August Fur Sale Promises Deep Discounts and Luxe Pieces
Continuation of the August Sale at HUIS features luxury furs, with a wide array of named pelts including Sable and Mink. The ad touts low prices nearly two thirds off regular rates, advance-prepared pieces, and a policy to store garments free until fall. Customers are urged to act quickly to secure value and quality.
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Scarves on sale with varied discounts across styles
A local sale offers scarves at seven fifty each for regular value ten, nine fifty each for twelve fifty items, fourteen fifty for select pieces, and eighteen fifty for premium styles. Limited stock, first come, first served.
Social and Personal News From Washington and Newport
Miss Annie Marie Ryan will wed Arthur Francis Carroll in a quiet ceremony at the Sacred Heart Church on August 25. Bar Harbor hosts Mrs Elkins and Miss Katherine Elkins while New York and Newport gossip mingle with engagements, travels, and fashionable society amid European visitors and American diplomats.
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Annie Marie Ryan
Arthur Francis Carroll
Leland
Salvatore Casano
R. I
Elkins
Katherine Elkins
Bar Harbor
James Ryan
Annie Marie
Arthur Francis Carrot
Church of the Sacred Heart
Louisburg
S A Anthony
Mass Anthony
Washington
New York
Canada
Trinidad
Mro
Witham Ho
Westinghouse and Brockelbank Wedding Off in Society Gossip
Pittsburg society chatter says Milas Violet Brockelbank of Kingland and George Westinghouse Jr. may have postponed or canceled their England wedding planned for October. Rumors tie the delay to a death in a Westinghouse family and elder financial reverses, amid tales of a romance with a workman who turned out to be the groom.
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Pittsburg Society
Milas
Violet Brockelbank
Kingland
George Westinghouse, Jr
Pittsburg
Brockelbank- Westinghouse
Westinghouse
England
Brockeibank
Brocketbank + Westinghouse
Brocketbank
Gecree Westinghouse
Westmebsuse Works
Over Alle
Prince Relieves Tedium with Hard Work at Havel Estate
The article describes a prince and his princess engaging in strenuous daily tasks at their Havel estate. He works cutting hedges, sawing wood, carpentry, and building porting sheds alongside gardeners, often starting before dawn and long rides with meals in the forest. The engagement bracelet is a plain gold band with a hidden lock and key, symbolizing their betrothal, and the couple’s life is simple, villa-like, with minimal attendants.
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Havel
Fashionable Society At West End Resorts In Long Branch
Long Branch NJ residents and many visitors enjoyed a lively social scene with crowded hotel gardens and a large Deal Casino dress parade. Notables included the Widener brothers and Barclay Warburton, Countess D Arschot, Mrs. De Saulles, and numerous guests arriving by automobile and steam yacht. The Deal Polo Club riders added novelty by riding ponies into the surf. A horse show will open Thursday with exhibitors like Alfred G. Vanderbilt and P S P Randolph, signaling a strong local fashion and society gathering.
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West End
Long Branch
N. J
Hollywood
Dea! Golf Club
Ross-Fenton Farm
Messie
George
Joseph Widener
Barclay Warburion
Wiliam BR. Coe
James W. Kidder
William A. Campbell
Clarence ‘Vethune
Charles Meurice
Henry GC. Fisher
Helen Fisher
Alfred J. M. Burlows
J. R Benjamin
Bessie Stewart
Frederick Gerken
Harris Cohen
Leo Rogenberg
George Dickinson
Jane Lissberger
Gus Mingesteimer
William B. Anderson
William Goetz
Simon Dannenberger
Cecil Barret
Gustav Lembeck
John B. Dillon
Dorothy Donnelly
Ambrose McCat
Morfin Slater
H. Wn.slater
Boston
Paui Jones
James E. Sullivan
Morgan J. O’brien
New York
Lawrence Perrin
Baltimore
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Comptenous
England
P. S.P. Randolph
Polo tournament opens in Newport amid society gala events
Newport opens a fort night of polo and tennis with the polo tournament today and the championship doubles set for tomorrow. A christening of Marjorie Marion Frances Oelrichs followed the 10 o'clock mass with notable guests and ornate decorations. Prominent entertainments included luncheons by Col. Robinson and dinners by Mrs. Mills, Mr. Rainey, and Mr. Lydig, drawing society figures from New York and beyond.
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Newport
R. T
Charles de Loosey Oedrichs
William B. Meenan
Marjorie Marion Frances Oelrichs
Charles M. Oelrichs
William Cutting, Jr
France
Harry Oelrichs
Aso
Charles M. Qsiriche
Henry O. Havemeyer, Jr
Theodore A. Havemeyer
Cameron Mc. Winslow
Blanche Odrichs
Charles L. £. Robinson
Judge Babbitt
Colorado Springs
Ogden Mills
Paul J. Rainey
Philip M. Lydig
Ideal Weather Draws Crowds to Narragansett Beaches
Narragansett experiences an exceptionally mild day with autumn hints as hotels and villas stay empty while crowds flock to the bathing beach, Casino, hills, and rocks toward Point Judith. Visitors include Charles Odrichs and guests, Samuel T. Shaw with steam yacht Bellemere, L. J. Tillinghast with yacht Alda, and numerous families at the Imperial and Mathewson. Other notable arrivals include Gen. Walter R. Stiness, Manton Chandler, Br M Borden Jr, William Mills, Everett Mills, Ewart Gladstone Jr, and several party groups from London, Brookline, Providence, Easton, Woodstock, and Maryland.
