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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1906
Page
7
A catalog note highlights a range of girls white lawn and linen dresses in sizes from 6 to 12, with styles including Persian and French lawn, shirt waist, and yoke embroidery. Prices cited range from 2.59 to 7.50, with prior higher prices noted.
Several styles of girls white lawn guimpes priced from 1.50 to 2.00 feature lar tucks embroidery lace insertion and turn down collars. Size ranges include 4 4 10 and 12 with long waist styles and full sleeves suitable for suspender dresses and outfits.
The notice advertises a superb line of Little Children’s White Coats and Reefers in summer fabrics such as pique and dotted Swiss. Styles include hand embroidered, lace and insertion trims, pearl buttons, and sailor-like designs for boys. Prices range from $5.00 to $30.00, featuring reefers in 8-4 length and 3-4 lengths with decorative collars and cuffs.
An itemized list over corset styles and prices appears, detailing straight front designs with dip hips and attached elastics. Corsets from various makers including Ivy Batiste and P N are offered with prices ranging up to $3.75. Floor location noted as third floor eleventh street.
A newspaper snippet lists assorted groceries and prices from a Fifth floor store on Tenth Street. Palermo Lemons per dozen, Colonial Grape Juice per pint, Ginger Ale by the dozen, ham and rose lime products, breakfast herring roe, Walter Baker chocolates and cocoa, various gels and powders, imported sardines in oil, Turkish coffee blends, Nap-Ja tea, and confections. Prices range around one dollar and up, with several items highlighted for readers.
Footwear for children dominates the page with infant and children’s tan Russia calfskin lace and button shoes, moccasins, and white buckskin options, plus boys and youths oxfords. third and fourth floors list muslin undergarments and summer wear, and a new sporting goods department showcases fishing gear and tennis rackets on the main floor and eleventh street listings.
Mrs. C B Dix sails to Coburg Canada to join sister, Gen Allen’s wife. Senator and Mrs Wetmore settle in Newport with guests. Hitts take Kinney Villa at Narragansett Pier. Miss Donavan to Paris. Reed of Washington mingles with society at Coburg and Lake George. Crane family prepares Mount Pleasant villa Windsor for Mrs Crane. Elizabeth L Lewis. Capt and Mrs A F Lucas begin auto trip to Canada.
The District Public Library announces new acquisitions across religion biography and travel sections. Notable additions include works on Scotland's Free Church and Sir Richard Burton life, alongside guides to modern Egypt, Naples, and a range of social and economic studies.
Col John T Dewees aged seventy died in Washington at 8:30 am on July 4 from paralysis. Funeral services set for 2 pm at Lee's chapel with burial at Arlington. A veteran of the Civil War, he helped organize Petersburg Indiana's first company, served in the Twenty fourth Indiana Cavalry, later the Eighth Cavalry, and held roles in bankruptcy registrar and Congress.
Tomorrow's Post features new untold anecdotes on Speaker Cannon. Highlights include Gen Harries and fourteen veterans from the First DC Infantry US Volunteers meeting at the armory by Center Market, the muster site. Also notes Queen Wilhelmina’s committee seats, Dr Wiley to speak on food laws, and the death of malaria expert Dr Fritz Schauding.
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service announces exams at 10 a.m. August 6 at Mo. 3B Street southeast for assistant surgeon positions. Applicants aged 22 to 30, medical school graduates with testimonials, will face physical, oral, written, and clinical tests. Successful candidates ranked by merit receive appointments as vacancies arise with $1,600 salary plus travel when on orders. Commutation and quarters details noted. Funeral: Harrison Terrell, colored, of 1621 Church street, killed Thursday, to be held at Nineteenth Street Baptist Church at 4 p.m. with Odd Fellows rites and Harmony Cemetery burial.
The Post previews a feature on what Uncle Sam's soldiers share to eat in the upcoming issue. Dr. Day Returns to Oregon to finish study of black sand deposits and to exhibit his separating plant at the Jamestown Exposition before moving to North Carolina. Canal Commissioners Celebrate with Panama Canal officials reporting arrival in time for July Fourth festivities.
The Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company's Jamestown boats draw hundreds on day and evening voyages. The ship features water tight bulkheads and fir plywood for safety. Daily moonlight sailings depart at 7 pm, returning by 11 pm after about forty miles. Sunday all-day trips run 9 am to 2 pm and 6 pm return, with half fare for children. Weekend round trips on Saturdays depart 5:30 pm, returning Monday morning. Routes include Point Comfort and Norfolk beaches. Offices on Seventh Street Wharf and 705 Fourteenth Street.
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