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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
15
Our house policy forbids carrying garments into next season. Today only end of season remnants. Men women boys girls and children's wear marked at very low prices. Odds ends short lengths broken sizes and assortments for personal and home use are also priced to clear.
A large sale features Boys All wool suits with knickerbocker trousers in sizes 7 to 17 at special prices. Also offered are lightweight knickerbocker sets, long trousers suits, washable Russian house suits, and a range of muslin underwear including lawn kimonos and petticoats. Discounts from $0.50 to $9.99 on various items. Third floor Eleven street sale.
An inventory snippet lists boys madras pajamas in white and blue with neat figures, sized to IG, advertised at 830 with former prices 125 and 150. Also shown are sonp blouses K E brand at reduced from 100, shirts and blouses in all sizes, and belts, suspenders, and other apparel in white, red, tan with various discounted prices.
Aboven pairs women s black lisle thread hose with double soles and spliced heels offered at 2 for 5 pins for 100 regular value 25 cents 29 dozen pairs plus assorted samples and color variations some with cotton soles or silk tops. Manufacturers list imperfections are irregular shirvads from use. Value around 200 dollars.
Historic sale page lists women’s mocha gloves in multiple sizes with reduced prices and a men’s clothing department offering belts, ties, madras trousers, and accessories. The ad highlights multiple reductions across garments and furnishings with emphasis on quality, color options, and size variety.
A sale listing details numerous waist styles and lingerie items with substantial price cuts. White Madras waists, silk waists with tucks, lace inserts, and embroidery feature varied sizes from 8 to 38. Prices drop from several dollars to low figures, all offered in the Third Floor display with wide choice and marked down rates.
Linen laces edgings and insertions to match in widths from 4 to 4 1 2 inches suitable for trimming women s dresses underwear and children's outfits offered at special price five cents a yard plus small lot of Valentina lace edgings widths 1 to 2 inches at 75 cents per yard values from 1 10 to 1 40 Malin flour CG at.
Local sale lists women’s 26 inch black Union taffeta and satin Glena umbrellas with paragon frame steel rod and natural wood handles at 200 each. Also 25 inch colored Shick umbrellas in navy green brown with selvage edge and wood handles and men’s 28 inch black Union taffeta umbrellas with paragon frame steel rod and wood handles at 150 each.
The minister from Chile and Mme Cruz returned to Washington from Manchester, Massachusetts, where they spent the summer. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Beekman Winthrop plan to depart September 16 for the Pacific coast, with a Chicago stop for naval training station inspection. Admiral Cowles joined Mrs Cowles at Farmington, Conn, then will hunt north. Capt Perry Bitlen returns from Hampton Roads after target practice. Several naval officers and midshipmen, including Harold W Boynton and Willem F Halsey Jr, will be in Washington at the same time, with Apache crew aboard.
Mr and Mrs Charles G Rogier and family stay in Atlantic City for two weeks or more while Mrs Henry Wells and Miss Helen Calthown visit Merlborowst Bilabum in Atlantic City New Jersey. Dr Wu Ting Fang sails home from Panama after a Peru mission aboard Oruba. Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson arrives in Lenox for an automobile tour. Edwin Morgatte and party return to Washington from Island Canada after a summer stay.
Mrs McCathran wed Mr McCathran in a quiet parsonage ceremony attended by relatives. The couple plan a wedding trip to Niagara Falls Boston New York and Atlantic City before settling at 117 Highth Street SE. Separately Miss Haddaway wed Mr Jones at Mount Vernon Church with a family reception and trip north afterward. The diary also notes foreign visits and various social figures, including births, anniversaries, and upcoming events, with fashion items from a department store sale.
The following officers will be active at Washington from September 11 to September 19 during The Post regatta and water carnival. Lieut Comdr Frederick Freeman Haglyn, Frederick W Mrner, B Midshipman Henry T Markland, Insignh Rev then Le Walker, Midshipman Charles C Ross, Lieut Frank H Sadler, Ensign William C Wallace, Ensign George B Wright, Enslen Rufus W Mat E, Lieut James O Richardson, ign Al.
Crowds of about 90 000 watched Orville Wright fly at Templehof with Crown Prince Frederick and Princess in attendance. Wright carried Mrs von Hildebrand once and later flew 15 minutes with Capt Engleguardt’s German pupil, while Berlin officials praised aviation progress and Zeppelin founder Count Zeppelin.
ILMA BERGER promotes women’s self defense through jiu jitsu while a Newport horse show delivers a dramatic double defeat. Reginald Vanderbilt and Dr Selwonk lose to Alfred Vanderbilt and Queens Favour, stirring cheers and tension as crowds and notable guests watch.
Readable items include Champagne Satin Messicine Dress with net yoke and train reduced from 40.00 to 82.50, Batiste Lingerie dresses in pink and blue with eyelet embroidery, refined panel fronts, trimmed white linen one piece dress with lace and hand embroidery reduced from 42.90 to 30.00. Sample store on third floor offers morning wear dresses and lingerie in pink and blue with elaborate insertions, reduced from 12.15 to 9.73 each.
An old newspaper snippet lists numerous reductions in the Colored Goods Dept including 46 inch aes and brown striped broadcloth to low prices, blue striped diagonals and serges, purple and lavender fabrics, and several corset bargains on the third floor Eleventh St. The ad notes numerous yardage and piece prices, with large markdowns from original figures.
Dainty floral and gold decorated 113 piece dinner sets priced at 2500 and 2760 dollars. Auxiliary sets offered for twelve pieces at 1800 and 2100 dollars.
The article advises kidney disease patients to avoid meat, favor rice and milk as easily digested fuels, and maintain skin health. It recommends bran biscuits with charcoal, fireless cooker rice, and bananas with milk or grape juice as substitute diets to support digestion and peristalsis while preserving nutrition.
A mother recalls her infant's severe eczema starting at three months with a facial rash and crusting on the head. After failed store and physician treatments, she tried Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills. Within a week the baby's condition improved markedly and cleared.
Fragmented OCR note claims a speedy cure from panplea with Shrek mytace and mentions a ten day period for a product called Galleons Soap. Includes garbled addresses and dated 1908 scrambles, offering little usable context or verifiable facts.
Prof Percival Lowell announced oxygen detected in Mars atmosphere based on spectrograms and moon comparisons. He and colleagues: Frank Very and observed shifts support moisture presence. life on Mars as on Earth considered possible. Train schedule updates for Northwestern lines and Oregon Washington Limited listed for September changes.
A traveler visits Soochow with missionary guides, entering the ancient city via a canal gate to the university settlement controlled by Protestant and Catholic groups. Highlights include pearl shops, temples, a major hospital and medical college, a wealth merchant's home, and scenes of city life along the canal as the journey ends with a ride to Shangbei.
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