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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
7
PEEN LEON is called to a large lot of Boys' Wash Hats offered at half price or less. The sale features popular wash materials and vacation supplies, with strong opportunity for suppliers to procure hats and related items at reduced rates.
An OCR fragment lists different shoe types including Cuban heel and beveret calfskin options with prices around 350 to 500. Mentions brands, regions, and styles such as slippers, pumps, and boots, but content is garbled with many misspellings and unclear context.
Coated by a discount sale of silk gloves in assorted colors including black tan brown and pongee. Prices range around $100 per pair down from $150 with stock noted as larger than usual. Also offered are hammocks with piles spreaders and frames at various prices and sizes.
Generals, admirals, and diplomats mingle in Washington and Newport social circles. Notables including Secretary and Mrs Straus, Rear Admiral Cowles, and Miss Brice daughters of the late Senator Bice attend dinners, entertainments, and cruises, with friends and guests from New York, Chicago, and Europe visiting through the season.
Mrs Georgiana McClellan and Mrs Ermeline Winthrop inherit modest bequests from John G Heckscher, with prized legacies including a $5000 donation to a cancer home and specific items to relatives. The estate surpasses $1000 in value, with executors named and codicils altering prior appointments as probate proceeds.
The Treasury Department plans a fire protection overhaul and invites bids for new hose and equipment after a blaze near an awning raised questions about existing safety. Several department staff on annual vacations were noted, including Miss Itelen HR Gregory and Fort Calvert, with others taking time off through July and August.
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