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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
7
Vacation season drives shoppers to mens furnishings and a large fiction display at Woodward and Lothrop. Half and lower prices on neglige suits accompany a rich UK Book Store selection featuring Six Stars and The Jungle among popular titles and classics.
Advertises a curbed selection of Neglige Shirts in 65c to 1.50 ranges with former prices noted, plus Bathing Suits replenished in navy blue with white and red stripes priced 1.00 to 5.00. Undershirts and hosiery lines are highlighted with stock complete, sizes varied and prices starting at 25c.
All men’s straw hats including Panamas are half price this season. No leftovers. Hats range from 1.00 to 87.00, with marked reductions: 1.00 hats to 0 cents, 1.50 hats to 7K, 200 hats to 100, 300 hats to 130, 300 hats to 250, and 87.00 hats to 33.50. Main floor Fat.
Ladies outerwear feature several styles of gray tan and black coats in tight and loose fits with belts and soft trimmings. Prices range from 15.00 to 32.50, including silk coats with inverted plait backs and double breasted fronts and silk rubber automobile coats with velvet collars. Third Floor-Gat.
Seaport society items report Senor Munoz from Guatemala to spend weeks at Spring Lake New Jersey. Mrs Edmund Barry returns from Asbury Park. Miss Idelie Kesler and Raymond J. Joeley wed at Fifth Baptist parsonage with small attendance. Reception at 215 New Jersey Avenue Northwest follows. Washingtonians register at Ocean City and Aurora House. Several diplomats and families plan summer stays at Asbury Park Newport and Atlantic City.
Matthew Blacklock rises from modest broker to millionaire as he resists the Rosbuck Langdon Melville offer to transfer mines to National Coal. He courts Anita Enersty while navigating Ellersly debt, pledging to buy coal stocks ahead of Roebuck’s plan launch. The piece chronicles high finance schemes, stock gambling, and a narrator’s dawning realization of finance as brigandage.
A narrator recalls a wary broker Roebuck who warns against gambling and urges steady profits. The narrator, tempted by coal stock bets, shifts from textiles to a risky reorganization plan. Interactions with Langdon reveal personal motives, ambition, and moral struggle as the story advances toward a cliffhanger.
A. A. A. and Glidden Deming contestants arrive in Waterville after a 93 mile Maine run from Jackman on fine roads. One car loses points with six inner tubes blown. many contestants retain perfect scores, while protests and rule changes cloud the race toward Bretton Woods for the Glidden Trophy.
The Canadian cruiser with Earl Grey and family arrived at Port aux Basques and ferried to St Johns where the Earl and Countess and Lady Sibyl Grey traveled by train. Lord Howick and Lady Evelyn Grey remained salmon fishing on the west coast and will rejoin Tuesday.
Large audience of about 3,000 attends the Orange Va horse show as Robin Adair earns first prize in the ladies hunters class. The event features numerous prize winners across pony and horse divisions with notable attendees including William Dupont and party, Rev. Dr. Hill and others, plus Miss Bertha Grey Robinson, associate editor of the Orange Observer. The Marine Bang provides music.
Chief Engineer Newell and the Meniberg of the geological survey hosted a reception and informal dance at the Munsey Building. About 20 attendees enjoyed flags palms and music while Newell waived speeches. notable guests included Dr and Mrs Littlepage and Judge Parker among others.
State Department fears Jealousy abroad and political complications delay recognition of American Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Leishman faces loss of status if not acknowledged and cannot meet President's daughter and her husband in Constantinople. Longworths travel to Constantinople to be entertained by Leishman.
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