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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
13
A dealer withdraws small lots and one of a kind Oriental Rugs offering them at about half their former prices. Items include Cashmere, Sarouk, Muskabad, Mahal, Amritzer India, Jaipur India, and Kermanshah pieces in multiple sizes with new prices ranging from 40 to 200 dollars.
An establishment displays a range of home goods including cut glass pressed glass china and reclaim for the table. It offers kitchen furnishings pantry requisites and housekeeping purtenances with new items deemed essential for the drg room kitchen and other parts of the home.
A garbled ad lists moth preventives of known efficiency and samples of imported covered dishes, bowls, and glassware with prices. It mentions oyster plates, salad bowls, fruit bowls, table tumblers, and decoratives, with various items and price tags across a catalog-like layout. The text includes miscellaneous monetary figures and product lines, reflecting a department-store sale of household goods.
Listings describe Fancy Japanese Candle Shades for small lamps or lights in two new shapes with few and five sides. Available in three sizes 22c 3c and 33c each, designed for spring and summer use.
A historic seed sale notice offers packets of flowers and vegetables at three for four cents. Listed are several varieties including Nasturtium, Chrysanthemum, Stock, Sweet Peas, Candytuft, and Carrot seeds from known suppliers. The ad emphasizes seeds from the same source as years past and highlights multi pack pricing for vegetables.
Colonial lawn grass seed presents two varieties Colonial Saany Grass Seed for sunny lawns and Shady Grass Seed for shade. The seed has been tested over four years with satisfactory results and is offered in half pound and pound packages.
Garden and lawn tools listed with prices for items including pruning shears rakes spading forks spades garden hoses and towels. Various item prices shown in cents per unit indicating a clearance or sale page from a local retailer.
Household Hardware offers a wide range of affordable tools and hardware for home use. Includes taps clamps chests chisels wrenches planes and tool handles with prices from 5c to 85c and up to a dollar for some items. Sable items and notices emphasize quality over inferior goods.
Chocolate Covered Caramel Special offered at 25 cents per pound, a discount from the regular 40 cents. Contains a tasty caramel treat advertised as a value sale for a limited time.
A grand dinner in the ball room at Raeuschers hosted by the Argentine Minister and Madame Portela drew 129 guests including high officials and diplomats. Attendees included Secretary of State and ministers from Latin American nations as well as prominent U.S. figures. decor featured electric national colors and floral arrangements. The event marked Argentina as the Pan American Congress meeting place for 1910 with speeches by State Secretary and Brazilian Ambassador, among others.
A sprawling account details royal and diplomatic society in Washington and European capitals. It notes visits by dukes and duchesses, Presidents and ambassadors, with mentions of the Duke of the Abruzzi at the Jahan Embassy, the Countess Szechenyi’s Fatima girdle fashion, and Mme de Gast’s Moroccan pursuits alongside social gatherings at the Ponce de Leon and events linked to the Roosevelts and Tower.
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