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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1911
Page
10
An advertisement touts single pieces and complete suites for homes and apartments in mahogany oak walnut and other woods. It proclaims the furniture as the best made in America.
A comprehensive housewares collection highlights kitchen dining and bath categories. It features high quality merchandise with improvements suggested by the seller, including enameled ware iron and galvanized pieces woodenware porcelain brassware glassware and dinnerware open stock and specialty items across bathroom furnishings, basketware, brushes, paints, and new Japanese ware. The departmental layout aids display and navigation through sections.
Our Upholstery Manufacturing and Repair Shops are equipped to perform reupholstering repairing and refinishing furniture making fine draperies cushions window shades odd furniture parquetry flooring and wall decorating. On premises for personal supervision with cheerful estimates.
The Assistant Secretary of War General Robert Shaw Oliver returns to Washington after a month at Murray Bay Canada. During Secretary Stimson’s absence Oliver acts as Secretary. Mrs Oliver and Miss Oliver plan to join him in Washington late this month.
The editor of a great magazine notes that historians will regard women's clubs as a major twentieth century movement. He compares past opposition to change with the current influence of federations, showing how these clubs foster self improvement, culture, public spirit, and democracy among women.
Society at fashionable resorts is featured with race results from Berkshire Hunt meeting events. The card lists six races including the President's Cup won by U. L. Bells Tuosa and the Lenox Club steeplechase won by Web Carter. Social notices describe dinners, arrivals at the Hotel Aspinwall, and a dance at the Country Club of Pittsfield with prominent hosts and guests.
A bank official and his fiancée from Pensacola Florida will wed next week. Miga Grace Sedgwick attended the wedding of Miss Mary E Ogden to Johnston de Forest in New York this past Saturday. Swift and Company reported Fresh Beef sales in Washington DC for the week ended Sept 9 averaging 8.10 cents per pound.
The Countess of Gosford, formerly Mildred Carter, visited London with her 19 month old son, the future Earl of Gosford, meeting Margaretta Drexel’s grandchild and receiving a note of affection from Queen Alexandra who calls the child a treasured friend. Berlin fashion constraints spark debate as hats rise and etiquette collides with police rules. In Chicago, Mrs. Helen Kay Collins advocates reviving domestic science and carving lessons for married men to revive Thanksgiving carving traditions. Gen. T. Coleman du Pont advances a north-south Delaware highway with a bespoke auto for field use. Mme Helene Deutrieu, world aviation champion, argues women can fly as well as men, citing a two hour thirty-two minute flight and a notable cross-country accomplishment.
A discussion on requiring specific fat content for milk and enforcing cleanliness for purveyors in cities. New York lists milk dealers with bacteria levels. Washington tests show samples from 6,000 to 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, underscoring the need for compliance with fixed standards.
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