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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
23
A September furniture and housekeeping sale runs through the last week, offering one of a kind pieces and artistic items at savings. The promotion targets home needs, returning travelers, hotel and boarding house operators, and October wedding gift buyers seeking quality linens, glassware, and furniture components at reduced prices.
An old catalog style notice promotes a fall sale of Oriental rugs direct from Persian markets. It extols durability, value, and the artistic quality of pieces like Kerman shahs, Bukharas, and Cashmeres, offering many large and small quilts with random examples and prices arranged in piles.
A grand display announces fall and winter upholstery, lace curtains, portieres, and furnishing fabrics from top markets. Prices range from modest to premium, with real Renaissance lace, portieres, and tapestry designs showcased in varied widths and sizes. Special values highlighted for curtains, couch covers, and fringe trims.
Figured French and Gobelin tapestries offered for furniture coverings, portieres and draperies. Damask fabrics in old rose blue green and red tones priced at 2.50 to 3.50 dollars per yard, with value up to 5.00 dollars.
Cushions covered with silt satin cashmere and florid tapestry sold from 1.50 to 4.00 each. New arrivals include cotton tapestry, wool tapestry, silk gobelin and armure, silk damask and brocades, and cotton armures. Prices range from 75 cents to 190 dollars per yard depending on material and weave.
UR new stock of linens blankets and general housekeeping supplies for fall is complete due to favorable mill contracts. Prices are below current values with items such as 15x15-inch hemstitched domank ten dollies at $3 per dozen and 72-inch embossed damask at $1.25 per yard. Cardinal table cloths with embroidered edges priced around $2 with other pieces listed.
An old advertisement notes Viyella branded flannel that promises no shrinkage. It highlights frocks and nightwear options, mentions thirty designs including clan plaids, 32 inches wide, priced by the yard. Special values on wool blankets and down comforts are listed, along with cotton and wool mattress pads and embroidered spreads.
White Goods Dept offers complete assortment of staples including longcloths nainsooks French lawns and 40 inch apron lawns for fall use. 1000 yards of 32 inch Imported White Madras Waistings in four designs priced at 25 cents per yard with value listed at 40 cents.
A September sale showcases imported and domestic chinaware glassware lamps basketware and home helpers. Featured items include 25 cent decorated plates 50 cent English porcelain dishes 85 cent sauce boats 25 cent jardinières and a $5 complete jardiniere set plus wash day outfits and assorted jars at bargain prices.
A compact catalog note listing Moore’s Japanned Tin Folding Lunch Boxes for 20c, Fiber Lunch Boxes at 1c, 13c, and 15c, and Lunch Baskets ranging 20 to 60c. Suitable for children and adults, offering a variety of sizes and styles.
Demonstration of Gilray Curtain Stretcher promotes a practical serviceable device for household use. Constructed from best materials with nickel plated pins to prevent rusting. Inspect these stretchers priced at 2.25 dollars with stationary pins and 2.50 dollars with movable pins.
Social and personal items detail engagements and weddings around Mount Pleasant Church, Washington society, and notable guests. The piece notes Viola Pate and Myron Clear’s wedding, Eliot engagements, arrivals and departures of diplomats, officials, and prominent families, plus preparations for the Roosevelt White House homecoming and various social events and travels.
A long social column traces Lieut. Ruggles and his marriage to Miss Perkins, his rise to a military attaché posting in Venezuela, and society chatter about the Roxburghe duchess and American peers. It notes remodeling of Floors Castle, lavish spending, and the German crown prince's popularity, with a tease of further details on page twelve.
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