August Fur Sale Promises Richer Selection and Lower Prices
Continuation of August Sale at HUIS showcases luxury furs from Wrenched Squirel Mink to Real Seal with deeper discounts. The feature includes new Kug Muffis and updated sleeve lengths, with advance orders and special storage until fall free of charge. Names include Havers Garment Neckpiece Mii and Russian Pom Labrador Seal among offerings.
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HUIS
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Russi
Scarfs On Sale With Varied Regular Values
Scarf items offered at discounted prices with listed regular values 10.00 12.50 18.50 and sale tags indicating seven fifty and nine fifty and fourteen fifty.
Social and Personal News From Washington and Bar Harbor
Miss Annie Marie Ryan is to wed Arthur Francis Carroll with a quiet August wedding at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Bar Harbor hosts Mrs Elkins and Miss Katherine Elkins as they spend August at Louisburg. Notices recount engagements of Gertrude Elizabeth Dietrich to Herbert Knox Smith, and Miss June Leland to Salvator Casano. Also noted are social visits of Senator Crane and families, and young Americans attracting attention in London society.
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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
George Cabot Lodge
Paris
Lodge
Henry Winthrop Gray
Lenox
Hate
Aldmer
London
June Leland
George A. Leland
Salvator Casano
Royal Latin Navy
H. BK. H
Duke
Abruzzi
Licat
Casano
HW. R. HH
Varcer
Miss Leland
Bagton Harbor
Misa Leland
Jacut
Cas
Nora Langhorne
Virginia
Prince Francis of
Westinghouse and Brockelbank Wedding Off Amid Society Rumors
Pittsburg social columns claim the Brockelbank Westinghouse engagement is indefinitely postponed or canceled due to a death in the family and possible elder Westinghouse reverses. Romance earlier linked Miss Violet Brockelbank to George Westinghouse Jr revealed a tale of love on the shop floor at Westinghouse works.
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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's Laboring Life and Humble Home on the Havel
A royal lifestyle article recounts a prince and princess engaging in hard daily work on an estate by the Havel. The prince helps with carpentry and hedge cutting, builds a riding school, and enjoys long morning rides with the princess, leaving before dawn and returning for evening meals. Their simple castle life mirrors a villa, with modest attendants and a plain engagement bracelet described in detail.
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Havel
Fashion at the Resorts in West End Long Branch
Long Branch crowds enjoyed a lively resort scene with a crowded Hollywood Hotel garden, 200 dinners at the Deal Golf Club, and a Ross-Fenton farm gathering including George and Joseph Widener and Barclay Warburton. Notables arrived by auto from Atlantic City and from New York. A Deal Casino dress parade drew crowds, with polo ponies surf riding and a large guest list at casino dinners. Horse show plans loom with exhibitors including Alfred Vanderbilt and ponies from England.
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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. &.P. Randolph
Polo Tournament Opens in Newport Amid Society Weekend
Newport opens a fort night of polo and tennis events with the polo tournament starting today and the championship doubles to follow tomorrow. A christening for Marjorie Marion Frances Oelrichs occurred after the 10 o'clock mass, with prominent guests including Mrs Charles M Oelrichs and Mr William Cutting Jr. Notables attend luncheons and dinners hosted by Col Charles L E Robinson and Mrs Ogden Mills, while social circles report on visitors like Mr Wrank Crowinshield and Mr Davis Barnes.
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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 Visitors to Narragansett Beach
Narragansett reports a near perfect August day with autumn air and deserted hotels. Tourists flocked to the bathing beach, Casino, and nearby hills while yacht owners and notable visitors arrived by pier and automobile, dining or socializing at the Mathews and Gladstone establishments.
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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
The
Open Amateur Golf Tournament Planned for September
Lenox Massachusetts reports a bustling Berkshire Sunday with visitors and road activity. Stockbridge Golf Club greens chairman Peyton J. Van Rensselaer announced the annual open amateur tournament set for September 1 to 4 featuring Stockbridge, Governors and Consolation cups with entrants including David T. Dana and Samuel Wrothingham. Socials include dinners at Spring Lawn and Elm Court, a luncheon at Belefontain, and recent guest departures for Boston and the North Shore.
