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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1904
Page
27
Midsummer Wash Fabrics offers a clearance on thin wash fabrics for midsummer wear. Desirable bright crisp materials from current stocks at greatly reduced prices. Lot Y Batiste Lawns described as fine and sheer with white and champagne grounds, dots, figures, and lovers knot designs in red brown and light blue.
Lot 2 Tatiste Lawns offers very fine quality cloth with dainty dots and neat figures on white ground. Printings are mostly black in neat effects, suitable for quiet tastes. Material is 36 inches wide, ideal for short waist suits. Regular price quoted as £24 per yard.
An advertisement describes yardage priced at 124c per yard with regular price 17c and features 3 fancy printed lawns. White grounds display mercerized stripes about half an inch wide with dainty figures dots and printings, very sheer and pretty material that launders well as the stripe is mercerized in the yarn, 2g inches wide.
The ad promotes Hudson Hamilton Lace Madras fabrics priced at 10c a yard with regular prices at 18c. It highlights an extremely fine sheer fabric in woven stripes of blue pink green champagne and grays alternating with imitation white Hamilton lace.
Readable text lists yardage and prices for dress goods including Silk-mixed Madras, lace voile, lace etamine, and fancy mixtures. Describes colors red pink he...tope green tan and patterns. Includes lot numbers and price ranges from 8c to 50c per yard, with regular prices cited.
18 dozen women's imported Swiss ribbed lisle thread vests with hand crocheted fronts advertised at 37 1 2 cents each. Value 50 cents. Main floor F street store display promotes these bargains for summer undergarments.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates from five and ten years back publish life histories of 600 to 1709 peers. The books trace work in engineering, science, law, medicine, and business, with incomes from 1 500 to 40 000 dollars yearly. Many serve in government, industry, and municipal projects, with adventures and globe trotting intertwined with significant public works and innovation.
Mrs J E Crutchet with Miss Mabel Donn sails to Atlantic City for weeks. John D Long and son Pierce at his Maine home. Benjamin Yost heads to Asbury Park and stays at the Victoria. Rear Admiral Ramsay and Mrs Ramsay in Bennington Center Vermont. Several Washington residents vacation at Sea Girt New Jersey Ocean City Maryland and other spots. Col J T Kirkman returns home after leg amputation. Mrs Kearny and daughter at Cape May. Miss Eleanor Churchill sails for the Maine coast. Senator Elkins and party head to Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. Plimhmmon Ocean City hosts many Washington guests. Lieut Commander Hodges sails to Liverpool. Mrs Kent joins husband at Benicia Barracks Cal.
The article outlines three sleeve styles the full sleeve with flaring cuff the regulation roll over cuff and the club sleeve with sectional upper portion. It specifies material quantities for medium size in various widths and mentions a May Mapton pattern No 4789 available by mail for 10 cents.
The New Willard hosts the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H Patchin with intimate guests including Mrs C H Patchin Des Moines Ira Patchin Ira H Bennett Robert B Armstrong and Harold Mahin. Washington guests at St Louis hotels are listed with names at various inns and rooms.
A stray cat kills Sergeant Burns mouse at the front office as detectives recount the pet’s friendly visits. Meanwhile, a monkey escapes from its owner on the Seventh Street car chase, outwits pursuers, and ends with the officer McTaggart marching the simian back to the station. The tale ties to a previous column about the monkey’s rooftop escapade near the First precinct.
Halter Post argues Senator Charles W Fairbanks ignored the constitutional right to petition Congress by failing to present a drafted measure for a colored soldiers memorial. The measure, backed by many colored representatives and former presidents, sought funds from deceased soldiers estates to build a memorial national home for aged and infirm colored veterans. It was repeatedly advanced in prior Congresses and supported by Grover Cleveland and William McKinley but stalled after the Fifty-seventh Congress died and an army bill amendment was rejected.
A Milwaukee Archbishop faces socialist critique amid a broader clash of church and state. The discussion links 19th century clerical authority to modern labor policy, arguing socialism serves the common good while archbishops resist public oversight. The piece argues for unity among progressive parties to challenge plutocracy in November.
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