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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
7
Hand of Welcome to Be Extended to Manufacturers. Board of Trade of Alexandria County Will Present Advantages of Factory Lines in Vicinity of Rosslyn to Job bers and Shippers' Association-Sub committee to Investigate Cause of Delays and Work for Better Service.
The Jobbers and Shippers Association appoints a subcommittee to investigate freight handling issues between Washington and the South. Charles W Semmes E H Droop and Lee L Herrell will conduct an exhaustive inquiry and report at the August 15 freight committee meeting. The publicity committee asks readers to send names addresses freight volumes and workforce details to aid the study.
A special committee of the Jobbers Association will study why quick shipments to the South are rare, with two dozen members invited to a two week quiet phase. Rostlyn site advantages for manufacturing are to be presented, and a 15 member panel may liaise with Roslyn property owners to curb real estate price hikes while courting Washington for industrial growth. New members join the Tenchers and Shippers Association as plans unfold for Greater Washington collaboration.
Hadley Doyle of the Regatta Association urges widespread advertising to showcase Washington and attract investors. The National Middle States Regatta is set for Labor Day week, September 7 8, with judges praising the watercourse and urging local committees to mobilize publicity and support for the event.
F L Siddons, a prominent attorney from the National Capital, addressed the Commercial Law League of America in Asheville. He extolled Southern industrial growth, citing rapid capital increases in cotton mills, coal, and manufacturing from 1890 to 1905, and highlighted North Carolina's manufacturing gains from 1900 to 1910, asserting a Greater South and a linked Greater Washington.
Mrs Thathbemne Gray seeks an absolute divorce from Roos Everett Gray alleging statutory grounds. She states he is employed by the hydrographic bureau of the Navy Department at 3180 yearly and claimed 1800 more from outside business. Married Jane 28 1883, they separated in October, she says he refuses support and she has worked as a store saleswoman. She also seeks relief matching his alleged income.
Funeral services for Lillian H Scheele daughter of the late Frederick and Frances Scheele who died yesterday at Georgetown University Hospital will be held Friday at 1 o clock from her residence 3%3 street NW. Requiem mass at Holy Trinity Church then burial at Holly Road Cemetery Naples. Olding Confectioner John Bestel Dies at 84 at 018 Seventeenth Street NW. funeral arrangements to be announced.
The Negro Young People’s Christian and Educational Congress faced a rousing morning with a ruling dispute triggering disorder as delegates protested changes to the program. James B. McGill of Alabama drew acclaim as a rising figure likened to Booker T. Washington while speakers debated race uplift and education amid strong opposition and fervent testimony from prominent Alabama and Atlanta participants.
A conference featured sermons urging worship over emotion, denunciations of collection-plate excess, and calls for reform in preaching. Speakers addressed the British role toward Africans in South Africa, Negro ministries in social progress, and youth protection. Pro grams covered race issues, education, and African diasporan topics with clergy from Detroit, Washington, and Charleston discussing Liberia and Africa.
Bernard Schlosberg purchased the Guthrie estate at Ninth and H Streets for 25 000. The site fronts Nath street 108 feet and H street 25 feet with several brick buildings including a three story structure. He plans extensive renovations costing about 10 000 to create more store space and harmonize the buildings, with plans by A B Mullett & Co.
Grandchildren of Washington Berry file equity suit seeking a trustee and challenging a 1900s sale of 410 acres in Metropolis View east of Glenwood Cemetery. Dispute centers on Berry will and whether heirs were properly represented. potential impact on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Pennsylvania system, Dominicans, and St Vincent's Orphan Asylum holdings. Also notes a World of Washington fundraising event at Luna Park August 7.
Miss Corinne Parker of Washington and Francis Boldin the artist and recluse plan marriage after four years of romance stalled by parental opposition. The engagement revived after Boldin was injured motoring on the Riviera, with Parker set to sail for Italy to spend winters with Florence Kahn. Mrs Parker remains in New York with her daughters as preparations continue for a likely marriage abroad.
Funeral services for Capt. Nica elson Dawson, a noted Virginia cavalry leader born April 20 1835 in Spring Date Va, will be held at the Episcopal Theological Seminary near Alexandria at 5 PM. He died at his Fairfax County home yesterday and is buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery. He married Virginia Cooper in 1873 and is survived by a daughter Maug, two sons Cooper and Philip, and four brothers.
William Selden president of the Metropolitan Hotel Company died Tuesday and was waked yesterday in Lynchburg. Max Stern charged with larceny of a gold ring from Adams Express Company was recharged by Judge Kimball after the boy lecture. Funeral services for John Lynn proprietor of the Keystone Hotel who died Tuesday will be held at St Patrick Church tomorrow morning with Rev Dr Safford officiating. Burial at Mount Calvary. Mary Banister colored charged with avtianizing Deputy U S Marshal Calahan Tuesday when he went to remove her from premises at 2507 M Street NW, failed to answer to her name at Police Court yesterday morning, and forfeited 5 collateral. A blind horse attached to a wagon owned by Oscar Stowe of 41 Forrest NW while standing in front of the store area about 4:40 PM yesterday plunged down an alley about six feet injuring itself in the back and shoulder. Samuel Petrallo of 41 First Street NW charged with attempting to assault Mary Fox of Brookland on June 21 and who has been out on $4,000 bail furnished by S H Walker of 46% Louisiana Ave was arrested yesterday afternoon by Tugentise Flather of the headquarters Ypres as it was suspected Fetralia were making preparations to mail for Italy.
In a breezy Cleveland Leader item readers hear playful banter about a girl named Belle with “pretty teeth.” Nelle asks why not, and the line hints her brother is a dentist, framing a light social jab around appearances and gossip.
Area of high barometer covers the Northeastern United States and extends over the Western North Atlantic. Scattered rain and thunderstorms expected in the Missouri and Minnesota valleys and along the Atlantic seaboard. Light to fresh westerly winds on the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes with partly cloudy skies, temperatures around mid 70s and 60s, record of sunshine variable. steamers to Europe face light variable winds.
An advertisement extols Cascarets for relief from headaches heartburn gas belching and colicky feeling caused by bowel trouble from food. It touts one box to prevent trouble move the load and urges carrying a West Pocket Box everywhere. It cites mass sales and warns to buy only the genuine Sterling Remedy Company product stamped GCC.
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