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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1907
Page
12
Local store advertises 27 men’s two piece summer suits in this season’s make with attractive patterns. Ends of 15.00 and 18.00 lines advertised, customers urged to shop the sale before stock runs out.
Bargains in the men's department feature samples and remnants across sizes. Offers include 73 dozen socks in various colors, half-dozen lots of ties and bathings suits, lisle thread underwear, and foulard crepe furnishings. Prices emphasize clearance from samples and seconds, with strong emphasis on stock reorganization and marked reductions.
Bargain sale listing for French Batiste in multiple colors and weights. Mentions 500 yards total, with lavender gray and white patterns, various yard prices and names like Mikado Silk and Mommeline de Sole. Includes garbled pricing and yard-length notes.
Bargain notice describes Lang Ki monos white lawn kimonos with sheer fabric and bordered florid lawn, priced 79e each. Value listed as 1.08. Shop floor-Hiewentir Street.
Advertisement note for Women’s Fast Black Cotton Hose ribbed tops medium weight available in all sizes. 30 dozen pairs offered at a special price of 12340 pair. Some garbled text appears at the end.
Fragmented ad notes reductions across fabrics and colors. Items include wool, silk, and cotton blends with price drops from high to low, such as from 12.00 to 5.00 and from 4.50 to 5.08, plus rationed gray and white selections.
Misfit blankets offered as seconds with minor imperfections such as spots or tiny snags from carding. Available in sizes for single to extra-long beds, in white scarlet and prai tye colors, with discounts averaging a quarter to a third off regular prices.
The page chronicles social and personal events in Washington society including the engagements and weddings among prominent families. It notes Mae Gardner’s daughter’s forthcoming wedding at the Church of the Sacred Heart Vineyard Haven, with Mr. Maury Dewey as the groom elect, and mentions visitors, relocations, travels, and social plans among the Gardner, Harrison, Cockran, Bradley, and Glover circles, with various summer outings and hospital moves surrounding the season.
A garbled social page item reports arrivals for a political expo and a wedding party. It mentions Miss Margeret Muward, Mrs. Theidore Livings, and Mr. C. Percy Orton among guests at the Jamestown Exposition. Also notes Mary Lockwood and Lillian Lockwood about to travel to Washington to attend Mr. Lockwood’s nephew and niece.
A cluttered sale list shows numerous price cuts in the boys and men’s furnishing department. Items include Miken Btrew Ballers discounted to 100, Boga tray Speed reduced to 29, Tam o Shanter hats lowered, and linen sailors plus hooded belts marked down. Several steel tools and Madras pieces also see reductions, with entry and third floor notes indicating sale scope and timing.
Berky Avenue 2 Brak Prances van Hrodow, daughter of lawyer Francis G Newlendin of Newda, wife of Live Leonid von Braden of the Cuirassiers, died yesterday. The German Embassy in Washington confirms the death and a memorial will be held in Berlin tomorrow at the Von Weise residence. A funeral is planned at the family seat of the Von Brecows.
A tangled wartime family story unfolds with Bet, a wife facing financial strain after her husband’s unemployment. Miss Helen Gould, once his employer, returns from Europe stating she was sent to extract him from the war, while a Count von Bredow seeks a reconciliation with a renewed plea for support. A cablegram confirms a social wedding in Washington with public family involvement, revealing shifting alliances, employment losses, and hopes for stability amid hardship.
A crowded OCR fragment lists numerous names, places, and affiliations across cities including Philadelphia, New York, Indianapolis, and Terre Haute. The garbled text names hotels, individuals, and organizations in a tumult of scattered surnames and partial titles, rendering little narrative but hinting at a broad hotel and transit listing.
Treasury clerk Ie Stricken as Herty Ty Green, employed in the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury, suffers paralysis while in Laver, Virginia. Weemradas patient, in critical condition, and Mr Osean, formerly a broker, had been in the same area for twelve months seeking medical care.
Mrs Keene wife of Joseph Keene died Thursday after a long illness. The funeral was held at Federated Chapel Brightwood with interment in Hill Cemetery. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary recently. Surviving are three children Dr J Everett Keene, John Keene, and Miss Iain Keene. Floral offerings noted with reasonable prices.
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