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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
15
UK annual September sale continues through the week offering outer and under clothing hats shoes hosiery and dress requisites for boys and girls of all ages. New invoices arrive daily with a wider variety this season and prices notably low. Special line offers include $5.00 $5.95 and $7.50 items. considerable selection of boys fall clothing also on display.
A fragmented ad lists boys and youths hats and related clothing, offering coats, sweaters, pajama sets, and shakers in white and Oxford colors. Prices range from 50 cents to about 1 dollar, with emphasis on special values and new stock for school or college use.
Hartscheffner and Marx offer two special values in fine all wool cassimeres and serges in blues and grays. The broad shadow stripe and cluster stripe patterns appeal to college men. Prices range from 15.50 to 25.00 with a 22.50 value tag.
A catalog style listing announces fall children’s coats reefers sailors ramcoats and peacoats in serge cheviots and other fabrics, plus girls sweaters and hose. New school shoes for misses and children include Dongola Kid and Box Calf designs with Goodyear welt soles, in assorted sizes and prices.
A local ad lists an extensive array of school goods and accessories from ink and pencils to erasers, rulers, tablets, pencil boxes, school bags, and handkerchiefs. It highlights wide assortments, quality, and unusually low prices with items from cedar pencils to leather school bags and all linen handkerchiefs.
A sweep of society items from Washington covers Mr Preston Gibson's brief capital stay to plans for remodeling a residence at 1901 Seventeenth Street. The page details returning guests from Narragansett and Maine, diplomatic figures and their movements, wedding dateings, Hawaii Commission events in Seattle, and various society gatherings with prominent names like Stuyvesant Fish, Governor Spry, and Mrs. Spry.
A long feature on Archery as a fad in England and America, noting women in London and Chicago contests, medical endorsement for nerves, and social whirl around New York and Newport elites. Mentions Archery interest waning in the U S, prominent families hosting house parties, and Vanderbilts Astors and Society figures at events and fashion shifts in London society.
A discussion debunks cancer fears about tomatoes and asserts their mid position between vegetable and fruit. It highlights tomato iron content as highly assimilable, notes organics in lettuce cabbage and tomato, and warns cooking reduces biological value by precipitating organic salts.
Prince Kuni and Princess Kuni of Japan arrived at Newport on Col Kurita’s escort. They were met by Col Robert M Thompson and boarded the Everglades yacht for a series of official events including a dress parade at Fort Adams, a drill, and a dinner hosted by Gen and Mrs J J Fred Pierson, with Rear Admiral Morrell appointing aides for the prince.
New York on September 12 a clash over a marriage license involves Sarah Lathrop Herrshoff 19 daughter of millioneer J. Francis Herrshoff of Rhode Island and Luiggi Mastaba of Bergamo Italy. The dispute centers on a dowry and the suspected early betrothal as Herrshoff denies plans for the wedding despite family connections to fashion and design. A compromise wedding is anticipated at Bergamo with few clear details due to the fragmented report.
Gener al Armstrong buried after funeral services at St Matthew s Cahors Church with many Confederate veterans and family in attendance. Luther Cooper presided. pallbearers included Iman Besterharles Wo Mesec Kean Radford Anthony Addion and Wada Wood as the church filled with former wartime associates. Armstrong noted as a Civil War era leader in the West and a political ally of Cleveland s second administration.
Pelceman Richard Kelly, a longtime White House guard dating to 1890, died at his home after years of illness. He served under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, was retired on a disability pension, and funeral services were set for the family residence with burial at Glenwood Cemetery.
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