Arranging the Home in Summer Attire for Summer Comfort
Woodward Lothrop in Washington offers a full set of labor saving devices for spring cleaning and summer furnishing. Replacing heavy draperies with light fabrics, reupholstering furniture, and decorating with linen tapestries are highlighted. The store promises furniture for city seaside or country homes, curtains, draperies, glassware, lamps, stoves, refrigerators, water coolers, filters, and more with expert repairs and complete outfitting services.
Upholstery Goods and Window Draperies Display Ad
A showroom announces fabrics for window and door draperies including Madras silks taffetas cretonnes and nets plus ready made curtains screens and canopies. It promotes Willow Furniture new chair designs and summer furniture with priced lace curtains slip covers and ready to fit hardwood and adjustable window screens many items with per yard prices and special offers.
Spring sale highlights for bedstead and mattress items
FE showcases a large assortment of Brass Bedsteads in various designs from 19.75 to 140. Special values at 10.75 and 21.50. Plain White and Brass lined Bedsteads range 3.50 to 17.50. Also White Enameled beds, heavy White Bedsteads, Black Enameled beds with brass trimmings 9.50 to 25. All-metal bed springs 3.50 to 6.00, box springs 12.50 to 18. Ostermoor Mattresses at catalogue prices, 15.00 and smaller sizes. Cotton Felt Mattresses 12.50. Feather Pillows 1.00 to 3.25 and feather Pillows with German Linen ticking 2.00.
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Twoteads
Wonderfully comprehensive stock at Fifth Floor store
China, Glass, Lamps, House furnishings, and Pure Foods offer a vast collection of desirable, reliable merchandise. Quality is valued. prices are fair. The Fifth floor features new and staple items, aiming to eliminate the undesirable and present only worthy purchases for customers.
Lamps and Lanterns for Summer Homes Sale
An assortment of Glass Lamps and metal lamps in finishes. Glass Hand Lamps from 25c and up, Nickel and Brass Lamps from 1.00 and up, Hanging Lamps for halls and dining from 26c and up. Lanterns and Japanese Geisha Lamp Shades, wicks chimneys burners and parts available.
Moth Fighting Materials and Camphor Oils Listed
A catalog of moth control supplies including Tarine sheets and Moth Bags of various sizes, crystallized camphor in packages, Oriental crystallized camphor, Chinese ta na camphor, Cedar of Lebanon camphor, crystalline camphor in packages, and sulfur candles offered by a supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manahan
Mannahan
Cera
Ereratnseipraan Petparris Wiaete Tee Oriental
Cedar of Lebanon
French China Covered Dishes and Meat Dishes Offered
Importer's sample line of choice quality French China Covered Dishes in assorted shapes colors and designs is obtainable but limited to once or twice yearly and is of unusual value. Also a lot of French China Meat Dishes in assorted shapes sizes and colorings with prices ranging from
Summer Cottage Old Colonial Glassware Line Ad
A newspaper ad offers a complete line of Summer Cottage Glassware in Old Colonial patterns. Items include berries bowls, comports, berry dishes, tea glasses, olive dishes, punch cups and bowls, footed sherbets, with prices from a few cents to several dollars, highlighting quality and finish for fine service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colonial
Reliance Wickless Stove Ad Offers Safe Efficient Heating
Medium priced Reliance wickless stove touted as draught resistant and easy to operate. Sells from 3.00 dollars upward, with other stoves available up to 9.75 dollars.
Lawn Mowers at Moderate Prices and Accessories
Reliable lawn mowers with guaranteed quality and sturdy construction offered at moderate prices. Options include high and low wheels plain or ball bearing, with sale items listed around nine dollars and up. Also available sharpeners, trowels, metal rakes, spades, grass sickles, and japanned watering pots with low starting prices.
Colonial Coffee Ad Describes Premium Blend Qualities
A vintage advertisement extols Colonial Coffee as the finest blend. It emphasizes high grade beans, full body, rich color and flavor, aimed at discerning, particular consumers.
Colonial Flour Ad Promises Superior Minnesota Spring Wheat
A Colonial Flour advertisement touts a flour milled from Minnesota Spring Wheat by quality focused millers. Sold direct from a clean warehouse in solid carloads with moderate pricing. Prices: 116 bbl at 45c, 1% bbl at 85c, 1 bbl at 1.60, 1% bbl at 3.10, bbl at 6.35.
