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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
21
The notice announces a three day clearance to close out remnants across all departments. It highlights season’s production goods, lagging styles, top heavy stacks, and discontinued lines with decisive reductions to ensure rapid removal. The sale begins as part of a twice yearly custom with a partial list to follow.
1500 yards Batiste Lawns priced at 8c per yard, reduced from 12 3/4c, plus 200 yards Printed Belfast Dimity with blue rosebuds at 12 1/2c, reduced from 25c. Second floor G street offers Women's Shirtwaist Suits in white lawn and dotted lawn, $3.75 each, originally $7.50 to $8.75. Third floor Get.
A downtown sale offers women's corset covers in muslin and Namsook at 25c each and petticoats in gingham percale and white muslin at 50c each. Children’s coats and dresses priced from 2.50 to 4.75 with many marked down from higher prices. Damask cloths, towels, and Irish linen patterns listed with substantial reductions. Third floor Eleventh Street.
About fifty pairs remain from manufacturers seconds offering fine fluffy Wool Blankets with only minor flaws. Prices range 3.00 to 8.30 per pair for 11-4, 6.50 to 9.00 for 12-4, and crib blankets 36 by 50 inches at 1.25 per pair. Second floor Eleventh at.
Clearance sale lists men's lisle thread socks, neglige shirts, boys and girls straw sailors, tam oshanter hats, upholstery fabrics, damasks and tapestries, and hat pins. Specials include three pairs of socks for one dollar, 25 cent cotton hose, and fabrics priced down from two to three dollars a yard.
Clearance sale offers this season’s Mattings and Matting Rugs in multiple lots. Heaviest China Mattings priced 2714c per yard from 40c, finest sharp China Mattings at 27%4c per yard from 40c, fine Japanese Mattings 20c per yard from 30c. Rugs include 9xi2-ft Japanese Matting at $5.00, 6xit-ft printed China Matting Rugs one piece at $7.00, oxt-ft Japanese Matting Rugs at $4.50. Fourth floor.
Dr. Carl E. Dornhelm weds Miss Nora Grissett at the parsonage on K Street NE. The couple plan a Rhode Island honeymoon and will reside at 1117 N Street NW after their return. Secretary Bonaparte returns to Washington from Lenox, Mass. Miss Katherine Johnson trips to Minneapolis for a month. D. A. R. chapter in Saratoga hosts a reception for Mrs. Donald McLean. The German ambassador and Baroness Speck von Sternburg are at Saranac Lake for weeks. Numerous society residents and diplomats are noted at summer venues from Lenox to Atlantic City.
In Toronto the Globe reports on Dr E L E Johnson trustee of the American Medical Association who urged national supervision of food and uniform state public health duties. Dr Spooner of Liverpool spoke on sailors foods while Prof Glaister of Glasgow urged a two class system for preservatives and questioned cold storage benefits.
William J. Clothier of Philadelphia representing Harvard defeated Karl H. Behr of Yale in straight sets 6-2 6-4 6-2 to reach the final round where he will face Beals C. Wright, the present national champion, in Newport Rhode Island. Behr showed flashes but was weaker than yesterday as Clothier dominated all three sets.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson spent part of the day at Chicago stock yards inspecting packing plants. He toured cattle and hog killing departments and studied the canning departments closely. He praised the sanitary conditions found and then left for Washington in the late afternoon.
Lieutenant Hardy’s Luxembourg night spirals from arrest and diplomatic chaos to a staged riot. An assault on Prince Edric triggers crowd scenes, a mysterious old actor, and a surprising royal cameo. Amid disguises, mistaken identities, and a perilous welcome, Hardy endures a chaotic sequence of kisses, arrests avoided, and a tense legation stance.
A narrator recalls an episode involving Amyce de Wiltz, the Countess of Wilverwiltz, and a German prince. In a tense social night, conversations mix intrigue, illicit ties, and suspicions of espionage as Osborne warns about military attaches and the dangers of European politics. The scene shifts through dinner and a private chat as plans unfold for a delicate role to play in a looming crisis.
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