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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
15
Store will close at 5 30 pm continuing September sale of furniture and housekeeping supplies. In anticipation of the changing season the ad targets home makers hotel and cafe proprietors returning from summer outings. One of a kind pieces offered with savings on linens glassware and gifts for October weddings.
A historic dealer promotes Fall Opening Sale of Oriental Rugs highlighting quality, durability, and design. The effort emphasizes direct import from Eastern markets, value, genuineness, and a wide assortment including Kermanshahs, Bukharas, Cabistans, Shirez, and large pieces from 6x feet to 12x15 feet.
A detailed advertisement showcases fall upholstery offerings from curtains to couch covers. It highlights Renaissance lace curtains, portieres, and broad selections in varied widths and prices, noting substantial discounts and new stock for home and foreign markets.
Advertises Figured French and Gobelin tapestries for furniture coverings and draperies at reduced prices. Damask fabric offered in old rose blue green and red tones, priced at 3.50 per yard, with nominal value listed at 5.00. Also notes $2.50 yard rates for similar coverings and broader sale ranges from 3.00 to 4.00.
Cushions covered in silt satin cashmere and tapestry fabrics attractively priced from $1.50 to $4.00 each. The Fur niture Coveringa and Drapery Materials shop highlights cotton tapestry at $1.00 to $6.50 per yard, wool tapestry at $3.75 to $190, and a range of silks and velours with varied yard prices.
New stock of linens blankets and general housekeeping supplies offered at below current values. Photos show table cloths napkins embroidered tea cloths lace doilies centerpieces towels towelings and kitchen items. Notable items include 15x15-inch hemstitched domank ten dollies $3 per dozen and 72-inch embossed damask at $1.25 per yard with various embroidered cardinals and table cloths priced between $2 and $2.50.
Flannel department advertises Viyella branded fabric that resists shrinking for frocks, knickerbockers, night dresses, shirts, and pajamas. It promotes thirty designs including clan plaids, 32 inches wide, priced by the yard. Special wool blankets in several sizes, down comforts, mattress pads, pillows, and matching bed accessories are featured with various prices.
An ad lists a complete assortment of white fabrics including Longcloths Nainsooks French Lawns 40 inch Apron Lawns and other staples for fall. It promotes 1 000 yards of 32 inch Imported White Madras Waistings in four designs priced at 25c per yard with a value of 40c.
A September sale showcases imported and domestic chinaware, glassware, lamps, basketware, and housekeeper aids. Featured items include plates at 25¢, English porcelain covered dishes 50c, two piece French china boats 85c, jardinières 25c, jardiniere and pedestal set $5.00, fruit jars 50c to 60c per dozen, and a wash day outfit for 1.75.
For the little folks and big ones a variety of sizes and styles Moore's Japanned Tin Folding Lunch Boxes 20c each Fiber Lunch Boxes 1c 13c and 15c each Lunch Baskets 20 to 60c each
Demonstration of Gilray Curtain Stretcher highlights practicality and ease of use for housekeepers. Constructed from best materials with nickel plated pins to resist rust. Inspect these stretchers. stationary pins cost 2.25 dollars and movable pins 2.50 dollars.
Washington society notes announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of Miss Viole Lucretia Pate to Mr Myron Gregg Clear at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. The piece lists many social arrivals and weddings of D.C. figures, plus travel and residence shifts of notable families.
A rollicking social column traces Lieut. Ruggles and his wife Miss Mabel Perkins from early cavalry duties to a perilous ditch stunt that earned him a broken shoulder and a betrothal. It follows his rise to military attache posts, his father‑in‑law’s influence, and a society reshuffle involving the Duchess of Roxburghe and New York and Washington elites. The piece notes renovations at Floors Castle, lavish European reminders, and the crown prince’s popularity among the people.
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