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Narragansen
Rer
R. A
Narragansett
Point Judith
Charles Odrichs
Newport
David Barnes
H. Redmond
Samuel T. Shaw
Bellemere
L. J. Tillinghast
Providence
George Briggs
Mra
John H. Hambly
Frederick L. Chase
Imperial
J. W. 3. Findlay
Maryland
Claude Newell
Brookline
Mass
Walter R. Stiness
Manton Chandler
Camester
Mathewson
Br. M. Borden, Jr
Wiliam A. Mills
Everett Mills
Fall River
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Open Amateur Tournament Planned for Stockbridge Golf Club
Lenox Massachusetts reports a bustling weekend as visitors tour the Berkshires. Peyton J. Van Rensselaer, greens chairman, announces the Stockbridge Golf Club annual open amateur tournament set for September 1 to 4 with contests for the Stockbridge, Governors, and Consolation cups. Notables entered include David T. Dana, Samuel Wrothingham, Walter Tuckerman, Malcolm McBurney, and Walter Nettleton.
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Lenox
Mass
Berkshires
Lake Shore
Peyton J. van Rensselaer
Greens
Stockbridge Golf Club
Stockbridge
David T. Dana
Samuel Wrothingham
Walter Tuckerman
Malcolm McBurney
Walter Nettleton
John FE. Alexandre
Spring Lawn
Anne R. Webb
William D. Sloane
Elm Court
Giraud Foster
Belefontain
William H. Vibert
Charles Carroll Jackson
Swiss Observe Anniversary at Akoma Park Md
Washington Swiss celebrated the 617th anniversary of the Swiss confederation at Akoma Park Maryland. Fritz Brugger won all three first prizes in marksmanship events. Winners included John Gutman John Chapuis Fred A Immler Mrs Adolph Krabs Adolph Krebs. The celebration named Auguste Sandoz Manard S Schmid Julius Egioff Fred Rimmier Jacob Brugger Charles Hof Leon Chap wig Adolph Krebs John Fiorm John Steigel and Friz Brugger as organizers.
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Washington
Gruettl- Vertin
Stauffacherin
Yvhamas Bushby
Fred A. Immler
Adolph Krabs
Adolph Krebs
W. #. Grass
Emma Metler
Louisa Gerhard
Annie M. Aebersold
Kimon Nicolaides, Jr
William Grass
Fred Bouchert
Carl Newell
Carl
Col Van Leuven Buried After Civic War Service
Funeral services for Col HH C Yan Leuven at Frey’s undertaking in Washington were followed by Arlington burial with Grand Army honors. Born in New York, he moved to Wisconsin, held postmaster and government posts, led a Minneapolis paper, and later focused on campaign work. He served in the Ninth Iowa during the Civil War. a son and daughter survive.
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HH. C. Yan
Osage College
Grant
Minneapolis
Col. van Leuven
Ninth Iowa Regiment
Inaugural Gown Interest Amid Taft Enthusiasm
A Georgia planter Louis Magid, president of Megildilk Plantation, asks the Librarian of Congress for copies of Washington’s inaugural day issues to study first ladies gowns. The librarian referred him to The Post and Magid seeks descriptions of past first ladies dresses to prepare a gown for Mrs Taft.
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Solid South
Taft
Louis Boos Magig
Magid
Authoress Goes to Hospital in Utica
Special to The Washington Fort Anna Catharine Green known as Mrs Charles Rohlf of Buffalo was brought to Utica in serious ill health from the Adirondacks this afternoon and taken to a local hospital. Hospital officials declined to reveal the illness but said no immediate operation is planned. Her husband accompanied her after a Adirondacks outing.
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Brockerbank
Westinghouse
London
Marquise de Breteuu
Alan Johnstone
Nellie Pinchot
Washington
Edward
Continent
Marienbad
Queen Alexandra
Marquise
Johnstone
Balmoral
St. John Gaffney
Humphreys
New Jersey
New York
Gaffney
Dresden
Paris
Washington Fort
Utica
N. Y
Charles Rohlf
Buffalo
Anna Catharine Green
Adirondacks
Ronits
Post Office depart urging home delivery for mail amid staff cuts
Government Printing Office notices senior clerks in several departments pushing to shift personal mail delivery from clerks who serve as in-house postmen. The plan would reduce six daily deliveries and cut job costs by eliminating moving clerks. Many staff vacations and leaves are listed across divisions as personnel plan summer breaks.
