Special August Fur Sale Ends Friday Evening
Less Than Regular Prices announces a two day fur sale ending Friday night. Rare and elegant fur pieces including Russian Sable Mink Persian Lamb and more are offered at substantial discounts with many items priced between seven and nineteen dollars, highlighting value and exclusivity for women seeking affordable yet luxurious furs.
Special Values in Shirt Waists for Women
UR stock offers complete collection of latest season shirt waists with special prices. Madras waist with tucked front and long sleeves priced at 2.95. batistes and tailor made styles from 2.95 to 4.00. Special priced Tonen and other lace trimmed waists range 3.50 to 7.50. Embroidered and Valenciennes lace varieties priced 5.75 and 7.50. Third floors storefront notice.
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Batiste
Wener
Germain Valancieries
Ith
Social and Personal Webster Engde ceremony in Hotel Pa
Social notes from Washington list engagements and weddings across society. Miss Florence Knade weds Richard W. Webster in Fairmont with post ceremony travels to Mackinac Island and Niagara Falls. Miss Sue Turner to Mr. Robert H. Toombs announced with October wedding planned. Austrian ambassador Hengemuller to Lends for early autumn. Prominent families and guests are mentioned across Bar Harbor Lenox and Washington society circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Brook
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Gorgas
Ithaca
Mise Davis
Davis
Fairmont
Minn
Episcopal
James Davis
Washing- Church
Washington
Hengermuller
Mount Pleasant
Bretton Woods
Lenox
R. Hunter
Virginia
Sue Tuner
Robert H. Toombs
Mississippi
Miss Hunter
Washigston
Corcoran Street
Florence A. Knade
Richard W. Webster
Binn
Albert EB. Fillmore
Fairmont Episcopal Church
Webster
St. Paul
Duluth
Mackinac Island
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Toronto
the Revere
Tey
Thomas J. Knode
Maryland
Thomas K. Bottomley
Winnebago
Emma Edson
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Hengemuller
Bar Harbor
Murray Crane
Iidge
Windsor
Dalton
Cac Geason
Wealthy Newport Ball Jewels Vanish In String Of Thefts
News from Newport traces a spate of jewel losses following a Ber wind ball. Mrs. John Gatland’s $5,000 diamond butterfly vanished, Mrs. Hapgood and Mrs. Jacobs reported items lost, and a guest’s $10,000 necklace was found later. Earlier, Mrs. Craig Biddle lost two pearls valued at $5,000 at the Casino ball. The spree ties to socialite circles and notable marriages, with society gossip on Count Adolph von Goetzen’s potential ambassadorship and Winston Churchill engagement rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Edward
Berwind
John Gatland
Norman Hapgood
New York
Peter F. Collier
Craig Biddle
Preston
John Loney
Wal-bert
Countes
William Ja
Bea
Washington
Count von Gotzen
Corcoran
H Street
Mre
Caiin
Brice
Jefferson Place
Germany
Berlin
German East Africa
Curzon
Wanda
Women players spark gossip over penny poker game in Freeport
A summer poker game among New York women, begun as penny-ante bridge, escalated to high stakes and debt fears. Husbands warned investigators might pursue anti gambling action, while women sought intercession to avoid exposure. The tale reflects social shock and a note on jewelry trends and modernization in fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Aj Coles
New York
Fashion at the Resorts Newport Excitement and Social Scene
Newport notes a practical joker among the villa colony who sold a polo pony for cash and vanished, while residents report social events at the Casino and Bellevue court. Guests include Edward Post, Mrs. John Nicholas Brown sisters, and several New York and Baltimore visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Villa Colony
