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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
23
Our house policy keeps goods in season and ends today at 5 PM. A large stock of men and women wearables, including outer garments, underwear, and children’s wear, is marked at very low remnant prices for clearance. Odds and ends, short lengths, broken sizes, and home goods complete the clearance lineup.
A large sale offers boys all wool suits with knickerbocker trousers in sizes 7 to 17 at special prices from $4.00 to $11.00, plus long trousers sets, fine remnants, and lightweight knickerbocker options. In the same sale, washable Russian blouses and muslin underwear for women are discounted, including lawn kimonos, petticoats, bath robes, and lace trim garments. Third floor Eleven street.
Readable remnants include boys madras pajamas in white and blue with neat figures, size 41s, discounted from 125 to 83. A K&E brand line features tele reduced from 100 to 1. Also shirts blouses and suspenders in white tan and red marked down, with multiple sizes on sale.
Readable items describe women’s lisle hose in black with double soles and spliced heels, priced at 100 dollars per dozen pairs. Includes samples and various defects such as shirvads, cotton soles, and silk tops, with values listed up to 200 dollars.
An old newspaper ad lists women’s mocha gloves in multiple sizes and colors, men’s trousers and suits, belts and ties, madras fabrics, socks, and summer wear. It highlights reduced prices and a wide selection across departments including men’s furnishings and dress items.
A wall of waists sized from 26 to 88 presents trimmed garments in Madras, silk, and lingerie styles. Prices drop from $6.50 to $0.00 and from $9.50 to $0.00 as displays clear. bold tucks, collars, and sleeves highlight new season lines, with lace, embroidery, and insertion trims across sizes.
A lot of Linen Laces with edgings and insertions in widths from 4 to 4 inches for trimming women’s dresses underwear and children's wear. Special price five cents a yard. Also a small lot of ValEn tienne lace edgings 1 to 2 inches wide at 75 cents per yard. Values range from 1 10 to 1 40.
A sale advertises multiple umbrellas including 26-inch black Union taffeta and satin Glena models with paragon frames and wood handles at 200 each, 25-inch Shick colored umbrellas in navy green brown with wood handles, and 28-inch men's black Union taffetas with paragon frames priced at 150 each. The offer is presented on Main for Tenth Street.
The minister from Chile and Mme Cruz returned to Washington yesterday from Manchester Massachusetts where they spent the summer. Also noted were the Anstatant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Beekman Winthrop who plan to the Pacific coast departing September 16 and a week away with a Chicago stop to inspect the naval training station. Admiral Cowles plans a hunting trip from Farmington Conn as Hear Admiral Cowles resumed travel. Capt Perry Bitlen and various naval officers are in Washington from Hampton Roads for Wisconson Auto Tour and related events.
Mr and Mrs Charles G Rogier and Mrs Appich with Master Clarence Ramm ling are at Atlantic City for a stay of two weeks or more. Mrs Henry Wells and Miss Helen Calhown are at Atlantic City, N J. Dr Wu Ting-fang sails from Panama on the Oruba on a mission to Peru. Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson and Mrs Wilson are on an automobile tour arriving at Lenox. Edwin Morgatte with them. Dr and Mrs George B Welch have returned to Washington from Island, Canada.
The column reports Mr William Phillips returning to Washington from New York for a Hudson Fulton celebration conference. It notes Mrs C C Pole and family at the Hotel Chalfonte in Atlantic City, a royal wedding procession for Mr and Mrs McCathran with plans for a wedding trip, and the Haddaway Jones marriage at Mount Vernon Church. It also lists various social figures visiting or residing in Washington, Newport, and surrounding areas, plus a lengthy apparel advertisement detailing coats and suits with discounts.
A list of Atlantic Horpedo figuila officers assigned to Washington for the Post regatta and water carnival, from Friday September 17 through Sunday September 19. Named dignitaries include Lieut Comdr Frederick Freeman Haglyn, Frederick W Mrner, Midshipman Henry T Markland, Ensigns Charles C Ross, Wiliam C Wallacensign, George B Wright, Rufus W Mat E, Lieut James O Richardson, and others.
Thousands watch Orville Wright perform flights in Berlin with King Frederick and Princess watching. Crowds escort Wright’s car and he conducts a 20 minute flight, then a 15 minute return flight with passenger Captain Engleguardt as German officials and clubs honor Wright and rival Count Zeppelin.
The piece catalogues high society activities from Newport to Atlanta, detailing Reginald Vanderbilt and Alfred Vanderbilt at a large horse show where Queens Favor defeats Dr Selwonk in the large single horses class. It notes Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt's cheering, family guests, and the judging by Willam H Moore. Also covered are charitable gifts by Mrs Russell Sage to Syracuse University and the social intrigue around Mrs Kerr’s engagement to Charles Greville and ties to Windsor society.
Directory of dress items with reductions from high original prices. Champagne satin messicine dress with net yoke and train, from 40.00 to 32.50. batiste lingerie dresses in pink and blue with eyelet embroidery, from 19.30 to 10.00. fine white linen one piece dress from 42.90 to 30.00. lawn dresses with novelty effects, from 4.50 to 2.50. lingerie dresses in pink and blue with intricate insertion, from 12.15 to 9.73. Third floor department store sale notice.
A catalog list from the Colored Goods Department details discounts on fabrics including 46 inch aes and brown Striped Browncloth, Broadcloth, Creen and black Striped Broadcloth, Blue Striped Diagonal Serge, Green Striped Caronal Serge, Lavender and white Serge, Tan Striped Voile, and unfinished Worsted. Also notes corsets on sale with sizes and price cuts, in the third floor eleventh street area.
A local listing promotes New Haviland 113 piece dinner sets featuring dainty floral and gold motifs in artistic shapes priced at 2500 and 2760 dollars. Auxiliary sets offered instead of twelve pieces priced at 1800 and 2100 dollars.
A 1903 dietary note for Bright's disease advises minimal meat and a rice based plan with ample heat and digestion ease. It recommends milk with caution, fireless cooked rice, and bran biscuits with charcoal to aid digestion, plus occasional toast with milk. Bananas paired with milk or grape juice are listed as substitute options.
A mother describes severe eczema on her three month old son with facial head rash and crusts. After ineffective remedies, she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, reporting visible skin improvement within a week and continued use cleared the skin.
A garbled 1908 notice from Philadelphia mentions a cure for pimples and a speedy recovery. The ad cites a ten day period, a doctor, and a soap product named Galleons Soap with unclear street addresses and dates. It appears as a damaged classified item with nonsensical phrases and mispelled words.
Scientist Prof Pervival Lowell announces Mars atmosphere contains oxygen and moisture, suggesting Earthlike life could exist on Mars. He cites observed spectrograms and corroboration from Lick Observatory, noting related train schedule changes on Northwestern Railway including Oregon Washington Limited and Colorado Special departures from Chicago.
The writer guides a traveler through Soochow modern contact with old China. From the inland waterway linking Hangzhou to Peking to the brutal pace of a railway, the city unfolds. The Mandarin university, missionary presence, pearls trade, rich merchant homes, and the Heaven-Given Place hospital reveal a city where West and East mingle, and where curiosity and commerce meet on every canal and street.
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