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Minnesota
Colonial' Extra Fancy Creamery Butter Arrives in Washington
Colonial Extra Fancy Creamery Butter comes exclusively to us in Washington. It is unlike the various grades of Higin butters found elsewhere and is praised for unusual quality. Sold in sanitary packages, pound 35c, 5 lbs 1.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special Rug Sale Hits Fourth Floor Listing Details
Housewide sale highlights 12x15 Kashmir rugs and 9x15 Kashmir pieces with deep cuts. Brussels and Ingrain rugs featured, plus Wilton and Bigelow Wilton varieties at substantial markdowns. Smyrna and Wilton Hall rugs offered at one third off. Fourth floor display showcases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kashmir
Brussels
Ingrain
Wilton
Bigelow
Smyrna
Wilton Hall
Washington Socials Mark Turkish Duke Visit and Summer Plans
Washington society notes record a White House visit by Mrs Longworth and her sister, and a grand Larz Anderson dinner for the Duke of the Abruzzi with a guest list of ambassadors and officials. Many families plan summer absences abroad, with the Reyburns and others leaving for Europe, and upcoming charity and bridge events at Army clubs and private homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Duke of the Abruzzi
Larz Anderson
Mrrs. Reyburn
William Belden Noble
Miss Noble
Madame Pezet
Peru
C. S. Walton
1731
Northwest
Walton
Washington Barracks
iMeantime
Wilcox
Taft
Lanegfitt
Sternberg
Charles Lynch
J. J. Morrow
Chester Warding
Galbraith
Army Relief Society
Washington Branc
CM. Sternbers
FB Wilcox
B. A. Koerner
Larg Anderson
the Abruzzi
Lieut
Negretto di Canbiaso
Montagna
Meyer
Dewey
Cowles
Mira. Terry
Longworth
Qientueton Wilson
Ett
Chandon Olive Oil Promoted as France's Purest Product
An advertisement touts Chandon olive oil from Bordeaux as exceptionally light and pure. It lists bottle prices 25, 45, and 85 cents and tin can formats with screw cap and faucet at 85 cents, 1.60, and 3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
France
Step Ladders For All Uses From Sc Upward Fifth Floor
Step ladders complete range for all uses including floor nail window dust toilet refrigerator scrubbing. Suitable from scale SC upward and appropriate for fifth floor tasks. Compact set covers height needs and stability for indoor and light outdoor work.
Colonial Card Pricing Note
An advertisement lists unbleached and unadulterated card stock with pricing per bucket: 3-fb at 45 cents, 5-fb at 75 cents, and 10-fb at $1.40. The line emphasizes high quality and unusual excellence in this colonial style offering.
Quiet New York wedding and society notes
Mrs Ada Jaffray McVickar wed Herman Patrick Tappe in a small 6 pm ceremony at St. Leo's Church New York. The event featured music and a brief reception The couple and guests then planned a tour abroad with family connections and social figures following. A second wedding in Brooklyn and a Christie’s sale summary follow in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Immaculate Convention
Blanche Regina Miller
Mary E. Miller
Preston Paul Edmonston
City
New York
James D. Marr
Rom
Ada Jaffray McVickar
Herman Patrick Tappe
St. Leo’s Church
Twenty Eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
James MecVickar
Edward
Jaffray
Jaffray McVickar
Noel McVickar
John H. McCullough
Philip B. Thompson
Lanier Winslow
James McVickar
Mr. Tappe
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New Willow Furniture
G St
Ostermoor
Chinaware
French
China
Reese Renee
Colonial
Brilliant Company
Mme. Jusserand
Mme. Nabuco
Mme. Creel
Mme. de Lagercrantz
Mme. de Lima
Panama
Mme. de Qbaldia
John E. Reyburn
Europe
A. E. Bates
Connecticut
Frederick FR. Swift
Uplands
Windsor
Mays
Countess von Mollie
Mme. Bonaparte
E Street
Glorut
Denmark
Webster A. Edgar
W. W. Belknap
Cazenovia
Grace Allen
Gen
Charles J. Allen
Raleigh
N. C
P Street
Miss Allen
Miss Nash
Andrew Porter
Biddle Porter
Antwerp
Andrew B. Graham
Cairo
Graham
Virginia
Nicholas Quauer
Rhode Island Avenue
York Harbor
Isaac A. Mannings
Miss Mannings
Cartagena
Colombia
Mr. Mannings
Americanonsul
Drew Linard
Ceiba
Honduras
Edmonston
Mr. Edmonston
Samuel S. Edmonston
Georgetown University
Col. Trues
Dale
Nineteenth Street
Columpbia Road
J. Lawrence Gary
Muskogee
Ind. T
Gertrude Bennett
Leo Bennett
United States
Gary
Robert Lee Kidner
Kansas
Medford Hynson
M. ¥. Anington
Zera Edith
Frederick A. van Denbergh
Otto T. Simon
Church Home Hospital
Baltimore
Mount de Sales Scholarship Fund
William’ John Zeh
Jere
Reid
Ifford Boarman
E. Hoover
Ethel Wiliot
Ganon
Frank A. Wolff
Woodward
Lothrop
Paris
Altamont
F Street
F Streets
Woodward & Lothrop
Altamont Spring Water Co
Lepward
Henry Whelen, Jr
Philadelphia
Saul
Robert Goelet
Craig Biddle
Rhine
Danube
Mediterranean
Duke and Duchess of
Grace Milton Irvine
William Irvine
Richard Irving McKenney
C. R. McKenney
St. Paul
Minn
St. John's Church
Brooklyn
Florence Irvine
Anna Francis
Elizabeth Mackay
Alice Rose
Marguerite Zimmerman
Alien Grey Hoyt
Manhattan
Dean Edmunds
Joseph E. Freeman
William Broughton
B. Poe Bishop
Christie's
London
Marie Antoinette
Louis Lefevre
de Pled
George
Earl of Essex
Fannie Kelly
Miss Kelly
Shaffer
Galt & Bro
Penn. Ave
Dunlop
Vulcan
F St
Gus Price
M. Goldsmith & Son, Jewelers
Penna. Avenue
Philips
Eleventh Street
Philipsborn
T. E. Young
Geer
Ave
Meadowbrook
Oriental Tag, Importing Co
Tato Et Street Main i
Sloan’s
G Street
Stockton
Frank R. Stockton
E. Booker
Basil D. Boteler
Sloan & Co
R. Harris & CO
D Sts
Steinway
Ane Vinen
Edison & Victor
Droop * Co
N. W
The
Davenport Co
Noane Lon
Standard Sewing Machine GO
Jos
Burchell
Conlife
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