War Time Storekeeping Offers Comprehensive Curtain Stocks
War time conditions urge advance supply of needs and a calm approach now to avoid delays later. The retail sector will face heightened man power demand, making foresight essential. We present extensive stocks of lace curtains, net curtains, Swiss point curtains, curtain materials, scrims, and marquisettes on the fifth floor G street.
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G Street
United States
Eleventh Street
F Street
New Curtains of Fine French Work in Various Trim
New curtains of fine French work with handdrawn patterns available in plain hemstitched or lace trimmed styles. Priced from 1.50 to 12.50 per pair.
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Kann
Merchants Promote Quality and Value in Expanded Stock
The company states two guiding principles price and quality guiding buyers and urges prudent households to anticipate needs. A significantly larger stock is now available, reflecting commitment to high standards and customer satisfaction.
The Jarr Family Dinner Table Chaos
A 1918 scene portrays Mrs. Jarr scolding her children Willie and Emoma for mischief and mess while Mr. Jarr consoles and mutters. Tensions rise over neatness, schooling, and coffee as the family clashes with propriety and routine, ending with a note of comic domestic strain.
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Mrs Jarr
Mr. Jarr
Inethey
Emoma
Willie
Mrs. Jarr
Wille
Miss Jarr
Mr Jarr
Society notes and wedding plans at the White House
The President attended services at Central Presbyterian. Miss Alice Wilson, niece of the President, will wed Rev J S McElroy at the White House Wednesday evening with guests joining from Baltimore and Muncie. Miss Elizabeth Perkins of Muncie is Wilson’s guest and a close friend. Debuts were modest this season, while Newport debutante Grace Vandervilt hosted dinners with Gen Cornelius Vanderbilt and Cornelius Vanderbilt III recently returned from France. Various social figures and military officials are mentioned in weekend visits, travels, and upcoming ceremonies across Washington, Jamestown, and Mobile, with further details continuing on the next page.
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Grace Vandervilt
Newport
Bud
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbiit 3d
France
Vanderbilt
Camp Lewis
Washington
New York State Guard
Harrison Latham Ensign Harrison Wedding in Mobile
The wedding of Miss Anne Lamar Latham daughter of Mr and Mrs Ector Brooke Latham and Ensign E McHenry Harrison occurred Friday in Mobile Alabama The couple had planned a Washington ceremony with a August 6 date and the bride was with Miss Edna Manning in Mobile when Harrison learned of possible overseas orders and Mrs Latham traveled with her daughter for the event.
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Trene Charles Appleman
Miss Finney
Mobile
Miss Manning
Notreame College
Trinity Episopal Church
Mobie
Te Res Vernon
McMaster
Linsign Harrison
Pensacola Aeronautical Station
Anne Lamar Latham
Ector Brooke Latham
Ensign E. McHenry Harrison
Ala
Washington
Edna Manning
Ensign Harrison
Latham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodward & Lothrop
New York
Washington—Paris
Cretonnes
Linen Department
Willow and Reed
Jarr Family
Roy L. McCardell
Emma
Wrs
Jarr Sharp
Wille Jarr
Jarr
Papa
Mre Jarr
Bayov SonsCo
Penna. Ave
Th.st
Salt’s
Esquimette
Edwin H Tillman
Enslew
Albert Beecher Crawford
Crawford
Gladys Christy
Harley HH Christy
Jamestown
Ensign Crawford
Narragansett Pier
Garnett
Marine Corps
Wakefield Manor House
Rappanhannock
Warragansett
Irving Chase
Iawight Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
White Sulphur Springs
Nathaniel Francis
Hugh Wallace
Wallace
Massachusetts Avenue
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Larwell Cutler
Philadelphia
Morgan
Cutler
Cutler Will
Charles S Bromwell
Foxcroft Camp
Mildred Bromwell
Miss Bromwell
Foxcroft School
Twoman Wolcomber
Tuchardson Clover
White Sul
Harrison—Latham
Dakin &Vartng
China
Glaas, Siiver &c
J. H. Small & Sons, Inc
Washington. Waldorf-Astoria
Madison Ave
Steinway
Ictrolas
Pinos
Droope Sonst
Devingt
Washington Cabin John Bridge
Conduit
Bethesda
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