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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1908

Page

33

Pretty June Wedding Gift Articles Display

A catalog style notice highlights an extensive range of wedding gift items for June purchases. It markets cut glass, sterling silverware and toilet articles, gold and onyx clocks, gilt clocks with candelabra, Limoges china sets, a vast selection of porcelain pieces from Royal Vienna Wor cester and others, electroliers, lamps, beads, fine jewelry, opera glasses, fans, lace handkerchiefs, and more, inviting buyers to choose from broad foreign and domestic assortments.

Limoges Royal Vienna Royal Worcester Royal Bonn Teplitz

Stationery for June Weddings

UR Engraving Department offers ready prompt service for June wedding invitations engraved on stylish paper with modern forms. Also wedding announcements, At Homes, and visiting cards. As business increases, place orders with minimal delay.

UR Engraving

Bargain Textile Offer Sparks Ques on Quality

An OCR reading notes a promotional push where parents and vendors claim thousands of fashion items at low prices. The text mentions free or reduced costs, a promised connection to manufacturers, and a focus on women’s dresses and children’s wear.

Uds Poand Torfar

Fragmentary OCR Sports Snippet From Doral Pins Pink Blue Helio

A partial OCR item mentions Fox on white ground and an unclear season note. Readers see scattered phrases about a pink blue helio, but the text lacks clear event, date, or outcomes to identify a full report.

Fragmented textile notes on floral prints and colors

An OCR fragment describes floral print designs and color combinations, mentioning blue and white groups and decorative motifs. It hints at children's use and a striking five cent price point, but the text is incomplete and lacks full context or attribution.

Special Sale of Women's Cambric Petticoats in Varied Styles

A catalog of cambric petticoats offered in multiple designs and trims. Includes choices with tucked lawn flounces, embroidery, and wide hemmed ruffles, priced from 30c to $2.50. Also notes ranges of sizes and finishes, suggesting summer wear and street outfits.

Social and Personal Brazilian Embassy Dinner Tonight

British and Italian diplomats entertain Washington visitors as ambassadors and spouses prepare for summer travels. The Reed engagement widens social circles with dream wedding plans and a flood of high society hospitality and fashion notes from Washington and New York.

CHAT OF WELL KNOWN PEOPLE AT DE PEY STER HUNT WEDDING

Mrs larence Macka wore a black to navy blur road lath costume with seven eighth length sleeves trimmed in flat braid. Mrs WW K Vandebit jr appeared in a black broadcloth coat with long skirts braided in black. Mrs Hottis Hunnewell wore a deep blue foulard outfit with a large polka dot pattern and white lace girdle and blouse.

Larence Macka de Peyster Hunt Ork WW K Vandebit Jr Hottis Hunnewell

Embassies and exhibitions dominate Vienna’s talk and London art

Destruction and tragedy mix with diplomacy as the American embassy lease dispute tops Viennese chatter while Mrs Francis and her daughters depart. Ambassador Francis plans a months leave as subletting options surface. In London, Sorolla’s works attract major patronage for a Grafton Galleries show headlined by royal and noble patrons, including the King and Queen of Spain.

Jean Reid Whitelaw Reid John Hubert Ward Earl of Dudley England jCliveden Mra Waldorf Astor Taplow Court Mra Grenfell Adair Place Windsor Adair Dover Westminster Abbey United States Westminster Edward Queen Alexandra Diplomatic Corps Miss Reid Paris Costumiere Hotel Vendome Mr Ward Hotel Ritz Rue de la Paix Miss Vienna Francs Prince Salm Frarcis Amenea Venna Frercis Wrena Ambassade Trancis Las America Embassy Viera Roosevelt Grafton London Sorala Spain Isabela Lst Reid York Duke of Newcastle

Death of William Husson chief draftsman for Weather Bureau

William M Husson, 55, chief draftsman for the Weather Bureau, died yesterday morning at his Dumbarton Georgetown apartments after a brief illness of acute indigestion. Born in 1853 in Westchester County New York, he moved to Florida, served in the Spanish War, and joined the Weather Bureau from Florida on August 27 18. He aided major engineering work, earned high regard from Willis Moore, and traveled nationwide on bureau assignments. Survived by his mother, son, two brothers, and a sister. funeral arrangements announced.

Willia M Husson Brean Dumbarton Georgetown Mr Husson Weather Bureau Florida Husson Westchester County New York Willis Moore Weider Bureau

Will Be Guests of Women for Equal Suffrage Guests

The Womans Single Tax Club hosts a May 1 banquet at Freunds to honor Oklahoma senators and representatives for sympathy toward equal suffrage. A reception precedes speeches by Senator Gore on Government by Injunction, Senator Owen on Property Rights under the New Constitution, Representative Davenport on The Initiative and Referendum, and Representative Ferris on Primaries and the Direct Vote for Senator.

Oklahoma Womans Single Tax Club Freunds Gore Owen Davenport Ferris Seunator

Anniversary Services Held At Mount Vernon Church

Anniversary services of the Gospel Mission at 1290 Pennsyvania avenue were held yesterday morning at Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal Church. The afternoon program began at 1 oclock in the mission and at 7 oclock in the First Baptist Church. The last meeting featured J G Hallimond, Bowery Mission superintendent of New York, with music by the Baltimore Gospel Trio.

Pennsyvania Avenue Mount Vernon Methodist Episcopal First Baptist Church Oclock J G Hallimond Bowery Mission New York Baltimore

Limburg Stirum Engaged to Detroit Heiress

Count Menns von Limburg Stirum of Kaiser's Guards is betrothed to Mary Newland, a Detroit heiress. The Dutch-born noble is a naturalized German and serves as a lieutenant in the Kaiser’s First Life Guards.

Limburg

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