Washington Post Newspaper Archives, Aug 26, 1908, p. 21

Lothrop Store Sets Weekend Hours in Clearance Sale

Lothrop announces weekend hours with stores closing at 5 p m on Saturdays at 1 p m during a clearance sale spanning New York Washington and Paris locations.

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Upholstery Dept Clearance Sale On Summer Fabrics

Upholstery department offers clearance on all summer fabrics including lace curtains portieres silk datmask imported cretornes window screens and screen doors. French hand made curtains in Arabian and Marie Antoinette laces with various lengths and price ranges from five to eighteen dollars per pair, reflecting high value reductions.

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Odd Portieres Values In Various Pair Quantities

Handome portieres offered in 1 to 3 pairs per kill with rich colorings and designs. Some pairs are slightly damaged. prices range from 10.00 to 22.50 per pair with listed values 12.00 13.50 14.00 15.00 18.00 20.00.

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Sherwood Metal-frame Window Screens

Sherwood offers adjustable metal-frame screens in sizes to fit any window. The lightweight one-half inch frame saves space, allows better ventilation, and resists weather, tearing, and everyday wear. Wourth left column shows prices 40c for 24x24x37 inches and 33c for other sizes, with Galvanized iron wire cloth.

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Housefurnishing Department Item Listings Confuse

A garbled OCR excerpt from the Housefurnishing Department lists prices for rubberized goods. The readable bits show items described as ready for use with rubbers and indicate prices around 1.00 to 1.35, but the text is incomplete and fragmentary.

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Schram Sealer Jars and Jelly Glasses Advertised Prices

Classified sale note lists Schram automatic sealer jars in quarts by the dozen at 85 cents, new jelly glasses at 90 cents for 1 to 3 pints, 20 cents per dozen, 42 pints at 25 cents per dozen and 50 cents each, blue flame oil stoves priced around 3.23 to 10 dollars each.

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Pretty church wedding in Washington and Baltimore society

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart hosted a wedding as Ming Annie Marty Ryan tied the knot with Arthur Carroll at 2 30 pm. The ceremony featured clergy Rev. Joseph McGee and Rev. John F. Eckenrode with Miss Mabel Latimer singing. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan and relatives, and the couple planned a honeymoon in the South before settling in Mount Pleasant.

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Shrine of the Sacred Heart Ming Annie Marty Ryan James Ryan Arthur Carroll Joseph McGee John F. Eckenrode Mabel C. Latimer Agleist Sacred Heart Church Hanshaw Dana Schubert Harry S. Hall Harry R. Carroll James F. Ryan Thirteenth Street England Baltimore Mr. J. Brosnan Mrs.Taylor

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Norfolk Couple Weds Here After License Dent

Frank Armstrong and Miss Adelaide S Pringle both of Norfolk Virginia applied for a marriage license at city hall and were married at the home of Dr James Irvin. The couple had slipped away from Norfolk Monday night to come to Washington by boat. The groom recently left the Frank T Clair Company of Norfolk to take a position in New York.

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Frank Armstrong Adelaide S. Pringle Norfolk City Hall James Irvin Peit Washington Frank T. Clair New York

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Fashions and royal notes from London to New York

Debutante Miss Margaret Drexel engagement rumors circulate in Philadelphia circles amid British court attention. Reports recount Lord Vane Tempest romance rumors and Drexel family London social life. Also covered are King Alfonso at La Granja and Chinese students adopting American dress at Wellesley. Fashion details follow, including Mrs. Stephen H. Olin and Mrs. Wagstaff ensembles, plus golf antics of Mrs. Astor and Curzon Street household curiosities.

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Margaret Drexel Anthony J. Drexel Philadelphia Herbert’ Vane-Tempest London Drexels Alls Drexel Miss Drexe England Vane-Tfem Pest Walter Drexel Wilhelm Voigt Kopenick Veigt Alfonso la Granja Palaca Viana Don Alfonsn Don Alfonso la Granja Wellesley Faung Yuin Tsao Wing Hisia Hi Chiche Wang

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Irish Visitors Tour Washington Printing Office Trip

Miss Elgin Draper and her brother Richard from Tipperary Ireland visit Washington spending time in government departments and the printing office. Mira Draper and her brother also travel to learn by seeing the largest print shop with guide Hynes Yerry showing them the building. They depart for New York tonight on their return journey.