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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 Ynomas Bushbys Park
Washington Swiss led by Gruetil Versin and its Stauffacherin auxiliary celebrated the 617th anniversary of the Swiss confederation at Ynomas Bushby’s country place in Park Md. The day featured marksmanship and various races with Fritz Brugger winning all three shooting prizes.
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Washington
Gruetil- Versin
Stauffacherin
Ynomas Bushby's
Akomg
Park
Fritz Brugger
John Gutman
John Chapuis
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
Col Van Leuven Burial Follows Long Civil War Career
Col HH C Yan Leuven, age 65, died at his home on 1826 M street. Funeral services were held at Frey’s undertaking at 2 PM, burial in Arlington with Grand Army of the Republic honors. Born in New York, he moved to Iowa, then Wisconsin, held postmaster and government posts, edited a Minneapolis paper, and spent much of life in campaign work. He served in the Ninth Iowa during the Civil War and was a Knight Templar. a son and daughter survive.
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HH. C. Yan
Osage College
Grant
Minneapolis
Col. van Leuven
Ninth Iowa Regiment
Mrs Tafts Inaugural Gown Seen Through Southern Scheme
A South supporter, Louis Boos Magid of Takelah Lodge Georgia, asks for Washingtoniana panels from the day after each inauguration. The Librarian referred the request to The Post, which reports Magid wants descriptions of first ladies gowns to present Mrs Taft with a rival gown.
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Solid South
Taft
Louis Boos Magig
Magid
Authoress Goes To Hospital In Utica Visit
Special to The Washington Fort Utica N Y Aug 17 Mrs Charles Rohlf of Buffalo the authoress Anna Catharine Green reached this city from the Adirondacks this afternoon in serious health condition and was taken to a local hospital for treatment Hospital authorities declined to disclose illness and said immediate operation is not contemplated Mrs Rohlf’s husband accompanied her They had been in the Adirondacks for an outing.
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Washington Fort
Utica
N. Y
Charles Rohlf
Buffalo
Anna Catharine Green
Adirondacks
Ronits
Department seeks to cut postmen by delivering mail to clerks at work
Government notes six daily mail deliveries and employee costs as chiefs in multiple departments push to end personal mail distribution. The Post Office readies shifts and leaves as staff take vacations, transfers, and extended absences across divisions including pamphlet bindery, monotype, foundry, and rural delivery, with vacations ranging up to thirty days.
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Post Office Department
Postal workers take varied leaves across divisions
A district roster shows numerous personnel from the rural and city delivery divisions and the dead letter office granted leaves ranging from 16 to 26 days. Names include Mrs M Lynch Hugh Barr Percy Edmunds Florence Kirtland G H Grayson Miss M H Smith William McNulty John Murphy N J Hayden Lena Phifer H I Ballard H J Donnelly Walter Villepique Charles Snook Mrs I W Bolton John P B Ryan P Carpenter Florence E Smith W S Kessler Irving Woodruff Charles Dalzell P F Mullaley W M Hays Francis J P Cleary George Fegan Lulu Lewis Hila Lewis H E Olsen W Stamper J A Bell and others with trips to Atlantic City Thousand Islands 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
I. W. Bolton
John PB. Ryan
Edward W Schuber Transfer to Treasury Department
Edward W. Schuber of the Bureau of Statistics has been transferred to the Treasury Department in a departmental reorganization. The move affects his reporting line and duties within government financial statistics.
