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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
12
An anxious dealer offers surplus garments including knit and wool bathing suits in sleeveless and long sleeve styles. Readily available in satin wool mixes with fine pure wool, all with fast colors and new patterns. Specials: $3.95 regular $6–$7.50 grades and $2.95 regular $4–$5 grades. Wide selection promised.
Friday Special offers seconds of gauzeweight socks at six pairs for 75 cents with light flaws mostly unnoticeable. Includes triple woven toes, visible seams, and assorted colors in wave blue tan and white. Also features hats, ribbons, belts, negligee shirts, and lingerie hats on sale with varied original prices and colors.
Friday sale offers broken assortments from the season’s lines with white buckskin colonial and canvas styles, Bernice pumps, and welted fumes. Includes Goodyear welt soles, Cuban heels, and assorted sizes with many marked down from $3.50 to $6.00. Also on Friday: silk and chamoisette gloves, sheer silk lisle hose, and discounted lisle and cotton hose on main floor.
A fragmented ad notes deep Friday discounts on men’s summer oxford shoes. It references several styles and prices, mentioning calfskin pairs and dressy options, with unclear brand and location details but indicates markdowns from original prices around four dollars.
The article notes Mrs Wison as the third president’s wife to die in the White House. It recalls Mrs Harrison dying October 25 189%, and Mrs Tyter also dying there. It mentions Rev John Witherspoon Scott, father in law to President Harrison, who died in the Nellie Grant room in late November 1842 after illness, following Caroline Scott Harrison’s death in the mansion.
The report notes England seized and captured several German vessels on the first day of war, including ships off Gibraltar with valuable cargoes. It mentions outstanding German steamers and counts vessels held at Treasury Place, with Peters as the Treasury Assistant Secretary nomination for Andrew J Peters of Boston.
A vintage beauty note claims women can remove unwanted hairs at home using a delatone paste made from water and delatone powder. After a few minutes the paste is wiped away, revealing smoother skin. The ad urges purchase of genuine delatone for best results.
The Austrian envoy Dr Dumba has returned to Manchester Massachusetts after a Washington posting. The German embassy staff left Washington and will remain in Newport next week. Several social notes follow including engagements and visits of officials, diplomats, and military figures across Newport Bar Harbor Washington Paris and Albany with society events and planned marriages adjusted due to war.
Washington society and allied gatherings populate this page as hosts and hostesses entertain at Bar Harbor and Washington. Notables from Dimock to Stotesbury attend concerts, luncheons, and visits while international Red Cross efforts in Paris draw praise from American society ladies. A trust fund linked to Catharine Cassanova's Naples will provides monthly support for Dame Gertrude in Stanbrook if she returns to worldly life.
Congress adjourned as word arrived that Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President, had died after a long illness. Leaders Kern and Underwood conveyed condolences and led adjournments while funeral arrangements and a formal sympathy resolution were adopted.
The scene opens with congressional representatives extending heartfelt sympathy to the president and his ailing wife. The Senate chaplain, Rev Dr Prettyman, offered a prayer asking mercy, healing strength, and restorative power to dispel gloom in the president’s home.
The death of Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Princeton president, shocked residents of Princeton where she lived during her husband’s tenure at Princeton University and as New Jersey governor. She was active in university life and town affairs. none of the university faculty is present, and President Hibben is abroad.
Newport society cancels August entertainments after the president’s wife Mrs Wilson dies. Mrs Fish and Mrs Oelrichs drop events. funds redirected to Red Cross or Army and Navy Relief. Duchess of Marlborough sails to New York, Baron von Seidnitz to join German colors. Rhode Island Kennel Club show proceeds with residents as exhibitors. White Sulphur ballroom closes in mourning for Mrs Wilson.
The nation mourns the passing of Ellen Louise Axson Wilson, beloved First Lady and friend to the poor. From Savannah to Bryn Mawr to the White House, she blended artistic talent with quiet philanthropy, shaping rooms, gardens, and private life while guiding support for the Tennessee and North Carolina mountain districts. Her influence touched the presidency and public duties, with enduring tribute in President Wilsons History of the American People.
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