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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
7
Continuation of August Sale Bed Blankets at INE
Continuation of August Sale offers fluffy wool blankets with average savings of one third to one half. Manufacturers discard imperfect pieces as seconds. improvements reduce visible flaws. Sizes cover single to king, crib to extra wide, in white red and gray, prices from 85 cents to 13 4 regulars up to 15 dollars. Second floor F seventh St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tofore
Clearance Sale Mattings at Deep Reductions
FE offers a liquidation of odd rolls of fine China and Japanese matting in one to three roll lots. All season's goods with quick clearance pricing. 25c, 39c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c mattings reduced to 17, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 cents respectively. Also reduced to 28c a yard for midweight lo warp China matting. Fourth Aso r-G st.
Hats and books sale at Third Door with half price
Local sale advertises boys straw hats at half and less than half original prices with several styles for boys and girls. Also offered are books on famous heroes in blue bound volumes at 35 cents each. Titles include Livingstone Crockett Cromwell Boone Columbus and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Livingstone
David Crockett
Oliver Cromwell
Daniel Boone
Christopher Columbus
William the Conqueror
Henry Stanley
Frederick the Great
Ulysses S. Grant
Social and personal notes of society here
A Washington society column records Prince and Princess de Bearn as guests of Rev. and Mrs. Richard Lewis Howell. Engagement news for Miss Caroline Frye Briggs and Mr. Garret A. Hobart shocks locals, with August weddings, summer travels, and multiple social visits from Lady Durand, Miss Josephine Durand, and other prominent figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
New York
Maine
Caroline Frye Briggs
William FP. Frye
Garret A. Hobart
Briggs
Frank P. Briggs
Auburn
Miss White
Washington
Mr. Hobart
Mrs. Hobart
Hobart
Bretton Woods
Sen
New Hampshire
Madne
Prince de Barn
St. Petersburg
Princess de Bearn
America
Richard Lewis Howell
Howell
Baltimore
Episcopal Church
Sr. Margaret's Church
Newport
Ross Winans
Oldest Inhabitants Meet Elects Vice President Charles B Church
The Oldest Inhabitants Association met in the Corcoran Building with President Allison Nailor Jr in the chair. Charles B Church was elected vice president to fill the vacancy. A Glen of resolutions approved includes gratitude to Crosby Notes and Washington Railway officials. New members admitted include A W Kelly John H Small Jr Henry C Thompson B Gusdorf and M F Weaver. The death of Timothy W Murphy was announced with services planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Church
Association
Corcoran
Allison Nallor, Jr
Thomas Brown
Uiness
Brown
Nailor
Crosby
Washington Railway and Electric Company
A. Hart
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
William J. Green
John W. Douglas
T. W. Noonan
A. W. Kelly
John H. Small Jr
Henry C. Thompson
B. Gusdorf
M. F. Weaver
Timothy W. Murphy
G Street Street
St. Aloysius’ Church
Rudolph Beichlorn
Daniel Hannan
Brison Tilley
A. H. Ragan
Florists Plan Exhibits for National Meeting Here
The Washington Florists Club outlined exhibit plans for the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists convention August 16 and 17. Delegates from Baltimore and Boston attended. Exhibits will fill Carroll Hall and the National Rifles Armory and Masonic Temple, including gladioli displays and a new fern Scoul. A bowling tournament offers over 2000 dollars in prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florist Club
Washington Florists’ Club
I’ Street
Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists
William F. Gude
Baltimore Florists’ Club
W. J. Stewart
Boston
George H. Cooke
Carroll Hall
National Rifles’ Armory
Masonic Temple
Armory
Temple
Macfarland
Engineer Corps
Professor A. M. Bells Condition Improves After Operation
Professor Alex M Bell is reported resting easily after a Tuesday carbuncle operation performed by Dr James F Mitchell with assistance from Dr Briggs and Dr Fritcher. He had returned from Colonial Beach and shows steady improvement, with attendants pleased by his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. M. Bell
James F. Mitchell
Briggs
Fritcher
Baltimore
Bell
