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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
7
Antique furniture listing describes a sale of Stickley pieces and mahogany rockers with leather or fabric upholstery. Items include revolving office chairs, rocking chairs, dressers, tables, and side chairs, with prices ranging from a few dollars to near thirty dollars. Multiple pieces emphasize leather coverings, carved backs, and mahogany construction.
In a vast department store the Housekeeping Linens section features new Christmas lines ideal for gifts. Round tables cloths with scalloped edges, various sizes priced from $5 to $10, plus shams, table accessories, and an importation of fancy items for bedroom, sewing room, and general use. Numerous hand embroidered centerpieces, trays, tea cloths, and decorative pieces priced from under a dollar to several dollars.
Secretary and Mrs Wright depart for Memphis for the holidays. Ambassadors and many guests mingle at a large embassy reception on K Street with Baroness Takahira in a white satin empire gown. The British envoy’s dinner hosts include Vice President Fairbanks and guests from Norway Brazil and Germany plus numerous society figures. A string of weddings and social events unfold as diplomats, officials, and families plan travels for Christmas and New Year gatherings.
Society notes from Washington and Oyster Bay recount Christmas rituals at the Roosevelts home and festive events. Royalist fervor in Paris draws American society figures to fundraisers and embassy gatherings. Miss Lida Josephine Brown wed Frederic H. Anson. Miss Amy Everett honored at a George Tooker tea. Sleighing and skating lure winter crowds to Tuneda, with high finance and diplomatic guests in attendance.
The Spanish Interpreter and translator of the Supreme court of the canal sone attended the wedding of Mr. Lee D. Brown of Randolph-Macon College Ashland Va a brother of the bride the Minser Waring of Virginia now in Baltimore schanmates of the bride and Mrs George B S Brill of Overbrook Pa Mr and Mrs Austin were for the North after the ceremony They will be at Hendersonville near Asheville NC
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