Ludwig Hoyt
Hoyt
Pembroke Jones
Jones
Edward C. Post
Bellevue Court
John Nicholas Brown
Richard Gambrill
Elbridge T. Gerry
Gerry
Senverre
Philip Lydig
Robert Goetet
Henry Clews
Craig Biddle
Lispenard Stewart
Henry
Redmond
Jencheon
Charies
L. F Hubingon
Torbert M. Uarviman
May Brady Mall
Wailer Vo. Berry
P. B
Bar Harbor
Henry Baron Jacobs
Oliver T. P. Belmont
Europe
New York
Berbert Parsons
Heny Clews
the Rocks
Alexander. Clark
Vila
McCoy
Clark
Arthur B. Emmons
Adirondacks
Unchvilla
Show at Narragansett reflects summer social scene
Narragansett Pier hosts society gatherings after the Point Judith Country Club horse show. In Casino ballroom a St. Philomena's Church benefit minstrel drew Catholic summer residents to dance after the show. Notables and Newport visitors attended gatherings at Casino and villas, with roses and celebrations marking the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Pier
R.L
Point Judith Country Club
Newport
Watch HM
Providence
St. Philomena’s Church
John H. Hanan
St. Peter's
Sea
R. G. Dun
Harry la Montague
J. Duncan Emmet
Bouvier
Joseph Liedy
C. KK. D. Welsh
Philip
P. Randolph
James Ti. Sullivan
Smith Molling Mekim
Charles Dennie Voman Smith
Lydig Hoyt
Cyril Johnson
Roberts
Samuel
Valentine
Villa Valmas
White Mountains
Bretton Woods
Marshal J. Aleen
New York
Mathewson
Nasragansett
Edson Bradley
Herbert Shipman
Henry Sprague
Althea
Vacations Granted at Government Printing Office and Treasury
Government Printing Office announces extended vacations for staff including William F. Reed abroad for 41 days without pay. J. Wilson Townsend is promoted to disbursing clerk in the Treasury Department with a 2000 per year salary, replacing L. H. Mattingly. Several press division staff members receive extended leaves of 17 to 21 days, with others departing Washington for time off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government
William F. Reed
Prod
Roent
Europe
J. Wilson Townsend
Treasury Department
Connelyou
L. H. Mattingly
Washington
New York
Townsend
The
Treasury
Government Printing Office
Bessie Crone
Press Division
Washington Today
Deli J. Creamer
Maggie C. Bateman
Samuel K. Hall
Rio
Commerce and Labor
Adrian F. Busick
Bureau of Corporations
Busick
Comumisaioner Durand
Bell Taggart
Joner Smith
Bureau of
McTaggart
Gretj
Giles Ku
Coun
Louis Speiss
Colonial Beach
Inspector Perry 2
Thompeee
Washington Vacation Schedule at Government Offices
Numerous federal staff across divisions receive extended or short leaves from Washington, with travel to Europe and domestic trips noted. Names include Raymond W. Gery James A Major Samuel Davie John Matthews John Finnegan William Johnson Daniel Umberly and many others amid evolving staff vacations and promotions in Commerce and Labor. Public Printer Tech extends William Reed's vacation without pay while Kane Mahoney and Sidney Bunn also take leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel E. Davie
Agricultural
James A. Henson
Press Division
Washington
John W. Matthews
Electrical
John T. Finnegan
Press
William T. Johnson
State Division
Daniel (. Mberly
Government Printing Office
Lous W. Slotp
Charity Circus Draws Coast Residents To Deal Event
West Had Long Branch NM Aug 28 A coast community charity circus draws summer residents together. 160 tickets sold and many reserved seats taken for next Saturday in Deal. Dinners at Deal Golf and Country clubs, and multiple social events hosted by Mrs. Gerken Burghard Morrell Crusius and others accompany the circus. Mrs. Louis Runkel hosts a nieces party at Gascon Lodge with games and music. Mr. Moses Adams travels from Chicago for a wedding, and Firenze villa owners Guggenheim plan a camp trip to the Adirondacks after Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Long Branch
Society Circus
Deal
Golf
