Lothrop Store to Close Early on Saturdays
The heated term store at Lothrop will close at 5 o clock on weekdays and at 1 o clock on Saturdays, informing customers of shortened weekend hours.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
19
Clearance Sale in Upholstery Dept Highlights Fabrics and Curtains
Clearance sale of all upholstery goods and fabrics including Lace Curtains Portieres Sik Damask imported creteries and windows screens. French hand made curtains Arabian and Marie Antoinette patterns in sill and full lengths with values from 7 50 to 25 00 per pair. Arabian lengths vary from 244 yards to 3 yards priced from 83 00 to 25 00 per pair. Marc Vatoinette offerings priced 9 00 to 13 50 per pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Vatoinette
Sherwood Metal-frame Window Screens Offer Adjustable Fit
Sherwood advertises Uesesiivuus metal frame window screens that adjust to any window. The 1/2 inch wide frame uses iron over wood for strength and ventilation, with galvanized iron woven wire cloth, no swelling in wet weather, and durable construction. Prices listed at 40 cents and 24.2457 inches by 24.2 inches, with small sale quantities.
Damaged Store Inventory List with Incomplete Prices
Partial OCR listing stock items including screen doors and glass jugs with obscured prices. Mentions quantities and values poorly legible, references feet measurements and a few monetary figures like 2.50, but key details are unclear.
Housefurnishing Dept advertising assorted canning goods
A vintage ad lists Simplex All Glass Jar Caps Jars and jelly glasses in quarts and pints, Blue Flame Oil Stoves, and preserving kettles. It mentions enamel fruit jar fillers, jello, and packing supplies with prices and units, reflecting a broad home goods sale.
Simple church ceremony marks Mary Lashmutt engagement and Keefer Petty wedding
Social and personal notices report Miss Mary Whitney Lashmutt engaged to Mr Roger Moore Stuart and Miss Virginia May Keefer to Mr Thomas E Petty. A quiet church wedding at St Patrick's Catholic Church united Miss Mary Josephine Clark and Mr Joseph Aller Hayden with a reception at the Clark home. The piece notes extensive society movements including other weddings and a wave of Washington travelers visiting Atlantic City, New York, and Europe, naming numerous families and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Whitney Lashmutt
Roger Moore Stuart
Virginia May Keefer
Thomas E. Petty
Ares
Clark
Killarney
Byron T. Hayden
Michael M. Quyte
Milwaukee
Mtr. Dennis &. Connell
John J. Brosnan
Harry B Cullen
Cloret
Mir
Massachusetts
L Avenue
Hayden
Washington
Atlantic City
New York
Thirteenth Street Northwest
Georgetown Convent
Den
United States
Italy
Vernay
Sweden
Monsmouth Beach
George Feabody Evistig
Reosamond Street
Street
Susan Street
Wascis
William Corcoran Eustis
Edith Morton
Hermitage
Monmouth Beach
William A. Street
Demes
Thomas
Petty
Chapin Street
WEDDED IN ST PATRICK S CHURCH ATLANTIC CITY
Westinghouse relatives and friends travel plans fill a social column note. Mrs George Westinghouse leaves Lenox to visit her sister in Kingston New Jersey. Mr and Mrs B Hight arrive in Narragansett Pier for a summer stay. Marion Wolff heads to Atlantic City for the season. Lilian Weber journeys to Atlantic City Philadelphia and Lancaster for a fortnight. Roy Wickman and daughter Dorothy Vernon depart Washington for Warrenton Virginia for the summer. Hickman returns to the city and J Jones with B Brunger return from a California Texas trip. Bradfield leaves for a month at Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M. Wickman
Dorothy Vernon
Ill
First Street Northwest
Washington
Warrenton
Hickman
City
J. Jones
B. Brunger
California
Texas
R. L. Bradfield
Atlantic City
Gossip of Society Praises Reform Plan by Frederict Martin
Gossip notes Frederict Martin and Rev. Dr. James W. Lee planning to reorganize New York society, criticizing the 400 and Wright aviation fame. Anne Morgan, Elizabeth Marbury, and Paris tests boost Wright admiration. Queen Alexandra searches for a discreet maid of honor amid royal expectations. Fashion details on Mrs. Douglas, Mrs. Harriman, and others, plus a fan vogue review tracing the fan’s history in Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederict
Martin
New York Society
James W. Lee
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South
Atlanta
Gotham
Lee
Mr. Martin
New York
Ward McAlister
Louis XIV
Mans
Wilbur Wright
Cotany Tf
Paris
