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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1914

Page

10

August Clearance Prices at Bloodward & Lothrop

New York Washington Paris clearance highlights autumn fashion with coats suits and dresses. Prices feature women's and misses outerwear including Chinchilla coats linen suits crepe dresses and coordinated separates from reputable fabrics and favorite designers.

Bloodward & Lothrop New York Washington Paris

White Pique Skirts and Shirts Sale Prices

A list of fabric items offered with varied prices including White Pique Skirts at 1.95 each and White Linen Skirts. Also mentions White Pique Tank Skirts and White Reap Shirts with decorative trims and Spanish flounce. Some text appears garbled but reflects merchandise pricing and styles.

Girls Skirts Ad Promises Low Prices

An advertisement offers Galatea skirts for 1.50 with 60 cents discount each. Describes tan and blue Galatea in full plaited style designed to pair with Maiddy Blouses. Includes a fragmented note about location on a third floor and a price reference of 100 dollars.

Silk and Lace Waists Discounted at Women’s Store

Silk and Lace Waists greatly reduced in Copenhagen navy and black and other colors. Messaline, Lace, Net, Crepe de Chine and Cotton waists listed with prices from 1.00 to 4.95. Flow Er chiffon taffeta waists and new styles in cotton and lingerie waists shown with various color combinations and new sleeve cuts.

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House Dresses Sale Promises Quality at Low Prices

Advertises $1.00 and $1.25 house dresses with 500 units of each price level. Also offers fifty dresses per case in light and dark colors, sizes 34 to 44, made by a top maker and described as finely quality throughout.

Linen Dresses Sale Ad Highlights Styles and Sizes

A catalog-style advertisement promotes women s linen dresses at 7.50 each with several 2.95 items. It lists 29 colored linen dresses in sizes for small women, featuring long Russian tunics fancy girdles capes and sizes 16 18 and 34 among options. The copy emphasizes quality linen and the newest styles.

Miss Wilson and Sayres depart White House for Cornish

MISS WILSON AND MR. AND MRS. SAYRE LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE FOR CORNISH. IS MARGARET WILSON, Mr. and Mrs Francis B. Sayre, and Prof Axson have left the White House for the summer at Cornish New Hampshire. Mrs Annie Wilson Howe and her daughter arrived in New York after a Paris sojourn to visit son George Howe.

Miss Wilson MR. and Mrs. Sayre White House Cornish Iss Margaret Wilson Francis B. Sayre Prof Axson Wilson N. 1 Annie Wilson Howe Perrin Cathran Josephine Cathran Paris New York Havre Howe George Howe Nineteenth Street New York City John A Lagan George M Pullman Fairlawn Long Branch Logan Mr. Tucker Illinois Murphysboro Gen Logan Tucker Gen State Department Europa Cranz Child Barman Mra WW Young Wolff Koenig Dreadon Harry Levine Madrid Badle American Interlaken Brooklyn Victor Gerson Copenhager Valentine Dresden Gresser and Family Nuernberg Philadelphia Conrad Jacobson Thornton Oakley Annie Gilchrist Naples Baltimore Morrison New Jersey Norden Newton Rotterdam Louis Arthur Roethringer Brunawick Mia Greenwood Monmouth Worcester Mann George Hutchins Copenhagen Pittsburgh Clare Moreland Venezia Chicago Ball Munich Sobel Berlin Annie Ellison Christania St Paul Clement P Campbell London Minneapolis Winworth Williams Clinton Iowa Leavitta Barker Ottewa Frank Cresswell Memphis Frank Leuterman Venice Franklin George Harria San Antonio Anna Gleseke Bremen Sallobury Walter Blackmer Rome Pans Sremen Marla Brockem Crefeld Bookum Lesser Co Buegless Goldmann Mire Stratt Poesch Bremervoerde Miss Cohn Mra Spindler Eugene Bersmond Charles Thilo Mary Cummings Anna Lilla Spratt Sematha Huntley Ruth Patrick W Pratt Frances Fitzgerald Bishop Conroy Emme McLean Sherman Jones Florence Wadsworth Charles Powers George Petty C W Hays S& R Burton Moaser Hamburg B G Gregg Henry Furniss Carrol T Houghton Holland Stewart M Gow Denmark Rippeldszu Jacob O Leffler Joseph Freldman Freiburg John Wilberide Baden-Baden Carl Heller Marseille Antonio Deulara Vanderhelde Cailed Berne Richmond Levering Dinan—Giiterd Switzerland Martha Berry Elizabeth Towle Karl Cronmeyer Antwerp Rose Gustave Well Russia Petersburg Barnays Stockholm Venizia—Rose Cologne Anne Poer Christiania Httt Geneva Maud Mitchell Katherine & Taulkconer Lumerne Idabett Beato Thon Mra Goodwin Bavaria Elsabeth Cocke Falkenstein Barria Morriasa

