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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
13
Remnant day sale ongoing Friday featuring marked remnants of furniture bedding and garments for men women and children at very low clearance prices. Odds and ends include short lengths broken sizes ready for wear through fall. Readily usable for personal and home use with substantial discounts.
Remaining stock of 23 Men s and Young Men s Two and Three Piece Summer Suits offered at a special price of 10.75 each. Includes blue plain, striped tan gray green models, Hart Schaffner & Marx all wool, sizes 39 40 42 44, located on the main floor of Tenth Street store.
A sale offers Boys' Medium-weight Suits with knickerbocker trousers in sizes T to 17 for 5.00 each, with values up to 11.00. Also Little Boys' Russian Blouse Wash Suits in sizes 2, 3, and 4 priced at 1.00 each, with other values shown.
A newspaper ad lists numerous items on sale on the third floor including boys wash blouses sometimes trimmed with delicate lace and negligees, men neckwear, light and dark colored silks, lisle shirts, bath suits and wool suits. Prices are slashed from one to three dollars, with many items reduced to 50 cents to 2 dollars. Items include hats, pajamas, and various sizes, with dates and store floor noted.
Women’s suit department lists French linen and white rep pieces in sizes 34 to 38 with coats trimmed in nets and pearls, prices cut from 12 50 to 9 75, and from 3500 to 5180 for striped mahali and satin striped Panama ensembles. Glove selections in sizes 5 6 to 7 8 provide discounts from 1.00 to 0.80 per pair.
Framing bargains offer a4 aire ie imported portieres satin finish in rich reds and dark blues at 5.00 a pelt. Silk velours and imperial velours offered from 2.50 per yard with value prices as low as 1.50 to 4.00 per yard. Fourth floor G st.
Multiple lots of women’s waists offered at deep discounts from regular prices. Net waists in white and cream with lace trim and round collars, plus White India Silk waists with fine lace, all sizes. Also hand made and Madras shirt waists, many with embroidery and Valenciennes insertions, reduced from high prices to low, third floor G at.
A sale advertisement offers 14 dozen Hemstitched Muslin Pillow Cases 45x36 inches at 1.50 per dozen, value 2.00, on second floor eleventh st Women’s Costume Dept with Linene Dresses in white pink and lavender marked down from 7.50 to 5.75 each, plus multiple infant and corse department items and Chinese china in various reductions on the third and fifth floors.
Miss Perie Anderson was married to Mr Lilley in a Washington ceremony at the home of Justice and Mrs Anderson attended by family and close friends. The bride wore ivory satin with lace and orange blossoms, and the groom, son of the late Connecticut governor, was escorted by her father. A wedding breakfast followed as guests traveled from Connecticut and other states.
The Duveen firm to bring the entire Kann collection to America for exhibition after securing it for 2.5 million dollars. Notable items include The Horsemen, a 4 by 6 foot canvas signed in full and featuring Bevon Mguras cattle horses and landscape. J Pierpont Morgan and Mrs Huntington among buyers. Also notes Miss J. Fates on fashion history and a Teutonic voyage containing artists, dancers, and a London barrister studying immigrants.
Fragmented OCR notes recount travel to Atlantic City and New York, mention Dr. Randolph Carmichael and Adelaide Brith's math chair, reference University of California and University of Johannesburg, and note political and suffrage tensions. Names and places are garbled, with several incomplete phrases and mis-spellings.
A garbled passage discusses the ameboid body and blood cells, linking digestive function to thought. It references an organ system for procuring and digesting, noting difficulty in recognizing powers and bodily coordination.
The article surveys China’s railway push amid British criticism of Chinese capabilities. It praises Chinese construction of Ningpo and Kalgan lines, notes foreign doubts, and highlights Chinese engineers Yen Te Ching and Jume who train a new generation. It argues railroads fuse defense, unity, and modernization, with the Kalgan project aiming for rapid progress under Chinese control.
Seattle on September 2 reports the commercial commissioners of Japan visiting the United States to organize a formal study of American commerce. The tour is linked to a possible absorption of Shibaura engineering works by General Electric. GE has operated in Japan for fifteen years, selling under its name and owning significant stakes in Tokyo Banki and Shibaura firms, with Mitsui holding part of Shibaura.
The National Association of Retail Milliners met at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago and unveiled the aeroplane hat as the season’s new headgear. They banned the peach-basket hat and discarded the Louis XVI three cornered bonnet. The airship like design features two long feathers, a curved rim, measures about 2 by 8 inches, and is notably lighter than a pound.
Special to The Washington Port notes Matt Harriman’s condition improves steadily and it will be only a short time before he resumes active leadership of his extensive business interests. He takes a brief daily walk at Arden House.
Teheran Sept 2 The deposed Shah of Persia will receive an annual pension of 180000 dollars after a meeting at the Russian legation with a governments delegation and British and Russian diplomats. The protocol fixes the payment and arranges that he depart the country three days after signing.
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