled thoughts and looming danger.
Wills of Susan J Beveridge Helen A Smith and Harrison Terrell filed for probate yesterday. Charities named include German Orphan Asylum Christian and Culeanora Rapport Home Little Sisters of the Poor and First Reform Church with the widow Barbara Schroth receiving household effects and life interest in the estate. Executors named Frank Schroth Jacob Appich. Beveridge estate goes to daughters May Muller and Julia Shoup. Smith named sole beneficiary and executrix. Terrell will leaves insurance to Sophia Barris and remainder to son William H Terrell and sister Laura Jones with William H Terrell named executor.
Allen Ve, station master for The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey at Barnegat, NJ, writes that after spending fifty dollars with doctors for barber's itch without relief, he tried Cuticura Remedies and was cured. He praises their soap ointment and pills and recommends them to every family with children. October 2, 1905 Barnegat Station NJ.
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