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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1907
Page
8
Health officials report a large number of dairy cows in the district tested positive for tuberculosis. About 2,000 to 3,000 of 10,000 milking cows are infected, with several herd condemnations leading to some being butchered for beef. Inspectors seek the remaining infected cattle believed to have been sold to other dairymen.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary C. Hunter Furst at Union M E Church with Rev. Reese Murray officiating. She died of pneumonia at her daughter’s home, born June 12, 1830s, a long Washington resident. Her husband, a noted engineer who built the Aqueduct bridge, died years ago. She had eight children including Minnie Salt and J W Thomas among others.
Emanuel Kizeckao, a Finn, has walked 49000 miles on a global trek and arrived here yesterday morning. He left for Pittsburg hours later and plans to reach San Francisco in four months, seeking a $000 prize funded by California donors. He averages about forty five miles daily, carries a rifle and credentials in a small satchel, and began with $191 in assets.
The Women s Relief Corps reception planned for national president Mrs Isabel Worrell Ball at the home of Capt and Mrs C H Oldroyd was canceled by the department president due to an urgent summons. Mrs Sparklin, the national president, had been a guest in Ball s home but was summoned to St Louis yesterday.Albmarle Street opening urged copies of resolutions from Citizens Northwest Suburban Association were read by the Commissioners.
The Potomac Electric and Power Company began lowering conduits on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between Sixth and Seventh streets as prep for resurfacing from Sixth to Fifteenth Street within a week. Health officials sent disinfection instructions to hospitals and physicians. copies available at the health office. Dr Eugenes L. Le Merle named medical inspector in contagious disease service at four dollars a day, replacing Dr C Norman Howard. Stewart Hodge reappointed notary public, based at 91 Seventh Street NW.
The funeral for Rev Dr Armory Dwight Mayo prominent educator who died Monday night at his residence 4416 Rhode Island avenue northwest was held at All Souls Unitarian Church yesterday afternoon at 3 30 oclock. Rev A G B Pierce conducted the services with eulogies by Dr Edward Everett Hale and William Goodell Frost both lifelong friends. Ralph P Barnard sang near hymns, and the private interment followed at Rock Creek Cemetery with pallbearers Ralph P Barnard Henry W Hyans Richard K Paynter P W Turpin Frank P Resalde and Harry K Willard.
Convention Hall buzzes with rapid decorating as booths and lighting rise in the main fair room for the Masonic fair. The Mt Vernon Chapter BR A M Woman's Auxiliary leads the museum display with a long list of volunteer organizers and a fortune teller, weighing device, and beverage provisions planned for guests.
Dr Klopsch cables from Shanghai report relief work at highest pressure with four thousand lives sustained by foreign relief. Officials and nobility cooperate satisfactorily. Cable urges continuing relief until June to ensure benefits prove effective.
Local notices push Argo Red Salmon for brain and muscle health, tout the product as superior to beef, urge readers to watch grocer windows for transparency, and remind against typhoid by cleansing systems. Mentions Alaska Packers Association support for Pure Food Laws and Chicago Jewel Gas Ranges.
The piece links spring fever to dyspepsia and touts a medical “cure” recipe: 14 oz Buchu extract, 1 Bulga mixture, 44 oz Gentian compound, 15 oz water, given as tablet spoonfuls three times daily. It claims safe, efficacious results and positions the remedy as a spring tonic, easy for any pharmacist to prepare.
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