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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
7
Fourth floor G street Upholstery Department lists light curtains curtainings drapery fabrics window shades screens and related items for town houses cottages and seaside homes. Many stock items discounted including a large selection labeled satisfactory in several summer classes.
A clearance sale offers French Lace Curtains and Bed Sets at deep discounts with Arabian Renaissance and Cluny laces. Includes hand made Renaissance curtains and Vador porch blinds in assorted colors and sizes. Also mosquito and fly netting and slip covers available for 5 piece suites.
Airy cross stripe curtains in red and green, three yards long, priced at $1.00 per pair. Ruffled white muslin curtains with frills or full ruffles also $1.00 per pair. Value listed as $2.50.
Large clearance listing discounts on China matting and rugs. Heavy and extra heavy matteings offered in various sizes with reduced prices from original amounts. Includes twisted Japanese straw matting and several rug styles with specific dimensions and sale prices.
Department on the fifth floor displays kitchen outfittings and labor-saving devices for canning. Showcased are paring knives fruit ladles and numerous Mason fruit jars in all sizes with glass tops and accessories. Many brands and prices listed including Mason machine made jars, jelly glasses, table tumblers and sealing paraphernalia for home canning.
Complete line of requisites and helps for fruit preserving invites inspection. Porcelain-lined iron kettles 220 and up gray enameled steel kettles 300 and up white-lined steel preserving kettles 55s and up all-white steel preserving kettles 40c and up aluminum preserving kettles 80c and up jar fitters Scand up tin preserving cans per dozen
Mudge Canners promote their process that retains flavor and appearance, tastes superior to other canners, and requires minimal time and labor. Pricing starts at $2.25 each and up.
Social and personal items detail widespread departures of Washingtonians to summer resorts. Notables include Senator and Mrs Heyburn returning to Idaho, Mr and Mrs Harry Payne Whitney sailing for Europe, and Miss Nellie Russell Orchard wedding to Lewis Winslow Horne at Vermont Avenue Christian Church with elaborate ceremony. Many families plan trips to Atlantic City, Sea Bright, Silver Bay, Lake Placid, and Newport, while others remain for holidays or visit relatives.
Willam S. Adams wins first prize for best Luna Park view and receives season passes for all attractions. Second prize, 100 rides, goes to William Musser who donates his prize to Associated Charities. park doubles it. Third prize awarded to R. C Gulley. Special prize for best snapshot collection to Henry Lazard. Additional season passes awarded to several others. The top image is a night view of the chutes lagoons with lights and shadows.
Benjamin F Whiteside died Monday after a two month illness. A longtime druggist in this city he arrived in 1870 from Leare Maryland to join Ridgleys Pharmacy, rising to owner. He was active in Masonic circles including Hiram Lodge Hiram Chapter Washington Commandery and the Mystic Shrine. Funeral services are at Western Presbyterian Church at 2 pm followed by burial in Laurel with Masonic honors.
A Chicago divorce case ends with Blanche L. Seeley winning custody of her ten year old son I Bromley Seeley. The boy resists and expresses desire to stay with his mother, while Dr Franklin H. Seeley obtains limited July visitation. The ruling grants the mother custody for eleven months of the year and July with the father, ending a long separation. The story centers on devoted a mother and her child amid a troubled marriage and the boy’s preference.
Matthew Blacklock known as Malt Black forces his way into high society while pursuing wealth through stock gambling and bucket shop schemes. He schemes to control the Mannequale mines, courts Anita Allorely, and faces pressure from Roebuck Langdon and Melville syndicate factions as legal troubles threaten his canal outlet and financial plans.
In this chapter of Gent le men, the narrator recalls publishing a letter to investors reaching millions while Sam Ellersly notes the club business runs smoothly yet hints at doubt. The talk covers advertising ethics, trust, and the narrator’s claim of sole high integrity in his market operations.
A dialogue driven scene features Matt and Sam debating honesty money and social pretensions. Matt contemplates settling down after wealth and status, while Sam cautions about marrying for money. The pair clash over who’s a true gentleman and whether social circles will accept an energetic newcomer as Matt plans to leverage connections for his advantage. The excerpt ends with a cliffhanger for tomorrow.
In a Washington court, Justice Gould dismissed the father's custody petition after affirming that a Chicago divorce decree had no jurisdiction over the boy, who has lived in this city since the separation. The ruling noted the court would not determine custody without a care for the child's welfare and left open the possibility of later action by the father if grounds arise. The boy, a second grade student at Force School, remains under his mother's care.
The san cation subcommittee evaluating a school supervisor candidate met Thomas M. Baller of New York University to assess his fit. Former Springfield Massachusetts superintendent Battier is mentioned as a candidate. The panel plans a careful process with potential out-of-town contenders, while local supporters push for a Washington leader.
Alumni from Business High School filled the river excursion aboard the steamer Jamestown, about a thousand strong, despite threatening clouds. The event featured school songs and cadet memories, with committees handling arrangements, reception, paging, and advertising, and a souvenir program distributed to all attendees. Also reported is the death of Max Goldsmith, a longtime jeweler and Mason, at his home on Calvert Street.
Fragmentary text mentions taste, pace, and merging terms with microbe flirting in a kiss. References include Atlante, Memphis, Pullmeo service via Seaboard King Airline, two daily trains, and Cafe di cars at 1421 Pa. ave.
A Unitarian minister once pastor in Ridgewood New Jersey was granted a divorce from Mrs Rob ert Crutt of Montclair after a scandalous pursuit of the wife by the minister at the Canister House Holmsted stock. hotel owner Benson F Snyder testified to signals and nightly intrusions. A neighbor hunting party caught the visitor, shots were fired, and Mrs Cruft pleaded for leniency citing his clergy status.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt of Brooklyn, soon to be 106, makes a third statewide tour by automobile. She rides on the front seat with the driver, questions car mechanics, avoids cushions despite rheumatism, and enjoys fast travel more than stagecoaches of her youth, with her much younger driver as companion.
A fragmented exchange notes a cigar bought and discussed as comparable to another, with one person admitting fear to smoke it and offering to give it away. The dialogue hints at casual street talk about a purchased cigar and its reception.
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