Romance and society hit by war across continents

Rumors of engagements and postponed weddings reveal how war disrupts high society. Miss Cecella J May and Lieut Wilhelm vom Rath pause plans amid travel to London. Edythe Havemeyer and the Earl of Hunton delay nuptials. Miss Christine Marburg and Jonkheer van Starkenorgh Stadhemwer also postpone. In Paris and Berlin foreign life shifts as signs and shops erase English words. a Paris dress shop serves soldiers’ families while German rules curb German diplomacy.

Mias Cecella J May Col Mra Henry May Washington Misa May Germany London Edythe Havemeyer Henry Havemeyer New York Earl of Hunton Duke of Grafton A Leanfear Norrie Odet Armand Marie de Jumilhac Paris Christine Marburg Theodore Marburg Belgium Marburg Baltimore Jonkheer van Starkenorgh Stadhemwer Netherlands Brus

Miss Hepburn to Marry in Society Engagement

Special to The Washington Post reports Miss Beulah Eaton Hepburn, elder daughter of Mr and Mrs A Barton Hepburn, engaged to Lieut Robert M Emmet USN. Introduced two years ago, she is noted as a dancer of classical and poetic measures. The couple plan no wedding date yet. the Hepburns reside at Ridgefield Connecticut.

Washington Post New York A Barton Hepburn Beulah Eaton Hepburn Robert M Emmet Usn Miss Hepburn Wa Misa Cordelia Hepburn Hepburn Ridgefield Conn Emmet Robert Temple Emmet New Rochelle Henley New York Navy Yard Herman le Roy Emmet Helen D Auerbach

Just Apply This Paste and the Hairs Vanish

A home treatment claims to remove facial or neck hair quickly. Mix a gelatone paste with water, apply to the unwanted hair, wait a few minutes, then rub off and wash. The text assures no pain or unpleasant effects, but warns to ensure the paste is genuine delatone.

Supplemental List of Americans Sailed From Genoa Arrives at Capital

Dispatches to the State Department list Americans aboard the Udine sailing Genoa with August 12 inquiries into safety. Home addresses largely omitted, names include Theresa Wo Gilmore, EmIlie Gelh, Luther Goff, Emma P Hafmeister, Nellie R Hopkins, L Harris, Elizabeth Hiney, J F Haley, Mrs Frederick K Noepfie, Mrs August Leeper, Augusta Leeper, and many others. Additional reports confirm safety of others in Europe, with numerous home cities and destinations noted.

State Department Udine Genoa Theresa Wo Gilmore Emilie Gelh Luther Goff John N Hazard Emma P Hafmeister Nellie R Hopkins L Harris Lizzabeth Hiney J F Haley Frederick K Noepfie Augustus Leeper Augusta Leeper Frank Luther Alva F Morrisette Minnie L Byrne R M. Birmingham C. E Brown Clisabeth R FP Creslin Willam Clark W. E Conklin Julia Hellen Craver Sarah Davis M. Dove Charlea S Dearstyne Michael Ferman Varda M Fulmar Stephen L Folger Marlone Frederickson Lucinda E. Feeney Vara Vennell Willard J Freeman

Warrenton Horse Show Charms Social Season with Winners

The Warrenton Virginia Horse Show closes amid heat and crowds of society guests from several states. Awards crowned Merry Widow and Nancy Pansy in the Ladies Hunter and Blues Special events as spectators filled the grandstands and social entertainments followed each day.

Virginia Merry Widow Nancy Pansy Washington Post Warrenton Mra S L Joseph Courtland H Smith Mitchell Harrison Allen Potts Pretty Maid Allen

Rites For Gen Grierson Passed Through Leon Don

The body of Gen Grierson of the British Army, who died suddenly in France while commanding a corps, was transported to Scotland. The Leon Don garrison turned out to honor the procession, with Highlanders escorting the coffin and the general’s charger following. Flumplehing will be cool next week. read more in The Post Sunday August 23.

Lendeon Grierson Britisharms France Leondon Scotland Charger the Post

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