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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
7
Spring and summer fashion features new Peter Thompson suits for girls and misses in all wool navy brown and check patterns. Also offered are Misses and Girls Coat Suits in multiple lengths and colors, jacket suits in several styles, and linen and pique dresses in Russian and sailor cuts for ages 6 to 14.
Two special values in children's hosiery promoted as best in class. The promotion highlights tibbed black cotton with double knees and toes priced at 12 4e a pair and a ribbed style with double knees offered at 25¢ per pair, noting a vast stock and market variety.
A gar ment section lists children's gingham overalls aprons rompers in checked and plain colors. Items include gingham rompers with pockets and straps for ages 2 to 5 years, bloomers and creepers with neck gathers and buttons, priced from 30 to 50 cents, displayed on the third floor near the tenth stair.
Demonstrations showcase Huntley & Palmer English biscuits Imperial Cheese peanut butter biscuits tea coffees and Collonial blends. Quaker Oats Minute Tapioca and Allamont Water are featured with samples and explanations. Choco-Lactine chocolate ingredient mix promises quick safe dessert prep with no extra cooking.
The Southern Cotton Oil Co announces special hygienic cooking lessons by culinary expert Miss S F Bonner using Snowdrift and Wesson Oil. Sessions run from 10 a m to 11 am and 3 to 5 p m with demonstrations of delicious cakes and pastries.
Washington society buzzes with dinners and luncheons hosted by Mrs Hopkins and guests of Vice President Fairbanks and President Roosevelt. Notables include Mrs Reed Knox, Mrs Larz Anderson, Miss Grice Jarvis, the Belgian Minister, and many senators and judges at Willard and the White House.
New York society watches a marriage end in an interlocutory divorce decree for Janette Logan Bayles from Howard Bayles. The affair, revealed in part from her bed, centers on an alleged misstep with a non-society woman. Bayles comes from an old family. Janette Logan is heir to a $2,000,000 estate and has connections to prominent figures. The wedding, once celebrated at the Brick Presbyterian Church, featured a grand reception at the National Art Club. Plans for the future remain undisclosed amid social intrigue and international connections, including ties to Sir Ernest Cassel and the British aristocracy.
An unusual exhibit of tapestries embroideries and textiles opens today at the Corcoran Art Gallery under the National Society of Fine Arts. The private view for the society's guests was held last night from 9 to 11. Public hours run through February 39. Notable loans include pieces from Theodore Roosevelt Metropolitan Museum New York Boston Museum Seymour RE Locks Barberen collection A W Drake Mish E R Scidmore and Washingtonians Larz Anderson and Senator W A Clark.
Lincoln Emancipation Association of Northern Virginia will celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass at Roberts Chapel in Alexandria tomorrow afternoon. Speakers include Juse-thee of the Peace, Robert H. Terrell, and Richard R. Horner of the Board of Education. Shaffer's flowers offered for valentines. If contest pictures are short, no delay in securing them.
A long OCR fragment lists hotel guests and visitors across cities including Baltimore Boston Chicago Philadelphia New York City Pittsburgh Richmond California Connecticut Delaware Georgia Indiana Kentucky Michigan New York State Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Washington West Virginia Wyoming and the United States Navy. The names include C W Exchbard A F Katler William Winkelman John L Fiske W Scriven Daniel Tobin Charles Regan James Humes Charles Evang George Walker Louis Friend J A Br Enshaw G Beers R O Westlard Thomas Zebjer George Robinson Charles Schafer William Knox E White H D Smith G Belfour William Easton Miss Gillespie H Morris and wife J Rutherford C Durt A Yenner Lewis H Tube Albert Rorenthal Doringh and more.
The District Health Department will use postal cards formerly reserved for addresses to convey messages. Acknowledgment cards warn that every birth must be reported and urge compliance with the birth registration law. Additional cards promote clean food from clean markets and dairies, noting printing costs are minor and fines may follow noncompliance. The department annually sends six to seven thousand such acknowledgments.
The body of W. Fergusson, former executive secretary to the Philippine government, was shipped aboard the transport Sherman from Manila. Pursuant to the President's order, his funeral will be an official ceremony with honors. Interment is planned for Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.
A vivid image feature returns in this issue showing a prize picture tied to the ongoing educational contest. The item spotlights participants, judges, and the event atmosphere, underscoring the contest's role in promoting learning and community involvement.
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