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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
13
The September sale markets high grade furniture at wholesale prices to home-makers. Highlights include leather couches at 23.75, hand crafted rockers from 5.00, oak chairs, mahogany dining pieces, and complete room suites with deep discounts. Local shoppers are urged to visit for value, quality, and wide assortments, with emphasis on economical opportunities during a quiet market period.
A broad society wedding unfolds at Holy Trinity Church Georgetown with Miss Antonia B Carmody daughter of Mrs Carmody and the late Lieut Comdr Robert F Carmody A N to Mr A Saunders Piatt Worthington officiated by Rev Edward Corbett. Guests include Gen and Mrs Powell Clayton and Maj Gen Wesley Merritt as retirement news and travel notes fill the society columns.
Registered this week at Natural Bridge Hotel are Percival Pagett Mise Rees Pagett Miss Alice Pagett L. R. Adam L. D. Hankel R. G. Neighbors and several others. Residents and visitors travel to Richmond Front Royal and the White Mountains while discussions on domestic science and marriage trends feature in social commentary.
Snippet recalls Ady Granard plans for a Belgrave Square home with concealed electric lighting and ornate interior sets. It also reports on dinners at Gray Crag Newport with Italian garden decor and electric fountain, plus a discussion of English widows and bankruptcies, Nuremberg dress bans, Lady Aberdeen’s thumbograph albums, and the Gold Necklace Club connected to Miss Marion Plunkett’s engagement.
A 1900 article by T J Allen discusses the shift in consumption treatment from drugs and cod liver oil to fresh air sunshine and exercise. It promotes natural feeding and rational care, noting improved recovery rates as methods become more scientific and including notes on outdoor living and mental outlook.
Local members plan to press Washington to host the 1910 Independent Order of Odd Fellows convention in Seattle. Chamber of Commerce President Gud will present the plan at tonight’s meeting. They aim to raise 25000 dollars to entertain the delegation before inviting them.
Fairmount Heights Citizens' Association plans to admit women as members. A recent meeting discussed the proposal and a definite action is expected at the next regular meeting. If adopted, the association would be the only district group of its kind with women in membership.
Prince Emiyoshi Hun, grandson of the Japanese emperor, sails from Liverpool on the Carmania with the princess and Col Kurita to represent Japan at the Hudapb-Patton celebration in New York. He will meet President Taft and tour the United States afterward.
An imperial trade publication issued today suppresses the council of imperial defense formed in 1905. It calls this a substantial victory for the Stolypin cabinet and accuses it of seeking to expropriate branches of government in a constitutional sense, imitating grand ducal interference.
The Marine Hospital Service orders a campaign against wild ground squirrels in Contra Costa County California claiming they spread bubonic plague to humans near San Francisco. Dr W O Rucker reports several human cases traced to squirrels. authorities ban ground squirrel shipments unless certified. Local farm pestilence blamed on squirrels as extermination drives intensify.
A huge freight box believed to carry Oriental furniture gathered by Minister Ritter arrived in Washington. The Swiss envoy exclaimed the collection would furnish the Swiss legation with rare carvings, porcelain, textiles, and brasswork from Japan, China, India, and beyond, making the residence a showcase of the Orient.
Display features exact repro seven teenth century Colonial China shapes with gold decorations. Includes dinner and luncheon plates bread and butter plates tea sets teapots sugars creams compotes and complete dinner set assortments. Reproductions of Abe china presented to Martha Weington and Gorse Washington.
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