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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
39
A local shop advertises calendars now half price on the main floor at G Street. The offer highlights a clearance sale and lists assorted calendar styles for immediate purchase.
A catalog of women’s and men’s New Year dress requirements featuring elegant imported novelties and lean pretentious sorts. Includes fine table napery rich cut glass dainty china artistic glass electric and oil lamps candelabra table delicacies and other accessories.
A notice describing required and recommended attire for men on New Year’s Day, listing full dress suits, tuxedo pieces, opera hats, vests, shirts, bows and ties, protectors or shields, collars and cuffs, shirt studs, and other accessories. Announces a complete stock of latest approved styles and many additional items.
Hart Schaffner & Marx offers full dress and tuxedo suits with meticulous detailing. Prices listed include Tuxedo and Full Dress at 32.50 and 25.00 for other items, plus vests and coats ranging from 1.50 to 6.00 and 25.00 to 40.00. Bain floor Tenth St.
Millivers offers a wide display of fur ornaments for evening wear. Includes Git and Silver trims, bow knots, flowers, foliage, marabou feather bows, Irish lace, embroidered trimmings, and a range of gloves, hosiery, slippers, and hats. Exclusive street and evening wear models like the Parade and Lulu of France highlighted.
Exhibit features household and decorative linens including fine lace trimmed tablecloths napkins and table mats in regular extra sizes for banquets large dinners and other functions. Also non heat asbestos table mats with linen covers for protected highly polished tables. second floor Eleventh street.
A catalog lists a large variety of decorative dainty china and glassware for the New Year table. Items include spray and border designs with gold treed or stippled accents, plates, bowls, trays, cream and sugar sets, and glassware priced from modest to over 180. Also noted are pressed glass water pitchers jars decanters and vinegar gruets with multiple sets and patterns under the Colonial series.
Local ad lists full size chafing dishes and accessories with prices. Meteor coffee percolators from 4.60, Universal percolators, five o clock tea kettles copper nickel from 4.285, chafing dish spoons and forks with stag handles offered at value price.
Market notes list lamps candles and accessories with various prices. Items include table lamps Candle shades electric light shades candle holders and related items described with dozen or each pricing. The fragment references quantities like a dozen priced 300 and up and hints at decorative lighting and spares.
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A fragment of a market list shows mixed nuts, figs, prunes, citrus, apples, grape fruit, olives, cranberries, mincemeat and dairy items. Entries include weights, prices, and brand notes like Colonial Extra Fancy Creamery Butter and Fancy Florida Oranges. The readable items indicate a diverse selection typical of a grocery circular.
Washington society notes a dinner hosted by Miss Laura Merriam in honor of Miss Helen Taft. Guests include Miss Eleanor Roelker and Mr. Franchot. Debuts, teas, and dinners populate the social calendar with diplomats, officials, and notable Washington families in attendance.
A note on display of Sheffield Plate trays and related items, titled to announce the event and indicate the display of ornate metalwork for public viewing. The item list includes platters and other Sheffield plate pieces featured in the exhibition.
Washington society notes a Yuletide debutante season with diplomatic guests at a Belasco Theater box party for Misa Eleanor Wayne Parker and Miss Mary Parkman of Boston, followed by a gupper. Reports then detail a Detroit accident involving Miss Gladys McMillan, a debutante, and various social engagements at 1614 Colvin and the Normandie, plus a royal dining of church ceremonies and a winter wedding at St. Andrew’s with Miss Harrier Randolph White as maid of honor and a large guest list.
The record covers multiple weddings in Washington and surrounding areas. Eva Whitford and Dr. Lovette wed at Baylor College Helton after a formal ceremony with music, while Miss Florence Cerf and Clarence Groner married at the Rittenhouse Pittsburg with receptions and travel plans to Europe. Caroline De Vine married G Harry Lange in Calvary Baptist parsonage with the couple returning to Evansville Monday.
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