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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
12
During the heated term the store will lone at Soclek Saturdays at 1. Customers shopping by phone please call Main 900 and ask for Mal. Order Department Orders will be executed with the least possible delay.
A catalog of girls dresses in white from linen and lawn fabrics for school wear. Highlights include a border of three front box plaits on linen and cambric dresses, Persian lawn, Swiss dresses with lace trims, pintucked yokes, and enamel buttons. Sizes range from infant to 14 years with prices from $1.59 to $5.89, plus lightweight all wool coats for school use from $10.00 to $16.50.
Silk Petticoats offered at 365 to 750 dollars with trims in silk taffeta Acunce parcatine and peetal finishes. Prices 395 550 and 87.0 dollars for travel and seashore mountain wear in light weights with durable finishes. Featured three spectral silk items in Hink Taffeta with black flora trims and parcatine dust proof finishes.
Prices listed for infant outfits including Namsook Long Dresses, Skoet Rompers, Cambrian Muslin shirts, Washnight Driver sets, and Bumpers. Items range from newborn to 3 years with yoke inserts, pink aprons, and trimmed muslin shirts. Sizes up to 8 years offered with various trims.
Corsets for summer wear are advertised as complete and comfortable. The selection features various Worcester Corsets with front straps and attached elastics in multiple grades, including India Corsets, Bon Ton Corsets, and Thy Corsets, with prices indicated in the listing. Doctoring the text, multiple front types and comfortable finishes are emphasized for summer use.
Washington society watches Governor Carter and Mrs Carter host a formal reception in Honolulu with Secretary Atkinson and Mrs. Straux in attendance. Guests include Representative and Mrs Longworth, Kreh Hawaiian officials, and a crowd of diplomats, officials, and spectators at the executive building.
Rumors swirl around Prince Bey of Syria who arrived in New York amid glamour claims. He allegedly vanished from a Breslin hotel debts chase while creditors press for unpaid bills. Despite word of a Europe escape, reports confirm he remains in New York at a West 86th Street address after leaving the Breslin without settlement.
Attorney General Bonaparte departed Washington with his private secretary for Lenox Massachusetts where he plans to stay until about September. He will then visit Boston Harbor and later address the National Prison Congress in Chicago later in the month.
The report recounts Nicaragua's President Zelaya forgiving his son Alfonso and his wife Marguerite Baker after a marriage opposed by the president. The couple, once separated by forced departure and social controversy, plan to call from New York on reaching Colon and may settle in Nicaragua where the son might join the army. The tale notes the pair's poverty and the son’s piano playing to survive, amid a dramatic, melodramatic backdrop.
A long OCR fragment lists guests and spouses at major hotels in cities including Baltimore Chicago New York Philadelphia and Richmond. Names range from Griffa Taylor Raleigh Mira Walker and Mrs Willard to Frank Spiroer and George Wentworth Regan, with scattered mentions of Metropolitan and Willard hotels and various accompanying associates. The item resembles a society hotel ledger of prominent figures visiting multiple urban centers.
A sale of hand made chic hats in turban, toque and other shapes with tassels, wings, silk, or quills. Prices $1.98 and $2.98. Come early for the choice. women urged to hurry to the sale today on the Second Floor Mallery Section.
Luxurious taffeta silk waists with pleats and silk crochet buttons, originally 450, now 295. Second floor lingerie section features sheer materials, lace and embroidery panels, and yoke style waists. four styles offered, originally up to 600, today 295.
Report from Philadelphia mentions golf course danger as pins with sharp buried ends injure players and stray balls. A separate paragraph hints at a quarrel and possible secret marriage between Mrs Henpeck and her partner, with gossip about Wey and an attempted wedding.
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