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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1909
Page
13
A special sale of new wash goods is announced with Organdies and Painted Lawns in white with rosebuds and various colorings. Patterns include pink, black, teal, yellow polka dots and plaids in pink, lilac, blue. Items displayed on center counters near G street second door.
Catalog style note listing various housekeeping aids and fixtures. Mentions stoves branded “NEW PERFECTION” with oil burning, design features, prices, and uses. Includes portable gear for camping and heating solutions with assorted prices and specs.
Washington social life centers on the Chevy Chase Club where prominent figures such as Representative and Mrs Sibley Mr and Mrs J E McLeren and Mrs A J McClintock entertained at dinner. The Vice President cabinet members and the President are regulars, with several other notable guests and trips noted across high society circles.
At Atlantic City Captain Gibson and family head there for several weeks to enjoy the seaside. Mrs Dave Levy and the Home apartments group join the trip staying at the Muntweiy Hotel. Miss Sara Levy moves to Narragansett for an indefinite stay. Miss Madeline Bier plans to leave Portner apartments for Milwaukee City at month’s start.
The listing markets lawn care items including solid brass circular fountains priced at $8.125 each, burnished trash covers at $125, and lawn shears 25 cents. Also offered are spray enameled components, hardware fittings, galvanized wire bundles at 50 cents a dozen, and Washington seed at 25 cents per pound, reflecting a period catalog style.
Advertising note from Woodward Lothrop urging mail order customers to include full name and city address with each charge item. Emphasizes prompt, accurate service and easy exchanges, extending city customer privileges to out-of-town patrons. Directs to address communications to the Mail Order Department in Washington DC.
A long, fragmentary chronicle reports fashion trends and social gossip touching on art, romance, and scandal. It mentions a grandniece, paintings found in Wernt, and restorations, then shifts to various society figures, including barons and dancers, with notes on women’s evolving roles and a sensational find involving a sacred pearl linked to an idol. The piece weaves relics, theft rumors, and aristocratic circles across dates and places, culminating in wedding gossip and prominent families in Washington and Narragansett.
The king and queen accompanied by the American ambassador and several guests attended services at Blisoeelui under a guard of honor. A procession and crowd gathered outside the church while dignitaries and tenants watched the service. After the ceremony the royal party inspected scouts and later hosted tea with local leaders.
The Eddy refrigerator offers savings on food and ice, claimed as the best by sixty years of acceptance. Moderate prices place Eddy within reach, with all styles and sizes in stock and special apartment sizes available. Also a dealer for nursery appliances.
Special to The Washington Post reports that E Haviland, a prominent Brooklyn Yacht Club member, was drowned late Thursday night near the Larchmont Club. The body was recovered today. He had attended the Indies day ball and last seen at midnight leaving the clubhouse for a launch. The coroner suspects he may have misstepped on the gangway in darkness and fallen into the water. No one was nearby when he called for help.
London dispatch reports Rodman Weos maker arriving by car from Pang with friends to marry Violet Cruger by special license at St Margaret's Westminster. He took rooms at the Carleton Hotel and planned an early departure by motor for Scotland. He declined to see callers or answer a written inquiry about the marriage. Miss Cruger’s whereabouts are not known.
The Italian cruiser Etruria arrived at Hampton Roads today and proceeded to Norfolk for coal. She fired a salute of 11 guns as she passed Fort Monroe and later joined Italian warships en route to New York to join the squadron for the Hudson Fulton celebration.
In a sprawling frontier tale, Whispering Smith pursues suspects across mountain passes and fences, aided by allies Barnhardt and Wickwire. Amid snowbound cabins and tense showdowns, he rescues Dicksie and reunites with Wickwire as lawmen close in on Sinclair and the boy’s captors.
A blurred historical excerpt notes a storm sweeping the ranges and a tense ride by Hob Scult and Wickwire near a fence, with a late consultation at the bade ends as Swift and Campant handle Tresh sales. The Washington DC week ending Saturday July 24 shows averages at .64 per Mh.
Dorothy Lawson announces engagement of her sister Misa Nora Lawson to Henry McCall of Winchester Massachusetts son of Representative Samuel W McCall The betrothal revealed at a Dreamwold summer home dinner and linked to Harvard graduate and former varsity baseball second baseman Henry McCall. Dorothy Lawson’s family also recent bridemaid in sister's Chicago wedding
Dr T J Allen argues fasting is a natural cure for overeating and related mental and physical harm. He notes objections from some physicians, warns of potential harm if misapplied, and suggests gradual reintroduction of nourishment after three to four days with caution.
Fragmented dialogue centers on a tense scene with Whispering Smith and a woman pleading, a man named Dicks, and references to crime and danger. The passage hints at threats, a potential murder plan, and pursuit as characters talk of money, cars, and secrets amid a rural setting with mounting suspense.
Special to The Washington Post reports that Morgan will exhibit eight works from the King of Belgium collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the Hudson Fulton celebration in September. A Virgin and Child by Fra Angelico, among the pieces, is praised as a masterwork in excellent preservation. Morgan plans to keep that painting in his private library collection rather than lend it to the museum.
The Kerens family entertain a house party at Gladystone Abbey Eling with guests arriving by a New York Central car from the Western Maryland Railway. Attendees include Miss Edgar Lackland Miss Lackland Miss Wickam and George Brown of Iowa Hamilton Cutker of Philadelphia and Joseph Pulliser Jr of New York.
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