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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1905
Page
12
The Popularity of Rich's See Fashions is shown by their strong wedding season sales. They offer a new stock matching gowns with dainty effects in many shades plus walking boots in dull and bright leathers. Sporting footwear includes gymnasium, golf, tennis, riding, and hunting boots. College boots for young customers highlight exclusive Nukes styles.
Richmond society prepares for the fifth annual horse show with many local exhibitors led by Mrs. T. N. Carter and Miss Gertrude Skelton. Notables include Col. Joseph B. Willard and Lt. George Bryan. Out-of-town guests, gowns by noted dressmakers, and a wedding engagement of Miss Nancy Gordon Cooke to Stafford H. Parker highlight a week of society events, with a high society guest list from Danville to Chicago and a fall recital to conclude.
The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities reports progress at Jamestown with rising visitor interest and plans for the annual meeting. Upcoming marriages include Estelle Walford to Winthrop Crenshaw and Hosalie Evans to Joseph Henry Grubbs, with invitations issued for Vera Louise Woodson to Alfred Lindsay Burgess. Also noted are whist club events, social visits, and several residents traveling or returning from trips.
Special to The Washington Fest from Petersburg Virginia notes a Riverside Country Club horse show, a Grand Camp Confederate Veterans reunion with 80000 guests, a crater battle re-enactment, and a social calendar featuring dances, weddings like Miss Constance Knox and Mr Charles Cabaniss, and numerous society visits and club meetings across October.
Connecticut social page notes Mrs Converse and daughters at home on Tuesdays on Connecticut Avenue. Admiral formerly lived at 1744 M Street NW. Robe R Barringer of Fort Wayne Indiana visits his parents Capt and Mrs M Barringer at 1433 Q Street. He attends the Royce Keefe wedding as best man on the eleventh. William Frye White and children return to the city from Maine after three months away. Commander L L Reamey A S My Reamey and Brewster Reamey of 1748 N Street NW return from Europe. Fairfax Assembly gave a German fare at Willard's Hall Friday evening in Fairfax Virginia. Misses Parks daughters of Commander W M Parks USN, with aunt Mrs W T Kilby, return from Sea View Cottage Virginia Beach after a delightful summer. Victoria Parks competed in the Labor Day swimming match.
Mr and Mrs Thomas E Nyman celebrated their thirtieth wedding anniversary at home with autumn decorations and a repast. Many friends attended including B J De Lacy Ferdinand Waldman Harry Leimbach Lewis Warner and numerous Nyman relatives and associates.
Flower of the Day describes sundrops, in the evening primrose family, growing one to five feet tall in dry fields and fence corners from Nova Scotia to Georgia. It bears one bloom atop a wand like stem, with bees and butterflies feeding on hidden nectar, flowering from June to October. A Philadelphia Press note adds a light literary aside about Miss Prim and Miss Pert, followed by a line about new wedding decoration schemes from Shaffer.
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