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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
7
Sizable Friday sale features remnants and bargain odds in curtains, lace, and women’s wear. Includes 2% dozen silk ties, reefers for children, long kimonos, and heavy reductions on lace curtains, corsets, and white dresses across multiple store floors.
Readable line item list shows reduced prices on men’s clothing and accessories. Includes two-piece homespun suits in sizes 42 to 46 at 6 1 2 dollars each, negligé shorts, lace wall hose, and embroidered half hose in assorted sizes with bulk price breaks. Main floor first.
A department store ad lists heavy markdowns in the Infants' Department and Eleventh street shoe section. Items include infant caps and bonnets, dresses, coats, and a wicker basket with deep discounts, plus a large range of Misses and Kidskin shoes with prices cut from high to set sale figures.
Sewing machine department lists Eldredge automatic sewing machine with lift and attachments, reduced from 40 to 3730. Also L w L sewing machine with oak top and drawers and 4 five year guarantee, marred woodwork, reduced from 20 to 15. New Victor sewing machine with attachments and five year guarantee, marred woodwork, reduced from 35 to 21. officer-G st.
Hardwood frames in black brown and green sizes Sx1Q reduced to 16 cents each. Seventy frames in sizes 10x12 and 6x14 reduced to 6 and 1 cent. Frames in 1 12 inch black oak reduced to 1 cent and 1.00. Plain black frames 20x24 reduced from 2.00 to 0.7 cents. Fourth floor Tenth St.
Reduced prices on boys clothing from Norfolk and Peter Thompson styles. Sizes 3 to 16 feature two piece suits, wash sailor blouses, and Russian blouse suits. Discounts range from about 25 to over 50 percent with prices dropping from several dollars to about 1.25 to 3.50 each. Third Floor Tenth Street.
A third floor sale lists boys garments with deep discounts. Silk four in hand ties in red and white striping drop to 2 cents. Madras shirt blouses for sizes 4 to 10 cut from 75 cents to 9 cents. Neglige shirts with cuffs for sizes 12 to 18 fall to 2 cents. White Madras blouses with collars reduced to 5 or 6 cents. Mat sets, broad brimmed for youngsters, drop to 6 or 7 cents. Wash pants in various sizes reduced to 19 cents a pair. Third floor Tenth Street.
A department sale lists reduced prices on Brownie printing frames toning powders and photograph mounts with deep cuts. Furniture items including a weathered oak den chair a porch table a maple dresser box couch and perch chair receive markdowns across multiple floors and locations on Eleventh Street and G Street.
Decorated toilet set halves and bowls priced down from 800 to 5.50. French china pickle dishes and cups cut to 25c to 50c range. Tureen and covered dishes, sauce boats, salad bowls, and bowls marked down to 10c to 60c each. Stoneware pitchers slightly damaged. Fifth floor sale signs.
Store advertises discounts on house furnishing items. Curtain stretchers drop from $1.50 to $1.00 each while several nickel plated implements, enamelware, and kitchen goods are reduced. Includes glass and soap holder, comb tray, soap dishes, suit case, tea pot, drip coffee pot, rice bolters, enamel pitchers and pans, sugar cans, garden hose with nozzle. Discounts vary from 25 to 60 percent with some shop worn or dented items.
Miss Fanny Reed hosts an American social set in Paris as Miss Flora Wilson and Miss Evelyn Walsh sail September 20 aboard the Deutschland for a winter of languages and music. Miss Wilson, a singer, and Miss Walsh, a skilled pianist, join the social circle led by Miss Reed in the French capital.
In Geneva on September 16 Stanley McCormick of Chicago and Katherine Dexter daughter of Wirt Dexter married in a civil ceremony at the Hotel de Ville and a noon service at the Church of the Maccabees. The bride wore white embroidered muslin and pearls. remarks were made by Rev. Frothingham. After breakfast at Hotel Heau Rivage the couple left for their wedding trip. The groom’s mother wore gray brocade and the bride’s mother mauve mousseline. Ambassador McCormick sent a present from St. Petersburg.
