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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1906
Page
7
A long list of holiday shopping suggestions outlines a wide range of baby toys and gifts including dolls, rocking chairs, toy trains, blocks, and musical instruments. The informal catalog emphasizes savings of time and energy in shopping and highlights numerous branded and generic items for children and household use.
A long catalog of items for girls and young ladies includes dolls and dollhouse furniture, carriages, games, jewelry sets, gloves, hats, shoes, sewing and writing supplies, silverware, fur pieces, party dresses, opera glasses, and various luxurious accessories. Also listed are moire chairs, dressing tables, bureau sets, perfumes, fashion garments, and travel goods for women of different ages.
The store advertises a vast Christmas stock centered in the heart of the city with easy access from streets and car lines. It urges early buying to avoid rush while promising prompt delivery and free gift packaging. Items span silverware, jewelry, leather goods, clocks, porcelain, and imported art objects from Paris, Berlin, and Vienna.
A catalogue style list of holiday buying ideas for practical gifts including books, Morris chairs, slippers, robes, coats, gloves, umbrellas, smoking sets, shirts, pajamas, neckwear, hardware like knives and shaving kits, home furnishings, kitchenware, lamps, trunks, toys, and fashion items. The long list emphasizes sensible expenditures of time and money for Christmas shopping.
A long catalog of personal and household items including desk furnishings, pocket knives, shaving sets, pictures, art pottery, Vienna bronze vases, clocks, lamps, neckwear, gloves, handkerchiefs, suitcases, umbrellas, dress gowns, hosiery, pens, cufflinks, cuff buttons, shaving gear, silver items, bookcases, and various household goods. Numerous named items and categories appear in a dense inventory style.
Thomas F Walsh returning with Miss Lillian Hurd to Washington to live with the Walsh family. Miss Roosevelt makes her Washington debut at the White House. Mrs Slater and Mrs Eddy attend Chicago charity fete The engagement of Miss Addie Pigman to Charles Pollard announced. Ambassador Reid and Craig W Wadsworth expected from London. Mrs Mills to host a Christmas party. Ratan Tata dazzles London society buying York House Twickenham as Orientalist trend grows. Continued on ninth page.
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