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Edward W. Schuber
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
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Herbert Knox Smith
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Charles H. Dietrich
Huastingsy Nept
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Ashburnham
Masa
Ide
Legataion
Wel-ching W. Yen
W. Murray Crane
Crane
Mabel Boardman
Alton, Maas
Beatrice Mills
Grannard
Earl
Miss Mills
Ogden Millis
Slaatsburg-on-the-Hudson
James E. Wright
New Orleans
New Willard
Wiight
Antigua Gold Copper Company
United States
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W. Schipsberg
Juwity
A. H. Brothers
Sykesville
Atlantic
Horatio Slater
Readville
S A Anthony
Mass Anthony
Canada
Trinidad
Mro
Witham Ho
Vera Robertson
N Street
Asbury Park
A. N. Crow
New Fork
Rev
K.P Dempsey
Oakland, Cal
M. T. Seller
Arundel-of-the-Bay
Stephen Skeen
920
Atlantic Cit
J Finney Engle
Mary Engle
Gertrude Farnsworth
Mountain View House
Bluemont, Va
Brockerbank
Marquise de Breteuu
Alan Johnstone
Nellie Pinchot
Edward
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Marienbad
Queen Alexandra
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Balmoral
St. John Gaffney
Humphreys
New Jersey
Gaffney
Dresden
Count Honi de Castellane
Deauville
Marcel Fouquieres
Vila Chevrefeuilles
Count Boni
Curie
Academy of Science
William Ramsay
William
Mme Curie
Sir William
Sir Warn
Academy
Mile. Gleditel
Will Lins
J. P. Morgan
Ocean Drive
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Ocran
Flo
Morgan
Eitel Friedrich
Ingenheim Vastie
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Meade & Baker’s
Eife
Gayety
Casino
Narragansett Pier
Ewart Gladstone, Jr
Gladstone
Misa Ernestine Oakland
R. E. Jones
E.’ Jones, Jr
Easton
KR. Wightman
Cong
5. B. Jones
South Heights
Iva
Bet Jones
Takoma Park
Arlington Cemetery
Mrs. Taft
TOLDN
Government Printing Office
Frederick W. Follett
Wiliam OI
Leavitt
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
Charles V. Bechtel
John W. Haslett
Stephen P. McDonald
Emma T. Smith
Endora W.godwin
Emma §. Kretchmar
Mary A. Crellin
Emma A. Frink
Henry M. Allen
William E. Lorentz
Mary D. Robinson
James W. Butcher, Jr
Julia C. Pollock Edna
Parsons
Annie C. Allen
Ida Gayle
Margaret E. Robey
Ida M. Nalley
Bosale J Miskell
John Clarke
Maurice FP. Fitzgerald
John W. Caldwell
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
W.S. McCurdy
T. F. Nicholson
CC. H. Leighton
A. J. Deleyiigne
Norris Bowen
Vincent P. Sammo
Sea Isle City
Cape May
C. F. Haines
Thomas P. Kingsbury
Atvision
H. D. Burwell
Edwin B. Henry
A. T. Perry
Enginear'e Fores
Willan Donahue
Stamp Division
R. G. Albertson
Division of Rural Delivery
William Ruppert
Départment Carpenters
Frederick Guy
Albert Wingus
E. EL. Kupfer
Mary B. Jackson
Elizabeth J. Ralaton
Robert A. Young
Jesve
Weal N. Herndon
Rose B. Mc Kdig
Anna A. Huge
L W. Phillips
M. A. Granier
A. L. Boyd
M. H. Smith
William A. McNulty
John H. Murphy
N. J. Hayden
Lena B. Phifer
Charles T. Snook
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
St Anthony S Park
Minn
W. M. Hays
Francis J. P. Cleary
Document Division of Publications
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
Co- Operative Experiment Farm
Department
Alabama
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
Harold P. Berkits
Leesburg
F. M. Beck
Auditor's Office
Charles C. Collisower
John C. Schutz
Robert Marshall
Commerce and Labor
Thamus C. Pearce
Bureau of Asheries
Eugene Nolte
Bureau of Immigration
Mr. Nolte
Department of Justice
Edward L. Woodruff
Lighthouse Board
M. Shawn
James Quirk
Lighthouse Service
Manuel Ferriera
Wervice
George W. Havenner
Anacost
Louis Boeiss
Bureau of Corporaions
Theogore L. Weed
Straus
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