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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1906
Page
7
Woodward and Lothrop promotes complete outfits for boys and girls for seashore country mountains or city summer wear. The store highlights comfortable smart clothing and furnishings for children and babies with many attractive ready to wear garments.
A comprehensive department display on the third and main floors offers boys and girls clothing and accessories. Includes hats, suits, coats, shirts, rompers, bloomers, knee pants, coats, dresses, swimwear, undergarments, and shoes from newborn to teens, with prices and sizes noted for multiple lines and fabrics. Local stores advertise fabrics, trims, and seasonal items with emphasis on all Wool, serge, linen, and gingham options for boys and girls along with infant wear and footwear.
Summer corset showcase highlights batiste and net models from P. D. Corsets and Royal Worcester lines. Notes several front styles with hip and elastics, plus imported net options. Also mentions a facial preparation claimed to remove freckles and tan.
Summer Goods Department offers a full stock of toys and playthings for summer use at home, seaside, or mountains. Highlights include lawn swings for two, croquet sets, hammocks with and without accessories, garden tools, children's see saws, sand pails, lanterns, toy dep’t items, and assorted lawn equipment in a price range from a few cents to a dollar.
Summer wear features Petticoats in Percales Chambrays Seersuckers and Linens. Highlights include Women's Gingham Skirts in striped and solid patterns with ruffles and embroidery in blue pink and white. Linen and Seersucker skirts offer light weight options. Third floor Eleventh.
A garbled inventory lists lemons grapes wines toiletries and household items. Items include Palarmo lemons fresher produce Gantalopes from Rocky Ford Coloma grape juice ginger ale and various brands of soap toothpaste and cosmetics with prices in old currency.
Social notices reveal Miss Laura Clark, eldest daughter of Senator Clark of Wyoming, to marry Charles F. Blythe of Salt Lake City with a ceremony planned for August 6 in Hiramton Wyoming. Newport visits include Lady Herbert and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt hosting entertaining dinners August 6 11 and 13. Various society figures travel to Haylesmere Aurora and Atlantic City for summer stays and vacations.
Washington residents and outsiders crowd the marriage license office reporting only three applications and six contracting parties none of whom were Washington residents. Four states were represented with couples from Richmond Kansas Mississippi Florida Virginia. Hoodoo superstition noted as no local resident sought a license. Also: Mission priests assigned to St Martins North Capitol, St Cyprian’s Church, and St Stephen’s Orphans honored Saint Vincent de Paul at St Vincent’s Orphan Asylum. Calvary Baptist pulpit supplies listed for July through September. Retreats planned for Chicago Sisters of Mercy by Rev A P Doyle arriving from Brookland.
The Southern Railway Company announces changes effective August 1 following the resignation of Brooks Morgan as assistant general passenger agent in Atlanta. Promotions include J. Baum Jr to assistant general passenger agent in St Louis, H F Caty to assistant general passenger agent in Washington, and several transfers and new appointments across Atlanta, Jacksonville, Macon, Birmingham, Selma, and Chattanooga with key posts in district and city passenger roles.
Special dispatch from Paris reports oil magnate John D Rockefeller, pleased by his Compiegne visit, donating 3000 francs to local charities Bureau de Bienfaisance and Office Centrale de Bienfaisance, with 200 francs for police. Mayor called him a money accumulator. Rockefeller declined to discuss impending U.S. legal actions.
The pallbearers for Mrs. B J Campbell Hibbs include Henry E Fitz Ajax Smith Harrison Crook D W Lothrop Theodore Sweeney and Bryan Morse. Funeral at Lee's undertaking 1 pm with service by Rev G F Peter of St Mark's Episcopal Church. Burial private. A large union camp meeting begins July 26 at Randle Park Congress Heights with daily services led by J E Irvine and aided by prominent Methodist pastors and church leaders from several denominations.
Bishop Spalding has not suffered paralysis again. Latest western reports say he went to Sacred Heart Sanitarium to rest and regain strength for his life’s work. The move aims to aid his health and recover vitality.
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