Woodward & Lothrop Set Holiday Hours on Labor Day
Woodward & Lothrop Store will close at noon today on Labor Day and thereafter remain closing at 5 p.m. until further notice with Saturday hours at 1 p.m.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1904
Page
7
Early Fall Housekeeping Sale Promises Broad Depths of Goods
A comprehensive sale opens today featuring housekeeping supplies, furniture, and home furnishings for fall readiness. Items span table linens to curtains and draperies, rugs, furniture, bed linens, china and glassware, ornaments, kitchen and laundry requisites, and wooden wares. Prices are 25 to 34 percent lower than rivals, with direct-from-makers goods.
Dress Goods In New Quarters
The Dress Goods Department has moved to the second floor, offering Dress Goods Silks Velvets and Linings in a spacious new room. Comfortable seating, polished wood counters, and soft green decorations accompany enhanced lighting to show fabrics under ideal conditions. The move reflects the storewide progressive spirit and aims to guide patrons toward choosing quality over cost.
Social and Personal Plan for Social Functions
Receptions to be held at Gardiner Hubbard Memorial Hall and at the Hubbard home as part of a social calendar around the International Geographic Congress. Notable guests include Prince Roland Bonaparte, Mrs Fannie B. Warkman, Sir John Murray, and many ambassadors and explorers. Also notes a marriage of Olive L. Smith and Charles E. Perry and various movements of society figures between Washington, Maine, Europe, and New York venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Hubbard Memorial
Hubbard
Olive L. Smith
Perry
International Geographic Congress
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Fannie B. Warkman
Paris
Sir John Murray
Scotland
Prince
Monaco
von Drygalski
Russia
Alfred Gibbons
England
William Grandidier
Baron Vavasseur
Capt. Werther
Germany
J. Scott Kelte
Royal Geographical Society of England
P. K. Zozloff
Russe
St. Petersburg
Henry G. Lyons
Cairo
Egypt
Gustave Miller
Berlin
Roosevelt
National Society
Memorial Hall
Gardiner Hubbard
O. P. Austin
Henry Gannett
John Joy Edson
Gilbert H. Grosvenor
A. W. Greely
Robert Peary
Willis Moore
Charles ©. Walcott
David T. Day
D. C. Smith
Charles E. Perry
Tenth Street
D. W. Montgomery
Baltimore
Atlantic City
Indiana Avenue
GC. W. Keyes
New York
Agnes Thompson
Carolina
Fannie Cattell
Chicago
St. Louis
Marie Boyland
Katherine Garber
Cumberlad
Elizabeth Binger
O Street Northwest
J. M. McCauley
Dresden Hall
Takoma Park
Colby
Cne MacNaughton
Harvard Street
Langdon Area Sends News Roundup of Trips and Visits
Local notices report residents and visitors from Langdon making trips to Atlantic City Baltimore and Maryland towns. Names include Walter Burdette Dr Dieffenderfer and Mr Irwin B Moulton. The piece notes travel to Marlborough House Sea Street New Jersey and Arundel on the Bay health gains and a piano recital piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Burdette
N Street
Atlantic City
W. W. Burdette
Marlborough House
Nellie Featherstone
Bag
Langdon
C. R. Walton
Baltimore
Mabel Grimes
Maryland
William Godenhour
North Langdon
Colonial Beach
Banks of
The
Potomac
Featherstons
Twentieth Street
Arundel-on-the-bay
John Watson, Jr
Death of noted architect John Moser in Atlanta
John Moser F A I A died last Saturday at his daughter Mrs H H Corletts home in Atlanta Georgia He was 72 born in Manheim Germany and came to America in 1848 A leading architect he worked in the supervising office under Bell in 18 64 and won the first prize of the American Institute in 1888 for a modern commercial building His designs included the Cotton Exchange in Galveston and other notable works He was widely esteemed and became a member of several European and American architectural societies His son James Henry Moser and adopted daughter Mrs Siegmund Ivanowsky survive him The Post notes summer resort information and vacation booklets available at the Resort Information Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moser
H. H. Corlett
Atlanta
Bell
Moser
Manheim
Heidelberg
Germany
America
American Institute
Boston
Wses
Aniston
Ala
Cotton Exchange
Galveston
Tex
James Henry Moser
Washington
Siegmund Ivanowsky
Cape Cod Honeymoon Whistles Through Cape Cod Train
The piece anecdotes tobacco’s harm, wedding appetite shifts, a Cape Cod honeymoon whistle signals newlyweds, and a yacht club dance memory. A narrator notes sun exposure on 1904 beachgirls, speculating on love, memory, and marriage timing with local color and humor.
