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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1904
Page
7
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley presents his own naval career including a detailed account of the Santiago battle in Forty-Five Years Under the Flag. 430 pages, decorated cloth, illustrated. Price three dollars. Book Department Main floor Tenth st.
The sale highlights odd furniture housekeeping supplies upholstery and house furnishings for fall and winter home setup. It targets new households, homemakers, and those updating daily parlor library bedroom dining room kitchen pantry laundry items at unusually low prices. New inventories arrive with noticeable savings on regular prices.
A historic furniture sale advertises 25 to 50 percent discounts on a wide range of high grade pieces. Highlights include mahogany and oak chairs, rockers, desks, library tables, chiffoniers, dressers, and a Turkish Davenport, all offered at substantially lower values with one-of-a-kind stock and limited duplicates. Prices given for many items show substantial savings.
An archival price list shows 10-4 size at 1.00 per pair and 11-4 size at 1.25 per pair. Crib blankets range 30x40 at 2.00 and 2.50 per pair, 36x50 from 2.50 to 5.00, 42x56 from 3.50 to 6.50, 48x64 from 4.50 to 6.00 per pair. Crib spreads Crochet 1.00 each and Latin 2.25 to 5.00 each.
September sale of upholstery goods features lace curtains draperies hang ings wall coverings and bedding items at low prices. Shop offers full upholstery and cabinet services including reupholstering repairing refinishing and furniture making to order curtains portieres shades and related fittings with measurement plans and next day estimates.
This advertisement offers a made to order Box Couch at 12.75 dollars with 36 springs, plus a range of utility boxes and yard goods. It lists covers from 18c fabrics, cretonnes, denims, and burlaps, plus prices for boxes, textiles, and drapery materials. The sale emphasizes affordability and a broad selection for home furnishing.
Demonstration of the famous Van Duesen Cake Pans praised for Angel Cake Sunshine Cake and Layer Cake, with products baked evenly and released cleanly. The demonstrator also sells cakes made with the pans, priced from 25 cents up, with sets available for $1.25 on the fifth floor.
Our special sale of Housekeeping Supplies China Glass and Kitchen Wares opens the season with savings opportunities for thrifty housewives. New Chinaware designs dazzle with artistic effects while Cut Glass Colonial and pressed glass showcase notable features. Kitchen supplies and labor saving devices demonstrate our policy of economy and merit in this department.
A dealer announces a special sale of two thousand pieces from a sample line of deco rated French china. Items include Fern dishes tankards mayonnaise and tea sets cups saucers bowls plates and containers, all in varied shapes and designs ideal for October weddings. Displayed for inspection with many other pieces.
The store announces its first full importation of Austrian Gold Glassware with artistic cut designs and gold filled decorations. A versatile wedding gift option priced from $1.00 each, plus a selection of Cut Glass Candlesticks in assorted shapes from $1.50 each and up.
A series of society notices from Washington recount engagements and forthcoming weddings. Daisy Elliott, daughter of Gen. G. F. Elliott, to Lieut. Harold C. Reisinger of the Marine Corps, set for late November. Miss Margaret Hughes Kennedy to Mr. Alexander Stronach at St Paul’s Church on October 11. Other nuptials include Ruth Van Auken to Dr. Hynson Carter and Miss Rose Dillon to John Seager with no guests present, followed by bridal tours and society dinners at the World’s Fair.
A September 1 jardiniere sale highlights new shapes and decorations at unusual values. Jardinieres range from 7 to 10 inches across the top with assorted shapes and colorings priced from 50 cents to $1.00 each.
Rich mond Virginia September society lights focus on the quiet wedding of Miss May Handy to James Brown Potter in Handy’s apartment with Rev Otis Meade officiating. They will tour New York and Paris before returning to the South for winter engagements. Separate items report Mrs Ephraim Hinds's serious stroke and Col Charles Morton’s marriage to Sabina Pemberton at Capt W F Rice’s home with high-profile guests in St Louis.
Thirty five Rhodes scholars from various states sailed from Boston aboard the steamship Ivernia to Liverpool for a course at Oxford University. The group traveled together due to arrangements by Paul Wixon of Braintree who invited other winners to join the Boston departure.
William Holmead of Holmead Manor dies Monday evening and funeral is set for 10 30 am from 531 Thirteenth Street NW with Re f ather McGee and Father Hartwell at Sacred Heart. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Surviving children include William F P Holmead John H Holmead Mrs J C Callan Mrs O Dwyer Miss Belinda Holmead and Miss Cornelia Holmead. Harmony Tent marks its first anniversary at People's Mission 31¢ Pennsylvania Avenue with song and games. The Sorceress debut starring Mrs Patrick Campbell comes to Columbia Theater Monday for a week before moving to New York. George Munoz arrives as Guatemala's minister to Washington and meets Acting Secretary Loomis.
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