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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1904
Page
7
Our splendid autumn preparation is shown in full across departments with an unusual display of merchandise. The store invites shoppers to view exclusive art items and novelties, highlighting fashion and dress novelties sourced from Old World fashion centers and new arrivals from abroad.
A detailed promotional overview of new dress fabrics and materials for the season. It highlights American and imported weaves, exclusive patterns, rich colors, and luxurious textures like Moleskin and Crisonette, plus a broad catalog of suitings, crepes, silks, and dress goods from global sources displayed in a well lit department.
The Silk Department shows an expansive display from French manufacturers featuring Directoire silks and related fabrics. Highlights include Cyne chiffon, hand printed crepes, Rajah silks, and Velvet blends, with a range from luxurious to more affordable fabrics for gowns, street wear, and formal occasions.
Georgs Williamson releases How to Identify Portrait Miniatures with chapters on painting and color bound in green and gold. Frederick Litchfield offers How to Collect Old Furniture featuring forty plates and numerous illustrations in light cloth bindings.
An advertisement highlights I W facilities for prompt wedding invitations marriage announcements at homes and social function cards. Focus on dies for ciphers monograms addresses or heraldic devices and stamping on fashionable papers. High grade work at consistent prices.
A grand showcase of wedding gifts features from Japan and Europe including silver, glass, porcelain, and Limoges china. The display highlights dragon and cherry blossom motifs, Cloisonne, Hardanger embroidery, Italian pottery, and damps of cut glass with Cluny and Renaissance lace trim.
Social notices detail Capt de Chair and Mrs de Chair touring the United States before winter in Washington. Mr and Mrs Samuel Spencer plan moves to a new Massachusetts Avenue home. Various arrivals, marriages, and visits across Washington, New York, Boston, and Baltimore are listed along with a Jewish wedding at the Spanish War Veterans Hall and other social movements and greetings.
Allen M Gangewer, longtime deputy third auditor of the Treasury and former private secretary to Salmon P. Chase, died at his residence 218 Kstiget northwest yesterday at 1 p.m. Aged 86, he had served as editor of the Ohio State Journal and later worked with Chase in Washington. Survived by two daughters, Miss Ida Gangewer and a sister, the funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the home, conducted by Rev Reese Murray. Burial in Rok Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services for William W Rellow who died of typhoid fever at Columbian University Hospital were held from his home on Maine Avenue and the Merropol itan Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a longtime miller with the Thiverner Bakery and a prominent Mason, member of St John’s Lodge No 11 Mount Vernon Chapter No 3 Royal Arch and Washington Commandery No 1 Knights Templar. The ceremony included Templar rites at Congressional Cemetery chapel and church choir readings, with floral tributes and pallbearers from the Masonic bodies. Music featured readings of Nearer My God to Thee and Read Kindly Light.
Evangelist A B Simpson led the twenty third annual Christian and Missionary Alliance convention in New York, raising about 70,600 in cash and pledges. Donations varied from 23 cents to 900 dollars, with a notable contribution of five thousand dollars. He urged funds to support missionaries in the field.
Princeton University reports 418 freshmen this year with men arriving at 8 in the morning. The day marks a quiet rise from prior lines, as 81 more applicants seek the scientific academy course. Officials estimate total enrollment may exceed earlier records, following a trend away from classical studies.
In a clipped exchange the Chicago Tribune notes a colonel is pressed about interest in athletics. He replies with a sharp line: I’m on the rush line in the Electoral College team, signaling his political engagement and competitive stance.
Detroi recoens notes Jonesey constantly hearing compliments about himself. He asks if he stretches the truth. The reply says not at all. Jonesey is a great man to talk about himself and he is not deaf.
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