Woodward and Lothrop Offers Summer Service and Selection
The store proclaims it can serve shoppers nationwide this summer with a supply of high-class merchandise and precise, prompt service, promising to satisfy all needs with accuracy and dispatch.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1910
Page
21
Special midsummer prices on upholstery and decor
Special midsummer prices on upholstery cabinet and drapery work repairs refinishing furniture draperies shades screens parquetry floors and decorating of apartments or houses. Free designer plans estimates and sample displays entice advance orders to save costs before fall. A wide line of wall papers and materials showcased with expert service.
August Clearance Lace Curtains Continue
The notice promotes continued August clearance of lace curtains in discontinued patterns now in stock. Imported and domestic productions in various styles for all rooms, offered in sets of two to five pairs. All are high-grade goods and priced at one fourth to one third off regular prices. The sale covers small and broken lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thesa
Bar Harbor Willow Chairs at Special Price
Bar Harbor willow chairs available this morning at attractively priced sale. Handcrafted from premium French willow, roomy and cool for summer use with pleasing appearance. Special price of $2.90 each and cushions offered for $1.00 extra. Optional tinting service available for $1.00 more. Fourth floor promotion promises another lot of Bar Harbor chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Atlas Mason Fruit Jars and Accessories Catalog Highlights
An advertisement lists Atlas Mason Fruit Jars in multiple sizes and styles including wide mouth and jelly glasses, plus accompanying accessories such as jar tops rubbers and tulip rubbers. Also featured are preserving kettles, enameled spoons, jar fillers, copper gauze strainers, seeders, paring knives and para wax with prices starting at a few cents per item.
Colonial era glassware price list note reads oddly
An old price fragment lists Colonial glassware items such as berry bowls water pitchers and vinegar cruets with starting prices, plus mayonnaise bowls plates finger bowls sherbet glasses water tumblers and sauce dishes. The OCR shows garbled filler but indicates a sale catalog style pricing scene.
Garden Hose of Reliability ont Buy Cheap Hose
An ad touts durable garden hoses offered at low extra cost with emphasis on long service. It promises sturdy brass couplings and easy maintenance with a screwdriver to prevent leaks. Fifth floor location hinted.
White Canvas Hammocks Sale at Deep Discounts
Advertises white canvas hammocks priced from $1.00 to $2.50 with deep valances and durability claims. Lists discounts from previous prices of up to $6.00 and notes location on nth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nth St
Washington Dips into a Weekend of Travel and Weddings
Navy officials and social figures returned to Washington from weekend trips to Babylon Long Island New Jersey and other locales. A refined wedding united Louise Tate and Emmett J Atkinson at a Mass Ave residence with immediate New York and Virginia travel plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Beekman Winthrop
Washington
Babylon
Long Island
Winthrop
John Wood
Chandler Hale
New Jersey
Louise Tate
William Clark Tate
Bedford City
Emmett J. Atkinson
Newark
N. J
A.C. B. Cutler
Massachusetts Avenue
R. Swift
Dirat Congregational Church
W. F. Crown
Zerega Announces Daughter Isabel Catherine to wed Pinckney J
Dominick R. Zerega announces the marriage of his daughter Isabel Catherine Zerega to Pinckney J. The notice notes the betrothal and identifies the families involved, with no further ceremony details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dominick R. Zerega
Miss Isabel Catherine Zerega
Mr. Pinckney J
Among the Berkshires Guests in Lenox and Nearby
Lenox hosts a seasonal gathering as many New York Boston and Philadelphia residents arrive for the Lenox fair season. Guests include H Reiman Duval in East Islip and Hotel Aspinwall arrivals such as John Carstensen Daniel Bacon Homer Gibney Murray Bowen Greene Gorman Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
