This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
12
A retail notice lists various dresses and coats with prices and stock codes. Items include corduroy discs, cream serge and chiffon dresses, a blue dress, scarves, and coats for misses and general customers. Garments are marked at clearance prices and delayed stock noted for quick inspection.
Readable fragments describe Friday clearance offers at a department store with reduced prices on coats, suits, linens, hats, gowns, and shoes. Mentions of women's and misses departments, millinery, lingerie, lace, and bed furniture include price cuts from several dollars to over twenty, plus a white porcelain jar sale. Strong entities include Misses and Girls garments, department stores, and various product categories with marked down prices.
The Tafts attended a lavish dinner hosted at the Meyer residence with prominent guests including Senators Root Crane Knox and several diplomats. The event featured elaborate decorations, a ballroom setup, and a breakfast gathering the following morning with many notable attendees from politics and diplomacy.
A lively sequence of social events unfolds with Miss Juha Vail hosting a reception yesterday and several guests including Mr Justice Mokkenna and Mrs Fotvlnagl among others. The piece records hostess duties, gowns, centerpieces, and forthcoming formal gatherings across homes along Washington Avenue and notable rooms, with details on hostesses and attendees.
Dr and Mrs Fremont Smith hosted a dinner with Mia and Mrs John McRuidla among those present. Mrs McCallum was late, presiding over a reception led by Mrs Uorhoy Widswerch. Henry 1 Speme and others joined in, while Mr and Mrs Henry 1 Speme and Tolin Gudiner Coollige attended. A noted Bos in guest list included Comacetic and Mredward Carpenter, with young people present.
A reflective note urges readers that reducing weight and measurements is harder than cutting body size. It argues sustained effort can shrink waist and hips, while weight may stay or rise due to muscle gain. Recommends daily records of weight and measurements for serious proportion improvement.
Dr T J Allen argues condiments spark cravings for narcotics and artificial flavors. He links excessive salt sugar peppers mustard and similar agents to stomach irritation and increased thirst for stimulants. He warns that habitual conditioning of taste damages natural palate and may foster unhealthful, inherited appetites.
A fragmented health piece outlines a difficult to read account of weight gain and physical struggle. It mentions a woman working hard for three weeks without aid, gradual weight increases, and attempts at exercises and baths as relief. It notes improvement with consistent effort but acknowledges recurring challenges. The text references air, running, swimming, and weekly walking as helpful activities.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.