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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1918
Page
11
The Favs offer a silk chemise in white with refined hand embroidery. Floral and traditional motifs are woven with openwork and French knots, showcasing meticulous handmade finishing and elegant artisanal detail.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a local sale notice or advertisement listing prices and items. Names, places, or dates are unclear. The readable fragments include scattered words like sale price petty items and a few capitalized terms. The passage remains garbled and cannot yield a clear event or outcome.
An ad describes comfortable chairs suited for libraries or drawing rooms. It highlights mahogany and cane work, wing back designs, and sturdily framed chairs. Prices range from 17.50 to 835.00, with variations in cane seats and backs.
A garbled note describes convalescents or outdoor sleepers wearing small capes with hooded features. The text mentions prices shown as SITS and %500 and includes unclear additional phrases.
A wool quilt offers comfort and longevity as a gift with options from simple white spreads priced at 2.73 each to hand embroidered Madeira imports at 275.00. Silk damask coverings and lace inset spreads are on sale, with a special price of 810.00 for a housewife’s second floor decor item.
Washington society opens a week of gaiety with a debutante gala for Margaret Harding at Revacher's, and a series of dinners and dances for young people including Anne Dulany and Lelia Gordon at the barracks. Other events feature Miss Elizabeth Baker Kemp, Miss Teresa James, and multiple charity balls, teas, and a Wry Fairies fundraiser for French orphans.
Admiral Samuel McGowan spoke at Church of the Covenant praising American and British navies for wartime efficiency. He avoided a sermon, using a text about It Can't He Done Out Here It Is. Christmas services featured Dr Charles Wood sermons, a triple quartet, and Handel selections with 159 voices under Sydney Lloyd Wrightson.
Padriac Pearse Society members debated a solution to Ireland's status at a gathering of the Pearse Friends of Irish Freedom in Northeast. Dr James Dunn and Rev James Gerry spoke on national self rule as resolutions urging settlement were sent to President Wilson.
An appealing display features plates, mugs, cereal bowls and more decorated in bright animal and nursery subject themes. Prices start at 25 cents, offering colorful options for a wide range of tastes.
Fragmented excerpted prose presents Sayings of Mrs Solomon by Helen Rowland. The text blends aphorisms with ornate, archaic phrasing and garbled OCR style, referencing vanity, gender, and social performance in a dated voice.
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