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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1910
Page
10
A baffling illness produces coma like episodes and fatal outcomes after long sleep. The report details a Brooklyn woman Elisabeth A Hake and mentions a long sleep relapse with wakefulness brief before death. The piece notes signs of life and relates to a broader mystery of prolonged sleep and faint recoveries.
The Austro-Hungarian embassy will be established at Bar Harbor for the summer with Mr von Loewenthal Linau succeeding Baron Ambrozy as chargé d’affaires and Mme von Loewenthal-Linau likely arriving in June. Several society members plan summer travel and weddings are noted, including Miss Sutherland and Mrs Beatty, with trips to Washington Philadelphia and New York and a noted marriage in Washington.
Virginia Otis Heckscher, widow of John G Heckscher, will marry New York Fire Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo in Greenwich Connecticut. The ceremony follows Heckscher and Waldo’s long connections and a Canada duel between Heckscher and Henry Winthrop Gray decades earlier.
A farewell gathering for Dean Vance featured speeches by officials including Tennessee figures and treasury aides. Attendees also included state leaders and a New York customs lawyer as the conference discussed treasury matters and related concerns.
Walter Cal le reports to commissioners on the need for an inspector of machines used in amusements at a salary of 100 a year. He cites the dangerous conditions in theaters and the risk to hundreds of patrons, urging immediate action and stricter scrutiny of operators.
Funeral services for A J Halford will be conducted at his residence on Second Street Northwest at 2 oclock this afternoon. The Rev Dean of Passaic New Jersey will lead, assisted by Dr Charles W Wool pastor of the Church of the Cave. Pallbearers include Senator J C Burrows Gen J W Foster A May W J Richards U S A Wool Baldwin Barry Henn BF Macfarland and Justice Stanton Peele. Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Funeral services were held for Baby Earl at Forest Lake Cemetery. The infant, 19 months old, died Friday from a fracture after a fall in the American Salvation Army Home yard. The body lay draped in U S and Salvation Army flags. Four white-clad girls served as pallbearers as hymns were sung and Mrs Marion Smalley, matron of the home, sang a solo.
In Toledo Ohio on April 18 credit balances show 1.35 with tone 30178 barrels average 118 47 barrels. Shipments to Soug0 average 210 516 barrels. North Lime in South Lina in Indiat 10.
From New York social columns comes a lavish account of Miss Merjarie Gould�s wedding to Anthony Drexel Jr at St Bartholomew’s. The event features unprecedented expenditure, pink decor, and a grand 43 inch high fruit cake envisioned as a temple of love. family plans, cake delays, and the luncheon at Fifth Avenue unveil a day of high society pageantry.
New York society awaits the Marjorie Gould Drexel wedding with a lavish Manhattan celebration. The bride and groom, Marjorie Gould and Drexel, plan a church ceremony followed by a grand reception at the Gould residence on Fifth Avenue. The event features couture gowns, immense floral decor, and a cake by Davoy, symbolizing wealth and social prestige. Guests include prominent figures such as Mrs George J Gould and Mrs John R Drexel, as well as family members and close associates amid a high society spectacle.
Fragmented report notes quarantining all measles cases, with references to Miss Haskin and a social scene in London and New York. It mentions Rita the English novelist, Mrs We Desmond Bumnpbress remarks about women and men, and Lord Rupert William Ernest Gori] arriving in New York.
Luna park artisans prepare for a national midsummer exposition opening May 28 in Washington. Capitalists fund exhibits and park upgrades as promoters seek public education contact. New Southern Pacific piers 48 and 49 added in New York to boost trade and travel to New Orleans, Galveston, and western states. The Antilles will depart April 2 signaling semiweekly service between New York and New Orleans.
Retired lieutenant general George Young longtime head of the Soldiers Home in Cheyenne dies at age 16 with a career spanning the Civil War Spanish American War and multiple high commands. He served as chief of staff and chaired the Military Court of Inquiry before retirement.
The Secretary of Agriculture releases a new cookbook titled Bread and Bread Making. It denounces claims that bread can be unhealthy, arguing that lightness and sweetness depend as much on preparation as on ingredients.
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