Annual January Sale of Linen and Bedding in London
A UK Special Sale of Household Linens invites housewives to stock up on table cloths napkins and doilies at reduced prices. The catalog lists Teneriffe lace doilies hand drawn linen squares silk covered comfortables 18 inch rounds and scarfs pillow shams and lace pillow slips with many items priced from 50 cents to 40 dollars per dozen. Also offered are washing day items including large washable rounds and leafed tables with prices from four dollars to seven fifty for rounds and sets. Local store display on center tables highlights hand embroidered linen bed spreads and pillow slips with prices ranging from three to thirty five dollars.
Round Doilies and Centerpieces Price List
Doilies and centerpieces priced per item or dozen. 18 inch centerpieces 30c each. 24 inch centerpieces 40c each. 6 inch doilies 75c a dozen. 9 inch doilies 1.25 a dozen. 12 inch doilies 1.75 a dozen.
White Goods Dept English Longcloth
Summer underwear quality guidance with prices for English longcloth. Notes 12 yards per piece and value comparisons, listing prices from $1.50 to $3.50 per piece and corresponding value.
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White Goods
Dainty French Lace Lingerie Sale Showcases Imported Novelties
An ad highlights a spring sale on dainty French lingerie and bridal sets. It features chemises, gowns, and drawers in nainsook, Persian lawn, and cambric, adorned with Valenciennes and Calais laces, hand embroidery, and tucks. Prices range around $1.25 to $2.50, with items on the third floor at Eleventh Street.
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Valenciennes
Cluny
Calais
Percale
Nainsook
Nain
New Paris Corset Models Arrive at Lily of France Line
New Parisian corsets new Lily of France Sapphire and Parame line arrive with exclusive effects in plain and fancy fabrics. Prices range from seven to twenty five dollars for Lily of France and nine fifty to fifteen dollars for Sapphire. Also girdle corsets in satin ribbon shades and a full domestic corset selection with straight front effects and bust supporters. Third floor Eleventh street.
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France
Sale of Framed Pictures At Half Price Today
Framed pictures offered at half original prices include landscapes hand colored photogravures pastels watercolors sepia prints and coaching subjects. A wide range of subjects and frames suitable for any room, with varied subjects and pricing from $2.40 to $7.50, on Fourth floor Tenth st. Also ads for footwear Sunday School books and winter garments accompany the sale.
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Tenth St
Miss Gilbert
Rhode Island Avenue
Miss Pugh
Oriental Rugs Repaired and Cleaned by Expert Weavers
Oriental Rugs Repaired and washed by a master weaver who personally supervises the work. Specialty service offered with on-site estimate calls. Located on the fourth floor, 6 st.
Social and Personal Washington Navy Society Notes
Austrian embassy dinner honored Count and Countess Castellane with notable guests including Vanderbilt Norman Edwards Purdy Field Elkins and Russian and German embassy figures. Mrs Swanson hosted a tea for Mrs Carter and others at 1910 Massachusetts Avenue. Fort Myer Assembly and Vice President Fairbanks reception drew many politicians and socialites amid festive floral displays and formal gowns.
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Castellane
Hengelmuller
Mirs
Swanson
Arthur Wallace Dunn
Fort Myer
Fairbanks
Senate
Timmons
Mra. Timmons
Hengelmalier
Countess of Castellane
George Vanderbilt
Guy Norman
Clarence Edwards
Purdy
Miss Field
Miss Elkins
Kroupensky
Count Louis Szechenyi
Prince Zu Lynar
Claude A Swanson
Virginia
Massachusetts Avenue
Dunn
Mra Carter
Senator Carter
Mason
Miss Gardiner
Chicago
Misa Juliette Willams
John R. Wilhems
Baroness Paumegauten
Walker
Montane
Wills Moore
J. B. Acker
Mary Reich
Millionaire sheriff Chanier sacks deputy Rives in Dutchess
Robert Winthrop Chanier the new Dutchess County sheriff refused to reappoint Reginald W Rives as deputy. Rives, longtime official and leader in local clubs, had been appointed in 1904 by Sheriff Kipp. The social column notes a brewing feud and public speculation over the shakeup.
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Robert Winthrop Chanier
Dutchess County
Reginald W Rives
Sheriff Chaniler
Leutenant
Astor
Rives
New York
Sheriff Kipp
Board of Supervisors
Focal Savings Bank
Grinnell Library Association
Kipp
Nersong
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Washington
Eleventh St
Lily
Sapphire
Parame
Batiste
Barge
Peter and
John
Coliseum
Holland
Fray Angelica Angels
Rosa Bonheur
Lady Sheridan
Music and
Cupid
Napoleon and Child
Peloubet
Tasbelp
Mra Cook
Terael
Cornill
Marcus Doda
Vane Ee
W. Patterson Smythe
Tames Orr
Randolph McKim
Divine Library of
A. F. Kirkpatrick
George Frederick Wright
Tenth Streat
Evans
Bach
Der
Fuller
Justice Moody
The
Supreme Court
Bacon
Spencer
Knox
Littlefield
Jenkins
Champ Clark
Putnam
Maury
Hugh C. Wallace
Burrows
Hale
Scott
Bulkeley
Dalzell
Justice
Anderson
Col
Kuser
Baroness Rosen
Borrows
Carter
Montana
Laura Carpenter
Highlands
Lester A. Barr
Walter Douglas
Margaret Swindell
Margaret Barr
May Barr
Flora Briton
Ella Stevens
Anna Green
Church of the Holy Comforts
Anna ‘T. Callahan
Theodore
Beucoert
Joseph I. Maguire
Helen C. Glancy
George Beuchert
Harry
Hagerty
Frank P. Glency
Beuchert
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harris
H.T. B. Harris
Tees Monroe
Haris
Connecticut Avenue
Olle M. James
James
Kentucky
Belasco
R. L Henry
Jesse W. Nicholson
David H. Smith
Mise Gale
Emme R. Graves
Florence P. Joyce
William Dunkerley
Raval Station
San Juan
Porto Rico
John Barrett
New Willard
Bessie McLean
Lamar
Arlington
George G Gilbert
Gilbert
Mary B. Glbert
Shelbyville
Rigge House
Frances Whitney
Quincy
Afton
Ennalls Waggaman
Nineteenth Street
George A King
Twenty Eighth Street
George du Bose
Q Street
James G. Shipley
Plymouth
William Dearfott
New Jersey Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board
Augustus Jackson
H Street
Mrs. Teller
Cairo
Wiliam Turnbull Feick
Philadelphi
Jburnet Crane
Brrs. Grane
E. J. Burkett
Senator Burkett
Marie Cahill
Mary
Columbus
William Courtleigh
Eugene Cowles
Daly’s
Social Goss
Fanne
Galt & Bro
Penna, Ave
Pasternak
Philipsborn
Eleventh Street
White Hole
Choice
Gloria
Minton
G. G. Cornwell & Son
Pennsylvania Ave
V. D. Rosen
Hattie M. Shacklette
F Street
Richard W. Henderson
N. W
Berry Or
Semeters
Selver Smiths
Featmore Stationers Co
Old Colony Co
H St. N. W
M.A. Wilson
E. 29Th St
Wik
Shoreham
Florist
I Cor
14Th and
B Street
Rghves
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