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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1916
Page
16
The Linen Shop announces a clearance on entire stock of Real Cluny Lace-trimmed and Madeira hand embroidered linen pieces. Discounts start at 15 percent across table covers towels napkins scarfs and scarves with many items reduced from five to thirteen dollars to under ten.
An advertisement lists $2.50 scalloped edge imported pure linen tea sets with a $1.75 centerpiece and various doylies in 4, 6, and 8 inch sizes. Also offered are $2.75 Bleu Black and White Linéne tea sets with 24 inch centerpiece and doylies in 6 and 10 inch sizes. One of the late novelties.
Advertises black and white scarfs in sets available in three sizes 18x36 18x45 and 18x54 inches with special prices 60 cents 65 cents and 7 cents respectively and one dollar per piece.
Classified list of mahogany bedroom and dining room furniture with pieces such as four poster bed gate leg table dresser chiffonier and full bedroom suites. Items include solid mahogany dinning room set, china case, buffets and folding tea table with prices ranging from 3.00 to 210.00. Various finishes noted including Toona and golden oak.
Drapery department announces a special January lace curtain sale. Major New York importers have supplied a large stock no duplicates available, with imported curtains growing scarcer and supply cut off. Special prices and reduced margins aim to move the stock quickly for patrons to realize savings.
Boston, January 15 Elina Francheon once a favored ward of a rich American family becomes a Red Cross nurse in France. Her inheritance of crime and later sacrifice unfold from Nantasket to Paris and the front where shrapnel ends her life. The tale links a French banker father and Francois the detective who exposes the crimes and the final act of atonement.
The will of civil war veteran and engineer Gen Grenville M Dodge was filed for probate in Council Bluffs Iowa. The estate valued at over 1 million dollars is placed in trust until the youngest grandchild dies with annual income to the widow and the remainder to Dodge’s New York relatives. Donations include 59000 for a library fund for railroad men in Council Bluffs 50000 for veteran relief for local families and 50000 to endow an engineering chair at Norwich University.
Paris reports a new hotelkeeping school for women to serve postwar American tourists. The Boulevard Beaugendre hosts an installation with Mile. Valentine Thomson and Touring Club figures. Courses cover kitchen, service, sewing, packing, linen care, table setting, flower arrangement, and bookkeeping. Three month program, diplomas after exams, with graduates placed in hotels to practice.
Rome January 10 Porter Charlton the American freed from prison after a brief term for killing a wife will leave Naples for New York on Wednesday aboard the steamer America.
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