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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
10
The store will close during the bested term at o o clock. Customers may call Main 6300 to reach the Mail Order Department for orders placed by phone. Ondera will be executed with the last possible delay.
A local ad urges customers to have furniture repaired and recovered this fall. It promises storage of pieces until autumn, claims low prices for repairs and reupholstery, and lists affordable coverings including Mercerized Armoires and Tapestries. The offer notes shop capacity and fourth floor location.
Clearance sale advertises remaining stock of high class cotton dress goods at deep cuts. Hundreds of yards of Irish Dimities French Organces Muslins Chiffon Silk offered in dainty styles and colors with numerous patterns. Pricing notes include 15¢ yard for Printed Irish Dimities 40% off, 2 0 yard for Printed French Organdies, and other bargains on various fabrics.
Company advertises patent satin bed spreads with embroidery and corner cutouts for metal bed posts. Sold in lots of 100 at a special price of $3.95 each, value listed as $5.00. Located on a dealer's floor in Elaventh.
A catalog style list details various toilet products and prices including Listertite small bottle 35e large bottle 8be Murray and Lanman World’s Water Michelson Bay Rum Colgate toilet water and others with prices shown per item. Also notes on talcum powders sachets shampoos creams and cosmetics from multiple brands.
Social and personal column reports engagements and society sightings. Dr and Mrs C Ernest Smith announce daughter Marcella Claudia to Mr Francis Forbes of Aguasco Maryland. Mrs Roosevelt entertains at luncheon on board the Mayflower with St Hilda members, others attend garden parties, marriages are noted, and numerous social guests travel to Martha's Vineyard and Lake George.
The column portrays President Roosevelt and family at Oyster Bay and Sagamore Hill, detailing Mrs Roosevelt’s social prominence, Ethel Roosevelt’s coming of age, and the high society circles of New York, Philadelphia, Houston, and Washington. It notes Archie and Theodore Roosevelt Jr’s Harvard ties, a forthcoming governor’s party, and the era’s fashion and travel gossip linking prominent names and events.
A round of aristocratic visitors and social happenings spans Marienbad to London and Goodwood. Notables include Mrs Leslie Carter in Marienbad, various New York and Chicago figures at hotels, and Lord and Lady Gordon-Lennox hosting as Helen Gordon-Lennie serves as royal hostess in England.
The article details ongoing work by the late artist Saint Gaudens and his studio, noting completion of busts and figures for Boston Library and Trinity Church Plaza. It mentions the Philips Brooks statue, plaster models for the Boston library figures, and other commissions in Chicago, Cleveland, Dublin, and Dublin, with electric power developments in the Ottoman Empire shaping regional projects.
A sprawling OCR fragment lists numerous personal names, counties, and city references across Maryland New York Virginia Indiana Kansas and more. It reads like a census or directory snippet with scattered surnames and locations such as Richmond, New York City, Baltimore, Columbus, Detroit, and Salem. The text lacks a coherent narrative or event.
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