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ezabeth Marbury
Wright
Miss Marbury
Lis Fisike
Iesa
Spectatore
Wright Isbela
Ourtlanidt Bishop
The
Aero Club
Bleret
Wrights
Santos Dumont
Fashions and Feathers from Deauville to Lipton’s Tea Rooms
The article surveys feather fans from peacock plumes to ostrich and diamond set pieces, noting their use by royalty and beauties from Catherine de Medici to Elizabeth I. It highlights Deauville society, Mme Letellier, and Lady Paget, plus Lipton’s expansion into tea rooms in Paris, London, and savings-bank plans in Lipton’s shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine de Medicis
France
Watteau
Lancret
Elizabeth the Fan
Bess
Don ‘Don
Tal
Sir Thomas Lipton
Lipton
Boulevard Haussman
Paris
London
Caterera Uke
Lyons
Empton
Savings Bank
Fashion at the Resorts in Narragansett Harbor
At the Narragansett Pontoon Resort crowds on the tennis courts include Mr and Mrs Kenneth M Murchison Mrs Saunders P Jones and several other notable guests. Registered at the Casino are Mr and Mrs James F Barbour of Washington and a party from Amsterdam. An automobile party from New York visits Mathewson with Mr and Mrs Frederick Thompson. Other arrivals include Mr J T Rocks Jr and Mr William Havaland of Bridgeport and Mr John T Madden of Springfield Mass. The Leedss of New York have bought land on the Norman road near Stanwood and plan a summer home. Buon Riposo at the Fabbris villa hosts a charity program Friday for the Manhattan Trade School for Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett, Pier
RB. T
Kenneth M. Murchison
Saunders P. Jones
Messra. Jones
Irving Bf. Chase
Olivia Hitchcock
C. Eustace Garratt
Howard Hitchcock
James F. Barbour
Washington
S. Wallin
M. A. Corey
Mies Elizabeth Faulds
P. Cc. Miler
Amsterdam
Mathewson
Frederick Thompson
New York
J. T. Rocks, Jr
William T. Havaland
Bridgejport
Conn
Duncan
Reginald de Koven
Charles Fry
Warner M. Leeds
Norman Road
Stanwood
James G. Blaine
Leeds
William Jay Schieffein
Ernesto G. Fabbri
Buon Riposo
Belles Sell Peanuts At Society Circus In Long Branch
West End Long Branch N J August 18 Society circus draws wide interest as Mrs Eyre and Mrs Dillon select a corps of young women to sell peanuts and programs with 50 to be enrolled tomorrow. Directoire costumes and sale prizes lure volunteers amid invitation golf tournament events and a grand Saturday dinner at the Golf Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Long Branch
N. J
Society Circus
Joseph M. Eyre
John H. Dillon
Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr
Ai Tomorow
New York
Hollywood
Schwab
Col
M. J. O'Brien
New London
Port Au Peck
Biys
Wiliam H. van Brunt
Joseph Quick
John Nelson
Helen Johnson
Florence Adams
George W. Young
Deal
Newport society notes of August entertainments
Mrs Mills hosts dinner while Mrs Baldwin, Mrs Mason, and others stage luncheons and musicales around Newport. Guests include Mrs Whitney Warren and the Iselins. Commodore Vanderbilt returns from yacht club cruise to spend two weeks with family as New York visitors arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. L
Ogden Mills
Charles H. Baldwin
Tom J. Mason
Ogden Jones
Henry Clews
Joseph Sampson Stevens
Muenchinger King Cottage
Whitney Warren
Guy Norman
Oliver Iselin
Vict’ Sorchan
W. Mott Gunther
Bayard Theyer
Anna Sands
Goold Trout
Harold Mr. Hackett
Frederick B
Berkshire Hunt Hosts First Breakfast at Ashintully Farm
Social notes from Lenox Massachusetts describe Mrs William D Sloane hosting a Ginners party at Kim court and Mrs Charles Carroll Jackson luncheon at Wynstay. The Berkshire Hunt plans a September 5 breakfast at Ashintully Farm Tyringham with Miss Gladys Bloodgood and Miss Vera Bloodgood riding. Guests include Miss Margaret French staying with Miss Dorothy Schoonmaker in Quogue New York and visitors Dr Eugene Honenpyl, Mr Revert W Paterson at Blantyre. Col Delancey Astor Kane and Mr Marshall Bernochan have been in Newport after staying at the Curtis Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Mass
William D. Sloane
Kim Court
Charles Carroll Jackson
Wynstay
Berkshire Hunt
Hag
Robbie Pejster Tytus
Ashintully Farm
Tyringham
Wil
Gladys and
Vera Bloodgood
Marlboro Villa
Margaret French
Pantel Chester French
Dorothy Schoonmaker
Quogue
Long Island
Hugene Honenpyl
New York
Revert W. Paterson
Blantyre
Marshall BR. Bernochan
Newport
Col
Bar Harbor Horse Show Opens Amid Inclement Weather
