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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
13
July sale offers women shirts waists in linen, Marquette and French crepe with lingerie trims and Belgian Valenciennes Swiss medallions. Some pieces are hand embroidered. few styles remain, with very low prices for stay at home or vacation wear.
Kickerbocker Boys Fine Wash Suits offered in lightweight all wool fabrics with blouse and sailor styles. Available in neat colors and sizes 2 to 12, priced to attract demand over the next two to three months.
A listing of boys wear in stylish colors and sizes T to 16 for hats blouses skirts and blouses at sale prices 10c to 100c per item. Bathing shorts trunks and one piece suits offered with reduced prices from 20c to 2.00. Includes cotton and wool fabrics in various sizes from 7 to 17.
Fashion notes describe a 2000 yard selection of cotton dress goods in old rose, cadet blue, white ground with vivid stripes, navy, black, and tan grounds. Highlighted patterns include neat stripes and checks suitable for linenette and similar fabrics.
A fragmented item notes Namsookene receiving another stopment of a salt red Pin Check Namsook. It mentions ideal summer undergarments for women and children with pricing at 16 cents per yard and a 2 yard width, highlighting quality and value.
Miss Gertrude L Whittlesey daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Whittlesey married Mr Harry W Finney yesterday at 5 pm in St Thomas P E Church. The ceremony by Dr Thomas Austin was quiet with only both families present. The bride wore a white serge suit with blue hat and carried white sweet peas. The groom’s family and guests included relatives and friends from Washington. After the ceremony the couple left for a wedding trip to New York and places on the Hudson.
Mr Griscom and Mrs Griscom with their young son arrived in New York on Tuesday aboard the Kassie Wilheim der Groose after a Washington visit. They will travel to Canada for several weeks with Jonkheer Ro de Marees van Swinderen, who arrived on Tuesday and will stay six weeks at York Harbor with his in laws Mr and Mrs Chatins. Mme Van Swinderen has been with her parents since spring. Other figures include Assistant Secretary Winthrop and Mrs Winthrop spending days in New York before Adirondacks, Gen Corbin’s house at Chevy Chase, and various trips to York Harbor and Washington for late summer. The president’s granddaughter fractured her arm in Utica. George Howard returned from Harbor with Mrs Howard and children. Senator and Mrs Burrows will join them later at York Harbor after Congress adjourns, delaying Michigan travel until September.
The Misses Wetmore hosted a Newport dinner with Lt Comdr and Mrs WW Phelps as guests. Guests included Mrs Sandor, Mrs Slater, Miss Baldwin, Sir Hubert and Lady Hadfield, and others. Notables from New York, England, and Oklahoma joined as summer plans and travels to Mauretania and Atlantic City were noted. Capt and Mrs Poole plan Narragansett summer.
The ceremony at Holy Trinity Church Georgetown was conducted by Rev Thomas Harlin for Katherine G Schiadt daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Schiadt and William B Probey. Attendants wore white serge and white hats with a prayer book bouquet. Best man was Leo Probey. After a reception the couple left for Boston New York and Atlantic City and will reside in Washington after September 1.
Social scenes feature Mrs Robert Goelet and Mrs Robert Goslet amid Newport gossip. Princess Patricia of Connaught joins elite gatherings with Archers and fencing stars in London. Taft family enjoy a foggy first North Sea outing aboard the presidential yacht Syph. Archaeologist Sara Yorke Stevenson highlights a Ming dynasty vase at the Pennsylvania Museum, a rare peach bloom vase of high value.
Special to The Washington from Asbury. In a sensational exchange, Charles Settel offered 25 000 for his wife and food, while in court he faced a 20 900 theft accusation from his father in Russia. He claimed to act on behalf of his father seeking a settlement. Settel was fined, refused payment, and jailed. upon leaving, he proposed the wife-for-money deal to Marcelbarg.
Charles Denby arrived in San Francisco aboard the Mongolia after being named United States consul general at Shanghai. He was recently assigned to a similar post in Vienna and will report to Washington before proceeding to Europe to assume his duties.
The article urges prompt home measures if appendicitis is suspected in children, recommending enemas and a strict apple and grape purge, then gradual reintroduction of foods like apples, peanuts, berries, and prunes. It cautions against fine white bread, lack of exercise, and overeating, advocating consistent feeding to prevent bowel issues.
Secretary of the Navy Meyer, awaiting Congress adjournment, expects a vacation fishing trip to Canada. Rep Balzer of New York assured quick adjournment, possibly in ten days, easing the hot Washington weather. Meyer has leased access for salmon fishing in Canadian woods and will spend part of his break at his summer home near Hamilton, Massachusetts, near the summer capital.
Arrangements for the funeral of Capt Levia V Woolen manager of the River View Steamboat Company who died aboard the Queen Anne between Alexandria and Washington Tuesday evening await Mrs Woolen’s arrival from Indiana. The body was taken to the morgue then to Gelers undertaking establishment pending her return. It is expected she reaches the city this morning and burial is tentatively planned at Bragkfor.
Letters of administration filed in district court for late Res Dr M Hass Fishburn pastor of Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. No will, only portion of estate sought includes stock in a building association. remainder is life insurance. Court to name Mrs Fishburn administratrix and guardian of two children Margaret 12 and Himmel 8.
In the Goose River country men hunt five outlaws fleeing toward Walliams Cache after a bank robbery. Whispering Smith and allies pursue across Deep Creek toward the Mission Mountains while Banks and Du Sang clash with a posse at Baggs ranch. The pursuit intertwines with a rescue of a young boy, ending with a confrontation and the outlaws on the run.
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