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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
39
Remnants and summer goods are pushed for clearance as the shop clears space for new fall lines. Bargains abound across departments with fresh, seasonable items mostly odds and ends and some strong price purchases from manufacturers. Most items are solid or defaced yet offered at low prices for immediate sale.
Local shop advertises a clearance of 30 men’s summer suits including two and three piece styles from Hart Schaffner Marx and others. Lot 189.75 and Lot 2 12 765 each with values up to 25 dollars, plus long trousers separates in browns and tans reduced from higher prices.
Local ads announce deep Friday bargains in men's collar buttons 10 for 25 cents and various hosiery sleeps with five pairs for 1.00. Linen department offers double bed sheets in size 81x90 and unstitched pillow casts plus unstitched towels and tub-ready towers at special prices.
Special purchase of cotton laces including torchon cluny and Venetian patterns. Ranging from four to four and a half inches in width, suitable for trimming dresses, lingerie, curtains. Priced at a special rate per yard.
Small lot of Dutch collars and lace embroidery offered with neat value. Main floor sale features tomme with saleneicnnes lace and embroidery. Likely an advertising listing from a local newspaper page.
Department sale lists Impractical English bracelet pieces and damaged Austrian and French china. Items include salad bowls peppered with minor flaws and reduced prices from 11 to 899, mayonnaise sets, sugar bowls, crackers, and toilet sets, all marked down for quick sale.
A Friday sale offers multiple boys garments including medium weight suits with knickerbocker trousers in sizes 7 to 17 at five dollars each, Little Boys Russian blouse wash suits in sizes 214 to 4 at one hundred dollars, and numerous all wool knickerbocker trousers and jackets at discounted prices. Also featured are wall-weight reefers and wash salt arrangements on third floor.
A catalog note lists Boys' Wash Blouses sizes 7 to 16 with soft collars at 50 cents each. Cotton dress goods include 8 yards 42 inch old rose voile reduced from 12.50 to 7.00 per piece and 7 yards 45 inch Ottoman Voile white with rose stripe cut to 7.00. Also offered are opaque cloth window shades on martshorn rollers and 6 ft long, 50 cents each, plus a small lot of single portieres in imported fabrics priced 3.75 the strip, with value ranges from 7.50 to 15.00.
A list of waists in pale blue matalesse satin white net and lace trims offered at reduced prices. Items include satin waists with mousquetaire sleeves, white net waists with Irish lace bands, silk waists with yokes, chitton cloth taupe waists, and French hand made shirt waists with embroidery. Reductions range from 10 to 60 percent with sizes noted and third floor location.
A women’s costume department features Natural Color Rajah Silk Princess Gown with lace embroidery, Apricot Latin Princess Gown with black net yoke, Tan Pongee Silk Princess Gown with filet net yoke, Lingerie Princess gowns trimmed with lace, and White Linen Princess Dress. Prices are reduced from high original amounts to new discounted figures.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Beekman Winthrop returned to Washington after a week apart with the secretary in Norfolk for target practice and Mrs Winthrop visiting her mother in New Jersey. Various society notices follow including weddings and engagements of Washington families and travels of relatives to New York Alexandria Bay and Ocean City.
English society notes detail Lady Decies visiting Bristol son, hosting dinner and bridge at Essex Country Club with guests including Mr Clifford Walton and Mrs Blythe. Other items cover Newport suffrage debates, California forest protection victory, and European political gossip.
The fragment hints at expanded, more elaborate entertainments for the coming season, noting increased demands and the need to refine the scale of hosting and safety. It mentions a lively but unclear collision metaphor and a romp that has ended for the day.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Hoss Jones wife of Charles Jones of the Spanish war claims commission were held yesterday afternoon at Dr J N Rose’s home 1412 Calvert Northwest The body was taken to Brookville Indiana for interment tomorrow Pallbearers included Gen Lewin Whtehner Dr Harris Taylor Judge Huston Dr Lawrence Hynson Chextes Wescott and Perry Mitchell
Mrs. Erma C. Hornthal of Norfolk files for divorce from Henry W. Hornthal alleging desertion. Hornthal, long a society figure in the city, is described as Prominent in social affairs. The article notes her previous name Miss Irma Amigs, daughter of the Rev J H Amuse, and references her marriage to a merchandise broker.
The article argues that China seeks a constitutional framework by 1917, but warns the throne will retain sovereignty. It contrasts China with Japan’s model, noting Parliament as advisory and the throne’s edict power, while urging genuine popular input and noting central authorities’ control over taxation and budgets.
Dr T J Allen argues that overconsumed food beyond physiological needs causes auto intoxication and disease through retained waste. He stresses thorough mastication and tasting to prevent colonic putrefaction and to simplify digestion, linking mental states to physical health.
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