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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1910
Page
7
New York Lomrop store announces an annual August Fur Sale with three and a half days left. Featured lines include Black Russian Hare, Sable Squirrel, Black Opesaum, Pointed Wolf, Isabella Fox, American Marten sets and Brown Coney Coats and Goats. Discounts range from 25 to 31 4 percent with many sets priced at $15 to $42.50 and values shown.
A August clearance sale offers parents of schoolgoing boys chances to buy clothing and necessities at a third to half off. Featured are all wool boys suits in light and medium weights with knickerbocker trousers in gray tan and brown sizes T to 17. Straw hats and wash hats also offered at reduced prices with several lines marked for clearance.
Plain, practical garments designed to withstand frequent laundering with neat trims such as lace, embroidery, beading, featherstitching, and ribbon. Includes Nainsook Corset Covers, Cambric and Nainsook Drawers, and drawn short Petticoats priced from 40c to 50c per item.
A long Washington social item notes Nicholas Longworth attending a Newport dinner and dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. T. Suf fern Taller at Honey suckle Lodge. The piece lists numerous social figures and their movements, including Mrs. Potter Palmer and family, Miss Ethel Roosevelt touring Montana, and visits by Lord and Lady Northcliffe and other prominent guests.
Newport society items describe ongoing illness of Mrs Pembroke Jones, yachts Aloha and Alpha preparing for a European cruise, and numerous visits, parties, and arrivals. Commodore James and Mrs James head to Europe. families such as Gerry, Drexel, McFadden, Ames, and Wetmore host dinners, dances, and golf events while Miss Sherman’s wedding plans loom.
Narragansett Pier hosts the premiere of Love and War a one act operetta by Dr Jules Jordan set in a Connecticut country village near a state encampment. The program featured the Mathewson Orchestra with a concert precede and a cast listing many named performers and attendees including Mrs Lena Allen and Dr William Honan among guests.
Lenox Massachusetts August report notes Dr E M Culver arriving at his country residence in New Marlborough. Several New York visitors, including Mr and Mrs George A Colton and Miss Aline Colton, return to the city while others travel to Stockbridge and Pittsfield. Notables like Gen Thomas Skelton Harrison and Mr and Mrs Beverly Robinson are also mentioned among arrivals and social events at Curtis Hotel and Maplewood.
Numerous arrivals mark the early fall season in Hot Springs Virginia with cake walks tennis golf and a baseball game drawing crowds. Social entertainments at the Homestead Fassifern farm and other venues include dinners and luncheons as several New York Philadelphia and Richmond visitors arrive. Reverend Carruthers is endorsed for Bishopric by local Sunday school and the Virginia Christian Endeavor convention.
A record crowd gathered at the Newport Casino for the final round of the national lawn 4 tournament with society leaders modeling elaborate gowns. Mrs J Gordon Douglas and Mrs Leon iard lead a parade of designers including Payne Whitney and Vanderbilt in varied gowns, hats, and accessories as Miss Emily Randolph captains the Cottagers to a 5 3 4 victory over the Yankees, on the Wicfield Farm polo field amid festive social pages.
An extended damning sketch covers engagements and weddings. Constance Pratt and Walter Kingsley Stillman obtain a license in New York with a November 2 wedding planned, amid social previews. Mme Melba faces a customs probe in Devon and endures delays over garments and preparations.
An old puzzle note explains many confuse it with Achilles and the tortoise. It cites a physics estimate: a stone dropped from 179 feet rebounds to rest after 218 feet 013 inches. It argues 218.777... is not exact and 21.3 inches is inaccurate.
A brief notice presents the testimony of a renowned athlete, highlighting athletic achievements and public interest in the performer. The piece emphasizes the athlete's skill, preparation, and impact within the sports community.
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