Hor se show at Bar Harbor Maine opens with dreary skies not dampening events. A reception and tea by Mr and Mrs Thomas Leaning at the Pot and Kettle Club draws attendees including the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the veranda. Francis Burton Harrison and party return to their villa after a Restigouche fishing trip with 31 salmon caught in six days, five of them over twenty pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Thamas
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Francis Burton Harrison
Restigouche
Harrison
Birs
Emery
Paul Morton
S. Weir Mitchell
J. Morton Smith
John Howe
Lippincott
Winthrop
Messrs
Butler
Henry C. Dobbs Dead at Hyattsville Home
Henry Colds, a former U.S. government printing office employee, died suddenly of heart failure at age 60 in Hyattsville. Funeral plans not set, likely tomorrow. He was a prominent Mason, member of St. John's Lodge No. 1 FLA AM, Keystone Chapter RNA, St. Elmo Commandery Knights Templar Hyattsville. He leaves a wife, sister of auctioneer C G Sloan, a son Harry, and a daughter Mrs John Lepper of Waterbury Conn. Grand Master Coolidge asked Maryland Masons to conduct the funeral and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Colds
Government Printing Office
Hyattsville
Mr. Dobbs
St. John’s Lodge
No. 1
Fla. A. M
Washington
Keystone Chapter
St. Elmo Commandery
Knights
Francis Joseph Honored Across Austria and Hungary
Vienna observes the 78th birth anniversary of Emperor Francis Joseph with patriotic festivals. Cities decorate, Te Deum sings, and military parades mark the celebrations. Funds raised will fund philanthropic institutions across the empire per the emperor’s wish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Francia
Joseph
Austria
Hungary
Eva Booth Improves After Heat Collapse at Conference
Warsaw Ind Aug 18 The condition of Miss Eva Booth commander of the Salvation Army of the United States who was overcome by heat and collapsed at the Winona Lake Bible conference after her address last night improved today. The patient is in charge of friends and started for her home in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Ind
Mies Eva Booth
Salvation Army of the
United States
Winona Lake
Filipino Force Chief Describes Courageous Island Campaign
Gen H H Bandholtz says conditions in the Philippines are better, praising Capt Fletcher for single handedly quelling mutinies at sea and on land. He cites a Samar incident where 115 natives were killed after surrendering and outlines ongoing vigilance and the constabulary’s enduring strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Head of Constabulary
Fletcher
Philippines
H. H. Bandholtz
Blopitt House
Bandholz
Wright
Constabulary
Bandholtz
Gen. Bandholtz
Fletcher Isa
Samar
Veteran Army of the Philippines
Boston
Spanish War Veterana
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Woodward
Lothrop
Sherwood
Tae Atl Thuae
Ogc
Schram Automatic
Dunarel
Matartma
Uae
Arti Iene
nRbHivVe
Mary J. Clark
J. A. Hayden
Frank Bennett
Commander Bennett
U.S
Dorothy
Europe
Genevieve Hosley
Anchorage
D. P. McCartney
Osterville
Drake
Chauncey M. Depew
Switzeland
Geneval
Bourke Cockran Hase
New
Chis
Reginald de Keven
Mmnery
Clarence Moore
Ritz
Baden
Wi Dimes F. Barbour
Marguerite Barbour
Narragansett Pier
Alp. C. Griffin
Kibber
Frank C. Mack
Surrey M. Magee
Charles Rauscher
S. F. Compton
Leon and
Raymond
Spottsylvania County
Feland
Twenty-eighth Street
Charlestown
W. Va
Herbert H. Smith
Mount Pleasant
Bretton, Woods
Shss
Florence Johnsen
Ahiss Qgilvia Johnson
Assom Truat Co
Edward J S1elawage
GEOQ_T. FLEMING
Edeon Bolds
ST. Patrick's Church
Lilian K. Weber
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Joseph Ailer Hayden
Mary Josephine Clark
J. Gordon Dourglas
Annie iKountze
Metropolis
Douglas
Oliver Harriman
Ely
Richard Lounsbery
Henry P. Perry
Edith Lounsbery
Queen Alexandra
Queen Victoria
Lord Knollys
Laur Vina Knollys
China
Japan
Lfe
Lady Paget
Paran| Stevens
Deauville
Eady Paget
Mile
Desaint| Sauveur
Perbly
Neptune
Mme
Henri Letelier
Paris Journal
Mme. Letelier
Belles
Long Branch Society
Mrs. Mills
Newport Colony
Club
Mr. Tytus
Henry C. Dobbs
Printing Office
Mason
Francis Joseph
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Old Colonial
Philips
Eleventh Street
Post
Seventh Street
Admiral Cogswell
Wis
James KK. Cogswell
Morest Home
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Henry 8. Gattley
Arthur McArthur
U. 8
Charles King
George W. Peckham
James Sawyer
Seaman
James &. Prentiss
Cogswell
Rabel Holland
Mary Moore
Ike
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