Autumn Dress Fabrics Showcase Promises New Weaves
An AR display highlights foreign and domestic fall and winter dress fabrics in a curated collection. The Dress Goods Department on the second floor presents velvets for trims, plaids in varied wools and silks, checks with silk flecks, and a long list of fabric names from crepe to voile. The buyer sourced globally for best materials, stressing plain surfaces and quality light to judge colors and trims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Panama
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair Services Offered
Repairs, reupholstery, and refinishing of all furniture types described as unmatched in quality. Parquetry flooring, waxing of floors and stairs, custom window seats, and matching hair cushions. On-site polishing available to prevent damage from transport.
Window Shades to Order for Renovations
Plans for full home renovation include made-to-order window shades. Features include hand-painted opaque King's Scotch Holland and transparent cambric shades with zigzag stitching on a new machine to prevent cutting. Measurements and estimates offered via mail or phone. fourth floor G st.
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King’s Scotch Holland
Onsale Features Patterns and Fashion Sheets Available
The issue lists diverse articles including The Making of Collars and Cuffs Chinese Embroidery Arablam and French Irish Lace New Styles in Hair Dressing Russian Housekeeping A Witch Party for Halloween Jiu Jitsu Training for Women The Establishing of a Circulating Library Children as Art Models and two short stories Roc a copy Roc a year October Patterns and Fashion Sheets are ready Patterns roc and 15c each Fashion Sheets free for the asking Pattern Dept Main floor Eleventh st.
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Eleventh St
Rugs Cleaned and Repaired by Armenian Weaver
Rugs repaired and cleansed. Season nears for Oriental rugs and carpets. If any rugs need repairing cleaning or stretching, drop a line and we will call to provide an estimate. Expert work offered by an Armenian weaver on the Bug Dept Fourth floor G street.
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G St
Stationery E invites attention to our wedding and social printing
An advertisement notes prompt execution of orders for wedding invitations marriage announcements at homes and cards for all social functions and public ceremonies. It highlights die cutting for monograms heraldic devices and house addresses on fashionable papers with high grade work at consistent prices and new imported novelties for wedding gifts arriving daily.
Our System of Cleansing Blankets and Lace Curtains
Advertising copy states a blanket cleansing service at 1.00 per pair and lace curtains at 75 cents to 1.00 per pair with goods called for and delivered free of charge.
Study of Cathedrals Extends England Tour
Rev. Dr. George FF Bratenahl and his wife returned from an extended English tour begun June 17 in New York. The rector of St. Alban's Chapel sought to study cathedrals and compare English and American church government while noting large attendance at services that barred admittance to Westminster and St. Margaret's.
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Westminster
St. Margaret’s
George
FF. Bratenahl
St. Alban’s Chapel
England
New York
Bratenahl
Benedict Roth
Agnes Beatrice
James Trinciley
St. Paul’s Church
Lattimore
Walher Sheridan
William Normyle
Katherine Roth
Frawley
Florida Avenue Northwest
Clergy praise England visit on cathedral restorations
Rev G C F Bratenahl rector at 84 Alban's notes English cathedral restoration from Durham to Truro. He admires packed services, cites Liverpool and Truro cathedrals, and praises Westminster access. He endorses English choir-school system and reports local plans for a new choir boys school opening next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Liverpool
Truro
Cornwall
England
Washington
Canterbury
Dr Greene resumes pulpit at Calvary Baptist Church
Dr S H Greene returns from vacation to deliver first sermon of the season at Calvary Baptist Church. He notes gladness to resume work, thanks substitutes, praises attendance and welcomes new faces amid a palms and ferns decorated pulpit and a “Welcome Home” inscription. A reception follows in church parlors with members greeting him and introducing friends.
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Calvary Baptist Church
S. H Greene
Diamonds and Other Gems Mounted to Order Designs
Jewelry notice offering mounted diamonds and other gems to order from original and exclusive designs. Estimates and designs submitted without charge.
Society notes reveal weddings and travels across society
A long list of society events from Haddon Hall Atlantic City to New York and Washington details honeymoons weddings and upcoming ceremonies. Notables include Miss Anne Hitchcock and Lieut Commander William Lima with December nuptials, Mme Takahira’s work for soldiers, the Sturgeses en route to Los Angeles, Montague and Leggett wedding guests, Edith Rice Hanley nuptials in Cumberland, and Consuelo Vanderbilt visiting Deepdale Hempstead. Also listed are Mrs Barton French’s European plans, Mrs Platt Snow and Senator Platt in the West, Helen Cannon’s Berkshire automobile trip, Admiral Dewey’s Virginia summer, and Dr H L Johnson's Alaska tour.
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Hollster Sturges
St. John's Church
Los Angeles
Cal
New York State
Adirondacks
Sturges
Hudson
George Charles Montague
London
Leggett
New York
Ridgeley Manor
Stone Ridge
Montague
Sandwich
Hollister Sturges
M. F. B. Bice
Edith Rice
William Woodin Hanley
Dumberland
Dumbarton Avenue
M. B
O Street
Hanley
Berwick, Pa
Diplomacy and Journalism in Secretary Hay's Time
Robert Martin Larner analyzes Hay's diplomacy and journalism, praising his alliance with a patriotic press and his restraint to let truth mature before publication. He contrasts Blaine's vanity and sensationalism with Hay's measured secrecy and careful messaging within the State Department. The piece notes leaders like Sherman and Day favored deep secrecy in diplomacy. Also reports the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions selecting North Adams and Williamstown, Massachusetts, as their meeting site.
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Robert Martin Larner
Trarper
Blaine
Washington
Secretary Hay
Join Hay
Larner
Hay
State Department
John Sherman
Jurge Dey
Mission Board
Seattle
Walsh
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
North Adams
Williamstown
Mass
Antique stock at Washington shop ad
World famous makers and varied goods fill Old Colony Co. showroom at 31 Street. Rare plate, scarce china and silver, metalware and colonial productions highlight wedding presents and holiday gifts in a compact, period style notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hepplewhite
Sheraton & Chippendale
Washington
Old Colony Co
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Woodward & Lothrop
Paris
Boliennes
Dr. Bratenahl
St. Alban’s
Old Piles
G. C. F. Bratenahl
Alban’s
Durham
Trure
DR. Greene
Mr. Justice
H. B. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Anne Hitchcock
Secretary of the Interior
William 8. Lima
Takahira
Japan
Mme. Takehira
Mme
Barton French
Hot Springs
Barton Lodge
Mr. French
Europe
French
Lawier Dunn
Consuelo
Duchess of
Platt
Margaret LL Snow
Senator Thomas Platt
San Francisco
Gay Robertson
Harold Remington
Cleveland
Colorado Sprigs
Helen Cannon
House of Representatives
Berkshires
J. Loose
Chicago
Connecticut
George Dewey
Virginia
Sarah Tyson Rover
Washington, DC
New Hotel Astor
H. L . Johnson
Portland
Oreg
American Medical Association
Alaska
Canada
Mnde
Jeannsons
Aily
TERS
H St
Phone
Prince
Christian Xander
V. D. Rosen
Ernaidonte
11Th St
Knabe
America
WM. Knabe & CO
F Street
Atlantic & Pacific Te
7Th
Home Savings Bank Yth and Mass
Diamond Dyes
Burlington, Vt
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