Lieutenant General Chaffee requested whether Manila Island conditions permit trimming the force from four cavalry regiments and nine infantry regiments to three cavalry and seven infantry. General Wade replied that the reduction is practicable and advisable, suggesting arrangements to bring home excess troops.
Secretary Morton commends Midshipman J Reidy of the Naval Academy third class for bravely jumping overboard to rescue seaman C L Hobman. The note also cites Midshipman John Rodgers and Ensign J M Enochs for related lifesaving acts during naval operations in Cheminpo Korea and an incident with a lifeboat.
War Department receives cable from Maj Gen James F Wade listing casualties in the Philippines from August 25 to September 16 1904 including Sgt Arthur Menicka Hospital Corps wounded in action Sept 2 dysentery, Barney Redmond Co E 12th Infantry Aug 25 shot by sentry, Joseph H McCreary Co H 7th Infantry Sept 4.
Military notices list several leave approvals and assignments. Brig. Gen. Theodore J. Wint receives ten days off, First Lieut. Walter Cox two months, Capt. Dwight B. Holley two days, and Lieut. Louis St. Clee transfers within Coast Artillery. Capt. George T. Patterson commands torpedo mining instruction. Capt. Lloyd England and Capt. Eng land designated acting quartermasters. Mauldin and Patterson shift within Artillery. Examinations for promotion set for Lucas and Rand. Transfers of Mauldin England Patterson within Coast Artillery noted. Retiring board to meet in Chicago with named officers and staff. Miss Stella Tate named sponsor for the battleship Georgia. Ship movements include Mayflower, Mammachusetts, Standish, Dupont, Preble, and others. Naval orders assign engineers, report arrivals and departures, and admit F. P. Conger to the Naval Academy.
Five hundred Eagles arrived in Washington to attend a gathering at the Light Infantry Armory. Expected today are 1500 more, with Washington Aerie hosting wives and daughters. The Grand Aerie adjourns this afternoon as entertainment and wrestling bouts are planned and committee members listed.
The September board of the Aid Association for the Blind of DC met at the Home for the Blind. Mrs. Julia E. Pond appointed a resolutions committee to send sympathy to Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Mann on her daughter Margaret's death. The admission committee recommended and the board granted admission. Repairs to the kitchen were referred to the house committee. The industrial committee noted limited shop work and lack of chairs and mats. The New Willard Hotel Company donated goblets, water bottles, plates, and breakfast dishes, with thanks offered. The ways and means committee reported winter plans. Civil Service Commissioner Greene departed for Cincinnati, St. Louis, and St. Paul on exam board business.
At Western Presbyterian Church on H street the congregation reviewed Rev. Dr. Gerhart A. Wilsons resignation to take effect September 20 after he has accepted a call to First Presbyterian Church of Providence. A prayer meeting followed. Rev Charles River Smith moderated. The meeting approved presenting the resignation to the presbytery and named Elder Harry G. Kittie Deacon Howard Clemens and Trustee James B. Lambie to draft resolutions. A presbytery session will be held September 23 at Western Presbyterian Church to act on the matter.
Col. Alexander M. Miller of the corps of engineers USA died in Whitestone Virginia an indigestion and his body arrived in Baltimore from Irvington Va The Miller family awaits arrival of two sons and a daughter before funeral arrangements are made The burial is planned for Utica New York with a military escort and burial from the family home to the station He had overseen the Washington filtration plant and advocated congressional funding for its completion
Acting Postmaster General Shallenberger informed the postal government of Santo Domingo that the United States will consider any Dominican proposals on the parcels post treaty but will largely adhere to existing US treaties with Venezuela and other South American states. Bolivian Secretary Jorge B. Zalles visited the State Department to bid farewell before returning home to settle his family estate after his father’s death. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is touted as a universal remedy for pain with a money-back guarantee.
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