Store Hours Update During Heated Term
During the heated term the store will close at 5 o'clock on Saturdays. The notice reflects a temporary change affecting weekend hours for customers and staff.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1904
Page
17
August Merchandising Offers Continuous Staple Stock
August Merchandising promises complete assortments of staple merchandise and summer helps in all departments with special sales. Staples are never allowed to run out and supply remains continuous, kept well replenished to meet any need with ready, ample stock.
Fashionable Mohairs Fabrics for Travel and Everyday Wear
The advertisement promotes Mohair fabrics described as excellent for street seashore and mountain wear, with quick dust and water shedding plus neat appearance. It highlights Mohair Brilliantine Sicilian Melange Fancies Cream Mohairs in multiple colors and price ranges from 5 1/2 to 4 per yard.
RIPE FOR RECIPROCITY IN NEW BRUNSWICK TRADE FALLOUT
Special correspondence from St John Nova Scotia details how high US tariffs have dashed New Brunswick hopes for reciprocity with the United States. Canadian tariffs and US trusts’ dumping push manufacturing discontent, shifting public opinion toward England and away from US free trade. The piece notes St John’s shipping role and calls for open trade to aid fisheries and maritime industry.
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Washington Post
John H. Raftery
St. John
N. B
Canada
United States
New Brunswick
America
Dominion
New
St John
Nma
British Empire
London
Jiverpool
Glasgow
Boston
Portland
New York
Sach
England
St John’s Telegraph
Liberal Party
Ottawa
New England
Congress
Maine
Maritime
Glockner
Birmingham
Charlotte County
Washington County
Charlotte Sai
YACHT FLEET AT NEW LONDON
Six score of yachts, 144 flying the New York Yacht Club pennant, crowded the Thames River entrance at New London with five US warships. Commodore Bourne visited the Florida, Chesapeake, Texas, Arkansas, and Nevada, amid rain and political finery. Rumors swirled about a potential German built schooner for Emperor William by the Herreshoff firm, debating gunwale height and rail safety. The cruise to Newport continues tomorrow.
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New London
Conn
New York Yacht Club
United States
Thames River
Bourne
Florida
Chesapeake
Texas
Arkansas
Nevada
Emperor William
Herreshoffs
Ingomar
Commodore Plant
W Herreshoffs
Newport
Fair Attendance Rises at World's Fair Opening Milestone
St Louis exposition sees weekly admissions reach 666 607 the largest since opening with daily gains. Records show Monday August 8 128 725 Tuesday 95 640 Wednesday 100 781 Thursday 109 605 Friday 104 704 Saturday 126 102 Total 666 607 Grand total 6 926 595. Also reports Santon Dumont airship to be shipped back to France and National Children's Day set August 29 with free admission for all US children under 15. A Long Bridge worker, Andrew Yagland, 40, injured when iron beam fell. Also public notice offering summer resort and travel information.
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St. Louis
United States Customs Department
Santon Dumont
France
Francis
Reis Fair Management
United States
Horoscopes Forecast Roosevelt Victory and Parker’s Struggles
Egyptian astrologer Jhana Kazbek predicts Theodore Roosevelt will win the presidency, with Parker facing unfavorable planetary influences. The article details Kazbek’s readings showing Roosevelt’s strength growing, Parker likely weakened as the campaign progresses.
Foreign stage notes from London and Cape Town visit
Washington Post special correspondent reports on Henry Arthur Jones and Israel Zangwill in London theater, Frohman plans American debut of Whitewashing Julia, Jones prolific but mixed recent runs at Garrick and Haymarket, Cape Town arrival of the US South Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Chadwick on a voyage to St Helena and Bahia.