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Washington Elgin Draper Richard Draper Tipperary Ireland Mira Draper Milas Anne Foster Monotype Hynes Yerry

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Government Printing Office Vacations and Exhibits Planned

James W. Ervin and numerous staff in the Government Printing Office proceed on leave for various durations including fifteen to twenty three days. Exhibits for the Tuberculosis Congress start moving to National Museum space, with Dr. Henry Beyer coordinating a floor plan and section leadership from Johns Hopkins and Mayo. President Roosevelt expected to attend opening session.

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Roosevelt National Museum Henry Beyer J. S National Muoem Coneres Beyer Willam H. Welch Johns Hopkins University Jana Dispensaries Vincent Y. Bowditch Vrs Edwin A. Locke Boston W. Jarvis Barlow Los Angeles Guinard Bligny France Charles H. Mayo Rochester Minn William D. Haggard Nashville Tenn John T. Bottomley Abraham Jacobi New York David Bo~vaird, Jr F. 9 Churchill Chicago Howard T. Devine Alexander M. Wison Lillian Brande Walter Wyman Washington John W. Kerr Leonard Pearson Philadelphia John FR. Mohler

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Many Dinners at Lenox Centered on Newport Party

Lydis Hoyt staged a rapid Newport Golf Club party with a Hungarian orchestra and a large guest list including Reg igie Vanderbilt and J S Phipps. Guests dined, danced, and departed as notable society figures like Paul Rainey and William Rhinelander Stewart moved between villas and luncheon venues around Lenox and Stockbridge.

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Newport Lydis Hoyt Newport Golf Club Golf Club Cluk W. Kirkpatrick Brice Missey Helen Kate Brice Austen Gray Arthur Scott Burden New York Far West William A. Hazard Berger's Reginald ©. Vanderbilt Eugene Reynal Norman’ Hapgood Peter 'F. ‘Collier Vera P.ilbert Louise Scott Studolph Agassiz Joseph R. Dibworth Ienry & Redmond Elisha Dyer James P. Kernochan A. Lanfear Norrie Dudley Davis Alice’ Grosvenor Louis N. Lorillard Terrace Court William Rhinelander Stewart Lispenard Stewart White Lodge Charles K.dunlap Philadelphia Edward J. Ber Charles Carroll Baltimore Hoyal Phelps Carrell Vincent C. Argiumban Sydney New South Wales Charles M. Bull Robert J. Hare Powel Elizabeth Here Powel Pemberton Hare Powel

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Society Circus Preparations Dominate Deal Weekend

West End Long Branch N J Aug 2 Efforts center on a society circus in Deal next Saturday devoted mainly to charity. Boxholders include Mme Harry Content Elvidge Gerry Snow J Harry G Hemming H Nicholas Crusius and many others. Notables like William L Megary of Philadelphia will entertain with luncheons and dinners at Deal Country and Golf clubs and at the Virus along the coast.

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West End Long Branch N. J Society Circus Deal Mmes Harry Content Elvidge Gerry Snow J Harry G. Hemming H. Nicholas Crusius J. Henry Haggerty Charles D. Bernheimer Frederick Gerken John &. Dillon Joseph M. Byrne J.C. Lysons Philip Lebmgu Alfred Nathan P. J. Casey Thomas F. Smith Joseph J. O'Donohue Baward Steindler Jacob Rothschild Philip Britt Uzal McCarter Jefferson Sellar Daniel O'Day Richard Stolle Dunieb Guggenheim David Leahy Edward Burghard George B. M. Harvey P. Sanford Ross Leo Sperer B. W. Hart Lembeck N. W. Anthony W. L. Megary William L. Megary Philadelphia Whl Deal Golf Club Gov. Stuart Pennsylvania Gov. Fort New Jersey Deal Aid Asbury Park Harry Braker Norwood Avenue New York Europe Julius Werner Werner Hollywood M. Maurice Diamond Boston

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Trip leads to altar in Rockville marriage shock

Miss Ella L. Dick and George O. Longstreet, a United States Realty Co chauffeur, wed at Rockville near Washington on Monday. Rev Thomas J. Parkard officiated. The bride’s sister and guardian declined comment. The couple sought secrecy on the ceremony.

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Ella L. Dick Twelfth Street George O. Longstreet United States Realty Company Rockville Washington Gretna Green Thomas J. Parkard Christ |Opiecopal Ytolks Marrage Slater Ida Dick Charles W. Carr Longstreet Liveneea' Iy Wrepa Charles Martin Usby Jennie E Jordan Santonio ‘Bistand Teresa Binder

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Lighthouse Keepers Appointments And Staff Moves In District

Edward J Jennings named lighthouse keeper for Atlantic Coast service Horace F Shadduck appointed second assistant keeper in lighthouse service E H Hickok receives two weeks extension of leave from the bureau of corporations A M Lake confirmed at four dollars a day as surface division inspector Waldo Hibbs to walk 10 miles Sunday to prove fitness Ralph Pratt drafts baseball treatise based on District league work for District employees and players.Contracts and travel notes from the District Building excerpted from a Maine home visit and New York State relatives context.