Frederick Gerken
Edward Burghard
Robert Lee Morrell
H. Nicholas Crusius
Country Club
Gerry Snow
Holiywood
West End
Takawassee
Louis Runkel
Madeleine Bogle
Fannie McCaunes
Gascon Lodge
West Wood Avenue
Miuses Ruth, Erlanger
Amelia Schwab
Elvira
Meta Rosenberger
Helen McDermott
Mastera
John Donald
Mc- Donald
Gerald Ralph Rosenberge
Runkel Wil Remamn
Moses Adams
Chicago
Leame
Benel
Wallace Irving Shuman
Ruby Speyer
Gus Sidengelg
Therese
Atlantic Highlands
Mgr
Daniel Guggenheim
Firenze
Byberon
Theil
Adirondacks
No Waning At Bar Harbor Social Day
Bar Harbor Me August 25 There was no waiting season here the day was bright with social events Luncheons were hosted by Mr and Mrs John I Kane at their shore villa Guests included Ernesto G Fabbri Walter F Shepard and many others from local and visiting circles in a bustling daytime social scene
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Bar Harbor
Johm I. Kane
Kanewi
Ernesto G. Fabbri
Fabbu
Wiieter F. Shepard
Dave Tennen
I Morris
William B. Osgood Field
Charles B. Wright
Robert A. Mary
A. M. Oats
Wedded in Philadelphia by Bureau Clerk After License Hurdle
Walter RO Humphries a plant industry clerk and Amanda May Huntress of Washington wed in Philadelphia after a license delay. The officiant, Augustus Goebel, relented only after the couple showed a wedding ring engraved with both initials. Humphries is 22 and Huntress 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter RO Humphries
Street
Bureau of Plant Industry
Agricultural Department
Amanda
May Huntress
Washington
Philadelphia
Augustus ©. Goebel
Humuhties
Huntess
Officiis
Hiwphries Buvelis
Miys Jiwu
Immigrant inspectors moved and clerks on leave list
The report details personnel changes and leaves in the lighthouse and immigration service. Transfers include a son to Del Rio Texas and Lorne Walker detailed to Fort Kent Maine, with Yom Walters stationed at Winnipeg. Numerous clerks note annual and special leaves, plus resignations and reassignments.
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del Rio
Tex
Texas
Florence Cassell
Lighthouse Board
Maine
Lorne B. Walker
Fort Drent
Coming Attractions At The New Academy And Lyceum
The article previews openings at Chase’s Theaters with Ralph Herz star power and a slate of acts. It highlights Everett Scott in Ashputian comedy, Una Clayton studio satire His Local Color, Wall Street melodrama Lucky Jim starring Joseph Santley, and burlesque shows Lid Littlest and The Ducklings with Mire Toute Dacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Ralph C. Herz
Las
Ralph
Teddy Lear
Everett Scott
Mullen
T‘urelll
Taree Hevarda
Una Clayton and Company
Kinsons
Charles de Haven
Joe Siinay
Vitagraph
Que- Ec
Wall Street
Lucky
Jim
Joseph Santley
New Academy
Santley
W. G. Beckwith
Grand Central Depot
Death Valley
Arizona
San Francisco
Gotten Gate
George
Clark
Hath and McKinnon
Free Day at Luna Park Draws Nanty Maidens and Specials
The Sundsy ost advertises Free Day at Luna Park on Tuesday September 3 with same conditions as last week plus new attractions. The free vaudeville bid features Ines and Remington in a Sketch The Mameure Gil. The American Regimental Band will perform outdoors in the auditorium next Sunday afternoon with special soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luna Park
Ines
Remington
Mameure Gil
Land office reports vast unoccupied public lands nation wide
The General Land Office releases a 1908 annual statement detailing 4,395,205 acres of public land remaining unclaimed across states and territories. Notable figures cover Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida Idaho Kansas Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Mexico North Dakota Ohio South Dakota Washington Wyoming and other regions with mixed surveyed and unsurveyed areas.
