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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
21
Woodward & Lothrop advertises Halloween favors and dinner cards across multiple floors at its New York Washington and Paris sections, detailing displays on G Street and Fourth Floor Eleventh Street with emphasis on seasonal gifts and dining decorations.
A Friday sale offers seconds and remnants including men s handmade Japanese quilted dressing gowns with minor flaws, women's silk petticoats, outing flannel gowns, dressing sacques, blanket cloth bath robes, and other garments at reduced prices. Bargains emphasize early selection and marked discounts on items from overstock and imperfect lots.
Friday bargains on Corsets from PN and Amenean Lady lines with medium bust, long laps, and attached supporters. Sizes 20 to 27 offered, with various reductions from 3150 to 150 per pair and multiple models including bust supports and plain back laced fronts. Third Floor Eleventh Street.
Men's hat department lists belts and caps with various sizes and prices. Includes belts, Gulf and Yacht caps, and pearl colored items. Prices range around four to five dollars, with sizes noted and some items shown at sale levels.
Local sale offers many boys' outfits from sizes 3 to 10, including cocuient suits and two piece sar outfits with knickerbocker style. Priced at $3.75 per item, discounted from $5.00 to $6.00, with a focus on wool blends and heavy weights. Located on Tenth Street.
Frugal sale at Third floor Lieventh features boys blouses muslin drawers and infant garments. Prices cut from high original tags to small figures, with gowns bonnets and rousseline pieces reduced for quick sale. Readable items include embroidered collars, ribbons, and handwork on silk and muslin accessories.
A vintage ad lists deep discounts on women’s 26 inch silk umbrellas in black green and navy blue with three tone handles. It also promotes cheaper men’s and women’s garments including blouses shawls and coats with many items reduced from standard prices, all on the second floor of a department store.
A fragmented list shows cloth items including Madras and Pongee with soft textures. Prices noted 2c each or 8D per item with caps, suspenders, and tent stock mentioned. Some entries are garbled, but references to cloth, caps, and belts remain readable.
An early morning sale offers bath towels at a special price with a shipment of seconds. Includes 25 lozenge style towels and linen fringe towels sold in bundles of three, with value figures noted and prices discounted.
The shoe department advertises reductions across women girls and children styles including tan calfkin button and lace shoes with wave tops and Cuban heels in sizes up to 8B 8D and larger. Prices slashed from 350 509 and 800 to 250 and 100 per pair with many styles described as patent leather kid skin or gross material and various heel and sole features. The notice closes with work location Thiet Wood-Tenth st.
Washington society notes Mrs MacVeagh returns to the capital and opens the Sixteenth Street residence after summer in Dublin NH. Diplomatic figures including the German ambassador Countess von Bernstorff and Mr Ovey arrive for the season amid teas, weddings, and visits as officials and families establish winter quarters.
Reports from London claim Frank J Gould secretly wed after his divorce from Ina. The Savoy Hotel rumor centers on a beautiful woman named Mrs Gould and a possible remarriage kept from Gould’s social circle. Custody arrangements for his two daughters hinge on future actions, with no confirmation from Gould or his party.
Medical note warns against feeding fever during fever spikes in intermittent fevers as the body cannot metabolize food properly and may poison itself. It favors fruit juices and water during high temperatures and argues the old adage feed a cold and starve a fever is not valid for cold exposure and respiratory illness.
Mrs John J Astor lodges legal separation against Col Astor after years of distance and whispered estrangement. Friends note changed attitudes since 1881 marriage, with Col Astor preoccupied by estate matters yet once seen with his wife at opera, theater, and Central Park rides. The latest move widens public interest among society circles.
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