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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
9
We offer cool, stylish ready to wear garments for boys girls and babies for many settings from seashore to city summer homes. The establishment advertises attractive outfits and complete wardrobes for youth with emphasis on comfort and smart clothing.
Boys linen Norfolk jackets in light gray and tan sizes 7 to 10 priced down from 7.50 to 3.95. All wool gray mixed sailor suits, washable blouses and bloomers, denim overalls, and bathing suits offered with sizes and house prices. Also includes hats, straw sailors, negligee shirts, and bath robes with tiered sale prices. Third floor at Tenth Street.
A catalog of girls and misses dresses and coats offered in white lawn guimpes with lace trim, high necklines, and short sleeves. Prices range from $1.50 to $18.50, including Peter Thompson suits in white linen and blue serge reefers, with traveling coats in black gray and tan. Located on the third floor Eleventh Street.
A catalog of travel apparel for women featuring kimonas, pajamas, negligees, silk petticoats, and undergarments. Items include black plain and floral silk kimonas, Madras and sateen pajamas, black taffeta silk petticoats with accordion plaits, and colorfully trimmed options priced from $2.50 to $7.50. Third floor Eleventh at.
An assortment of practical and dress neckwear for hot weather includes one of a kind Paris imports. Featured items include Neck Ruchings in popular effects, Wash Stock in tailored and lingerie styles, Windsor Ties in plaid and dotted shades, and Plain and Persian Scarfs suitable as head and shoulder throws, priced from $1.00 to $5.50, on the main floor G street.
Infants nainsook slips and short skirts with ruffles embroidery and tucks. Tucked mull caps. Gingham rompers and sun bonnets in pink and blue with ruffles. White pique hats and mall bon nets. Infants cotton shirts in high and low neck styles. Women’s white lawn golf hats with wide brim. Third floor Eleventh St.
The advertisement lists plain and open work children s socks in colors pink sky blue tan white and black with prices from 266 to 35 cents. It features white hose with plain ribbed bed lace ankle and all over lace effects from 25 to 200 and fine ribbed black cotton hose with double knees heels and toes in sizes to 10 at 4 per 3 pair. Also includes lisle thread hose in white tan and black with plain lace ankle and all over lace effects and notes 506 Main floor F street.
Advertises white canvas lace and button shoes for infants to misses, tan Russia calfskin oxfords for boys and youths, patent leather options, and leather sandals. Lists sizes from infant to adult, multiple last and heel details, prices from $1.50 to $4.00, with notes on stock colors and materials. The page mixes damaged OCR text with product descriptions and sale prices.
A stylish straight front model corset with short hip and medium high bust selling 73c a pair in sizes 18 to 23. Value $1.00. Third Floor Eleventh Street. Small lot of J B Corsets made of import material.
A readable storefront listing shows assorted toiletries and cosmetics including Dr Pray products, Pears soaps, Cuticura and Glycerine items, Sozodont and dental powders, mouthwash and powders from W. & L. brands, and Mennen talcum powder on display on the main floor near G street.
An old newspaper shopping list lists Extra Fancy Lemons at 20c a dozen and 2c for Norfolk Sweet An cantaloupes, plus Toasted Corn Flakes, Colonial Grape Juice, Ginger Ale, and several brand items. It mentions Imperial Root Beer Extract, Walter Baker products, Rajah Tea, Queen Olives, and Herring, with locations at the Tenth Street floor.
Washington social notes recount a sailing party on the Potomac and numerous engagements. Miss Edith Jamison announces engagement to Mr Eugene Tillotson. Miss Mary Webster Clark of the Library of Congress and Mr Charles William Jackson of New York plan a September wedding in Easthampton Massachusetts.
The International League of Women Suffragists conference opens August 3 in Copenhagen with American delegates greeted by Danish host families. Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt, president, meets Queen Margaret II for a one hour audience. The Queen praises American women as active and progressive models.
Sister Mary Theresa Robe eighty one native of Philadelphia died after sixty years in the Sisters of the Visitation at the Convent of the Visitation on Connecticut Avenue. She long served the Washington community. Requiem Mass held Thursday morning with Father Hedrick celebrant. Office for the dead led by Father Budsey. Buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Newport society and townspeople gathered at Sandy Paint farm to support St Marys Orphanage Providence. The auction raised several thousand dollars with three bear cubs sold to Mrs George Law Paul Rainey and Robert Goelet the cub given to Miss Kathleen Vanderbilt.
Judge De Lacy unveils plans to unite the Juvenile Court and House of Detention in a single building. A Sunday gathering at 1816 F Street Northwest will show 122 probationary youths their progress as the District funds a new playground on E Street fronting the court. Officials aim to keep offenders in view of guardians, with swings for younger children and supervised play hours.
Matthew Blacklock, a bold broker, rises to wealth through Textile stock but loses it all. He marries Anita Ellersly after a volatile romance fueled by Roebuck and Langdon. Facing ruin, he confronts debt, betrayal, and a cold, resolute wife who refuses to be controlled.
A husband confronts his wife over independence and control in a tense confrontation about marriage, protection, and gender roles. He insists on traditional authority while she remains silent, revealing underlying passion and conflict as they confront their entangled futures.
Wills of Susan J Beveridge Helen A Smith and Harrison Terrell filed for probate yesterday. Charities named include German Orphan Asylum Christian and Buddhist Rapport Home Little Sisters of the Poor and First Reform Church. Barbara Schroth widow to receive household effects with trust to Frank Schroth and Jacob Appich for life. upon death to their children.
Allen Ve, Station Master at The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, Barnegat Station, recalls wasting fifty dollars on doctors for barber's itch before trying Cuticura Remedies. He bought a set with Soap Ointment and Pills for 1.00 and reports complete cure, urging families to know about Cuticura for their children.
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