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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
13
Woodward and Lothrop lists a vast fifth floor sale of chinaware glassware and housefurnishings. Special efforts highlight new and staple merchandise including dinnerware sets, trench and European china, and decorative crystal with discounted prices and varied assortments.
An unclear listing mentions glassware for summer cottages with prices including 10¢ to 15¢ and 80 dollars, with references to weights and items like tankers. The fragment suggests a sale or plan involving WLAN service and related items, but the text is garbled and lacks clear details or a coherent event.
An advertisement touts the Reliance Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove as superior and safe with immediate heat and no smoke or odor. It lists models including No 2-2 burner and 3 burner variants with prices from $100 upward and up to $97.35 each for some items.
The advertisement touts a reliable garden hose praised for steady performance and value. It warns against cheap hoses and promises low overall cost with high quality fittings, including brass welds and a strong hose cover. The copy emphasizes long service and safer, leak resistant operation at a 13 foot length.
Fragmentary OCR text lists garden tools and prices with odd spellings and broken lines. Mentions Sears items, metal materials, and assorted prices like 2.00, 25c, 20c, 59u, 85a. No clear event or narrative. appears as a catalog portion with incomplete product names.
Florence Automatic Blue Flame Oil Stoves offered in 2 and 3 burner models in high and low styles priced at 1000 dollars each. Suitable for gas oil or vapor stoves it toasts four slices at once without taste of gas and 25 cents per slice.
A long fragment lists society figures visiting Washington and New York, detailing gatherings, hostesses, and forthcoming events. Names include Mrs Badger, Gunther, Mrs Charles Rot, and Mrs Stanley Wash trim among many others. Mentions auctions, imported wares, and a May 1 reception connected to national groups.
A promotional note touts Suchard's Imported Swiss Milk Chocolate. It advertises a sample at a demonstration booth on the fifth floor offering 10¢ 5c and 20c pieces and praises the Swiss milk chocolate as delicious and digestible for first time tasters.
A society note lists Mrs Meyer wife of the Postmaster General and several prominent women among those departing Washington for Europe the trend toward summer residences in England Germany and Massachusetts with accompanying social details and engagements featuring Miss Eriai Cuthbert Brown and Lieut Charles Russell Frain among others.
A sprawling social column traces Anglo American high society, detailing the Duchess of Portland leading an anti American cabal, Vanderbilt relatives entertaining in London, and various debutantes and social figures moving between New York, Washington, Paris, and London. It notes fashion hints, charity entertainments, and a fireless dinner hosted for Wu Tingfang, plus profiles of Mrs Asquith, Mrs Vanderbilt, and Kingdon Gould amid campus tensions at Columbia and Paderewski era cultural events.
The United States National Museum holds a bequest from Stephen Decatur Smith of Philadelphia a gold ring once owned by Commodore Decatur. Richard Bowerson supplied it after the Tripoli mission. Decatur wore it until his death. The ring’s provenance ties to Somers and the Intrepid’s ill fated attack on Tripoli.
George W Evans completed twenty five years as disbursing clerk in the Interior Department. He received many tokens of respect from department employees as flowers and congratulatory messages arrived. Evans was appointed in May 1883 and has disbursed hundreds of millions of dollars without loss to the government or himself.
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