Woodward & Lothrop Spring Boys and Misses Apparel Sale
A detailed sale page lists Woodward & Lothrop boys suits in various fabrics and sizes with prices cut from 6.50 to 2.45, plus khaki pants, Norfolk and wash outfits, overalls, Regatta wash suits, and white coat middies. Misses suits and wool jersey sets feature reductions from 25 to 12.95, with a broad selection of fabrics and colors. Also promoted are women’s tub skirts at 1 and coats on clearance from 15 to 18.75, with thirds-floor display and a weekly Friday sale context on Third floor G street.
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Norfolk
Tenth Street
Woel Street
G Street
Friday Dressing Sale Props at Dainty Lawn and Corsets
Friday sale highlights women’s garments including dainty lawn dressing sacques with tucked sailor collar and three-quarter sleeves in sizes 36 and 38 at 50 cents. Underwear at 58 cents and closed drawers with embroidery, corset covers in fine nainsook, short cambric petticoats with lace and embroidery on third floor street front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atreet
Friday Special in Machine-made Cotton Laces 5c Yard
A Friday special offers machine-made cotton laces at 5 cents per yard in widths from 14 to 214 inches. Includes torchen and clung patterns, ideal for trimming children's garments and various handwork. A value women should act on promptly. Main floor F Street.
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Ff Street
Society Notes From Washington Dinners and Engagements
Special Ambassador Boris Bakhmeteff hosted a dinner at the Hennen Jennings house with 30 guests. The evening featured a Russian themed table and a string orchestra. Treasury Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo are returning from Buena Vista and will spend the weekend there. Engagement announced for Pauline Parker Stone to Dr. Daniel LeRay Borden, a Chevy Chase and University Club member and U S Army medical reserve lieutenant. Other items include prominent host Mr. Monaeleur Tardieu’s dinner at Shoreham with varied guests, leases of homes, and several engagements involving Colgate and Colgate family members tied to army officers and Gen Pershing’s forces in France.
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Hofesbor Boris Bakhmetteff
Russia
Hennen Jennings
Washington
Charles Parker Stone
Pauline
Daniel LeRay Borden
Borden
Chevy Chase and University Clube
Medical Reserve Corps
United States Army
Dr. Borden
W. G. Borden
UV. B. A. Medical Corps
Anderon Close Residence Hosts and Summer Plans
Anderson family ends occupancy of their home as Baron Moncheur and the Belgian mission depart for Bar Harbor to stay with Mrs. Nicholas Anderson. Mrs Hitz plans a summer trip in New York State for her sons. Downeys head to Atlantic City then return to 1732 Sixteenth Street leasing details. Kropp visits from Everett. Meldasa hosts luncheon at Shoreham. Horns and Weavers travel from Allentown to Powhatan. Harrimans stay at Revere House Narragansett Pier for summer.
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Larg Anderson
Baron Moncheur
Bar Harbor
Mr. Anderson
Nicholas Anderson
One Thousand Red Cross Men March To White House
President Wilson will speak at 5 PM on the Ellipse as 1,000 Washington Red Cross sanitary corps members are officially transferred to the Red Cross. Led by the Marine Band, the march includes police escorts, with Dr. W Glazebrook presenting the corps to the President and then to District Commissioners before designation to William P Eno of the Home Defense League. The unit was formed April 15 to train men for lifting and transporting wounded soldiers and sailors to base hospitals.
