Woodward & Lothrop Fashion Display 1905 Fall and Winter
The store presents European and American fashions with Parisian millinery wraps dresses and novelties. It highlights a large selection of apparel fabrics lace lingerie gloves and accessories along with housewares and art objects. American goods are favored though items from Paris and London appear. The buyers travel abroad biannually to source exclusive items for fall and winter 1905 06 and invite inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Eoerene
Paris
London
New Swiss Underwear Line For Fall And Winter
A local catalog announces a new line of Swiss underwear for fall and winter. The collection includes women’s cotton vests with high neck styles, various weights of cotton and lisle thread tights, Merino vests and tights in multiple neck and sleeve options, silk vests and tights, fancy silk vests for evening wear, corset covers in cotton lisle and silk, and additional silk variants. Strong emphasis on quality materials and multiple color options.
Women's Silk and Wool Hose collection on Main floor
New hosiery lineup features Women’s Black Silk and Wool Hose in light to heavy weights. Includes Black Cashmere Hose, plain and open work silk options, Silk Hose in evening shades, White Silk Hose, and Fancy Cotton Hosiery. Main floor F Street location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F St
Women's Fine Footwear Prices and Styles Across Dress Shoes
A catalog note lists women's footwear including Fire Calfskin Shoes at 6.00 per pair, Kidskin Button Shoes, Lace and Button Shoes, and Patent Coltskin Lace and Button Shoes with welt soles. Describes quality, comfort, and up-to-date styling, with third floor, tenth street location.
Women’s New Kimonas On Fifth Floor Display
Complete assortment of kimonas in long and short styles in cotton crepe flannel silk pongee albatross and more. Outing flannel kimonas with ribbon borders feature small fan and flower designs priced 1.75 to 2.00. cotton crepe 2.00 to 3.00. pongee 4.50. albatross 6.00. silk varieties 8.00 to 10.00. Third Floor Eleventh Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiannel Kinsoneas
Shea
Izsa
Eleventh Street
Demonstration of Van Deusen Cake Pans at Pure Food Dept
Demonstration of Van Deusen Cake Pans shows various sizes and shapes. Cakes baked in these pans are offered for sale with orders for special bakings accepted. Angel gold sunshine white loaf lager devil and nut cake options listed at 25 cents each upward. Fifth Floor Pure Food Dept Tenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Food Dept
The New Furniture Department Opens Expanded Showings
The sixth and seventh floors of the G street building now house an enlarged furniture stock with new lines including bedroom and dining room suites, parlor tables and chairs, mahogany and walnut pieces, and a broad display of Crex and Mission furniture. Highlights include the Derby desk, sectional bookcases Caster and Humphrey, plus weathered oak chairs, Morris chairs, and solid oak desks. Special stacks of the Humphrey case, with multiple book sections, are offered at 13.75 per stack. Sixth and seventh floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Odd
G Street
Humphrey
Morris
Humphey
Washington
Football Requisites for Men and Boys at Low Prices
In our Sporting Goods Department we display a complete line of football requisites for men and boys. Everything is first quality and offered at the lowest prices. Main floor Tenth Street.
New Ideas in Fancy Handles to Umbrellas
Woodward and Lothrop feature Woyeaki hand carved umbrella handles in Japanese wood with silver and gold trims or plain designs. Oriental umbrellas are color coordinated with autumn gowns. A preliminary showing is ready with more to come. Prices range from five to ten dollars per item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodward & Lothrop
Woyeaki
Uyake
Men's Rain Coats and Overcoats Arrive at Main Floor F Street
New additions to our large selection of men's rain coats and overcoats feature attractive materials colors and workmanship. Rain gear includes surtoouts paddocks and waterproof cloth outerwear in heavy and light weights. Styles cover fall and early winter needs with coats suitable for cold mornings and evenings. Prices range from 10.00 to 27.50. Main floor F Street.