H. Reiman Duval
East Islip
Long Island
John Carstensen
Daniel Bacon
Homer Gibney
Thomas Murray
John R. Bowen
J. W. Greene
J. J. Gorman
E. L. Meyers
New York
Aspinwall
A. W. Preston
Boston
Marshall Kernochan
Newport
John J. Wysong
Elien Buckler
Alexander Sedgwick
Stockbridge
Helen C. Butler
Davis Ketchum
Charles ¥. Lott, Jr
8. L. Rapelli
John Muir
Curtis Hotel
C. Hartman Kuhn
G. Heide Norris
Philadelphia
Manchester
Newport Welcomes Fleet as Newport Casino Elects Officers
Newport Rhode Island August 16 stockholders of the Newport Casino elect officers for the year led by President Senator George Peabody Wetmore and Vice President George R. Fearing Edwin D. Morgan named a four year governor Mrs Holis Smith McKim returns to Newport amid rumors of a Vanderbilt marriage contradicted by locals. Admiral Schroeder hosts a reception on flagship Connecticut. numerous social events and dinners mark the fleet visit with Morgan and Copper family participation and extended Newport season into September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. I
Newport Casino
George Peabody Wetmore
George R. Fearing
George L. Rives
Wiliam Watts Sherman
Egerton L. Winthrop
Frank K. Sturgis
H. A. Taylor
Edwin D. Morgan
H McK. Twombly
Holis Smith McKim
Reno
Schroeder
J. Pierpont Morgan
Bay Harbor
Ogden Mills
Ocean Lawn
Mrs. Mills
Earl of Granard
William Fullam
Mississippi
Rhoda Fullam
Harold Brown
Europe
Seaton Schroader
Commodore
Gerry
Ava Willing Astor
Adirondacks
Muriel
Barton Willing
Misa J. Bigelow
John du Fais
Arthur
Notable Guests and Social Figures Attend Elite House Party
A list of New York and Berlin notables including Carroll, Watts, C D Winslow, Otto Braunworth, Malcolm Sands, T R Pell, Henry Weiss, Baron Rudolph von Buddenbrook and Herman Schede, plus Tower family members, Mailey, Hawley, and Randolph appear in a Harriman led house party. Harold Vanderbilt joins the gathering while George von L Meyer and family return to Hamilton Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. &. R. Randolph
Narragansett Pier
Harold
Vanderbilt
Harriman
Secretary of the Navy
George Vonl. Meyer
Hamilton, Mass
Narragansett Pier Notes
Narragansett Pier reports a summer social scene with yacht Sultana host Charles C Rumsey and luncheon gatherings on the Casino plaza. Guests include Malcolm Stevens Devereux Milburn and Col A J Nutting party attendees with various Boston New York and Maryland residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinglenook
Frederick de Peystar
de Peyster
New York
Massasoit
Harold R. Talbot
Rb.’ Talbot
the Atlantic
A. C. Huldekoper
Philadelpha
Mathegrson
John A. Rutherford
Francis I Palmer
J. P. Fowler
A. W. S. Cochrane
Franklin M. Warner
Leonard Sullivan
W. B. Wilson
Burdett G. Wilson
Troy
N. Y
W. B. Miller
G. Miller
Philadelphia
William Leonard
Manor
Wakefield
Wilgon
Burdette G. Wilgon
Arlington
Gladstone
John B. Campbell
Emma Campbell
Muriel Campbell
Larchmont
Receptions at Warm Springs Honor Miss Johnson and Miss Glasgow
One of the season’s largest receptions occurred on the broad piazzas of the Old Colonial Hotel in Hot Springs Virginia. Guests included Miss Mary Johnson and Miss Ellen Glasgow with Mrs. John L. Eubank assisting as a greeter. Mrs. Frederick R. McGuire headed the punch service with Misses Sarah and Louise Gibson aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Qld Colonial Hotel
Warm Springs
Mary Johnson
Ellen Glasgow
John L. Eubank
George T. M. Gibson
Frederick R. McGuire
Sarah and
Louise Gibson
Society guests at Warm Springs tennis event highlighted by dignitaries
The gathering included Rear Admiral Thomas Ferry hosting Dr. Delano Fitzgerald for luncheon at the Warm Springs hotel while Justice and Mrs. Horace Lurton presided over tea. Notables at the lawn and hotel arrivals from New York, Cincinnati, Strun gton, Atlanta, St. Louis and Louisville joined the day’s social scene as golfers and tennis courts drew a crowded throng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Thomas Ferry
Delano Fitzgerald
Justice
Horace Lurton
M. E. Ingalle
Berdamin C. Tillman
Edward Crozer
Harrison Boykin
Charles Biddle
W. H. Jackson
Ethel Bert Talbott
Benjamin Williamson Keen
Bishop Talbott
Mytland Alexander
W. H. Green
Alice #. Burpage
J. D. Cassels
Cincinnati