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Wilson
American Red Cross
Washington
Sanitary Corps
Red Cross
Marine Band
Army
Navy
I. W Glazebrook
William P Eno
Home Defense League of Washington
Roosevelts Going to Quantico this Summer
Col and Mrs Henry L Roosevelt will leave Fullyer place August 1 for Quantico Va where Col Roosevelt will be stationed Mrs John P Jackson closes her Connecticut avenue houses today and visits New York before Edgartown Mass rest of summer Huntington W Jackson and family go to New York then Edgartown Mass for remainder of season Mr and Mrs A B Butler head to New Hampshire for summer Dr and Mrs Luther Sheldon vacate Columbia road apartment Mrs Sheldon to Mountain Lake Fork Md and Dr Sheldon to sea duty Natalie Magruder after Old Point Comfort returns to New York for midweek stay N C Willama and Miss F S Williams of Chicago are at the Powhatan J Upshur Moorhead departs for Atlantic City to spend Fourth of July with family
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Col
Henry L. Roosevelt
Fullyer Place
Quantico
Roosevelt
John P Jackson
Connecticut Avenue
Huntington ‘W. Jackson
New York
Edgartown
Mass
Luther Sheldon
Columbia Road
Food Conservation Lecture by Dr Sydney Snow in Boston
Dr Sydney Snow of Boston spoke on food conservation before the Women's Council of Defense at the National Museum. The talk opened a series of ten lectures, praising Mr Hoover's call and urging coordinated food control. Pledge cards were distributed. the next talk is Monday at 2 PM in the District building.
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Sydney Snow
Boston
Women’s Council of Defense
National Museum
Hoover
Silver Threads and Gray in Hair Ad Promises Safe Color Restore
An advertisement touts Q-Ban products to restore natural hair color from gray or faded shades. It emphasizes safety and a money back guarantee, offering a large bottle for 50 cents at local druggists. Also promotes Q-Ban Liquid Shampoo and other hair care items with a free illustrated book on Hair Culture.
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America
O'donnell’s
People's Dru
Liggett’s Riker-Hegeman
all_ good
Tea dance hostesses and notable attendees at Camp Club
Mrs. Arthur Willett will host the training camp tea dance at Camp Club with 260 officers’ area attendees from Fort Myer. Other hostesses include Mrs. James McDonald and Miss Mabel Boardman. Notables such as Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Lowan attend social events. National Conference for Elementary Education opens at Willard with admission cards at the door.
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Arthur Willett
Fort Myer
James McDonald
Frederick Keep
Mabel Boardman
Marshall Field
Lemonade Treat Delights Company H Before Camp Break
Miss Viola Allen known as the Angst of Company H hosted a surprise party with her sister Miss Abbie Allen and Biles Louise Mletcher. They brought a tub of lemonade and cake for every guardsman along the Conduit road before the unit broke camp last night, a recurring treat that endears her to the unit members.
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Viola Allen
District National Guard
Conduit
Abbie Allen
Biles Louise Mletcher
Miss Allen
Campaign for elected school board in Washington
PB T Moran chairman of the Washington Chamber of Commerce committee on schools will bring a proposal for electing the board of education before the committee. The plan would replace appointment by the Supreme Court of the district and could be pursued by district residents in the autumn.
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Board of Education
Buptama Court
PB. T. Moran
Washington Chamber of Commércié
Near Fusture
Miss Patton Denies Engagement To Pershing
Anna Patton of San Gabriel California flatly denies rumors of engagement to Major General John J Pershing commander in France The denial follows a local newspaper publication stating there was an engagement The Pattons and Pershing have been friends for years
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Cy Ub aneEaya
San Gabriel
Cal
John J. Perahing
France
Anna Patton
Zionists' Aid to Palestine Report at Baltimore Meeting
The twentieth annual Federation of American Zionists convention proceedings were read by H. Kramer at Ahavas Zion Society. Delegates reported contributing 478 008 of 1 000 000 asked for Palestine and U S work next year. A vote of thanks to President Wilson for wartime sympathy and support followed. Also noted is the forthcoming convention in September. In New York Henry Field, grandson of Marshall Field, underwent surgery at Presbyterian Hospital and was reported doing nicely.
