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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
29
Local retailer promotes sale on boys wash hats at half price or less. Call for large lot replenishments and popular wash materials. Opportunity noted to supply vacation needs with significant discounts.
A fragmented listing describes women's tan footwear including pumps slippers and boots with Cuban heels and various toe shapes. Mentions price ranges around £500 and $350 with notes of calfskin bevrict pats and other material descriptors amid scattered brand-like terms and locations.
Local notes advertise silk gloves in black tan brown and pongee with fine quality and elastic fits at $100 per pair value $150. Hammocks including spreaders and sarme and extra long varieties offered at discounted prices from $120 to $270, with stock larger than usual at Hammocks store.
Social notes list Secretary and Mrs Straus aboard a cruise to New York Harbor. Admiral Cowles sails for Quebec and Mrs John A Logan returns from Chicago. Dinners in Newport feature Miss Brice and family guests. Numerous society names from Washington and New York appear with events in Maine and Newport.
A New York probate filing reveals John G Heckscher left a large estate with multiple bequests. Wives Georgiana McClellan and Ermeline Winthrop receive $100 each, while $5000 goes to St Roses Free Home for Incurable Cancer. Charles Heckscher and others receive personal artifacts and minor legacies, with executors named and later adjusted.
Treasury Department announces overhaul of fire equipment and invites bids for new hose while noting a recent blaze damaged an awning at the building. Several staff members across Interior and Treasury offices take annual vacations, with leaves ranging from eight to twenty two days as personnel rotate time off.
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