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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
13
At an August sale leading manufacturers offer seconds from Linse Blankets, lightly imperfect yet much cheaper. Housekeepers, hotel owners, boarding house proprietors, and parents sending boys or girls to school attend. Prices range across many figures from low to high, with noted reductions versus regular prices.
Weatherproof porch shade by Vador keeps sun out while letting breeze in. Durable finish resists fading and staining. Available in sets: 2 by 25 inch sections at 200 each, 4 by 4 with cara 550 each.
Advertises special values on special sets and decorated ware with prices such as $1.45 to $2.85 each. Describes Mason jars, fruit jars, and glassware in wholesale quantities with per dozen pricing and complete tops. Includes mentions of china cracker sets and stoneware items for summer use.
A compact classified item listing offers fruit jar components for sale including seven Mason porcelain lined tops per dozen, plain jar rings per dozen, lipped jar rings per dozen, and wide mouth rings per dozen. Also mentions all gloss tops and other Mason brands with quantities.
A midsummer wedding united Miss Jemma Seaman of Falls Church with Mr Ira R. T. Smith of Washington at the Laurel and fern adorned Presbyterian Church of Falls Church. Rev Dr Robert Davison officiated as guests and family gathered for a breakfast at the bride’s home. The couple departed for a western trip, with Mrs Smith wearing a brown tailored suit and the ceremony marking Smith’s White House ties.
An Interesting double wedding occurred in Bavlock last night as Miss Lucy Buch and Mr Carl Ts Soper and Miss Mary T Tathert and Wr Join Worten wed at Mr Sopers parents 617 Nichols Avenue Ann. The Rev Willard G Davenport officiated with palms and a string orchestra as guests filled the house. The brides wore white satin gowns with lace and carried shower bouquets. A supper followed and the couples left for New York. they will reside at 61 Nichols Avenue and 617 Nichols Avenue respectively. Miss Emma Winchester visits Gamenville Virginia.
Dirs Churchill Candse hosted a luncheon at the New Willard in honor of Count Leonard di Casatina Kapitan. The event drew American and Italian guests aboard the anchored Tallan warship in Washington. The Tallan ambassadors and ministers were invited to events linked to a Denver congress in August.
An advertisement touts a solid porcelain refrigerator with one piece white porcelain interior, hand molded with rounded corners for easy cleaning. Various stocked sizes offered, with exclusive agency for Eddy Refrigerators and Baldwin Opal Glass-lined models.
Special value in Bar Harbor willow chairs featuring French willow and green cushions. Complete line includes rockers settees and children's chairs in green and natural colors at popular prices.
Society notes detail a Rome season with Americans like Ambassador designate Dun Galdeshman and Mrs Leshman drawing attention at horse shows, weddings, and salons. Mentioned are Lingd Griscom, box shore events, and Mrs Emily Post abroad. Candid reflections compare American and foreign matches, noting parental roles and manners shaping marriages amid elite European circles.
Mgr Falconio, the pontifical delegate, arrived in Washington from Europe after attending Rome’s golden Jubilee ceremonies. He extended a papal blessing to Americans aiding the stricken Shigans following the earthquake. The capital electors urged extended time for electret switchboards cables and channels at McKinsey Training School. The completion deadline is now set for September 10.
The column advises using olive or peanut oil over animal fats, notes butter can spoi l, and suggests a diet including whole wheat bread with butter, bread and nuts, and a separate fruit meal. It emphasizes a specific regimen for a patient to eat toast without butter followed by prunes or lettuce later, detailing a morning routine.
Special to The Washington Post reports on the Albemarle horse show opening day in Charlottesville with large attendance and 21 classes. Two serious accidents marred the sport in front of the stand as rider Daniel Ho Andrews fell and suffered a broken leg, while Charles Anderson was knocked unconscious when his horse Picket fell over a hurdle.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kurt attended a Nairobi banquet with Frederik Jackson as chair. Roosevelt praised Africa as a future home for white settlers, urged practical development and justice for natives, rejected sentimentality, and compared conditions to the American West while noting a railway project in Louisiana.
Immense purchase of Hudson stock fills 807 Pennsylvania Avenue building including china bric a brac glassware furniture appliances and more. Sale starts Saturday at Kann Sons Co with reductions from normal prices as high as far below actual worth, amounts to thousands of dollars in value. A sensational event for 1909 with a nationwide bargain promise and first factory cent of savings outlined.
A dispatch reports railroad magnate Harriman’s health has improved significantly after a period of poor condition. The note says his strength is better for several years and that barring a change his return to teaching here from his trip is planned around September.
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