W. B. McFarland
J. L. Paugher
A. W. Blackley
Strungton
W. H. Paxton
J.P. Westberry
Atlanta
Edward Whitaker
Mark Taylor
St. Louis
George B. Eastin
Louisville
Bar Harbor Drama Opens French Pantomime Season
Bar Harbor Me August 16 The Building of Arts hosts a French pantomime L Enfant Prodigue with Mme Pilar Morin in the leading role. An undercurrent story mentions Anne Terry Gardiner and Roy Piers to wed August 24 at the bride’s North West Harbor home. Courtship and society guests fill the summer scene as horse show entries closed with new classes added and invitations issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building of Arts
Bar Harbor
Anne Terry Gardiner
New York
Roy Pier
James T. Gardiner
North West Harbor
North East Harbor
Mme. Pilar Morin
Henry Lane Eno
Martha McCook
Winston Churchill
Albert Meaion
James Miller
Frances Rogers
Ernest Schelling
Brooklyn
Henry F. Dimerick
Elsinor
Echelland
William X. Draper
J. R. Ogden
D. C. Falls
Edwin Gould
Jean Morris
Frank Kinnicutt
Dave Hennen Morris
Hulls Cove
Emperors Photos and Nassau County Millionaire Assessments
Snapshots show Emperor William in public with his chancellor at Swinemunde while a photographer fails to keep calm. Nassau County residents dispute low valuations of estates held by Payne Whitney Vanderbilt and others, with figures ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands. A polo match at Narragansett Pier draws society figures amid rain, and a streetcar fashion critique follows the trend of bows and headpieces. Mrs. Perry Starkweather leads a Minnesota effort on women and children in industry, while Dr. Bertillon argues matrimony boosts longevity and notes widow mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingepward
Ferdinand
Baward
Wiliam
Swinemunde
Pomerania
Prussia
Theobald y von/ Bethmann-Hollweg
Maine
Florida
Nassau County
Payne Whitney
Manhasset
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Lakeville
Clarence Mackay
Roslyn
W. Gould Brokaw
Great Neck
Howard Gould
Sands Point
Port Washington
Louis Sherry
W. Gould Broton
Perry Starkweather
St. Paul
Artanumites' Outing Day at Marshall Hall
An excursion hosted by the Royal Arcanum Hospital Bed Fund Association is set for today. The evening boat departs at 6 30 from the wharf to help members meet, mingle, and expand the association’s work.
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Portieres
Atlas Mason Fruit
Atlas Mason Pratt
Pietlas
Allas
Atlas
Blave
MR. Beekman Winthrop
RP. Nicholson
Bureau of Navigation
Nicholson
Pacific Coast
Arthur Murray
Coast Artillery Corps
Percy P. Bishop
North Atlantic
Murray
Misses Murray
Fort Monroe
M. H. Pilling
Ruth Pilling
Quebec
Canada
Burg
E. Lee
Navy Department
Buffalo
Charles J. Batley
The
Coast Artillery
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
A. J. Smith
Lamont Street
Frances Webster
Mas
Nana Young
Julianu. Young
James Rankin Young
Italy
James Barclay Young
United States
Milan
Maj
W. E. Horton
Thousand Islands
Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the District
Sliver Spring
R. W. Flournoy, Jr
Oakland
Evan Sinclair Garmergn
MA. Marr
Atlantic City
Traymore
Horace A. Taylor
Wells, N. H
Herbert Shipman
Mrs. Shipman
Mrs Shipman
Marshall Allan
Narragansett
Mrs. Edson Bradley
Edith Wallach
Mrs. Woodbury Blair
Thomas B. Huyck
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Montreal
White Mountains
Portland
Willard B. MacBurney
James Etterbrock
Maryland
Potomac
Carl M. Behrman
Bloomington
Sarah F. Clokey
Sagamore Beach
Mags
Opal Murray
Harmony
Zerega
Berkshires
E. M. Johnson
Johnson
Emery L. Johnson
EH. R. Phillips
F. R. Masters
William B. Rickey
John W. Shepard
Maplewood
Pittsfield
A. M. Bayles
Oyster Bay
T. P. Collins
Wendell
Admiral Schroeder
Lloyd Lowndes
Mrs. Lutton
Point Judith Country Club
Eleanor Leary
Emily Randolph
R. Grenfell
England
Devereux Milburn
Grosvenor
Lord Rocksavage
Jacques Bertillon
the Post
Daily Puzzle
Sam Lora
Fife
Smith
Jones
Brown
Ayer
Horlick
Horlick’s
Mason's
Jardinieres
Swift's
Syracuse
BON Marche
Seventh Street
U. S. Treasury, Union Trust Company
Std and
H Sts. N. W
Edward J. Stellwages
Laumans
Hattie M. Shacklette
Price
Axminster
Wm. J. Giddings
13Th St
Rowe
7Th St
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