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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1904
Page
7
Early fall sale offers comprehensive selection of housekeeping goods from standard grades. Direct-from-maker purchases enable 25 to 33 1-3 percent lower prices than inferior items. Patrons returning from the seashore or country and hotelkeepers can prepare for fall with quality items at reduced costs.
IGH-GRADE furniture from leading eastern northern and western makers gathered for a broad sale. Collectible dressers chiffoniers washstands parlor and bedroom pieces in oak bird's eye maple weathered oak and popular woods offered at 25 to 33 1 3 percent off. Product list includes mahogany rockers chairs desks window chairs writing desks sideboards and more across sixth and seventh floors of the G street building.
A September sale highlights a wide display of iron beds from leading tinker makers. Featured styles include Quaker Gray, blue and gold, Napoleon, green and gold, and Delft blue finishes. Prices range from $10 to $25, with many pieces emphasized as rich, handsome, and matching various room decors.
September sale offers practical value on table and toilet linens sheets pillow slips comfortables spreads blankets and more. Importing direct provides advantage with 200 pairs of outing flannel bed blankets in pink blue and tan striped effects priced at 1.00 per pair for single beds and 1.25 per pair for double beds.
Readable catalog entry for reinforced muslin sheets in multiple sizes and prices, pillow slips in Wamsutta Gold Medal muslin, bolster cases, sheets, damask napkins, Japanese linen dols, and related fabric items. Includes sizes such as 63x90 and 72x99 inches with prices from 75 cents to several dollars, plus floor location at Secord floorEleventh st.
Rugs displayed on the fourth floor emphasize space and light for showcasing designs. Only reputable makers are represented with lines such as Bige Jow Imperial Roxbury Kashmir and Paris Wiltons. Special 9x12 carpet sizes listed include Ingrains 4.50, Extra Fine All-wool 10.00, Kashmirs 12.50, Baradas 13.50, Brussels 16.50, Roxburys 20.00, Body Brussels 22.50, Wiltons 25.00, Bigelow Axminsters 35.00, Bigelow Wiltons 37.50, Paris Wiltons 47.50, Anglo Indians 50.00, Anglo Persians 55.00.
Prince Hatzfeldt and other embassy officials travel between Lenox Newport and Berlin with postings announced. Miss Alice Roosevelt hosts a Newport luncheon and attends the horse show as visitors arrive for summer and family weddings loom in Washington and nearby towns. Invitations go out for September nuptials in Takoma Park and Gaithersburg while society circles note absences and returns of diplomats, clergy, and newspaper personalities across Virginia, Maryland, and New York.
Commissioners approve amendments to building rules requiring that roof trusses, allacen ery, curtains, stage woodwork, and fly floors be saturated with fire resisting material. The regulation covers scenery brought to the District of Columbia by traveling theatrical companies for use on local stages. The measure aims to protect theaters without breaching contracts and follows inquiries by Commissioner West and Engineer Commissioner Biddle.
The United States Marine Band led by William H. Santelmann performs at the Capitol this evening at five with a varied program including Hohenzollern, 1812 overture, Coppelia, Norma, Damination of Faust, and the Star Spangled Banner plus a saxophone solo by August Pfleger. Also notesLetters of Administration granted to Blanche Waters Hall for Fred A. Hall estate.
Dr Woodward health officer will not recommend copper sulphate in reservoirs to kill typhoid germs arguing no evidence supports its use and that it could deceive residents into unsafe practices. He favors boiling water as the best preventable measure noting a decline in typhoid cases since September and doubts the efficacy and safety of copper treatments.
An 1898 letter from H. V. Boynton to W. M. Springer discusses typhoid fever in Chattanooga linked to Camp Thomas and drainage from Chickamauga Park. It cites park geography, water intake distances, and city death records to question filtration's effectiveness and note heightened concern during the Spanish War mobilization.
The letter argues for sped completion of a filtration project and notes serious stream contamination. It asserts official records support the statements and that results diverged from general professional views, inviting health office consideration. Endorsed by H. V. Boynton.
A special Arlington Hotel meeting of District Daughters of the Confederacy discussed folding into the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Four chapters Stonewall Jackson Robert E Lee Southern Cross Southern Relief Society must back the move. Delegates named to the St Louis convention and other officer changes noted.
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