Woodward & Lothrop Eliz sale offers summer wear for women and children
Woodward and Lothrop promotes an annual ELIS sale featuring new, durable summer wear. Articles include Masonville muslin gowns, cambric and navisack gowns, long and short petticoats, nainsook combinations and drawers, corset covers, and children's cambric and nainsook garments. Sizes range from young children to teens with lace trims and embroidery details.
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Elis
Masonville
Hldren
Nainsook
Garment and Dress Sale Highlights with Reduced Prices
A dated advertisement promotes men’s nightshirts at 69 cents each or 3 for $2.00, underwear, and imported shirting remnants. It also features satin foulard and lawn dresses with varying sale prices, including $10.75 to $12.75, and misses lightweight wool challis dresses, all on third floor listings.
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Lightwright
Friday Special in Boys All-Wool Suits and Accessories
Friday specials feature boys all wool suits doublebreasted in brown gray tan sizes 7 to 18 at 3.75 each, knickerbocker pants 6 to 17 from 2.75 down to 2.30, plus plain white and gray mohair suits and light weight reefers. Also reduced coats 8.00 to 1.50, pajama sets, hats, caps and washable hats for boys and girls, third floor tenth street.
Friday Special in White Rep Skirts
White Rep Skirts in plain gored style with inverted plait panel back and front or side buttoning. Regular and large sizes. Special prices 175 2 75 and 3 50 each. Third floor st.
Friday Special in Women's Lisle Hose
Thirty dozen pairs of women lisle hose in tan with lace and embroidered ankles in all sizes. Priced 83¢ a pair or 3 for 1.00. Remnants include 11 pairs navy blue lisle bascarl hose with edged details. Also reduced infant socks in striped checked and plaid top effects. Main Floor first.
Friday Special in Women’s Combination Suits
Friday special advertises twenty dozen women’s jersey ribbed lisle thread combination suits with low necks and sleeveless designs trimmed with lace. Also offered are remnants and ribbed lace rimmed trousers, Swiss ribbed cotton vests with high neck, and ribbed vests with yokes, all heavily reduced in price.
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F St
Friday Special in Women's Linen Suits and Coats
A brisk sale notice lists women’s linen suits at 8.75 with value 16.50, sample one size 36. Coats feature sailor collars and plain skirts, offered at half value. Also advertised are serge and homespun suits in black gray and checks, with special prices 15 and 25 for various cuts and fabrics formerly 25 to 67.50.
Friday Special in Girls Dresses for young buyers
Friday specials feature girls wash dresses in linen rep and galatea fabrics with sailor collars and braid trim. Styles include Russian long-waist and French petal prints in pink blue and polka dot, sizes up to 12, with discounts from $5.00 to $1.98.
Family Reunion Marks Taft Silver Wedding at White House
The Taft silver wedding anniversary will be celebrated with a White House gathering. Presidents’ and Taft families converge as Delia Torrey and Horace Taft lead arrivals from Massachusetts and New York. Cincinnati Commercial Club attendees join Monday luncheon with diplomats, governors, and notable guests from Roosevelt to Lincoln families.
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United States
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Cleveland
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London
Milk Nutrition Facts and Infant Diet Guidance
Dr. T J Allen outlines milk composition noting water predominance and sugars as the main carbohydrate, with fats, ash, and protein levels. He highlights cow’s milk as less suitable for human infants without modification and asserts milk’s price buys less nutrition than wheat or corn per quart.
Coronation Dress Rules Relaxed for MPs and Wives
Speech on attire for MPs and spouses ended with royal permission for attendance in ordinary morning dress or full court wear. Wives may wear lace mantilla and black or white scarf options, while men may choose morning dress or full uniform. A royal carpet for Westminster Abbey and other coronation preparations are described, alongside portraits of other royal and social interests.
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London
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Abbey
Axminster
United Kingdom
Tafts Silver Wedding Celebrated With Letters From All Corners
President Taft receives congratulatory messages as his silver wedding anniversary nears. A New York man and wife share their own marriage moment, while a New Jersey resident asks for a personal wedding wish from the President. Members of the House contribute to a $2,003 fund for a silver service gift, with the Senate to add a ceremonial present at the White House celebration.
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Philip van Valkenburgh
Albany
Josiah T. Newcomb
van Valkenburgh
Newcomb
New York
Thomas D. Wendy
Thirty Ninth Street
Wendy
Taft
White House
Executive Mansion
United States of America
New Jersey
House of Representatives
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