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Federation of American Zidlontsts
Baltimore
Ahavas Zion Bodiety
H. Kramer
Washington
Kramer
Society
Palestine
Wilson
Germany
New York
Henry Field
Marshall Field
Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
Red Cross War Fund Gains From Large Gifts and Bank Collections
The Red Cross war service fund received major boosts including a $900 contribution from the government printing office and a $1,114.87 church subscription from the Church of the Epiphany, plus $356 from George Washington Training School for Nurses and $200 from Mrs. Henry F. Dimock. Women volunteers led by Miss Mabel T. Boardman reported high totals at Munsey Trust and several banks, with notable gifts from the New England Lunch group and numerous individuals and church groups.
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Red Cross War Service Fund
Government Printing Office
Church of the Epiphany
Randolph H. MokKim
George Washington Training School
Henry F. Dimock
C. A. Devol
Red Cross
Mabel T. Boardman
Munasy Trust Company
National Metropolitan Bank
United States Savings Bank
Federal National Bank
Mrs Burleson Stages Gift of the Magi Play
Mrs Albert G Burleson widow of the postmaster general has completed a dramatization of O Henrys The Gift of the Magi. A Texan by birth she knew Sidney Porter the man behind the pen name O Henry and has written several plays including His Secretary which drew wide notice.
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Porter
Albert G. Burlanson
Postmster General
O. Henry
Burleson
Texas
Sidney Portar
Employees Outing for Woodward & Lathrop Staff
The Employes Relief Association of Woodward and Lathrop plans its twenty seventh annual field day and excursion to Marshall Hall tomorrow. Athletics dancing and amusements are on the program as a large crowd of employees families and friends are expected. Boats depart at 4 00 pm 2 36 and 6 30 pm with a stop at Alexandria to serve those living there.
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Employes’ Relief Association
Woodward & Lathrop
Marshall Hall
Foata
Alexandria
Bakers Asked to Enlist Under Flag Reserve Bakery Unit
War Department authorizes immediate organization of Reserve Bakery Company No. 1 at Washington barracks. Enlistments for ages 10 to 40 now open. Captain Howard H Ouraler, quartermaster of the United States reserves, will arrange enrollments by person mail or phone. Bakers in the city will be addressed Saturday evening at their hall on 10 street northwest.
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War Department
Reserve Bakery Company No. 1
Washington Barracks
Enliatmante
Howard H Ouraler
United States Reserves
Parade Precedes C of C Excursion to Chesapeake Beach
Chamber of Commerce plans an automobile parade from the chamber to the Chesapeake Beach excursion on July 17 led by a brass band. Members will wear white caps with a banner reading Washington Chamber of Commeds and place signs on cars advertising the trip. Officials invited include chambers of commerce from nearby communities, district senate and house members, and leaders of public buildings and grounds committees. About 60 tickets were sold at the meeting.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake Beach
Washington Chamber of Commeards
Rose P. Anarewa
Sidney B. Lust
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Champers of Commerce
Senate
House
Champ Clark
Marshall
Col. W. W. Harts
Chapin Brown
Elections Name New Assistant Cashiers at Bank
Years, was named to succeed Mr. Watson, and the following were elected assistant cashiers: Charles E. Bright, A. H. Bedford, C. L. Eckloff and R. D. Hagner.
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Years
Mr. Watson
Charles E. Bright
A. H. Bedford
C. L. Eckloff
R. D. Hagner
G. C. Walson Heads New Savings Bank
Georges O. Walson, longtime cashier at National Metropolitan Bank, resigns to organize Liberty Savings Bank to serve savings accounts with plans for a $100,000 capital. Temporary location to be announced. Walson previously helped found the Anactalla Bank and worked with Commercial and Union Savings banks. FL Jacobsen, associated with National Metropolitan Bank for 15 years, is noted.
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Georges O. Walson
National Metropolitan Bank
Ataeater Day
Walson
Liberty Savings Bank
Eta
Watson
Anactalla Bank
Commercial and Union Savings Banks
FL Jacobsen
Bright Day Escorts Rockville Wedding Amid Rain Delay
In Rockville Maryland July 6 the Rev A T Howard married Miss Amber Wdith Briggs 20 of Washington and William Henry Payne of Rochester New York. The ceremony was postponed due to rain with the bride joking superstition that rain favors the bride.
