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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
20
The Alexandria County Board of Trade will showcase factory line advantages around Rosslyn to attract jobbers and shippers. A sub committee will study delay causes and seek improvements in service for the industry.
Jobbers and shippers association forms subcommittee to thoroughly examine freight handling issues between Washington and the South. Charles Semmes, E H Droop, and Lee Herrell named to lead the investigation, with report due at the August 15 freight committee meeting. Publicity unit asks firms to submit names, addresses, freight volumes, labor force, capital, and business activity for inclusion.
A board of trade meeting outlined a fifteen member committee to appeal to property owners in Rosslyn to curb real estate price rises and to promote industrial growth linked to Washington. The group will liaise with the Jobbers Association and may act to advance factory location incentives, stressing roads and rail access and noting the Pennsylvania Railroad support.
Local leaders push promoting Washington as a hub for industry and commerce through the National Middle States Regatta Association gathering set for September 8. Advocates claim the event will attract wealth and influence from the Worth, West, and South, boosting waterfront development and local investment. Judge Tighe’s praise of a New York suitable course is cited to urge civic support and publicity efforts ahead of the September 7 gathering.
In Asheville on August 1 F L Siddons, a prominent National Capital attorney, told the Commercial Law League of America that Southern progress in manufacturing and capital is rapid. He cited NC growth from 1900 to 1910, noting large gains in capital invested, product value, and wages, and praised Washington as the gateway to a Greater South and a stronger Greater Washington.
Mrs Thathbemne Gray files for absolute divorce from Roos Everett Gray alleging abandonment and failure to provide support. She notes his government salary of 3180 yearly plus 1800 extra from outside work and states they were married in 1883 until October last year. She has taken a sales job and seeks maintenance and a settlement commensurate with his income.
Will be buried Friday for Lillian H Scheele daughter of the late Frederick and Frances Scheele who died yesterday at Georgetown University Hospital. Funeral from her residence 333 Street Northwest at 1 o clock Friday. Requiem mass at Holy Trinity Church. Burial at Haley Road Cemetery Naples. Olding Confectioner John Beste! dies at 84 at 018 Seventeenth Street Northwest. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
The second day of the Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress in Washington ended after a morning disturbance. Speakers including William Pickens, P J Bryant, and James B. McGill drew praise and ire for critical views on race equality and education. A telegram from Booker T. Washington arrived wishing success. A resolution denouncing crime was proposed, and statistics on Black wealth and home life were presented, alongside talks on church life and reform.
A preacher urged church members to worship through daily purity and deeds, blasting emotionalism and repetitive prayers. The address critiqued collection-plate practices and urged reform in preaching while discussing the American negro’s role in the struggle for freedom and social progress.
Bernard Schlosberg bought the Guthrie business property at Ninth and H Streets for 25000. The plot covers several lots with frontage on Nath Street and H Street, currently housing brick store and dwelling buildings. Plans by A B Mullett & Co call for extensive renovations costing about 10000 to create more store space and harmonize the structures.
Grandchildren of Washington Berry seek a trustee and equity relief claiming a 410 acre Metropolis View tract should not have been sold until after the survivors of his five daughters died or married. They challenge earlier sales to Baltimore and Olio Railroad, Pennsylvania system, and others. The case hinges on a will paragraph directing distribution to Berry’s daughters and their descendants. The outcome could force buyouts by current owners and affect title insurance interests. Also noted is the upcoming Luna Park outing by the Lady Macabees of the World in Washington on August 7 with multiple hive committees listed.
Miss Corinne Parker of Washington and Francis Boldin, famed artist, plan a marriage after a four year romance. Parents opposed the match. Boldin’s Riviera accident hastened the engagement, with plans to wed in Italy while Parker pursues stage and writing work in New York and Italy.
Funeral services for Capt Nica elson Dawson, a noted Civil War cavalry leader of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry under Gen Turner Ashby, will be held at the Episcopal Theological Seminary near Alexandria at 5 PM. He died at his Fairfax County country home yesterday and is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery. He was born April 20, 1835 in Spring Date, Va, son of Samuel Dawson of Loudoun County, and married Virginia Cooper in 1873. He leaves a daughter Maud, two sons Cooper and Philip, and four brothers including Roger Turner Dawson of Baltimore.
News briefs from Washington city noting the death of William Selden president of the Metropolitan Hotel Company, a theft charge against Max Stern, funeral plans for John Lynn Keystone Hotel proprietor, and a jurist’s recounting of a larceny case. Also reported are a deputy marshal’s dismissal, a forfeit of collateral by Mary Banister, a horse accident injuring its rider, and a theft arrest tied to Mary Fox.
A brief exchange about Belle and Nelle concerns gossip over looks and a dentist brother, illustrating social chatter in the Cleveland Leader column style.
A Weather Bureau report describes a high barometer area over the Northeast and Western North Atlantic with scattered rain and thunderstorms across the Midwest and Mississippi valleys. Light to fresh easterly winds accompany Atlantic coast and Great Lakes conditions, with temperatures around 71 to 77 degrees and variable humidity and sunshine.
The ad touts Cascarets as a cure for bad breath headaches heartburn gas belching and colicky feelings caused by bowel trouble. It urges carrying the West Pocket Box, claims over ten million boxes sold annually, and warns to buy only genuine Sterling Remedy Company tablets stamped GCC.
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