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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1905
Page
17
A sales notice announcing the fall opening of new outergarments from leading European and American designers. Featuring exclusive one of a kind styles on display only at our third floor G street location.
A UK shop unveils Autumn Opening of Real Laces and Novelty Robes featuring Duchesse Irish Rose Point Pompadour Venise Point Genoa Trish Point Guipure Chantilly and Baby Irish laces. Hats gowns lingerie and robes display rare handmade pieces and exclusive lace novelties with real and imitation laces interwoven.
Bedding department announces opening and sale of the largest and most complete line. Sourced from across the country and imported from France and Austria, it offers substantial practical items and luxurious pieces. Fine Jacquard blankets of Austrian wool showcased. prices range from $12.50 to $30.00 per pair.
Catalog listing prices for California blankets in multiple sizes and lengths. Includes metal bed extra length blankets and varied price points from six to twenty dollars per pair. Also shows date codes and bulk price tiers with incremental increases.
100 pairs 11 4 high grade wool blankets 72 by 84 inches 54 lbs $5 a pair value 6 00 36x6 inches 1 50 1 75 to 2 75 per pair 36x50 inches 7 00 2 50 to 6 75 per pair 43x56 inches 3 50 4 25 to 8 00 per pair 48x64 inches 4 50 to 6 00 per pair 100 pairs wool crib blankets 6x46 inches 8 5c per pair 36x50 inches 1 25 per pair 42x60 inches 1 65 per pair regular values 1 25 1 75 and 2 50 second floor Eleventh st. a
The current millinery display at Woodward and Lothrop showcases an extensive collection from European and American sources. The buyer studied Old World styles and selected distinctive hats featuring flowers feathers velvets and laces, aiming for individuality and refined taste in a salon setting on the second floor at Tenth Street.
Demonstrating Reever's Blue Naptha Soap praised by housekeepers for cold water use and no blueing. It removes grease without harming delicate fabrics and is unmatched for general housework. Limited free Minuet White Toilet Soap boxes offered with each Blue Naptha order while supplies last. Pure Food Dept Fifth floor.
The article advertises English baby coaches as essential for protection against wind. It highlights a “Special” English Coach with dark blue body, English feather cloth interior, leather hood, brass trimmings, steel gear, cushion tires, and a reversible hood, priced at $30.00, originally $35.00, located on the Seventh floor G street.
The New Mission Furniture department announces an enlarged selection featuring Mission designs from top manufacturers. Highlights include Weathered Oak Writing Desks with matching chairs, Weathered Oak Library Tables priced at 13.50, Stickley chairs from 5.00, and leather topped armchairs at 10.00. Also showcases Crex Prairie Grass furniture, revolving book cages, and the Danner Case in oak and mahogany. Seventh door-Gat.
The social page details multiple Washington area weddings and engagements. Edna M Ricketts and Edward B Eynon Jr plan a home wedding next week with a small attendant party. Alice Hyatt marries George Onrad Reid in a noon ceremony at St Matthews Church with a family reception. Pauline Casey Wright and William Walter Dinwiddie announce an October 8 wedding at St Thomas Episcopal with a late reception at 1748 Corcoran Street. Ethelyn Whittemore Miller wed George Herman Zeller Jr at her Mount Pleasant home in a private ceremony followed by a large reception. The piece notes prominent families and naval officers in attendance and mentions ongoing social events at the Oakdale and other society hubs.
Elites gathered at Erskine Park Lenox for a Berkshire Hunt Club event followed by breakfast and a large dance in the gymnasium. Guests included British and Austrian diplomats, ambassadors and their spouses, with Miss Josephine Durand and Miss Heloise Meyer among the finishers in the six mile hunt.
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