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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1906
Page
10
German Val Laces sold at 121-2d per yard. Cretonne sale noted for French Valenc Lucen in 1 gelevecsard volte. French Torchon Laces offered at week price. Narrow Venire for bolero jacket trimming listed. Net Top All-over lace in inches wide at regular price per yard. Bird brand mentioned.
Rummage sale listing for silk like fabrics including cotton nanke and organdies white Granada with light blue floral designs. Notes regular prices and sale prices per yard with limited quantities.
A jumble of textile details lists kimona cloth in pink green and tan with red designs, cotton salting silk in green and garnet patterns, children's dresses fabrics, various die values, and a white crochet spread with pearl hemmed edging. Prices noted include 53 to 95 cents during the sale.
Rummage sale listing describes 30 dozen linen items including Mack size 18.36 inches actual measurement hemmed and ready to meet, satin stock plain white with deep red and blue borders in large sizes. Hemstitched ends, sold by the bale at one die each.
A local rummage sale lists varied textiles including 3 pieces of Silk-finish Mohair Brillahtiog in navy, 1-yard prices around 1 dollar, 42-inch All-wool Crepe de Paris in cream and Alice blue at 7 cents per yard, 46-inch Silk-and-wool Novelty crepe de Paris in several colors, 42-inch Silk-and-wool Chiffon Batlate in cream at 5 dollars per yard, Latin-atrip Wool Challis in multiple colors, and 45-inch Silk-and-coul Bolfenne in navy blue, all with regular prices and sale discounts.
A catalog-like listing details assorted office supplies with prices for writing tablets paper envelopes napkins and checking sets. Items include 8x10 writing tablets 6e each 12 1 2c envelopes and Dennison white paper napkins 11 7e per box and artificial flower pins priced per piece.
A Detroit Free Press item asserts Col John Clem, born August 1834 in Newark Ohio, as the youngest soldier in US wars. It recounts Clem’s 45 years of continuous service, his early enlistment in the 24th Ohio and later the 22nd Michigan, his battlefield bravery at Salleh and Chickamauga, and his later West Point study under Grant.
Samuel A. Kimberly of the American Ice Company protests a smoke ordinance notice after his Sixteenth and E streets Northeast plant emitted dense smoke on three occasions during a coal‑intensive ice surge. He seeks a jury trial, arguing he supplied over twenty tons of ice daily by burning the best coal to avert shortages.
On a sunny day the annual Pioneer Council No 1 Sons of Jonadab trip down the river to Marshall Hall featured an extensive outdoor program. A baseball game between Pioneer and Empire Council ended 11 to 0 in favor of Pioneer, with summaries of players and racing events listed.
Mary Lamnan, 32, was sentenced to eight months in jail for grand larceny, hailed by police as a major servant thief in Washington. Detectives Mueller, Cornwell, Burlingame, and Weedon traced repeated silverware losses from homes where the suspect worked briefly before vanishing. Lamnan reportedly confessed to several thefts including a cut glass silver bottle for Mrs Waggaman.
Charles Jacobsen of Twenty-seventh and K streets northwest collided with a horse and buggy driven by WG Morgan of 1407 G Street northwest on Pennsylvania Avenue and Venth Street northwest yesterday afternoon. The horses were thrown to the ground but occupants of both vehicles were uninjured. The accident occurred as the auto and carriage moved in opposite directions on the same side of the avenue. Jacobsen offered restitution for injuries to the horse and minor wagon damage.
George F Cotterill of Seattle was re elected national grand chief templar at the Natinal Grand Lodge session in Boston. W H Clark of Wyoming was desert national grand secretary and A A Anderson of McKeesport Pa national grand treasurer. Other officers listed include Wilend 0 Wylis Beverly Mass as national grand councilor and Mrs M A Whitney Michigan as national grand vice templar.
An old ad copy touts Cascaret Insurance as preventing sickness and costing less than ten cents a week. It markets a West Pocket Box to carry the tablets, urging instant use at first signs of heartburn or cold. The Sterling Remedy Company claims genuine CGC stamped tablets only sold in boxes, not bulk.
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