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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
7
A damaged OCR fragment notes eviction pressure and sale items including wearables and household goods. It mentions quantities, broken sizes, personal art, a plate, black tar canery, pomace, spools, and prices around 70 to 200 dollars, with references to locations and sellers.
Fragments describe sales on white goods with low prices and scattered catalog-like entries. The readable text lists item codes and prices including several at cents level, suggesting a promotional page with bargains.
Fragmentary OCR notes list lace curtains and assorted prices and items. Teases a sale or bargain context with multiple monetary figures, unclear lines, and scattered abbreviations. Summary notes unreadable specifics but preserves the sale focus on lace curtains and discounted costs.
Bargain listing highlights women’s lisle hose at reduced prices with limited stock. Advertisement notes clear sizing and promotion details while urging quick purchase for best selection.
A society note records General John M Wilson traveling to Stamford Connecticut to visit friends and a Maine summer planned for Senator and Mrs Foraker. It also reports a wedding: Miss Augusta R Kettler wed Oswin Wo Merk at the Kettler home in M Street in a ceremony led by Rev Paul A Menzel with close family in attendance.
A jumble of catalog style notes, prices, and names shows a Friday bargain feature for women's knit vests. The text records various shoppers, shop sections, and scattered items with partial pricing and crowding details from a busy retail page.
Society pages report the marriage at Peace Dale near Narragansett Pier of Miss Margaret Hazard, second daughter of Mr and Mrs Rowland Hazard, to Robert Hayes Goddard Jr. The ceremony at noon in the Peace Dale Congregational Church drew large delegations from Newport, Narragansett, Providence, and New York. The bride wore a white satin gown with old family lace and orange bloom bouquet. attendants wore gowns in green chiffon. After the ceremony, a wedding breakfast was held at Holly House.
Washington Post reporter Claude Pennett describes Jeffrson Hall events at the University of Tennessee where about two thousand teachers and local officials heard Bennetts briefing on the Panama Canal. The lecture details the project scale, labor force, equipment, and enormous projected cost and timelines for vessel passage by 1910.
Secretary Cortelyou and his family started their summer trip yesterday to Huntington Island for the warm season. He will preside later in September at meetings of the Tuberculosis Congress in Washington and then return to Huntington. Assistant Secretary Louis A Coolidge will serve as Acting Secretary of the Treasury during his absence.
Mrs Donan McLean president general Nicb A R passes the summer with her family at Denwick Hall Ferrick Conn. The New York City Chapter concludes the final payment of 5900 toward the museum in Continental Hall. The gift from Mrs Clarence Postley of New York and Paris enables the completion.
Property clerk M C Hargrove arranges sale of several thousand dollars worth of furniture used at the old District building 467 Louisiana Avenue. Much of the best furniture has already been transferred to the Washington Asylum Home for the Aged and Infirm, with remains allocated to industrial home schools lodging houses bathing beach and the repair shops. Post Want Ads are free and ask readers to use The Post class fed columns for results.
The National Theater presents The Bohemian Girl with Acorn Opera Company in a summer season opener. Blanche Murray leads Arline with Lani of Fuld and Kim Huntington in principal roles. A vaudeville act, dance numbers, and a regimental band accompany the operatic program, continuing for several weeks after.
Three excursions rated by Waslington Rating feature a four hour ride to Annapolis aboard the steamer Emma Glee with departures from Washington four days a week. The trips run to Chesapeake Bay and return by twilight. Excursions to Baltimore or Annapolis in the tri city service attract varying crowds.
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