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F St
Men’s New Neckwear Shown As Proper Dress Accessory
A local ad notes that careful neckwear selection enhances a man’s appearance. The full stock offers only correct shapes and colors with quality goods as the aim, emphasizing assurance of style and fit.
Made-to-Measure Shirts Advised For Social Season Rush
The article urges ordering made-to-measure shirts now before the social season rush. It notes shirts should fit personal preferences exactly and that materials and craftsmanship justify moderate prices from $1.50 upward.
Guaranteed Sewing Machines On Sale At Special Value
The store promotes a complete line of high grade sewing machines with five year guarantees and improved woodwork and attachments. The line includes automatic lift models in polished oak cases with full attachments, offered at 20 dollars each, on the second floor.
Imported Novelties Arrive At Store In Extensive List
Daily arrivals include white enamelled cabinets with cretonne covers for handkerchiefs gloves laces veils and collars. New items feature French cretonne sewing trays tapestry trays pillow tops and silk tapestry pillows with Persian patterns and prices ranging from 38c to 9.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennes
Hach
New Belts and Silk Belts Prices
An advertisement lists silk and embroidered belts in white and black with gilt buckles. Prices range from 1.25 to 6.00 for silk belts and 2.25 to 4.00 for embroidered silk belts, with marks of fading OCR errors in the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavesi
Kia
Renee Renee
New Hair Ornaments Exhibition Opens in French Styles
Exhibit highlights include Aigrettes Bowknots Wreaths Pompons Feathers Rosettes Mercury Wings Butterflies in rich colors and jet spangles. Ribbon uses extend to complement gowns, main floor grand display with price at five dollars.
Matchless Millinery Opens With World Bride Style
A detailed preview of the new millinery shop featuring rich plumes, airy aigrettes, cut steel, jet tints, and blooming flowers. Describes Woodward & Lothrop hats with crown and veil work, mourning styles, prune beaver, moire ribbons, and imported French designs, highlighting elegant, refined pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodward & Lothrop
Resting in Hebrew Cemetery Services for Mrs Gustave Lansburg
Funeral services for Mrs Gustave Lansburg were held at her home on Vermont Avenue with Rabbis Stern and Simon officiating. Attendees came from Baltimore Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cleveland and Boston. Interment followed at Washington Hebrew Cemetery. Mrs Lansburg aged 61 is survived by her husband and nine children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Lansbure
Lansburg
Vermont Avenue
Stern and
Simon
Washington
Cleveland
Boston
Leon Lauer
Isaac Blout
Max Goldsmith
A. Bart
Henry Frank
Alexander Wolf
Louis Goldsmith
Arst
Louisa Eimimelrich
Dahlias Rule as Washington Florists Club Showcases New Varieties
Washington Florists Club met at Schmidt's Hall on Ninth Street Northwest. About fifteen top dahlia growers attended, displaying over 6000 varieties. The notes highlighted a shift from mums to new rare dahlias, many bred or newly discovered in tropical regions. Richard Vincent Jr spoke on dahlias after routine business and letters from florists thanking the convention organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Florists’ Club
Schmidt's Hall
Ninth Street
Tropics
Europe
Tuesdy
Club
Florists
Richard Vincent, Jr
Carroll Institute Election Draws Younger Members
The Carroll Institute holds its annual officers and board election tonight in the reading room from 7 to 8 36 with a lively contest. James F Shea is urged for president and James A Ca Bill for treasurer with no contest. other posts see candidates Vic president William H Dennis secretary Joseph D Sullivan and board nominees from both sides. After the vote activity continues with vigor and the outlook for a prosperous year is bright. At the last meeting several new directors were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Institute
