Store Hours Notice in Lothrop Area
During the heated term the store will close at 5 o clock Saturday at 1. Local shoppers urged to note the early Saturday closing time and plan purchases accordingly.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
19
During the heated term the store will close at 5 o clock Saturday at 1. Local shoppers urged to note the early Saturday closing time and plan purchases accordingly.
The ad touts a September Furniture Sale with 34 to 50 percent price cuts on a vast stock. It highlights mahogany arm chairs, rockers, writing desks, parlor suits, china closets, and more, all chosen by an expert for tasteful designs. Elevators grant quick access to sixth and seventh floor showrooms on G Street, with numerous items from $8.00 to over $600.
FE offer a lot of children’s cloth reefers at very special prices. They are made in several pretty styles and are particularly suitable for school wear. Red, tan and blue value 2.50 sale 1.75. Other values 3.50 to 4.50, sale 3.00 to 3.75. Infants’ clothing on third floor Eleventh street.
An advertisement invites readers to view new guaranteed sewing machines on the second floor at 3600 G Street. Machines are advertised with five year guarantees and features such as ball bearings and refined woodwork. Various model prices range from 850 to 3500 with automatic and drop head options.
A Alexandria lavender of weddings and society notes recounts Miss Eleanor Violet Gaines and Thomas Oliver Monk wedding at Christ Church with a brief later home in The Chelsea. Dr Blanch Rosalie Slaughter and Baxter Morton wed in Lynchburg with elaborate decorations at St Pauls Church. Miss Mabel Murray and William Harrison Suite wed in Washington with a Niagara trip planned. Additional society updates cover journeys, home changes, and notable engagements across the Washington area.
Special pieces crafted from original settings highlight a new collection of fine diamonds and other precious stones. Exclusive mountings emphasize quality and bespoke design.
Cardinal Gibbons will bless the Immaculata Seminary on Wisconsin avenue near Tennallytown in a simple ceremony at 10:30 tomorrow. Archbishop Chatard attends as guest of honor. Sisters of Providence built and fund the $100,000 project, with twelve teachers aboard. The building hosts a luncheon and afternoon open house for friends and staff.
Cardinal Gibbons officiates a solemn procession blessing the new Immaculata Seminary under the Sisters of Providence. The ceremony includes sprinkling holy water, litany, and a high mass at St. Ann church with Archbishop presiding. Cardinal Martinelli forwards written blessing from Rome as parishioners celebrate with a celebratory gala and masquerade.
The Washington Bankers Association executive committee met at the New Willard to review plans for the October visit of bankers. A reception at the Corcoran Art Gallery was set for October 11 and a Friday reception for the visitors and their ladies at the New Willard on October 13, with Charles C. Glover as reception committee chair. A further meeting is planned at the New Willard next Wednesday, with weekly meetings planned until the guests arrive.
Georgetown University hosts a campus lawn fete raising funds for Georgetown University Hospital. Attractions include a sight seeing auto with a humorous guide, a mule named Maud offering dainties, a punch stand, rag babies, a paddle stand, country store, confectionery, grab bag, fish pond, fortune teller, supper table, and a dancing pavilion. A vaudeville program features dances and songs by pupils of Miss Cora B. Shreve.
The Royal Arcanum Supreme Council reaffirmed last spring’s Atlantic City rate increases after a Washington protest. Past Grand Regent J. D. Biddis and delegate William F. Brigham defend the change as financially necessary, while Zappone cites a member drop from 316000 to 250000 with hope of recovery and new enrollments.
The Epworth League District of Washington holds its regular board meeting at Wesley Chapel and discusses the upcoming district convention at Hamline M E Church September 26 for two days. About 250 delegates are expected to attend, with 2,800 local league members in the district. The first day features an address by Rev John W R Sumwalt of Baltimore, a noted Methodist speaker. The second day covers officer elections and supervisory matters for the league.
Geneva Young and Isabel Young heirs of James Young sue John G Slater Norman L Lansbury and the District of Columbia in district supreme court to redeem part of lot 8 square 603 from 1900 1901 tax sales to Charles H Wiltsie alleged assigned to Slater Slater has possessed the property since 1904 collecting rents through Lansbury an accounting is sought and a decree to redeem by paying the sale price with 10 percent interest The case raises questions on 1898 tax law as it applies to redemptions by infants from tax sales Attorney W Walton Edwards represents the complainants.
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