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Edward P. Hyde Bureau of Standards Hyde Charles W. Rider Division of Supplies Republican National’ Committee New York City Clyde J. Peach Bureau of Navigation WL. Mulroney Bureau, of Corporations Anne Ennwerkrsirineesireeasninarteet—Wieneemsnt Mense E. H. Hickok Bureau of Corporations Mr. Hickok New York State Edward J. Jennings Atlantic Horace F. Shadduck Hageen A. M. Lake Spector i Waldo Hibbs Macfarland Hibbs Ralph Pratt West

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Postmaster General weighs govt mail service study

Postmaster General Meyer awaits the commission’s findings on the feasibility of government installed pneumoeletal mail service in New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago and St Louis. A September 14 meeting opens the inquiry with a likely city visits by a subcommittee. Meyer expects a report soon after Congress convenes and notes Berlin’s lower costs. He also comments on the new double entry bookkeeping system and a postal savings bank proposal carried from his prior report.

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Meyer New York Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Jonis Campbell Congress Berlin Post Office Department

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One Daughter Favored In Shea Will Probate

The will of John Shea dated December 14, 1906 and probated yesterday by daughter Marie A Waters leaves $500 to each Annie Mulloy Alles Smith Margaret Copp and Dagabeth Jewell and to John E Shea the remainder to Maria Waters executrix. Mrs Copp filed a petition in the Supreme Court to appoint collectors for the $10 000 Hartford Life Insurance and Justice Stafford named Wilton J Lambert and Irving Williamson with Waters named as defendant in the prior suit.

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John Shea Marie A. Waters Shea Annie Mulloy Alles Smith Margaret’ Copp Dagabeth Jewell John E. Shea Maria Water Copp Supreme Court

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Food Supply Talks With Ellis Island Officials

Acting Secretary of Commerce and Labor Wheeler leaves for New York to confer with Ellis Island immigration authorities on food supply regulations. He met yesterday with Dr H W Wiley of the Agriculture Department. Conferences aim to raise food standards after bid rejections for station supplies and the call for new bids.

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Commerce and Labor Wheeler New York Ellis Island H. W. Wiley Chemistry Bureau Department of Agriculture

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Death of Bertha C Quick in Falls Church Virginia

Bertha Camille Quick 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Van K Quick of Falls Church Va died early yesterday after a prolonged illness of typhoid fever She was a graduate of Falls Church public schools and a Washington business college Survived by her parents a brother Dr Ralph A Quick a sister Miss Christine Quick and an uncle Dr G C Quick Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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Bertha Camille Quick van K. Quick Fable Church Washington Business College Miss Quick Ralph A. Quick Christine Quick Pr. Y CG

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Pension office savings and pension increases over years

Figures from Commissioner Warner's report show 871,089 new pensions issued from 1905 to 1908 with a saving of 1,343,666 dollars from reduced maintenance appropriations. From 1901 to 1904 and 1905 to 1908 operating expenses decreased, while unexpended appropriations were carried into the Treasury since that year.

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Commissioner of Pensions Warner Bureau

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U S Complains of Road Demurrage Charges

The federal government, via the Interior Department, filed a case with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. It seeks recovery of excess demurrage charges totaling 490 dollars for car detention at Thistle Junction Utah tied to the Strawberry Valley Irrigation project.

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Interstate Commerce Commission Yeaterda Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Interior Department Thistle Junction Utah Strawberry Valley

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Lothrop Store Sets Weekend Hours in Clearance Sale

Upholstery Dept Clearance Sale On Summer Fabrics

Odd Portieres Values In Various Pair Quantities

Sherwood Metal-frame Window Screens

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Housefurnishing Department Item Listings Confuse

Schram Sealer Jars and Jelly Glasses Advertised Prices

Pretty church wedding in Washington and Baltimore society

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Norfolk Couple Weds Here After License Dent

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Fashions and royal notes from London to New York

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Irish Visitors Tour Washington Printing Office Trip

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Government Printing Office Vacations and Exhibits Planned

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Many Dinners at Lenox Centered on Newport Party

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Society Circus Preparations Dominate Deal Weekend

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Trip leads to altar in Rockville marriage shock

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Lighthouse Keepers Appointments And Staff Moves In District

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Postmaster General weighs govt mail service study

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One Daughter Favored In Shea Will Probate

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