During the heated term store hours note 5 oclock closing
A brief item states that during the heated term the store will close at 5 oclock on Saturdays.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1904
Page
8
A brief item states that during the heated term the store will close at 5 oclock on Saturdays.
August Merchandising pledges constant supply across all departments with complete assortments of Staple Merchandise and Summer Helps and Necessities. It promises never running out or diminished stock, maintaining continuous supply and ready availability for all needs.
Fashionable Mohairs offers fabric better adapted to all around wear for street seashore and mountain travel. Sheds dust and water quickly and stays neat. Also used for petticoats and bathing suits. Stock includes Mohair Brilliantine Sicilian Melange Fancies and Cream Mohairs in various colors and prices per yard.
Special Washington Post report from St John New Brunswick notes U S tariff hardening ends hopes for reciprocity. Canadian manufacturers labeled dumpers shift surplus goods into Canada, triggering a tariff revision with a dumping clause. Open trade could aid fisheries and maritime shipping, but press and politicians split between England and the United States amid Liberal party shifts.
Six score yachts, 144 flies the New York Yacht Club pennant, with five US warships, crowded New London harbor as Commodore Bourne paid official calls on the Florida Chesapeake Texas Arkansas and Nevada. Rumors swirled over German Emperor William and Herreshoffs about a longer schooner for the Kaiser and design quirks as advisers press for a higher gunwale rail to prevent falls. The Newport cruise continues tomorrow.
St Louis reports total admissions last week rising to 666 607 the largest since opening. Daily tallies show steady gains with a notable high day as 6 00 was the week’s increase. Also noted are customs notices about an airship in Brazil pavilion and a Long Bridge injury. National Children’s Day set for Aug 29 promises free admission for all U S children under 15.
Egyptian astrologer Jhana Kazbek casts horoscopes for Roosevelt and Parker. He predicts Roosevelt gains strength as the campaign progresses, while Parker faces unfavorable planetary influences reducing his political prospects. Kazbek notes Parker’s sharp scientific mind but weak political fortune.
Special correspondence from London notes Jones latest plays and US reception prospects. It contrasts Jones with Pinero, mentions Zangwill, Frohman, Garrick and Duke of York theatres, and covers Cape Town arrival of the U S South Atlantic Squadron under Rear Admiral Chadwick en route to St Helena and Brazil.
The article argues Theodora Roosevelt received a favorable astrological reading at the time of Roosevelt’s nomination. It cites Mercury, Mars in Gemini, and the Moon in Virgo to claim strong political potency and predicts Roosevelt will win the presidency, while Judge Parker’s horoscope is deemed unfavorable.
Mrs. Robert S. Hitt, wife of the Berlin embassy secretary, regained a cluster of diamonds lost at a Vanderbilt dance in Sandy Point. She is sister to Austen Gray, recently engaged to Miss Alice Burnham, and related by marriage to Representative Hitt. Washington society circles note ongoing travels and engagements among prominent families across the country.
Washington Aerie No 125 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles votes yesterday to send a full delegation to the Grand Aerie session in Baltimore from September 15 to 17. Hugh F. Harvey will lead. Myer Fisher is a candidate for grand trustee, endorsed by Washington Aerie and others. A banner costing $259 will be displayed in the parade.
A delegation of Washington Florists' Club led by President W F Gude departed for St Louis to attend the national convention of the Society of American Florists, meeting there through the 17th. Included are Supt W H Smith and Prof Corbett en route, with hopes to secure 1906 convention for Washington. The party, joining New York delegates at the Baltimore and Ohio depot, will enter a bowling team in the convention tournament and may have George E Cooke as captain in Capt Ernest's absence.
More than six years after Dewey sunk the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, courts finally act on the prize money earned from the occasion. The prize, once seen as compensation for opportunities of pillage, faces continued doubt. Sailors historically held the payout, but the survival of such a system among civilized nations remains uncertain.
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