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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
12
From a large display of trimmed hats, many from own workrooms, offered at 5.00 each on Friday on the second floor Tenth Street. Dress and table linens include purple and dark red dress linen 12 1/2 c yd, 27 inches wide. Also muslin underwear and Nainsook pieces heavily reduced.
A sale listing details men’s wear including 20 dozen pairs of black cotton socks in sizes 10 11 and 104 with minor weaving flaws and a 6 for 75 cents deal. Also listed are several night shirts flannel and cotton pajamas in assorted sizes with slight imperfections and assorted values.
Friday sale offers reduced prices on boys pure wool suits and coats in blue gray brown and tan. Includes Norfolk and double breasted coats with knickerbocker trousers in sizes 7 to 18 while remnants and accessories like blouses and capes are discounted.
Odd dress waists in chiffon and white net on sale in one of a kind styles and sizes. Prices slashed from 10 to 15 dollars to under 9 dollars, with silk inserts and lace trims. Stock includes colored silks and trimmed waists, limited quantities, low prices.
Fragments show extensive sale prices across frames dolls and furniture. Items include imitation water colors gilt frames reduced to 1.50 and 10 cents, cloth dolls with hair reduced to 38 cents, Sneakin Dolls down to 25 cents, folding chairs to 5 cents, galvanized troughs and kitchen aids discounted, and various oak armchairs and porch settees marked down significantly.
Friday Special in Corsets and Brassieres offers 50c each for batiste long model corsets and De Be voise brassieres with back cross and lace trims. Also listed are Lily of France and Parame corsets in various sizes with reduced prices, located on Eleventh Street third floor.
Readable sale notes show womens patent pumps in various sizes with ribbon bows and Goodyear welt soles, marked down from 3.50 to 1.95 per pair. Kidskin oxford styles with three-eyelet lacing and welt soles also cut to reduced prices. Misses white canvas lace shoes listed from 3.00 to 1.00 per pair. Located third floor tenth.
Decorative and Upholstery materials on display with designs and colors suitable for draperies, slip covers, curtains, and cushions. Fabrics measure 36 inches wide with slight printing imperfections not affecting use. Priced at 19 cents per yard, with values at 30, 35, and 50 cents. Fourth floor G at.
An auction style listing details a large marble head, a marble pedestal, a bronze electrolet lamp with three lights, a bronze piece titled Chariot Race, and other bronzes with marked price reductions. Items show substantial price cuts from original figures.
Jewelry item list shows satin roses with foliage and assorted pins. Items priced, with reductions shown for several pieces, including hat pins and brooches. Multiple line fragments reference reduction amounts and sale language, indicating a discounted inventory display.
Winow Shades embossed Holland cloth in smecru and dark green with morning glory design, mounted on spring rollers. Rise 3x6.6 feet. 29¢ each, formerly 50c. Also 100 remnants and short lengths of cretonnes curtaining nets madrases tapestries and other fabrics at less than regular prices fourth floor G st.
The Virginia Society of Colonial Dames will present at the White House a Gilbert Stuart copy of Mrs James Madison’s portrait now in Philadelphia. The ceremony follows reception events by Colonial Dames with notable guests and a series of social teas dinners and box parties at Washington residences.
Commander and Mrs. William Manning Irwin plan a early June departure from Nineteenth Street to Osterville Massachusetts, with Capt. and Mrs. Harold Norton joining in July. Irwin family connections include Princeton graduation events and son Harrieon in this year’s class. Engagements announced include Miss Nydia Norton Wilcox to Midshipman Ralph Hart Lampson U S N, son of the late Rear Admiral Sampson, and a Betrothal of Miss Mildred Ann Boteler to William Shock Boteler. Social events feature hostess Mrs. George Whitfield Brown hosting a buffet for the Colonial Dames of America delegation, a tea by the International Sunshine Society at the Shoreham, and musical programs by local performers. News items also note Miss Kate Dean Owen and Miss Mindset Owen sailing on the Bremen, Senator Reed moving to a new home, and various society gatherings at Washington addresses.
Miss Gamble arrives in Washington to spend a week with the Secretary of War and Mrs. Stimson. Mrs. G W Bolling hosts a Brighton tea in honor of Mrs. Carvarubias wife of the Mexican Minister to England. Mrs Mitchell Gatrol of Searston hosts a reception. The Bushrod Washingtons announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine to Mey Mat.
A Cambridge era era column notes Yuyi, daughter of the Chinese minister to the United States, hailed as a clever young diplomat at a Camden launch, and Ava Willing Astor returns with daughter Alice Muriel aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to protect her Astor estate interests. Mrs Astor declines interviews, saying she is sad and unsure of plans.
Mrs Ava Willing Astor the first wife of Col John Jacob Astor has returned to the United States with her daughter Muriel Astor She did not say if she would attend Col Astor s funeral or wait for the probate of his will She stated she came to New York to be with her son Vincent Astor
A writer asserts a universal law linking intention and outcome, comparing mind matter to electricity and magnetism. By aligning toward goodness and building desired qualities, individuals attract people, opportunities, and outcomes, likening it to hydrogen and oxygen forming water. The piece frames this as empowering, practical self transformation.
Mrs Astor and daughter Muriel avoided visitors at the Ritz Carlton after a trying crossing. She refused to discuss the estate or funeral plans, saying the Titanic disaster is too terrible to mention. Other guests, including Mrs Gibson, called but were told she would see no one. The Gr ard family also arrived at Castle Forbes while divorce rumors swirled around the wealthy set.
Avalon California May 2 The Princess Ros pigiosi of Rome holds a silver button awarded by the Catalina Light Tackle Club for angling prowess after bringing a 3 pound albicore to gaff following a 37 minute fight.
Claimant promotes a nitrite based remedy marketed as a universal cure for rheumatism. The advertisement promises rapid relief from rheumatism sciatica and neuritis with a money back guarantee. Sold by James Donnell druggist as a one dollar Nurite prescription produced in New York.
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