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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
21
On sale today a large lot of fine silks chosen from cream mammoth stock by our representative. Bright, high class fabrics from top mills including armures, taftetas, chiffon taftetas in colors black to blue and red. Prices quoted 39 to 75 cents per yard with many pieces under dollar value.
Special values in boys clothing announce two lots of all wool suits in sizes 8 to 17 with knickerbocker pants. Prices listed as 7 30, 7 50, 8 50, and 9 00 per suit, with sale offers and bundled specials.
Readable stock listing of clothing items including boys' blouses with attached collars and lace, silk petticoats in black and white with flounces, and muslin underwear such as cambric corsets and gowns. Includes prices like 3 for 200 and individual values. stock offered at discount prices at Mash Goods.
Clearance sale featuring girls dresses in madras percales lawns and dotted patterns for school and general wear. Includes Madrasa dresses trimmed with braid false tucks and back fastenings, sizes to 14, special price around 1.25 to 2.95, including sailor suits and plaid striped outfits in assorted colors.
Infants and children’s dresses and slips featured in Namsook fabric with long and short versions. Highlights include long slips with bow fronts, hemstitched ruffles, and embroidery. short dresses with yoke, tuck details, and bishop style. gingham creepers with gathered hems. Prices shown for various sizes.
Social notes recount Guatemalan Minister Hevare in New York and many society events in Newport, Narragansett, and Washington. Engagements, weddings, and gifts involve Miss Augusta Falls, Lieut Horace Fletcher Spurgin, Miss Harriet Ogden Deen, Commander Roger Welles, and Miss Alice Grosvenor, with travels to Carlsbad, Rock Gate Farm, and Stanhope era. A persistent marriage proposal from Von Gillman to Miss Mary L. Thompson draws local attorney ire and comic relief.
The article notes Valleus Enginases the Earl of Granard staying with Mr and Mrs Ogden Mulls in Newport. It details his disciplined daily routine of long morning walks tennis swimming luncheon and more walking golf rides and dinner. It comments on dress reflecting temperament and warns about spiritual decay in silent shirts and plain colors.
A series of gatherings at Forts Peck Lakeside and Fernbrook feature notable guests from Long Branch Baltimore and Rochester. Attendees include William Selby Shanley Jr J C Williams and Park M Woolley with Mrs Woolley at several dinners and bridge parties. Prize wins at Lakeside veranda dinner highlight hydrangeas and gladiolas. other events note luncheons at Fernbrook and Mount Ida, a kite contest at Aspinwall and a Lenox golf match with Theodore Thomas and D Leavex. Attendees arrive from Boston Washington and New York regions. hounds meet at Lenox Chub tomorrow morning for the first run.
Newport gossip notes a series of dinners, luncheons, and musical events. Mrs Norman Hapgood remains for several days at a villa hosted by P F Colher with about 60 attendees. Other gatherings include Mrs Gibson Fahnestock, Bayard Thayer, and Lispenard Stewart at dinner. Elbridge T Gerty hosting a luncheon. Robert Sedgwick hosting a men’s luncheon at the Chamber Club. Miss Alce Grosvenor planning a bridesmaids’ dinner at Lyn roys villa. registrations at the Casino. and multiple arrivals and departures from New York and Europe as society figures travel and renew leases in Bellevue Avenue.
West End Long Branch New Jersey Aug patrons kept indoors as rain and cold lingered. The twenty first annual New York Club luncheon at War dels Port au Peck on the Shrewsbury was served indoors for the first time, with many notable attendees and boxes selling briskly despite rain.
Bar Harbor Me August 28 social notes report Mrs Casi mir De Rham Moore hosting a dinner at the Chalks with guests including Mrs Charles B Wright Mrs Robert Endicott Miss Fenno Cary Miss Dorothy Watts Miss Bette Gurnee Miss Dryden Miss McFadden Miss Moore Miss Taylor Miss Carrie Hatch and others. Mr and Mrs George A Draper hosted a villa dinner with guests Dr and Mrs Preston J Satterwhite Miss Satterwhite Miss Ruth Lawrence and others. Mrs William P Draper hosted an informal luncheon for Mrs Henry F Dimmack and luncheon at the Swimming Club featured Misses Constance Pratt Belle Gurnee Catherine Perier Grace Moore Helen Frith Louise Frith Eleanor Erving Gladys Endigoit Ruth Lawrence Dorothy Watts Charlotte Delafield and Anna Deliew and the Misses Ogden.
The Washington Post reports Ethel Barrymore, Charles G. Gates, Bishop Gibson, Senator Hill, and others arriving on the Mauretania and Baltic. Barrymore plans to open in Lady Frederick in Utica Sept 38. Henry Howard discusses German American yacht racing next year with the Eastern Yacht Club. Senator Hale mentions Republican dynamics and Taft.
The State of Kentucky appeals to the US Supreme Court from Judge Cochran Western District of Kentucky ruling the McChord law unconstitutional. Easton district railroads are involved. The case previously reversed on irregularity and now seeks a final constitutionality decision.
Special War Department orders appoint a board of officers to meet here to prepare tentative plans and specifications for a building to store and manage work and material for artillery, engineer, ordnance, and signal stores at coast artillery posts. The board includes Lieut Col Soloen W. Roessier, Lieut Col Orn B. Mitcham, Maj Charles McK Saltzman, Maj B. Frank Cheatham, Capt Robert Aherneths.
Cable advices to the State Department show the Merida of the American Red D Line has been refused clearance for Curacao and delayed, with her arrival at Caracas in question. The exact Venezuelan port of denial is unclear. The ship previously called at San Juan Puerto Rico.
Anna Rowe has received nearly 500 marriage proposals as she acts for her husband in the Fond du Lac reservation drawing set for September. Newspapers misreported her status as unmarried, prompting offers from across the country. The War Department has a requisition for sixteen veterinary surgeons to assist in disease control efforts in the Philippines.
The State Department reports American missionaries Miss Holliday and Miss Miller were escorted from Tabriz to the Russian frontier at their request by Consul General Doty. The editors urge readers to consult tomorrow's Sunday Post.
The War Department reports Col George W Goethals orders replacing alien clerical workers with Americans in the Isthmian Canal work. Transfers allowed September 1, with aliens in clerical roles earning 1500s annually only in exceptional cases. Damages settlements for canal construction lands capped at 300000.
Suffering with breath and palpitation, a feeble pulse, and back and chest pain recounted, a user claims strong improvement after taking Dr Miles Heart Cure and Nervine. The ad asserts chronic heart trouble relief, boasting a weight gain and a money back guarantee after the first bottle fails.
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