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Publi Land Btates
Alaska
General Land Office
Alabama
Arizona
Arkamax
California
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Kanees
Louisian
Michigan
Minnesota
Misatsippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebrenka
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Woodward
Lothrop
Paris
Coats
Tonen
Aisis
Sue Turner
Webster - Engde
Bedfore Springs ‘Hotel
Walton
after.Rey
St. Louis
Robert E. Layton
Wisconsin Avenue
Lewis Sherwood
George Hutchinson
Ernest Trutchinson
Walter Guy
J. R. Sherwood
Baie
Mrs. Bottier
Baltimore
Beeton
ML. Reinier
G. A. Richardson
Anna Elizabeth
James Vincent Murhank
Village
Burbaud
Lewisetta
Gay Magoon
Cuba
James Aa. Ryan
Oyster Bay
Josephine Patten
Frank B. Keech
Ueien Patten
Annie Thompson
Katherine Elkins
Wadsworth
Frances Lay
Platt Hunt
Is Hilans
Reginald de Loven
Phoenix Ingraham
William Hie
Charles J. Bonaparte
Aspinwall
Macas
Snow Bird Valley
Forace Porter
John Howe
Henry Barton Jacobs
Jane Riggs
E. Fran Riggs
New London
W. J. Kehoe
Miss Kehoe
Stoneleigh Court
Lake Placid Club
Lake Placid, N. FE
George GB. Welch
Ojibway
Point Bail
Cana
Walter V
BR Berry
Ae Hl
Potter Palmer, Jr
Switzerland
May Eenyor Godby
Almaer J. Godby
Ricard Norman Boswell Btaker
London
Elthan
Kent
England
Neustey House
Miss Godby
Anna R. Sahler
Charles Walton
St.Louis
G. B. Truett
Alexandria County
Mattie Brown
Mr. Truett
Gladys Hoy
Alfred Liebman
Harape
B. C. Rice
Park
L. Py Worrell
Marie Beard
Katherine
Empire
Canal Zone
Whitington
Isthmus
Frank Shea
SeciHa Shea
Holyoke
Mars
Cecilia Shea
Katherine Curran
Capitol Hill
Winston Churchill
Clementine Hogier
Lloyds
Henry Hozier
Churchill
Stock Exchange
London Generally To the Government of Which Mr. Churchill
Sir Henry Hozier
Swutenry Hozier
Scotland
Pretoria
Sumer
Freeport
Long Island
Heng
Imade
Princess of Wales
Consia
Mary
Eiher
Prince Edward
Osborne
Narragansett
Mary E. Mangan
Treasury’ Branch
E. P. A. Rickenbacher
Press of
Fon
Miss Elizabeth Kendall
Raymond We. Gery
Treasury Branch
James A. Major
A. Dougherty
George C. Cale
Hazard Wheeler
Carpenter's Division
Yen @ays
James H. Porter
Hugh O'Conner
Machine LE Sion
Fehanseventenny
Beoenj
Beth Kendall
Wil
Granteqa
Wiliam W. Norris
Flliam Armstrong
Hichard Dixey
Tanglewead
Abra Beltinger
Harry W. Keiser
John Wat Mckay
Keen
Emma A. Bright
and Mix
Charles %. Mellen
Bryant
Charles FL
Brooker
CG. Wittenberg
Fannie C. Carter
Daniel Parish
Helen
Ini
Wuay Turn
Reginald Sturgiss
Rank K. Sturgis
Clipston Range
Kenneth J. Muir
Red Lion Inn
Aspinwall Hotel
Herman D. Kountze
Francia Trumbull
James C. Peabody
Orman C. Smith
W. Bollinger
R. E. Bollinger
Katherine Clark Culver
Wiliam A. Clark
Gladys and
Vera Bloodgood
New Marlborough Villa
Jennie G. Johnson
Public Printer Tech
Proofroom
Reed
Mrs. Reed
Kane Mahoney
Bila E. Bryan
HB. Toohy
Watchmen's
Sidney 8. Bunn
Bindery Office
Circus
Castoria
EL Lekitc
Hostetter
Panama
Yom V. Walters
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Isthmian Canal Commission
Charlotte M. Bass
Ernest N. Cullin
Maude R. Durfee
Teresa L. Gorman
Charles 5. Plug
Lewis A. Pinner
Emil BE. Weise
J. J. Wolleran
Savie
Henry Taéker
Clarence Derr
Sarah K Cushing
Norwalk
Conn
Matties Sk. Haralson
Purhasing
Anna F. McCormick
Roy H. Wiseman
Academy
Lucky Jim
Gayety
Lig
Guyety
Gwu
Maude Iéllisten
PTOI
Jiers
Philips
Eleventh Street
Seventh Street
Nanty
Meade & Baker’s
Newspapt
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