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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
21
Regional department store launches a limited time sale on china and cut glassware with deep discounts to clear stock before warm weather. Highlights include decorated German and American dinner sets, Bouillon cups, tea cups, and French German Japanese china pieces, plus bread makers at two hundred dollars and non corrosive salt shakers. Also features moth protection products and assorted glass lamps.
Advertises large quantities of sulfur candles for moth and animal life control in stored clothing. Priced at 5c and 6c each.
A catalog-like listing details moth prevention items including Moth Balls Camphor products and related powders flakes and boxes. Prices are given per dozen or per box with various camphorized items and oriental camphor noted. The text resembles a merchant inventory fragment with brand names and unit prices.
We have just received a new shipment of Roberts Stone Water Filter which we specially recommend as near germ-proof as any stone filter. It fits on any spigot large or small and when it gathers dirt it stops working until you scrape it clear. It will last almost indefinitely.
Large assortment of heavy wood utility boxes covered with Japanese matting and bamboo brass hinges. Various sizes and styles for shirts waists skirts shirts shoes linens bedding and small articles. Useful and ornamental, add to room furnishing. Prices 2.50 to 22.00 each. Second floor GST.
Upholstery department on the fourth floor offers custom screens, lace curtains, draperies, carpets, and rug cleaning with free measurement and planning service. Broad stock includes Belgian Stripe Cotton, imported and domestic muslins, Madras, cretonnes, taffetas, linens, damasks, and curtains. Special slip covers for parlor suites are advertised with guaranteed fit.
Made-to-order Couches in any length or width to fit any space, built by experienced cabinet makers under supervision. Prices vary by material, including imitation Box Couches at 10 to 18 dollars, real denims or bohemian cloth at 13.50 dollars, and tufted tops 24 to 35 dollars.
A local shop advertises repairing and reupholstering furniture at low cost. They claim quick, comprehensive service for damaged chairs, sofas, couches, sideboards, tables, and bureaus with free pickup and delivery. Estimates offered for whole-house refurbishment on Fourth Floor G Street.
UK stock of brass and enameled bedsteads for the season is the largest and most complete yet shown, with values described as unusual. All-brass bedsteads range from 20 to 75 dollars, all-white enameled from 3.50 to 16.50, colored enameled from 6 to 20, and cribs in brass, white, and colored enamel from 5.50 to 13.00, with special attention called to the following.
An itemized listing describes Outfit No 30 including a white enameled bedstead in 34 ft size a woven wire spring with supports and a Cottos tep air mattress.
A Washington society column notes Mrs Rockhill as guest of honor at Farmington Society work for the sick poor. It records weddings and engagements in St Thomas Church and Paris, a charity Easter week two act plays by amateurs, and multiple society entertainments and receptions at various homes and clubs.
In San Francisco on March 28, reports say Ernest O. Hayes seeks remedy via his wife’s action while Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis tours Mount Tamalpais and is slated to depart for the Hat tomorrow night.
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