Institute
James F. Shea
James A. Ca Bill
Vic
William H. Dennis
Joseph D. Sullivan
Peter A. Drury
D. A. Edwards
M. J. Keane
P. 8. Warren
John 3. Nolan
J. Stephen Guista
John J. Gorman
Robert C. Howard
William 8. McCarthy
W. Cleary Sullivan
Henry W. Schon
F.C. J. Treanor
Pi Beta Phi Banquet at George Washington University
The Columbia Chapter alumni of Pi Beta Phi held their annual banquet and reception for active members in GWU’s library last night. Attendees included fraternity members, university faculty and wives, with Miss Emma Harper Turner among guests. President Needham sent regrets that he cannot attend. The chapter, founded in 1839, featured wine red decor and banners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Mi Beta Phi
George Washington University
Emma Harper Turner
Needham
Reid
College
Pi Beta Phi
Social and Personal Notes From Washington Scene
Secretary Root traveled to New York for a Loyal Legion dinner with Gen. Horace Porter and planned a night train return to meet today’s diplomatic events. Royal Navy Captain E. B. Ryan arrived as naval attaché, with Mr. William Beaumore Townley joining as counselor shortly. Ern est Rendle named First Secretary, and Durand and Lady Durand to winter at the capital. Bridal parties and receptions fill social calendars as families announce weddings and moves across Washington, D. C. and nearby residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root
New York
Horace Porter
France
Loyal Legion
Washington
Royal British Navy
Denair
William Beaumore Townley
California
Ernest Rendle
Percy Windham
Ain
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Women’s New Hosiery
Tenth Street
Women’s New Kimonas
van Deusen
the New Furniture Department
G St
Bird of Paradise
Hebrew Cemetery
Mrs. Lansbury
Sarah V. Hunt
John R. Hunt
Hunt
Prince George County
Warren
Anne Soper Lowe
John R Hunt
Isador Hermann
Darliahs
Paul Morton
Chicago
George T. Nicholson
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
A. Nicholson
Hostetter
Sale Pric
Portieres
Benjamin Butterworth
Hen Butterworth
The
Wyoming
Charles M. Hendley
Charles W. Hendley
Baltimore
Misa Genevieve Holtzman
New Willard Hotel
Charles J. Bell
Helen A
Julian A. Ripley
St. Thomas’ Church
Eighteenth Street
Madison Place
Miss Bell
Grace Bell
Florence D. Wyckoff
Zaides Cobb
Diane Morgan-Hil
Elizabeth Mersh
Louis A. Ripley
Litchfield
Conn
Uebers
Ashbel Barney
Henry Coffin
Frank Simmons
Henry Rogers Winthrop
Gardiner Hubbard Bell
Twin Oaks
Wisedbey Lane
Lloyd B. Brooke
Edith Elizabeth
Cyrus Tidball Bright
St. Mark's Church
Third
B Street
BE. F. Kinchiey
Misa Stuart Dempsey
Augusta, Ga
M. I. Weller
Seward Square
Capitol Hill
Henry C. McIlvaine
Philadelphia
Elizabeth R. McIlvaine
E. Crosby Kindleberger
Kindleberger
David Kindleberger
Asstatant Corporation Counsel
New York City
Wills
Lakes
Cecil
Charles H. Tompking
City
Twentieth Street
Col. & W. Pollock
U. S
Kalorama Avenue
Portland
Orego
San Francisco
Cal
Ven Ness Avenue
West
Atlantic To
Richard Jackson Barker
Tiverton
R. I. Fn
Abbitt House
Hugh C. Wallace
Pacific Coast
Carpenter House
Sixteenth Street
Smithsonian
United States
Julius Kamper
Smithsonian Institution
Yorktown
Seville
Oy Rossini
Wintermyer
Corp Hess
s+ Spenser
Herbert
Maryland
Helnewann
Tokyo
Peters
American Patrol
Star - Spangled Bann
Meacham
Harriss Shafer Company Diamond and Gem Merchants
Pennsylvania Ave
Berry & Whitmore Co
Jewsiers, Buveramitae
P and Eleventh Streets
Old Colony Co
H St
Hepplewhite
Sheraton
Chippendale
DIANO
Stieff
Rene Chas
M. Stieff Gacomit
St. N. W
Pedro Demecq
Jpanish
V. D. Rosen
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