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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1909
Page
21
A period listing highlights Batiste and India Linen shirt waists with detailed trims. Item descriptions emphasize boon batacaveds, embroidery, tucks, panel designs, and lace accents across various styles for women.
Special values in the white goods department include fabrics for women’s shirts at 30c per yard, boned lawn at 30c, and 50c value items. Other fabrics such as suitable waists and dresses are offered at 13c per yard, with listed items like women’s trimmings and robes priced around $2.00 each.
Premium canvas oxford in white with lava sole design and Spanish wheel brand. Available in all sizes. Price set at 3.50 dollars per pair.
Fragmentary report notes an event at Wrest Park involving the Reid family during hunting season. The clipping references a person named Kang Fdlware and a confrontation near a motorized avenue. Details are unclear and several words appear garbled.
French ambassador and Mme Josserand depart Washington for New York to sail Thursday for summer in Europe. Embassy staff and officials head to Manchester and Beverly Farms for the season. The piece notes numerous social figures, receptions, and naval officers noted in attendance and travel.
Newport society scenes recount entertainments hosted by Mrs William and the Rutherford couple with visiting guests and European connections. The piece highlights gatherings, lunches, and social flirtations, naming numerous residents and summer visitors, including Miss Held and Grace Boutelle, plus fashion notes on jewelry and gowns and a brief note on Countess Sahenyl’s health and travel.
North Jersey visitors packed Asbury Park for the first performance of Miss Mabel Gilmans The Mocking Bird directed by Prof Oscar Shigott of New York. The benefit concert for the Anne May Memorial Hospital at Spring Lake featured Hazel Emmons in the lead with a capable cast and a pretty chorus. The event, a standout of the season, filled every box and seat and reportedly grossed about $5,000.
Special to Thy Washington Fest Asbury Park reports a wireless message about Chester Applegate’s son selecting Miss Mabel Brown of Syracuse as his bride. The note, sent to New York via the Hotel Monmouth owner, notes Chester’s infatuation and praises Miss Brown as beautiful and wealthy.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt and his son Kermit will be hosted at a Nairobi dinner event in East Africa with twenty guests. Roosevelt plans to dine with stewards of the East African Turf Club as his party participates in local races before leaving Nairobi for Natvasha. Edmund Heller arrives with expedition specimens to be shipped to the Smithsonian.
In a deadly confrontation near a rocky bluff Whispering Smith dodges a corralling trap by Sinclaire and Barney, outdraws Seagrue at close range, and endures heavy fire as he targets the bandits. The scene shifts into a dusk chase along a river bed as Smith attempts to disable rivals and secure escape.
Whispering Smith and companions dash toward a canyon as pursuit tightens. Kennedy and Scott threaten escape via Crawling Stone valley while Wickwire commands riverbed forces to force a retreat. The stake is capture before dark, with the pony train strained and the riverbank crowded.
Forty thousand workers in paper, woolen, cotton, and allied industries joined a strike in Sweden. Reports say the action will extend, with iron workers to strike on August, and a nationwide call to a general stoppage issued to trades unions.
July 26 Atlanta report notes an ordinance to criminalize women riding astride on horses mules or other animals in public places age over 12 with fines and imprisonment. Representative Wright introduced the measure after witnessing riders in skirts. Circus performances are exempt as read.
The Rev Dr William R Huntington, renowned pastor and former candidate for bishop of Iowa, died after a prolonged illness at his summer home in Nahant. He was 71, educated at Harvard, served at Grace Church New York and Worcester, authored several works, and declined the Iowa bishopric. Funeral rites were held at Emmanuel Church Heston and Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge with a Grace Church memorial service planned.
In London a Pars customer sues Mrs George Law over an ill fitting costume and extortionate charges. The court finds the verdict fair as the plaintiff recalls Mrs Law’s theatre trips and Louvre dress reproductions she supplied, while a separate Manitoba tornado report notes two remaining stores after devastation.
Miss Anna Mandell, 14, daughter of Michael Mandell and Joseph Leon, 22, boarded with her parents in Warwick Orange County. After clandestine meetings Leon sought a minister in vain until the pair wed today at Anna's home. Parents initially refused but relented as the couple pursued marriage. The ceremony was performed by Peter Veter Spilman with many attending.
A fragment discusses minerals in food beyond atmospheric elements and hints that small mineral percentages significantly impact health. It notes a belief that a school of chemistry now focuses on supplying minerals directly based on symptoms, stressing precise observation and analysis of bodily processes.
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