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Capital Girl
France
Rockville
Pedial
Washington Post
A. T. Howard
The
Baptist Church
Amber Wdith Briggs
Washington
William Henry Payne
Rochester
N.Y
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Wm. Knabe & Co
Percy S. Foster
13Th Street
Knabe Pianos
Victrolas
Fort Sale
Massachusetts Avenue Park
Massachusetta Avenue
Rock Creek
John W. Thompson & Co
15Th Street
Northweer
Randall H. Haguer & Co
Story & Cobr
W. . Pilling
Eye St
J. H. Small & Sons Inc
Waldorf
Washington— Astoria
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Madison Ave
Burlington
Vermont Ave
Thomas Circle
White House
China
Conn Ave
California Streets
H. L. Gott
Managar
Hudson & Dodge
Wilcox & Vim Trucks
Semmes Motor Company
Conn
Congressional Garage
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Buéna Vista
Monaeleur Tardieu
Permanent French Commission
Shoreham
Lieut
John J. Sookine
Newton Gulick
Massachusetts Avenue
Mme. Sookine
Mmé. Bakhmetieff
Special Mission
Briarcliff
Mma. Georgen Leochartter
Pomerene
Mrs. Pomerene
Mount Clements
Mich
Misa Grace Colgate
Gilbert Colgate
Grace Hall Colgate
David Sheridan Rumbough
Pershing
Miss Colgate
Mise Provence Hall Colgate
Edwin St. John Grebie, Jr
Ar Ulery
Anderson
Joseph EK. Kropp
Yeaterday
Harlaton
Everett
Marshall Meldasa
W J. Horn
H. F. Weaver
Allentown
Powhatan
Mra
James Harriman
Alfes Harriman
Revere House
Narragansett Pier
Roosevelts
Mrs
A. B. Butler
New Hampshire
N. C. Willama
F. 5. Williams
the Powhatan
Mr. J. Upshur Moorhead
Atlantic City
Women's Council
Dr. Snow
Camp Club
T. W. Stubblefield
Sixteenth Street
Jersey
Senora Rosario Munoz de Morrison
Kedrick
Frederick William Morrison
United States Naval Academy
Annapolla
Brookina
Leavitt C. Lowan
Hilloyer Place
Jamestown
R. J
National Conference For
Willard
Supreme Court
Mémbara
House of Representatives
Thomas Watt Gregory
Francie G. Newlands
Earle Wilsey
Conrad Syme
CO. H
Angel
T. Moran
Chamber of Comme
Daka
Bertin
G.P.9
George Washington
New England
Ninth Street
Julia du Pont Andrewa
Emma
Bilag
Derrie BH. Porter
William Derry
V. Ate Deving
Howard H. Bailey
Julia M. Donoshua
Fir Continental Truat Company
Franklin National Ante
Security Savings and Commercial Bank
Seventh Street Bavinus Bank
BR. M Brown
Ede W. Gregg
R. Waters
Central Presbyterian Church
Rudolph Forster
Katherine Pools
Edward C. Ulried
J. O. Tolbert
B. H. B Haatman
Edward R. Nichols
C. Kirk
Caroline
Hunter
N.C. Atchison
North Capitol Savings Bank
Mie. M. H. Shedd
Mra. H. F. Cary
Ed. Wah Sruat Jr
Woodward & Lathrop Association
Bakers
C. OF C
Kann Sons & Cup Pote ST
Penna. Ate
Dees
Aise
Alze
Sine
Kalamasoo
G. C. Walson
NEW Savings Bank
C. F. Jacobsen
Canada
Cape Breton
Nova Bootia
Quebec
Rockies
Alaska
Biltmore
W.&j. Sloane
Hst
N.W. Eesrasee
Colonial Beach
Semmes
Rock Point
Colonial Heach
Lincoln
the Telephone
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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