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Washington Post
London
Mrs. Dane
Henry Arthur Jones
United States
Frohman
Julia
America
Jones
Jane
Arthur Bourchier
Garrick
Joseph Entangled
Cyril Maude
Haymarket
The
Israel Zangwill
Mary Ann
Hieanor Robson
Duke of York
Pinero
Letty
Dieppe
Marshall
Chadwick
Cape Town
United States South Atlantic
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Marietta
Castine
St. Helena
Bahia
Brazil
Horoscope predicts Roosevelt landslide in 1904 nomination
The article analyzes Mars in Gemini and a favorable Mercury hour to claim Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination will be successful. It notes Theodora Roosevelt’s luck with a strong Moon and asserts planetary influences favor Roosevelt while deeming Judge Parker’s horoscope unfavorable, predicting Roosevelt’s election to the presidency.
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Roosevelt
Theodora Roosevelt
United States
Moon
Gorgio
Judge Parker
Mrs Hitt's Diamonds Recovered After Vanderbilt Dance Loss
Washington social notes report Mrs James Robert McKee visiting relatives in Indiana and St Louis, with summer plans spanning Saratoga and Lake Maxinkuckee. A cluster of diamonds lost at the Vanderbilt dance at Sandy Point was recovered by Mrs Hitt, sister of Austen Gray and sister-in-law to Representative Hitt. Other items note engagements, travels to Canada, Atlantic City and London, with numerous Washington residents vacationing in Cape May Point, Chautauqua, and Newport area.
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Sandy Point
Washington
Canada
George Fred Williams
James Robert McKee
President Harrison
Lake Maxinkuckee
Indiana
Hervey Bates
Perrin
Daniel M. Ransdell
Senate
McKee
Indianapolis
Arthur Lee
John W. Foster
Mr. McKee
Mary Lodgs McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
St. Louis
Pelz
Col. Shelby
Carlton
Cape May Point
Atlantic City
H. A. Phillips
W. R. Emerson
W. J Rich
Elliott
H. Carrington
Dr. Marvin
Cleveland
Marvin
Belle Taylor
Rosa Taylor
Thousand Islands
EB Chadwick Hunter
Yellowstone Park
St. Louis Exposition
Tremont
Sea Girt
Stacy Potts
Potts
Marion Potts
George Potts
Harry Potts
Clarence Moore
Imperial
Narragansett Pier
Robert S. Hitt
Berlin
Giamonds
Hitt
Austen Gray
Alice Burnham
Representative Hitt
Witness
Mr. Hitt
Bar Harbor
M. Garcia
Miren
London
Cecil Hotel
Miron
South America
England
Martha Gregg
Miss Middleton
J. F. Marts
Ward Barrow
R. ) Wilson
Grace
Helen
Florence Wilson
Lou Hopewell
Valley of Virgina. S
Washington Eagles Seek Grand Aerie Meeting in Baltimore
Pema Washington Aerie No 125 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans to attend the Grand Aerie session in Baltimore from September 16 to 17. A delegation of about forty members will travel with a band, wear a new uniform, and a banner costing 259 will be shown. Hugh F Harvey leads the delegation with Myer Fisher and John Doyle Carmody among the officers. The group aims to influence the next Grand Aerie session to be held in Washington, and wives and friends contribute to the parade plans.
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PEMA
Washington Aerie
Order of Eagles
Grand Aerie
Balltimore
Aerie
Hugh F. Harvey
Myer Fisher
John Doyle Carmody di
Rossa
Downing
Bran
Washington
New York
Aene
Baltimore
Florists From Washington Club Leave for St Louis Convention
A delegation of Washington Florists' Club members led by President W. F. Gude departed for St Louis to attend the national Society of American Florists convention. Supt. W. H Smith and Prof. Corbett accompany the group en route. The party includes the club bowling team and may see 1906 convention hopes.
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Washington Club
W. F. Gude
Washington Florists’ Club
St Louis
Society of American Florists
W. H Smith
Botanic Gardens
Corbett
Agricultural Department
St. Louis
Ballimore
Ohio Depot
Gude
New York
Alexander Wallace
J Austin Shaw
Ernest
Manila Prize Money Award Delayed by Courts
More than six years after Dewey sank the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, the courts have finally acted on the prize money earned on that occasion. The fund, once tied to sailors as compensation for pillage opportunities, faces continued doubt about its future viability in civilized nations.
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Manila
New York
Dewey
Manila Bay
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