Kaolin Discovery and the Saxon Porcelain Rise
A historical tale of Boettger, a deceptive gold maker, whose hair powder led to kaolin discovery. The accidental mineral revealed a path to white porcelain, transforming Saxony into a premier producer. Boettger’s fate turned grim as wealth grew yet health and vision failed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boettzer
Bogtiger
Beattr
Boettger
Notable Saxony figure Boettger dies at thirty five
A tale from Saxony follows Boettger, famed for porcelain, who died a wreck at thirty five after deceiving the king with claims of possessing hidden secrets. In his final hours, men pressed him with threats to extract the Philosopher's Stone, a belief held by many in Saxony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxony
Boettger
Europe travel cheap proves leisure need not break bank
Warren Harper argues a $250 European tour from Boston to London and back delivers first class travel, stays in Chester Warwick Stratford London Paris Lucerne Interlaken Berne Brussels Antwerp The Hague Scheveningen and Rotterdam with memories and experiences rather than stock returns, all for a fraction of staying home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Harper
London
Cunard Line
Boston
Liverpool
Chester
Warwick
Kenilworth
Stratford-on-Avon
Paris
Switzerland
Lucerne
Interlaken
Wesgern Alp
Jungshau
Berne
Brussels
Antwerp
The
Hague
Scheveningen
Rotterdam
New York
Asj
Calve
de Reszkes
Kjarmen
Covent Garden
Crypt
Alps
Europe
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Geographic Congress
Francis B.loomis
Maine
M. Jusserand
M Mme. Jusserand
Copenhagen
Christian
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Aldrich
Rhode Island
R. AL
Tarrytown
Hudson
Charles Goodwin Bennett
George Gunton
Virginia Hot Springs
L. MacNamee
C. R. Train
Poland Springs
Catthleen Kline
Kline
Kline Willl
Gloucester
Masa
Thomas Redfield Proctor
Walontha Hunt and Golf Club
Richfields Springs
Tiffany
Lewis Smith
Fort Monroe
Gertrude Clagett
Narragansett Pier
J. G. Butler
Butler
Cape May Point
John N. Speel
J. M Burns
VU. S. A
Mountain Lake Park
Morgantown
W. Va
Burns
West Virginia University
Kierstedt
Henry Kierstedt
U.S. A
Fort Myer
Col. W. C. Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Isthmus
Ellis Spear
A. Rhett Stuart
City
I. J. Baker
Miss Lula
New England
Associa
Norwich
Conn
Baker
Irwin B. Moulton
Sea St N. J
Mona Roberts
Dr. Bischoff
Saranac Lake
Wis
Dr. J. Roberts
Osage Lodge
Charles T. Fletcher
Fletcher
Katherine Fletcher
Clois and
Emerson Fletcher
FP. A. Newell
Emporia Street
Troy
Woman About Town
Thorse
Enticing
Wei
Pennsylvania
Cape Cod
Col. Blank
Alexandria
Post
Galtegbro
Penna. Ave
WEE
May Manton
Washion Department
Tidewater
Virginia
Cape
Jim
Susy
Sea City
Sweet Sixteen
Bob
Nan
China
Count von Tschirnhausen
Close
Post Business
Forest City
Washington Post
F Street
N. W
Tne
Old Colony Co
H Street
II St
Rosen
Chris
Xander
Pruze
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Corith and E
Aurnus
Hay
Phil Hay
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