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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
22
During the heated term the store will close at 5 o clock on weekdays and Saturdays at 1. Customers shopping by phone are urged to call Main 5300 and ask for the Mail Order Department. Orders will be executed with the least delay.
ISSEBER our Millinery Buyer sailed for Europe yesterday aboard the Adriatic to study foreign offerings. Managers of about twenty departments will tour England Scotland Germany Belgium and Austria to secure latest products. Purchases will arrive early in fall while remaining staff focus on clearing current stocks for July and August specials.
Clearance sale offers men s two and three piece suits plus summer wear at under value prices. Readily available stock includes regular ware and factory overruns with bargain prices on coats shirts hats belts and bicycle accessories and pumps. Special values shown include 1.00 1.50 price points and discounts on ties and swimwear fabrics.
Worn look at affordable summer sleepwear with a range of sizes. Men’s and women’s styled pajamas in madras patterns offered in navy and oxford, some sleeved, some sleeveless. Prices start at $1.00 per suit, with large sizes available.
A recent inventory of sporting goods lists fishing tackle including bamboo fishing rods at discounted prices and various accessories. The sale boasts about half former prices to clear odds and ends in bicycles sun dries gunners requisites and related items with a partial list offered.
A terse catalog note outlines baseball uniforms with sizes up to 20 and prices ranging from $1.99 to $3.50. Mentions items such as Poltermet cs 1 and H450. The fragment hints at a historical sale or listing of athletic attire with varying sizes and costs.
Practical stylish pique coats for children offered in a midsummer clearance. Coats suit morning evening wear for seaside or mountains, in lengths from 34 to box style with embroidery or plain finishes. Prices reduced to 1.50 to 7.00 with various styles and trims. Third door El sent st.
Admiral Schley and Rear Admiral Schley have left Cape May for the North. Mrs Weightman and her mother proceed to Cazenovia to spend the summer. Mrs Buford Lynch and her children go to Cape May for the season. Judge Morris and family reside at Newport and plan summer on Long Island. Minister Calderon and party head to Catskills after a stop in New York. Mrs M Gray Zalinaki opens a New London cottage awaiting Mas Zalin ski and Senator Brandegee. Mrs Hastings and Mira Edgerinn Hastings debut earlier this season are at Newport.
Baltimoreans register for Europe travel and Newport events while weddings mark society life. Miss Bessie McClellan Thompson wed Henry A. Singer, Rev Dr Ball officiated, and plans include a trip to Jamestown Boston and New York. Other nuptials featured Miss Nellie Faunce and Miss Annie Louise Burlevings with simple ceremonies.
Gossip from exchanges notes Catherine Eddy may wed an Indiana gentleman with a August 7 ceremony at the American Embassy in Berlin. The page also covers jewelry maker Edith Vail, New York alimony intrigue around Frederick Faubel, and Parisian fashion observations plus social remarks from Chicago and Newport society.
The Jamaica government through the British embassy notes sincere thanks to Secretary Root for prompt aid from the American fleet after Kingston’s earthquake. The Jamaica governor conveys appreciation for the ships stores and the U.S. stance of no charges against the colonial government, as expressed by President and Congress. The letter is signed by Esme Howard with Ella Root, Secretary of State.
Postmaster General Meyer departs Washington aboard the Congressional Limited for a three week vacation, joining his family in Hamilton Massachusetts then to Matepedia Quebec for two fortnights of salmon fishing, as Cabinet members take a break and Robert Bacon acts as Secretary of State.
Special sale offers a range of cotton and canvas weave hammocks. Prices from 95 cents to 2.95 dollars, all include pillow and spreader plus valance. Strong canvas options and gal cotton weave models highlighted with adjustable pillows and full length designs. Floor location noted as fourth floor.
The eminent painter MS Theobald Chartran died in Paris. He was widely known in America for portraits of Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt, Mrs Longworth, and Cardinal Gibbons. Born 194 in Besancon, he studied under Cohanel and drew early acclaim in the Salon.
Mrs. Luther F Speer of 722 North Carolina avenue southeast died Tuesday morning in Lovettsville Virginia where she had traveled with her children. The funeral is planned for 4 PM today from the family home in the city. She was the daughter of Dr Jacob Raub Civil War surgeon and pension office retiree. Survived by two children Franklin and Sarah ages ten and eight. Mr Speer works in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department.
New York reports an unprecedented rush to Europe as North Atlantic steamship lines disclose six months totals for 195. The figures show thousands of tourists, with all sailings from this port sold out for weeks. First six months exceed the prior year, signaling continued prosperity and heavy demand across classes.
Mrs. Imogene Dixon Callum wife of Robert G Callum a Mi tua District Messenger Company manager died yesterday at Georgetown University Hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral from 1755 Street NW at 1 o clock this morning with Rev Turner of St Johns Episcopal Church, burial Oak Hill Cemetery. A Savannah Georgia native she was married over twenty years ago and known for travel and literary interests and magazine contributions.
brilliant sunshine and fashion drew crowds on day two as Mrs John Gerken rode Newsboy to victory in the small hacks class over rival Ringing Bells. Kitty Grey placed third. Belle Peach Bain won the ladies saddle horses with Durham. other riders included Miss Finn on Irish Rose and Miss Bessie Fahnestock on Billie B. from W Snyder of Pittsburgh.
Miss Katherine G Raymond of Frankfort Kentucky and Dr James Truman Eutin physician of Washington first met about ten days earlier at Roycroft Inn after a convention with Philistines then wed at Roycroft Chapel Justice Daniel M Emerson officiated in front of about two hundred Roycrofters and villagers with the couple’s Father and friends present.
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