Woodward and Lothrop to Close at Five on Saturdays
During the heated term the Woodward and Lothrop store will close at 5 oclock on Saturdays, affecting shopping hours for customers and employees in the downtown district.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1906
Page
15
During the heated term the Woodward and Lothrop store will close at 5 oclock on Saturdays, affecting shopping hours for customers and employees in the downtown district.
A promotional notice touts summer reading options from light fiction to instructive courses. It lists works such as Man Overboard by Marion Crawford and Mrs Pendleton's Four in Hand by Gertrude Atherton, noting cloth bound editions and suitable for travel and family readers.
A listing of affordable paper novels features titles such as John Halifax Gentleman by Miss Mulock Chris by W E Norris Vivia by Mrs Forrester Emma by R D Blackmore The Great Helper by Frank Barrett Dark Days by Hugh Conway and others offering value to readers.
The page lists new paper novels including Ye Lit Ne Salem Made by Pauline Bradford Mackenzie Ossip Schubin The Story of a Genlua by Ossip Schubin The Flying Halcyon by Richard Henry Savage NPabp the Priest by Baring Gould A Gentleman Player by Robert Nelson Stephan Aunties by Ewan Martin The Blind Goddess by Randall Irving Tyler The Warners by Gertrude Potter Daniels
A newspaper ad lists six for one dollar paper novels including Mademoiselle Da Berny by Pauline Bradford Mackle The Real World by Robert Herrick Joan Marmaduke by Samuel A Church Brown Vi C by Mrs Alexander Conqueror by Mrs Gertrude Atherton and The Crisis by Vineton Churchill listing prices and authors.
The advert lists paper novels at 35 cents each or three for $3.00. Featured titles include Coming of Theodora by Eliza White, No Gentleman by Clara Burnham, Bista Verner by Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Cat's Paw by B. M. Crocker, Eyes Like the Hen by Maurus Jokal, The Sontesatone of rivolous Girl by Robert Grant, The Wise Woman by Clare Louisa Burnham, and Lacy Herding by Mary J. Holmes.
The Saint by Antonio Fogaz translates from Italian and probes present day religious questions and politics. The Sphinx's Lawyer by Frank Dabpey is a bright moral tale. Mise Trances Baird, Detective by Reginald W. Kauffman blends love and intrigue. Tonlu, Son of the Sierras by Gen. Charles Ring portrays Apache war with color illustrations. Botr to the Blue follows army life by Florence Kimball Russe with illustrations by R. F. Etwell.
New Books of Importance lists George Washington letters and Lear diary, a cotton guide by Buskett and Poe, How to Make a Fruit Garden by S. W. Fletcher, Camp Kite and Camp Life by C. S. Hanks, a Hamilton essay by Frederick Scott Oliver, and John Thomson’s essays on books with index. Main floor Tenth St.
Washington society notes register Mr and Mrs Johnson Mr and Mrs Doughty and Miss Haggerty at the Herald office in Paris Italian Ambassador to be transferred to London and Baroness des Planches departure feared. Shaw family arriving from Europe to Maine coast. Mrs Shaw rested after Washington season. Belmonts delay departure. Pinchot and Durands abroad. races at Baden Baden and Paris Jockey Club gatherings. A mix of travels, social visits, and transatlantic connections from Washington to Europe across summer social calendar.
Mr and Mrs Bernhard Gunderf of 1838 Seventh Street Northwest celebrated fifty years of marriage with a reception at Preund's 1815 Tenth Street Northwest. More than 300 guests attended as relatives and friends joined in the tribute.
Mr and Mrs Simon Heller of 617 K Street NW celebrated their golden wedding with a large reception for friends and relatives. Married in Baltimore on August 17 1856 they moved to Washington a year later and have spent forty nine years in the city. Guests included sons nephews and many relatives with gifts of gold and a diamond pin for Mrs Heller from Rebecca Lodge Daughters of Israel.
Louisville reported a 25 year search ends as a long separated mother Mrs. O ByneTreasure joins her two children Ruth Treasure and Charles Treasure after a torn notice and a chance meeting rekindle family ties. Ruth now Mrs William Spicer and Charles a farmer near Harrods Creek reunite with their mother in Memphis Indiana and Kentucky.
A brief essay advocating self reliance ties it to business success and practical living. It urges adopting proper eating practices as a source of energy and discipline, noting that success cannot be achieved by reading alone and must be earned through action and daily choices.
An old advertisement touts Apitezo as a cereal with vegetable iron and balanced nutrients that build tissue and enrich the blood. It promises easy stomach work, broad health benefits, and good taste, urging trials with cream before switching brands. A laundered price note mentions Grains 10c per package.
Chuckwagon Cal reviews a Louis Globe-Democrat piece on Western literature, surmising cowboys wear chaps and action dominates plots. He mocks heroines, gunplay, and the sensationalism of Eastern writers, praising a real West rooted in hardworking women and rugged life.
A garbled collection of quotations and comments on national character contrasts Britain France and America. It cites Mo Le Bon Kipling and Rudyard Kipling, plus snippets from Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis News, ending with a typographic joke about a Kentucky colonel and a Detroit Free Press item.
A prematurely gray woman recalls a New York Press tale in which a young girl proposes a shared scheme to secure a street car seat. The narrator ends up with a strap while fifteen men read papers, realizing the supposed courtesy toward elders is not universal.
Read in Everybody's September feature by Marion Melius the City of Special Schools in Springfield. A formerly protested venture for peculiar or feeble minded children proved beneficial through individual attention, easing schooling burdens and changing community attitudes. The piece notes gender balance and early demonstrations of happiness in the special room. A London Times anecdote about Father Healey and a Protestant minister highlights wit on religious differences.
From the Boston Herald, a note on social norms where praise emphasizes clothing over beauty, remarking that few women are not smartly dressed and that good attire sets a standard surpassing mere beauty amid fashion discourse.
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