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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
10
Clearance sale on lace curtains including Irish Point Renaissance and Arabian in large lots. Prices cut from 3 to 6 pair patterns. values and per-pair prices listed with varied discounts. Also lace bed sets and furniture fabrics offered at special rates with a range of portieres and coverings.
Lamps Lanterns and Shades and other modern devices to lessen labor in hot weather are in our Housefurnishing Store. Lamps Lanterns and Shades Glass Lamps complete 23c and up. Candle Lanterns complete 1c each. Regular Oil Lanterns complete 25c each Japanese Lamp Shades 7c each. Complete stock of Wicks Chimneys and Burners for all lamps.
The advertisement touts corn slitter devices and corn graters for home use with prices like 10 cents per pair and 20 cents each. It promotes Sunshine Gold and White Loaf cakes and Fancy Creamery Butter sold at Washington area outlets with butter priced at 33 cents per pound and five pounds for $1.60.
Diplomatic figures the Swedish Minister and Mme de Lager-Crantz drew attention at Saratoga society events. Engagement news of Elihu Root Jr and Miss Alda Livingston Stryker sparked social ripple. Washington insiders, weddings, and travels linger in the season’s gossip, with many prominent families noted across resorts and city homes.
Crowds pack Saratoga Race Track with elegant gowns and daylight diamonds as Joseph Widener wins the steeplechase. Notables, including Mrs Hitchcock, Miss Sanford, and the Fish family, mingle in boxes and paddock receptions. A hospital report follows an accident at Miss Russell’s cottage. Mrs Cannon is injured. Rumors swirl around Mrs Stokes and Anson Phelps Stokes with engagement gossip, while funds and art legacy questions stir among Morgan and Clarke.
Toney and Master Theodors Taney return from Itxinia Beach and the Jamestown Exposition. Mrs Jesse B Wilson of 1823 Phelps Place guest of Mrs HLEG Avenur. Edwin Pilsbury stays at Traymore Atlantis City through October. Marguerits Farred plans Blue Ridge trip. Mrs Mabel Johnson Glattetty convalesces after major surgery at Garfield Hospital.
International social pages tell of Morgan and Drexel yacht week at Cowes Newport society notes include Miss Roosevelt debut plans and Miss Whitney riding pursuits. Bar Harbor court case over cars on Mount Desert roads ends with a 5 fine and costs amid Eden debate.
Harriet Stanton Blatch, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, will sue the Harman House owner for denying service to Blatch and a companion at the hotel rock garden. The case, pursued to defend women’s right to dine publicly, arose after a waiter refused to serve them and a hotel official cited house policy.
Special to The Winans Richmond Wa Aug 6 Mrs Pitshugh Lee announces the engagement of her daughter Virginia to Lieut John Carter Montgomery United States Army. Montgomery is stationed at Fort Riley Kans Virginia comes from a family with Confederate and US Army service and the wedding time and place remain undecided.
A local Chilastian Endeavorers group returned home after attending the annual society convention in Seattle Washington. They expressed satisfaction with the trip and paused at several points of interest including Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods Cripple Creek Yellowstone Park and Great Salt Lake during their journey back.
The body of sculptor Augustus St Gandens who died Saturday at Cornish, NX, FL, was cremated today at Mount Auburn. A service will be held tomorrow in the same area.
The Florists' Club of Washington plans a November chrysanthemum show in the Nations Rifle Armory to aid Associated Charities. The event follows a club meeting at Gudz's Hall with an exhibition of gladiolus and blooms from Berlin New York and Canada. Proceeds go to charity. Arthur Cowee studio garden shipments and John Lewid Childs gardens are noted. Reverend R Porter and Miss Elizabeth Haney wed in Rockville Maryland.
Plate Printers Unit plans an excursion to Marshall Hall next Saturday with two boats for printers and friends. Invitations go to hundreds of other crafts. The athletic program includes a wizard race, yard races, bowling contests, and bands on boat and lawn amid a full day of activities. Officers listed: FR McClure chairman, S. E. Beach secretary treasurer, Willi McKin ny president, J B Murphy starter, Charles Baker and Be Ayes timers, Mile and J. A. Hardie judges, Joan Keanely, Jemnex A. Helo, and August Davie assistance.
Berlin Ang. Prince Borghese, famed European automobile contestant, arrived yesterday afternoon and received an enthusiastic reception at the Imperial Automobile Club. Count Blevedere resigned as pioneer of modern civilization in Ang. The prince will continue to Paris tomorrow morning.
In Wheaton Illinois August 6 golfers began qualifying for the Western amateur championship. The Chicago Golf Club led field entries from Atlanta Birmingham Denver Mashville and Warren Ke Wood title holder Ned Sawyer among notable players. Two qualify today with thirty six holes. first round of match play tomorrow at thirty six holes.
Paris Aug 6 Renaud in a Peugeot won the Press Cup race on the Ligiux circuit covering the 28.5 kilometer five laps in 4 86 38 with Vimont in a Westinghouse second at 4 44 40. Sorel led Lorraine Dietrich for four laps before fuel ran out fifteen kilometers from the finish. Fuel supply limited to nineteen liters per hundred kilometers.
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