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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
12
Special sale of cotton dress fabrics offers cheap yardage for summer costumes. Includes bordered chiffons lawns batiste lawns plain cotton voile and marquisette imported St Gall Swiss embroidered Swiss voile and dimity striped Swiss with various widths and colors priced from 15 to 50 cents per yard, regularly higher.
The ad touts NON SUITS as the best summer undergarment for men, emphasizing uniform thickness, snug fit, and lasting shape. Features include heecked Nainsook and Ribbed Lisle athletic styles at $1.00, plaid muslin and lightweight Balbriggan at $1.50, ribbed white Lisle at $2.00, and all linen athletic style at $2.00, on the main floor of F St.
The fabric measures 31 inches wide. only a small quantity is needed to craft a dress or waist item. The colors are reliable and exceptionally attractive, offering durable, vibrant options for the garment.
In Washington a day of weddings includes the President and Mrs Taft in a box at the Columbia Theater with guests. Mrs Sherman and Mrs Champ Clark observe their days in city homes. Miss Jessie Bacon Krogstad and William Arthur Burton wed at the bride’s parents’ home on K Street with a large wedding party and reception. The couple plan to sail for England after a visit to Tunbridge Wells and Sheffield, where they will reside.
Will entertain a house party at Oak Lodge Am mendale Md in honor of Lieut. Bradford West Point graduate. Guests include Miss Frazier Miss Swift Miss Maitland Marshall Miss McMillin Brown and many other society figures. Also notes marriages ambassadors and diplomats visiting Washington with several summer postings and travel plans.
Socialites depart for Atlantic City and Adirondack camps. weddings and society events unfold. Mrs. John Magruder and Miss Natalie Magruder head to Atlantic City then Adirondacks. Dora Steerman wed A Lapin Cohen in Woodley Place with family observances. many Washington residents plan summers in Southampton Shinnecock and Maine coastal visits while Paris garden fete for St George's Church raises funds.
A series of wedding reports and society notices from Washington highlights include Clara Campbell and Frances Campbell as sisters and cousins in lace gowns with pink and white floral bouquets, Hattle Hild as flower girl, William W. Printz as ring bearer, and a Durisoe marriage trip to an unnamed destination. Baltimore guests Mrs Fred Deets, Mrs Li Scholl, Miss Margaret Pohler, and Miss Bertha Ritter attend. Ella Rose O'Brien and Jon D. Kelliher wed at St Aloysius with Mrs Mary A. Soper as a gown attendant, best man John Lynch, and a 2 Eleventh Street SW reception for the couple. The Gallther and Hart couples wed in St Joseph’s Church and Ryland RE Church, planning Oklahoma and Nova Scotia trips respectively. Additional notes: Mrs Ruth Walsh Dice visiting Washington. A J Chipman set to sail for Hamburg. Cadet Paul W Newgarden at West Point visiting parents as he and family plan summer in Nova Scotia.
Miss Nannie Reed Campbell wed Mr John Roper Durisoe 17 at 8 o clock in the home of her grandmother Mrs Molly E Campbell 1332 A Street NW in a small gathering. Rev William I Kenney officiated with Miss Vaughn playing wedding music as palms smilax and lighted tapers decorated the rooms. The bride wore white satin with pearls, a tulle veil and carried lilies of the valley and bride roses.
Miss Rosalean Sybilla Betz a heiress wed Senor Don Augusto F Pulido of Venezuela in St Matthew s Lutheran Church Philadelphia in a small ceremony. The bride is daughter of the late J Fred Betz Jr Pulido long served as first secretary of the Venezuelan legation in Washington and was recently named first secretary in Berlin.
Dr Frederick D Power longtime pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church died at his home after a three week bedridden period from cerebrocirrhosis. Born in Yorktown Va he led the church from 1875 expanding its membership and founding seven colonies. He served as Garfield’s pastor and House chaplain from 1881 to 1883 and authored several religious works. Funeral at Vermont Avenue Church with reverend Earle Wilfley and ministers from Washington. burial at Rock Creek Cemetery.
The article discusses USDA charts on food values and cautions that calorie comparisons alone mislead. It promises to reproduce charts daily, aiming to educate readers about nutritional and economic aspects of foods and to guide better dietary choices.
Watertown Conn June 14 Master Charlie Taft son of the President will miss the Taft School dance Thursday night after spraining his wrist during pole vaulting on a damp field. He plans to travel to Washington Saturday as gifts for President Taft’s twenty fifth wedding anniversary are being gathered by the Senate.
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