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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
15
Friday remnant sale offers slightly damaged goods at far below regular prices. Every garment and item cleaned, fresh, and stylish, aimed at busy families and housekeepers seeking convenience and value. Limited stock drives quick sales and weekly specials.
A large stock of boys wool suits with knickerbocker trousers in mixed patterns and blues offered at special prices. Suit sets range from sizes 5 to 17 with discounts from 3.75 to 5.00, reflecting former prices up to 11.10. Fourth floor at Third floor Ten st.
Bargains listed for boys pajamas in Madras fabric white and blue size 4 to 16 at 8Shc. Lace curtains offered at half price in several styles with values from 3.50 to 15.00 per pair. Small lot of imported Art Portieres described as heavy embossed velour strips for doorways, priced 1.75 per strip. Fourth door downstairs.
Friday bargains advertise women’s French chemises elaborately hand embroidered and trimmed with scalloped edges and floral sprays. Also crepe dressing gowns in red, lavender, blue with Persian trim, plus outing flannel gowns and nun’s cloth drawers with embroidery. Priced at 25 cents a pair, value 50 cents. Third floor Eleventh St.
About 1,000 Unframed Pictures offered in three lots at deep cuts from original prices. Includes Platinium Heads, hand-colored plates, Madonnas, landscapes, hunting scenes, and more. Also sale on menswear items such as coats, trousers, and hats with substantial reductions. Fourth Gear on Tenth Street.
Readable catalog notes list reductions on men’s wear items including four in band ties, white stiff bosom shirts, colored noslige shirts, lisle socks, nainsook pajamas, Scotch Madras yardage, and fancy hat bands. Discounts show prices slashed from higher amounts to lower tag prices across stock lines.
A newspaper sale ad offers Misses Button Shoes in dongola kidskin at 1.75, sizes 11 to 2 B to E widths, with other items including English porcelain dinnerware in blue borders at reduced prices, plus various china and gongs. Includes numerous price cuts and limited quantities across multiple tableware and decorative pieces.
A sale notice offers women’s 1 clasp dogskin gloves with Prix seams in fall shades and priced at 1000 per pair. It also advertises women’s 2 clasp kidskin gloves in black white and new shades priced at 1.00 per pair. Main floor Gat.
On the third floor G Street, the women’s suit department offers black, navy, and tan coats and coat suits in various styles. Prices were reduced from 25.00 to 27.75 for a satin striped serge coat suit, and from 15.00 and 9.0 to 16.90 for other coats, with multiple pieces including silk trims and matching skirts.
Lawn and percale dresses in plain and figured effects are reduced from 235 and 5 to 150. White and Old Rose dresses trimmed with lace or braid see further price cuts from 6 50 to 5 50 and 13 75 to 7 50. Blue ginghams and other gowns feature plain or embroidered trims as listed in the Third Floor department sale.
Invitations have been sent for the marriage of Miss Mary N Shepard to Mr Richard E Whiteley. The ceremony will be Saturday October 9 at St Johns Church, with a reception at the Shepard home following. Guests include family and local society figures from Washington and Laurel.
Newspage notes a high society wedding between Newport Belle and Mr. Santini of Rome with family ties to Randolph Rogers. The ceremony occurs in New York and Newport locations, attendees include Scribers and guests of prominent families. Post wedding, the couple plans a Montgomery residence while tours and visits unfold for relatives and friends.
The piece surveys figures like Pender Eddy once famed as the best dressed American and diplomat in London Paris and Rome, noting marriages, postings to Roumania and Servia and a rumored shift to trust creation with Augustus Spreckels. It also chronicles A J Drexel Biddle’s pivot from litigation and publishing to singing and a New York social manager Mary Huttor Pell expanding profit sharing among New York’s Four Hundred.
Informal announcement says Anne Schwab will wed Dr. William Worthington Herrick of New York next June. Herrick, Yale graduate and St Lukes Hospital affiliate, met his bride two years ago during a home visit. Exhibition plans report Josiah Wedgwood pieces to be shown in New York by Duveen Brothers, including a 24 inch ceremonial vase valued at £5000. The Society of Good Cheer, a new New York club for house women, pledges time to visiting convalescents and aiding hospitals.
Miss Janet Goucher daughter of Rev Dr John F Goucher president emeritus of the Woman's College wed Henry Clay Miller son of the late Daniel Miller at Alo Duis near Pikesville. Ceremony led by the bride's father with ministers Rev Dr H Frank Rall and Rev Donyl Guthrie in attendance. Eleanor Goucher maid of honor wore pale green lace and carried maidenhair fern. bride wore white velvet gown with point lace and tulip veil carrying a bouquet. Mr and Mrs Miller to reside on the Preston.
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