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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
25
New York Washington Paris Store closes at 1 today for the Annual August Fur Sale. Shoppers have three and a half days to save 25 to 33 1 3 percent on rich furs. Highlights include Black Russian Hare Sete, Sable Squirrel Sets, Black Opesaum Sets, Pointed Wolf Sets, Isabella Fox Sets, American Marten Sets, and Brown Coney Fur Coats and Goats.
Final clearance offers for boys clothing and hats with substantial discounts. Boys suits in wool blends, knickerbocker styles, and sizes up to 17 priced at five dollars per lot, plus straw hats and wash hats marked for quick clearance. Includes girls and boys styles, middy and sailor shapes, in milan braids and pongee fabrics.
Women's Mustin and Cambric Night gowns with tucked yoke and high neck feature lace embroidery and ribbon. Corset covers and drawers offered at 40c to 50c, with plain tucks, feather stitching, and trimmed ruffles. Nainsook skirts and petticoats included, priced at 50c, displayed on the Eleventh Street floor.
Nicholas Longworth attended a Newport dinner and dance at Honey Suckle Lodge hosted by Mr. and Mrs. T. Suf fern Taller. Social pages note arrivals, travels, and visits of prominent figures including Fred Morris Dearing, the Roosevelts, Beattys, Blisses, Carnegie party at Raquette Lake, and extended family gatherings across Washington, New York, and New England.
Illness of Mrs Pembroke Jones in Newport is reported as feverish while the Aloha flagship with Commodore Arthur Curtiss James prepares for a European cruise. A flood of social events, dinners, visits, and arrivals from New York to Philadelphia fills Newport's social calendar with guests, house additions, and a charity tableau at the Casino Theatre raising about $1,000.
In Narragansett Pier Aug 26 the one act comic opera Love and War by Dr Jules Jordan titled Scottish Day at the Fair was staged in the Mathewson ballroom with the composer directing. A concert preceded the operetta by the Mathewson Orchestra and a Connecticut country setting near a state encampment is described. casts and attendees noted along with social visitors and a birthday dinner for Mrs Lena Allen.
Culver and other visitors arrive at country houses in New Marlborough Lenox and Stockbridge Massachusetts as residents and guests travel from New York Boston and Connecticut. Notables include Dr E M Culver Mrs Join B Swann Gen and Mrs Thomas Harrison and many others visiting Curtis Hotel Maplewood Aspinwall and local country homes.
Many arrivals claim the fall season starts earlier than usual. Crowds attend cake walks, tennis, golf, and a recreation park baseball game as boulevard repairs draw steady traffic. Social events at Homestead and Fassifern Farm entertain guests including Cowan and Prior families. Notables from New York Philadelphia and Richmond arrive, while Rev Carruthers is endorsed as a candidate for bishop of the AME Zion Church.
A record crowd gathered at the Newport Casino for the national lawn 4 tournament final. Mrs. J Gordon Douglas and Mrs Leon iard led elaborate gowns as guests applauded Emily Randolph who captained the Cottagers to a 5 3 victory over the Yankees.
In New York a license to wed was obtained by Constance Pratt and Walter Kingsley Stillman, son of banker Joseph F. Stillman. They plan a November 2 wedding after a day in the city hall with Alderman Courtland. Pratt, 26, and Stillman, 27, return to Premium Point, New Rochelle, home of Pratt’s mother Mrs. Dallas Bache Pratt.
Analysis of a classic puzzle about a falling and rebounding object from the Tower of Pisa. It shows the rest distance total is 218 feet 013 inches with rebounds at one tenth of prior height. Authors note common error comparing to Achilles and the tortoise.
A brief notice presents testimony related to an ACMAMIPTON athlete. The item indicates a focus on athletic performance and personal account within a Daily Diet Hints column.
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