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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1915
Page
12
Friday clearance offers 35c ties three for $1.00 made of imported madras cheviots and zephyrs in white and color with neat patterns. Also 25 pairs of seamless silk socks 25c pair in black and colors sizes 9 to 10. 21 colored silk four in hand ties 25c each. 12 wash silk crepe and silk madras four in hand ties 50c each. Main Floor F street.
Friday sale offers about 200 new boys wash suits in Russian and Sailor Blouse styles in colors and stripes. Sizes 2 1/4 to 8 years, fresh materials with fast colors, all for 1.95 each at the Third Floor Eleventh street location.
Friday only sale offers system made dresses priced at 2.95 and 3.95 on the third floor G street. Dresses described as cool long durable and comfortable for summer use with many styles and colors. final sale, no C O D or approvals. Large sizes available for plus size buyers.
About 250 yards of high grade silk velour in shades of green rose blue red purple and Havana brown offered at 2.95 a yard. 50 inches wide and suitable for curtains upholstery drapery and cushions. Fourth Floor street. Was 3.75. Extraordinary low price and summer reductions on all work.
The Rev Dr James Wallace Wightman a veteran Presbyterian minister and educator died at his home 1726 Willard street northwest. He served as president of Wilson College in Chambersburg Pa and Ogden College in Bowling Green Ky and came to Washington eighteen years ago. He was born in Westmoreland County Pa and educated at Washington and Jefferson College graduating in 1860. Funeral services will be held at 4 this afternoon, then burial in Pittsburgh. He is survived by his son Frank A. Wightman of Baltimore and three daughters Miss Margaret D Wightman Miss Elizabeth L Wightman and Mrs Thomas A Melon.
An advertisement promises to darken gray hair quickly and evenly using Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. It claims a natural look, improved scalp health, and dandruff relief, offered for 50 cents for a 7 ounce bottle at James O'Donnell's Drug Store in Washington DC.
C Cornel Merritt, long-time Salem furniture repairer and deliveryman known as Cornell, learned two weeks ago he is sole heir to $1 million from his Baltimore sister Mrs Ida Shipley. Merritt now 48 and widowed, discovered the fortune after years of income from inheritances and work.
Washington officials prepare for Fourth of July breaks with Secretary of the Navy Daniels sailing to Morehead City with Mrs Daniels and their sons aboard the Dolphin. Secretary of War and Secretary of Commerce also head to holiday assignments as other officials and families depart for coastal Virginia, New Jersey, Bar Harbor, and Newport, with many noting summer plans and visits across the Northeast.
Rumors and social notes from summer colonies highlight newlyweds R and Mrs. Eliot Bacon in Newport with Mr and Mrs. Guy Norman aboard the yacht Iris, plus Berkshire sportswoman Heloise Meyer and Lenox Village Improvement Society director. Astor, Patton and Ayer families figure in dinners, yachts, and gatherings aboard and ashore with plans toward Ferncliff and the Philippines returning Navy spouses amid restless travel and estate moves.
James M Thomson and bride Genevieve Clark daughter of Speaker Champ Clark arrived in Chicago on honeymoon and were pursued by reporters. They sought privacy at Blackstone Hotel but photographers waited despite their claim they are ordinary folks. They planned a four lake tour before moving to New Orleans where they will reside.
Lanier Dunn dropped dead at Gramercy Farm Hot Springs Va while spending summer with Mrs Dunn and son McKee Dunn Short services will be held there tomorrow and burial in Washington Saturday His brother Col George Dunn military attache in Rome His daughters from Richmond and Mrs Dunn formerly Hidreth Heard a niece of Gen Ben Butler Also announced Admiral John R Edwards retirement and Capt B Z Bryan to succeed him in Charleston navy yard
Beverly Massachusetts reveals engagement of Constance Gardner daughter of Congressman Augustus Peabody Gardner and Mrs Gardner to Grafton Winthrop Minot son of Boston and Nahant families. The wedding is set for July 24 at Sagamore Farm Hamilton. Minot, Harvard graduate, has served at the U S embassy in Berlin and recently returned home. Gardner is granddaughter of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
Bar Harbor Maine sees arrivals for the season. Mr and Mrs Warner M Leeds of New York lease Greenway Court cottage built by Francis Burton Harrison. Also arriving are Mrs Aulick Palmer Miss Helena Palmer James A J Palmer and Mrs Mark A Hanna of Washington. Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr and family to spend the summer at Seal Harbor as usual.
Miss Marie Walsh oldest daughter of Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations, enters the convent at Loretto Kentucky as a nun. Her sister Louise Walsh joined two weeks earlier, and their parents accompanied Marie to Loretto after her decision. Marie, 22, is a Loretto Academy graduate and the Walsh family's eldest child.
Anne Beard Mix daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer M Beard wed Lieut Howard B Mecleary U S N at the Stafford Hotel Baltimore. After a wedding breakfast the couple left for New York as the Meclearys from Germantown Pa visited from Beach Haven New Jersey where they own a cottage.
Miss Valerie Padelford and her grandmother at the Vanderbilt Hotel reported a missing black bag with jewels valued at $4,000 after leaving a Fifth Avenue studio last Monday. She suspects theft, hired private detectives, alerted police, and hopes public notice may aid recovery. The gems include a three stone diamond ring, five sapphire and diamond pieces, a diamond horseshoe pin, a diamond brooch, and a bracelet of diamonds and sapphires.
Newport July 1 Miss Margaret F Andrews daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul A Andrews selected the bridesmaids for her coming marriage to Morgan Belmont on August 14 The lineup includes Helena Fish Katharine Porter Ethel Huhn Caroline Hulbert Cincinnati Marie Taller New York Dorothea Watts Rhoda Fullam daughter of Rear Admiral William F Fullam and Mrs Fullam The groom will arrive tomorrow from New York to join the Andrews over the Fourth.
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