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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
23
UK annual sale through the week offers outfitting for boys and girls of all ages. The display covers outer and under clothing hats shoes hosiery and dress requisites plus school aids. Special prices include three lines at 5.00 5.95 and 7.50.
Catalog style notice offers boys and youths hats and related garments for school or college. Includes sweaters, pajamas, suspenders, sleeping wear, and variety of fabrics with prices ranging from 5 to 125 dollars. Highlights white, Oxford, and colored options with special values and bulk stock.
Hartscheffner and Marx offer fine cassimere and all wool suits in blues and grays with shadow stripes. The broad patterns target college men with upscale fabrics and values shown at 15.50 to 25.00 dollars, previously 22.50 and 1750 dollars.
Ened al offers fall wear including ramcoats reefers and dresspieces for school and everyday use with sergen and cheviots in blue and gray tones. New school shoes for misses and children feature Dongola Kid and Box Calfskin options with Goodyear welts and spring heels, aimed at durability and value for the season.
Local store lists a wide range of school basics including ink and pencils, erasers, leads, rulers, notebooks, tablets, pencil boxes, bags, and handkerchiefs. Emphasizes quality, variety, and low prices with items from cedar pencils to all linen handkerchiefs offered in bulk quantities.
Preston Gibson makes a short stay at the Willard before joining Mrs Gibson at Lake Placid. He arrived to arrange remodeling at 1901 Seventeenth Street for the season. The column lists numerous Washington visitors and returnings including Miss McCauley debut plans, J O Brien in transit, and varied social events across Newport, Seattle, and New York with related marriages, receptions, and society notices.
A long, fragmented survey covers women in archery competitions in London and Chicago, noting a fading interest in archery as a fashionable pastime. It highlights British social season events, Newport and New York society figures, and fashion details from Mrs Astor and other elites as London fashion and sports mingle with high society expectations.
A historical discussion argues against cancer claims about tomatoes. It positions tomato as a fruit vegetably midway, notes its iron content and assimilability, and warns cooking reduces organic salts and germ killing benefits.
Prince Kuni and Princess Kuni arrive in Newport from Boston with Col Kurita and Princess Nagashii. They are greeted by Col Robert M Thompson who hosts them aboard the Everglades. A full schedule includes a dress parade at Fort Adams, drills on the yacht, and a dinner hosted by Gen and Mrs J J Fred Pierson. Rear Admiral Morrell designates Cart Vogeeasang as aide for the stay.
New York reports a betrothal between Sarah Lathropp Herrshoff, 19, daughter of J. Francis Herrshoff of Rhode Island, and Francis Lee Herreshott of Bergamo. A license was blamed for the match as the couple faced opposition from the groom’s Italian family. The ceremony was expected at 46 West Sixty, with the couple’s ages and fortunes noted. The clash highlights tensions within the Herrshott and Herreshott families as the wedding date looms in September.
Gen Armstrong died last week at Ba War jeer Me and was buried Saturday at St Matthew Cahors Church. Luther Cooper attended both at the church and Rock Creek, where the body was laid in vault. Pallbearers included Iman Besterharles, Wo Mesec, Kean Radford, Anthony Addion, and Wada Wood. The church was filled with former comrades as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy mourned. Armstrong was a noted Southern leader in Indian troubles and a Confederate commander under General SB Forest during the Civil War.
Policeman Richard Kelly, longtime White House guard under McKinley and Roosevelt, died at his home yesterday after retirement due to disability. He served since 1893, earning respect from visitors to the executive mansion. funeral from the family residence will be held tomorrow at 2 PM, burial at Glenwood CemeteryKC.
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