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Post Office Department
Postal employees go on varied leaves across divisions
A Washington dispatch lists numerous federal staffers from the rural, city, dead letter, and contracts divisions granted leaves ranging from short holidays to several weeks. Names include Mrs. Lynch Hugh Barr Percy Edmunds Florence Kirtland G. H. Grayson M. H. Smith William McNulty John Murphy N J Hayden Lena Phifer H I Ballard H J Donnelly Walter Villepiqne Charles Snook I W Bolton John P B Ryan P Carpenter Florence E Smith William S Kessler Irvings Woodruff Charles Dalzell P F Mullaley W M Hays Francis Cleary George Fegan Lulu Lewis Hila Lewis H E Olsen W S Stamper J A Bell and others, with trips to Atlantic City, Thousand Islands, St Anthony’s Park, Sea Isle City, and Wisconsin noted.
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Hugh W. Barr
Percy
Edmunds
Florence J. Kirtland
City Delivery
Philadelphia
G. H. Grayson
Division of Contracts
H. I. Ballard
Baltimore
Atlantic City
H. J. Donnelly
Walter T. Villepiqne
Division of
St Anthony S Park
Minn
W. M. Hays
Francis J. P. Cleary
Document Division of Publications
Sea Isle City
N. J
George Fegan
Bureau of Entomology
Lulu Lewis
Hila Lewis
Bureau of Plant Industry
Wee
H. E. Olsen
Bureau of Eed
Wisconsi mi
W. S. Stamper
Bureau of Animal Industry
Massachusetts
J. A. Bell
New Orleans
Co- Operative Experiment Farm
Department
Alabama
Edward W. Schuber transfers to the Treasury Department
Edward W. Schuber of the Bureau of Statistics has been transferred to the Treasury Department. The move consolidates statistical duties under the federal Treasury, aligning analytic work with fiscal administration.
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Charles V. Bechtel
A. T. Perry
Enginear'e Fores
Willan Donahue
Stamp Division
Edward W. Schuber
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
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Varcer
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Jacut
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Earl
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Slaatsburg-on-the-Hudson
James E. Wright
New Willard
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Antigua Gold Copper Company
United States
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Atlantic Cit
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Mary Engle
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Mountain View House
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Virginia
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Deauville
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Vila Chevrefeuilles
Count Boni
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Academy of Science
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Narragansett Pier
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R. E. Jones
E.’ Jones, Jr
Easton
KR. Wightman
Cong
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South Heights
Iva
Bet Jones
Takoma Park
Arlington Cemetery
Mrs. Taft
TOLDN
Government Printing Office
Frederick W. Follett
Wiliam OI
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New Hampshire
Edward A. Mulligan
Foundry
J. W. Michael
Colonial Beach
Michael Harris
New York City
Long Island
Charles 5. Elder
Maine
Jane E. Minor
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Stephen P. McDonald
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Maurice FP. Fitzgerald
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Joseph C. Moynihan
John Cowgill
Nelson Anderson
Thomas C. Willams
Julia Dumont
Lula M. Joseph
Annie Barrett
Charles EB. Hill
Yonn A. Bailey
Frank Phillips
Ateen City
Sara Abbott
Office of the Superintendent of Documents
Thomas F. Morgan
Monotype
Monotype Division
George R. Merriam
Paul Lehman
Charles Zeigler
Ruth M. Eisenhour
Marcy M. Mitchel
Frank Maloy
Sydney T. Marye
T., F. Quigsey
William 8. Cady
Sanford B. Campbell
Press
Library
Taylor Thom
Edwin L. Howes
Loyt A. Holton
3. S. Culbertson
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T. F. Nicholson
CC. H. Leighton
A. J. Deleyiigne
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Cape May
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Thomas P. Kingsbury
Atvision
H. D. Burwell
Edwin B. Henry
R. G. Albertson
Division of Rural Delivery
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Départment Carpenters
Frederick Guy
Albert Wingus
E. EL. Kupfer
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Robert A. Young
Jesve
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M. A. Granier
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Lena B. Phifer
Charles T. Snook
I. W. Bolton
John PB. Ryan
Florence E. Smith
Wiliams
Kessler
Uice
Irvings& Woodruff
Chief Inspector’s Office
Ates
Charles
Dalzell
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence
P. F. Mullaéy
Department of Agriculture
Thomas Isrine
Blair
James Francis Smith
Eoumet On
Dulin & Martin CO
Eleventh Street
Seventh Street
Atlantic Cry
Ocean Lair
Spending & Ty
Charles C. Wright
Auditors Office
Tweedale
Manda
Donovan Emerta
bin Mecca
Amantle City
Simon McKinmne
Westmoreland County
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Leesburg
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Auditor's Office
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John C. Schutz
Robert Marshall
Commerce and Labor
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Bureau of Asheries
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Department of Justice
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Lighthouse Board
M. Shawn
James Quirk
Lighthouse Service
Manuel Ferriera
Wervice
George W. Havenner
Anacost
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Theogore L. Weed
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