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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1908
Page
27
Florists report strong Easter demand with widespread availability of lilies roses azaleas and other flowers. Prices range from 25 cents to 34 per dozen for lilies and 1 to 5 per dozen for roses with rhododendron plants from 2 to 15 dollars and azaleas 2 to 12 each. Bouquets yield to decorative baskets and set pieces as homes and churches prepare for Easter.
Seventeen new members join after a Chamber of Commerce meeting as the Washington's Four Hundred Club forms to raise four thousand dollars for the Associated Charities deficit. Acting secretary Ida Green says the target will be met in a few days. New signups include William H. Saunders Julius Garfinkle Charles W. Bermes Robert N. Harper and others with further additions by A Lisner and names such as Emil Berliner and S W Woodward.
Commissioners and the Senate Appropriations subcommittee neared a deal on the District budget. They pressed for full approval of the commissioners estimates including over two million dollars for new schools and fireproofing old buildings, high pressure fire protection, and suburban sewers. They noted Congress has underfunded public school projects by about 2.2 million in the past decade and urged increases when the bill returns to the House.
The district’s mortality report for the week ended April 11 shows 134 deaths versus 126 births, with 7 deaths white and 63 colored and 88 white and 38 colored births. Contagious cases dipped for diphtheria and scarlet fever, rose for smallpox, and fell slightly for typhoid and measles.
Members of the G A R's Carson Post will conduct the funeral for Capt William Harvey Weather Bureau employee who died Tuesday at 212 Pennsylvania avenue Services are at 2 pm tomorrow at Lee's chapel 332 Pennsylvania avenue Interment will be at Arlington Harvey born in Pennsylvania but long a District resident He was 66 and survived by three daughters Mrs A J Gibson Manila P I Mrs J M Sheffer and Miss Mary Harvey of this city
A District Senate hearing on Sunday observance bills heard arguments from Retail Grocers' Protective Association and Central Labor Union advocates and opponents including Seventh Day Adventists. The measures target grocers and butchers to end seven day workweeks, with one bill restricting labor and activities across the District and provisions for partial Sunday meat deliveries.
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