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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1906
Page
7
A broad listing announces new stock in a department store including foreign novelties lace costumes and accessories. Items feature silk velvets linens lingerie hats hosiery gloves and robes for women men and children with arrivals of dress fabrics, lace sets, gowns, suits, undergarments, kids wear, nightwear, and home textiles.
Our Book Department showcases a broad stock of current fiction and timeless works spanning Biography Travel Military Science Christian Science Art Poetry Essays and more with bindings from world renowned presses. We receive new titles on publication day through agents in New York London and Paris and can secure any book quickly.
A dress fabrics display offers foreign and domestic advances with charming new weaves in accepted fall colors. Some choices are shown exclusively here and cannot be duplicated even by us.
Solid silver gift idea for October weddings highlights the value of sterling over plated ware. The fall and winter collection features American-made pieces with fruit and floral designs, bright Butler finish, and modest prices. Items include jelly and sugar sets, napkin rings, bonbon spoons, gravy ladles, and berry dishes, with prices ranging from one to several dollars.
Northern Italy and Germany attractions delight Americans abroad as Mrs George Vanderbilt and Miss Morton travel motoring routes. Admiral Cali of Floramosca hosts dinner at the Willard with guests including Capt Mizsunsha and Lt Casara. Dr and Mrs Hager, friends of the admiral, also attend. Jean Reid, newly arrived from Europe, plans autumn house parties with Ogden Mills hosts. Mills and Vanderbilt prepare return visits to Washington and Biltmore.
A social column lists Mrs. Oliver visiting Misa Durand at Deepdene Ednox and a Rockville Maryland wedding conducted by Rev H T Campbell for Miss Hathe E Barrett and Mr William T Doleman. Other items mention guests in the city, illnesses, and social activity including hunts and kisses with names like Mrs Baylor Miss L Galt and Brig Gen Grant.
Seventy members of Fairmount Fire Engine Company of Norristown arrived in Washington to tour fire departments in Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth. The group led by Battalion Chief Henry stayed at Oxford Hotel and was entertained by Lieut. Hanlan. They visited Congress Library Mount Vernon and Jamestown Exposition sites before continuing to Baltimore and Chester.
Peter Dooner a well known Philadelphia hotel keeper died tonight at his Sharon Hill summer home at sixty eight. Born in Ireland he came to the United States at ten with his parents and served in the navy before becoming a pressman. He spent years in the press rooms of the Philadelphia Age and Times and entered the hotel business in 382. His hotel long hosted army and navy officials and he and his sons supplied the ward Christmas dinner for twenty years.
State Department officials said Secretary Root, who boarded the cruiser Columbia at Cartagena Saturday night, will sail direct from Cartagena to New York. The Mongolie remains at Midway. It is believed she will not depart without a convoy.
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