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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
13
A special remnant day offers attractive reductions across ready to wear outer garments for men women and children. The entire establishment features low prices and desirable remnants described as the best bargains in weeks amid busy display and handling.
Friday bargain in men's suits offers two lots at low prices with diverse styles. Readable items include 75 inch coats, various sizes, and sale pricing around twenty dollars to three thousand, reflecting a local hardware or department store ad style.
Bargain listing shows men’s lisle socks on sale with various price notations and shop references. Readable details are limited, but the ad highlights affordable hosiery items and discounts for male customers.
Readable catalog style sale item listing offering women's tailored suits in Parma serge and worsted blends in blue and other fabrics. Prices from 1000 to 1550 with many pieces marked special values, plus dresses, coats, and jackets in assorted trims and colors. Multiple brands and styles referenced with placeholder shop lines and pricing.
Fragment067 The readable text shows a sale promotion for boys all wool suits but the details are garbled. It mentions discounts and stock references with incomplete brand names and locations. The item reads like a local ad list from a faded 19th or early 20th century paper.
Advertises sales on women shirt waists with prices and sizes. Mentions various styles including tucked fronts and embroideries, discounts from original values, and reductions across multiple listed items. Notable figures include price ranges from near two dollars to around nineteen dollars and special offers on sizes up to eighteen.
A newspaper style notice advertises a Friday sale on black dress goods. It highlights imported armoire fabrics and a wide black fabric option priced at regular 100 dollars. The fragmented ad emphasizes discounts and wholesale fashion textiles.
Bargain lace sale offered in Valenciennes laces with German and Pat Valeryannes varieties. Ranges include widths suitable for trim dresses and children's wear. Prices listed from low to high with bulk floor minimums and per yard rates.
Bargain notices list women's percale skirts and garments with varied colors and features. Items include pink, blue, and red banded skirts with ruffle details priced around 100 dollars each with value shown at 150. Also advertised are blouses and Cambro style items with assorted necklines and deep hems at discounted prices.
A sale lists several women and men umbrellas with various colors and features. Items include black blue red green taffeta silk models with wood handles and tassels priced at 195 each, two 38 inch silk Gloria umbrellas in red brown with jet trim reduced from 300 to 1958 each, and a main floor display near the G street entrance.
Mrs Carter hosted a luncheon in honor of Mrs Norris wife of Montana Governor with guests including Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Richardson of New York. Capt Daniel Tyler Moore and Mrs Moore plan a two year stay in Germany. The guest list spanned diplomats and notable figures, with extensive courtly hosting noted around Washington society.
TrenTie Rathbone plans a spring salon at Eno residence in Natrest. The Bryn Mawr Polo Club hosts a polo match between Racquet Club and Philadelphia Country Club with early arrivals like Francis King Wainwright. Senator Guggenheim returns to Washington from New York. Mrs Ware to Trenton to live with her grandson Woodworth Clim. Invitations issued for a reception for Justice Harlan. Ames travels to Virginia Hot Springs. McGowan family back at Stoneleigh Court. Mrs Fairfield Carpenter hosted luncheon at Chevy Chase Club.
The Belmont spring social scene unfolds with New York society figures among the attendees. Clarence Mackay and a host of titled guests mingle on club grounds with Mrs Vanderbilt and her son William, while gossip swirls about Ethel Croker and marital prospects among European nobility.
In a vivid interview a mother discusses daughter Ethel's views on marriage, defends choosing love over title, and notes two other daughters' marriages. The piece shifts to Newport summer plans, naming President Orton, Mrs Morton, the Berwinds, and various social figures arranging season homes and events around yachts, lawns, and elaborate ballrooms.
H A Willard celebrated his 86th birthday at his home in Northwest Washington with a reception hosted by old friends and members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants. The event honored a longtime city booster whose family and associates praised his fifty years of growth and service. A multigenerational gathering with floral tributes and a luncheon reflected the esteem in which Willard is held by civic leaders, acquaintances, and local dignitaries.
Prince Prospero Colonna of the Roman noble family arrives in Washington with his son for a four to five day visit from New York. He dismisses any alliance with international marriage plans, saying the trip is to see America, enjoy friends, and give his son a glimpse of the nation. The party is met in New York by Walter Berry of the Italian Embassy.
King Edward will attend the wedding of Miss Jean Reid daughter of the American Ambassador to Britain Whitelaw Reid and John Hubert Ward to be held January 23 in the Chapel Royal at St James Palace. Queen Alexandra is expected to attend. A large reception will follow at the Reid London residence.
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