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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1909
Page
21
The September Sale offers high grade furniture at manufacturers wholesale prices. Readily affordable parlor, bedroom, and dining room suites plus many single pieces. Notable values include leather couches at 23.75, oak chairs at 2.95, rockers 5.00, and assorted dining items with substantial savings.
Announcement of Miss Antonia B. Carmody daughter of Mrs Carmody and the late Lieut Comdr Robert F Carmody A A N to Mr A Saunders Piatt Worthington at Holy Trinity Church Georgetown. Rev Edward Corbett officiated. Also noted are society moves and travels of Gen and Mrs Merritt and other Washington figures.
A list of guests and visitors staying at Natural Bridge Hotel and others visiting in Virginia. Names include Percival Pagett Mise Rees Alice Pagett and many others. Also mentions Miss Helen Winter visiting Richmond and Miss Mary Snow's remarks on domestic science and divorce prevention in Chicago.
The item describes social leadership figure Lady Granard and her Belgrave Square residence, detailing interior design and electric lighting as status symbols. It also covers entertaining at Gray Crag Newport with an Italian garden setup, and a broad survey of women’s economic roles in England, the Nuremberg fashion crackdown, Lady Aberdeen's thumbograph gift to schoolchildren, and society engagements including Miss Marion Campbell Plunkett’s engagement.
A vintage medical column notes a shift from cod liver oil and drugs to fresh air, sunshine, and rational feeding for consumption. It urges natural, scientific feeding alongside outdoor activity, regular walks, and clean water, claiming improved recovery rates with modern methods.
Local Odd Fellows members press Washington as host city for the 1910 convention. Seattle leaders plan to urge recognition at tonight’s Chamber of Commerce meeting with President Gud outlining a plan to raise 25 000 dollars to fund the entertaining of delegates before extending the invitation.
Fairmount Heights Citizens' Association discusses admitting women as members at a recent meeting with likely formal action at the next regular session. If approved, the association would become the only group of its type in the district to include women in its membership.
London reports Prince Emiyoshi Hun grandson of the Japanese emperor sails from Liverpool aboard the Carmania with the princess and Col Kurita his aid de camp bound for New York. He will represent Japan at the Hudapb-Patton ceremony visit President Taft and tour the United States thereafter.
A Petersburg dispatch notes an imperial trade bulletin announcing suppression of the grand duke council of imperial defense. The move is described as a substantial victory for Prime Minister Stolypin, who seeks to subordinate government branches within the constitutional framework and curb grand ducal interference.
The Marine Hospital Service orders agents to kill ground squirrels in Contra Costa County California amid claims they spread bubonic plague to humans near San Francisco. Dr W O Rucker presents a report linking multiple human cases to the squirrels, noting an epizootic among the animals and widespread culling efforts.
A huge freight box thought to contain Swiss Minister Ritter’s collectibles blocks Pennsylvania Avenue as crowds marvel at the arrival ready to ship a vast collection of Orientalia. Ritter explains the fifteen boxes are furniture from his travels, destined to decorate a Washington legation across rooms with Japanese porcelain, satsuma, carvings, and other exotic pieces.
A display of Colonial China offers exact recreations of early seventeenth century tableware with gold floral decorations. The assortment features dinner and luncheon plates bread and butter plates tea sets teapots sugars creams compotes and a complete dinner set. The collection includes reproductions of Abe china once owned by Martha Weington and George Washington.
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