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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
12
Bargain room clearout sacrifices high grade Spring Suits and unique pieces in voiles serges satins and basket weaves. Prices fall from $67.50 to $18.75 with many sets now labeled at $29.50 and $25.00 per suit. Third floor. Get suits for cool mornings and evenings while stock lasts.
Advertises a display of negligees dressing sacques petticoats and bridal sets from Paris and American designers. Highlights include silk negligees lace trims and hand embroidery with prices from 2.75 to 75.00 per item and sets from 6.75 to 75.00. Third floor Eleventh St detailing.
Advertisement urges proper dress for boys with well fitting outfits. It touts Norfolk jacket suits in blue serge and worsted fabrics, double and single breast models, full-cut coats with tailored shoulders and collars, full knickerbocker pants, and Russian Blouse Suits in sizes 2 1/4 to 7.
A local advertisement extols rugs and mattings offering Colunal and Rug style rugs in sizes from 3x6 ft to 12x16 ft with spring designs and colors. Prices range from 1.50 to 30.00 with 40 rolls of extra heavy seamless china mattings on sale. The notice highlights quality, variety, and in‑store services including rug cleaning and repairs by an Armenian weaver.
A guest list at a social dinner includes Attorney General and Mrs. Wickersham, foreign dignitaries, cabinet members, and prominent Washington figures. The event caps a season of galas as society enacts spring entertainments, while lawmakers and diplomats attend boxes and receptions amid plans for travel and homecomings.
The Swedish Minister Count Ehrensgård has returned to his apartments in the Connecticut after a period in New York and Boston. Mr Gregory Whenkin of the Russian embassy returned to Washington yesterday.
Debutante Miss Lilla B Gilbert sails with family aboard the Etonprinzessin Cecilie, sharing a fond farewell with Walbridge S Taft nephew of the President. Mrs Oliver H belmont elected school trustee in East Meadow while women voters help secure the majority. Public figures Walbridge Taft and Waldorf Astor feature in society coverage. Captain Marcy encounters Anthony Drexel Jr charged with speeding as he appears in North Bergen courthouse.
Alexander Smith Cochran signs a Wright biplane contract with Wright Company official Alpheus Barnes for delivery within two weeks at Belmont park. Five wealthy New Yorkers, including Cochran, will train there starting by May 15 with Frank Coffyn as instructor. The Wright training school aims to be permanent, drawing pupils nationwide.
Ebenezer Hull, a lifelong farmer from the Kernersville area, died near Kernersville last night at age 101. Born January 5, 1810, he lived his entire life in the same region and was in good health until two days before his death.
This 1911 article questions raw foods versus cooked meals. It discusses claims that uncooked food cures disease and notes two New York physicians advocating raw diets. It argues cooking is not unnatural, citing everyday artifices as also unnatural and points out civilization relies on cooking.
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