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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1906
Page
21
An advertisement for manufacturing sec tions of wool blankets offered at savings of a quarter to a third off regular prices. Imperfections include tiny oil spots or small snags, described as slight. Varied sizes from crib to extra wide beds in white red gray and plaid, priced at $1 25 a pair. Second floor Eleventh St.
Undergarments for women are popular with a sale offering gowns petticoats drawers chemises and corset covers. Hand made chemises in French pereale and nainsook fabrics feature lace embroidery and scalloped edges, with prices from 1.50 to 3.00 and location on Third Floor, Sixth Avenue shop.
Sewing Machines With a Reputation ARL announces the arrival of another shipment of Womens Two-eyelet Court Ties in patent kid and dull kid. The ad touts Woodward & Lothrop sewing machines as reliable, light running, and well built with oak cabinets. It promises years of service and easy repairs, with a demonstrator to explain features.
A fragment notes a price range from $10.50 to $40.00 for a Hand Machine located on the second floor of the G Street area. No further context or designation provided.
A decorative 9x12 inch book by Mrs Whelan and Eugene Wellan features sketches and poems for mothers to fill with child memories. It promises touching verse and sharing poems for a family keepsake with leading pages for parents to record milestones.
Fragmentary listing of toiletries including soaps powders creams and colognes with price references and brand names. Mentions Adsterine Ne Mo EL Carbette Wouth Wash Surgeons Soap and Pinaud Brillantine among others with a $100 note and various item battles or offers.
Social and personal notices recount a flurry of society events in Washington. Fort Monroe hosts Potts family enticements while Abercrombie plans a Reading Pa country stay. Senators Foraker and Mrs Foraker depart the city for Seabright New Jersey. Miss Susie Har returns to Washington after Atlantic City. Mr Gumpert and others visit Bar Harbor. numerous weddings engagements and travels fill the season with private gatherings and trips to Atlantic City Narragansett Pier Montreal Montreal and Virginia locales.
Mrs Greene a Warren Green Hotel traveler who has spent the North this summer is appointed vice regent of the Pocahontas Memorial Association. In spring Jamestown Exposition plans include James E Alexander and his sister-in-law Miss May Alexander. They stay at Hamilton, Va and visit Washington before returning Friday. Mr and Mrs Alexander occupy a flat at Ednor. Mr McCarthy Hanger of Ne Street leaves for Warrenton to attend the German and horse show.
Baltimore to begin trial use of two specially built autos to collect mail from tram letter boxes, replacing four wagons and competing with fifteen wagons. If successful the motor car method will expand in Baltimore and then to other cities as First Assistant Postmaster General Watchcoch reports arrangements finalized for October 1.
President may overturn Hillis Island immigration board ruling that forty Russian Hebrew orphans should be deported. Despite funds and homes arranged by Hebrews, the board kept to law. an appeal to President Roosevelt follows. Orphans to enjoy a playroom stay while case proceeds.
American cavalry officer Hardy fosters a tense bond with Prince Wherry while entangled in a Luxembourg affair. A passport seizure by a Prussian prince sparks a fragile truce over love and emigration. The scene shifts through confrontation, jokes, and policy, hinting at a broader empire clash.
The President invites Senate and House Naval Affairs Committee members to a grand review of forty battleships off Oyster Bay in September under Admiral Evans. The event seeks to win over doubters in Congress and public support for a large naval programme while detailing three squadrons, torpedo flotillas, and anchorage procedures.
A resident of Indianapolis reports chronic itching starting last July that worsened despite various baths and remedies. After using Cuticura products for about four weeks her skin cleared, hair loss stopped, and she credits Cuticura Ointment for keeping her scalp clean and free of dandruff, stating she will never be without it.
The final graduating class of eighty six from the first class held over for special summer instruction will graduate at Bancroft Hall on September 12. Secretary Bonaparte is named the sole speaker with the Academy battalion of marines and band to render honors as the examination concludes.
Acting Secretary Newberry and Naval Constructor Capps visited the yard to view miniature models of future battleships. The 20,000 ton design embodies advanced naval ideas from the Bureau of Construction with outside designers invited to submit sealed plans after bureau concept submission. The department aims to present superior fighting ships to Congress.
Eight-year grounded Spanish vessels at Cavite sold as junk for 10340 receipts after sale expenses. Albey Manileno and Mindanao, wood hulks with brass stolen long ago, were among the first ships run aground at Manila Bay on May 1. Grant & Co bought the hulks under orders from Secretary Morton.
The dispatch reports Army officers to Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth for officer examinations after October 15. It covers funeral for Mrs Marion Stuart Terry in Maryland, commutation of Lieut Sydney Smith’s dismissal, riot actions involving the Twenty-fifth Infantry at Brownsville, and plans for Italian cruiser Flormosa visiting the Potomac. Also notes President approval of Assistant Surgeon Harry L. Brown’s sentence reduction.
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