Colonial Beach
Mrs Mackay Elected Roslyn School Trustee In Tight Race
Mrs Clarence Mackay won a Roslyn school trustee seat by a narrow margin over John F. Remsen by one vote after a heated campaign. Dr P D Leys trailed with eight votes, while disputes over counts and tactics marked the day as supporters mobilized early to the polls and party lines formed around education reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Roslyn
I. L
Clarence Mackay
John F. Remsen
P. D. Leys
John Bogart
Board of Education
Ley
Mackay
Leys
Augustus S. Downing
Drs. Bogart and
Remsen
Dr. Leys
Remsen-Mackay
Local election chaos as Dr Bogart protests trustees vote
In a tense polling process Dr Bogart filed protests after results showed Dr Leys receiving 83 votes out of 306 with a campus headquarters in a kindergarten room. He challenged ballot labeling and candidate titles while Mackay’s straight Remsen Mackay ticket headed to the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Key
Mr. Mackay
Remsen-Mackay
Dr. Bogart
Dr. Leys
Mackay
Katherine Mackay
Clarence Mackay
Chileans Visit Annapolis and Army Changes
Special to The Washington Post from Annapolis Maryland reports Captain Amenagu al of the Chilean cruiser Gen Hagu edino visiting the Naval Academy with official reception by Commander G F. R Colyoco rress. The day also notes Maj Gen George M Randall assuming northern U S Army command in St Louis succeeding Gen Wint and naval trials for the U S armored cruiser West Virginia at Newport Rhode Island. Also covered are troop movements to Fort Sheridan and Enterprise arrival at Queenstown and various naval arrivals and departures including ships at Rockland Gardiners Bay and Nantucket Shoals Lightship with fleet movements northeast.
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Washington
Annapolis
R. Amengual
Haguedino
Philadelphia
Naval Academy
G. FR. Colyocoresses
Admiral Bands
Academy
Mesa
Amengual
Lieuts
C. Sienalta
J. F. Meimo
J. O. Reyes
H. Gunther
A. Chupetcelch
A. Gomez
L. Rodaguez
L. Vogt
A. King
A. Simpson
8. Deneira
A. Macylear
M. Cope
A Ramirez
J. Allard
A. Valdes
Angula
Gen. Randall
Gen. Wint
St. Louis
George M. Randall
Philippines
Northern Division
United States Army
Wint
Tsat
Omaha
Department of
A. G. Winterhalter
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Paducah
Houston
Eo Folk
Talbot
Nelson
Enaign P. Foley
Nashville
A. R. Webb
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
H. W. Cole
Maine
Wood to Return to Philippines for Two More Years
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, after a minor head operation, said from Boston he plans to resume duties in the Far East in about a month and to spend two more years in the Philippines. He follows his physician’s advice, walks several miles daily, and emphasizes his family remains in the islands while he stays in Boston for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Boston
Leonard Wood
Far East
Wood
Army Officers Orders Reflect Mix of Leaves and Transfers
The notice lists leave granted to Captain Jere B. Clayton and Lieutenant Solomon Avery, plus several revocations of special orders for Theodore B. Taylor and Herbert O. Williams. It records resignations of two lieutenants, transfers within artillery and infantry, and assignments for medical and signal corps officers, with postings from Fort Meade to Fort Leavenworth and Manila, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere B. Clayton
Pirot
Theodore B. Taylor
Eleventh Cavalry
Crosby P. Miller
General Staff
Herbert O. Williams
Fifth Infantry
Herbert O
William &. Goolsby
Twenty-first Infantry
Army
Alexis Jennet
Signal Corps
Fort Myer
Fort Wood
Creed F. Cox
Infantry and Cavalry School
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Thomas W. Hammond
First Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry
Fort McDowell
Cal
United Statos
John W. Gullek
Artillery Corps
Gost Artillery
Coast Armory
Artillery School
Fort Monroe
Department of Artillery
Robert P. Updyke
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Ita Station
United States
James F. Brady
Pittyfifth
Coast Artillery
Delamere Skerrett
Ninety-eighth Company
Coast Artllery
Medical Department
Jera R. Clayton
Seattle
Wash
Kang
David Baker
Baker
Fort Niobrara
Nebr
Ralph S. Porter
Porter
Manila
Philippine Islands
San Francisco
Philippines Division
Elegant gown in green silk mull with Valenciennes lace trim
A fashion feature describes a pale green silk mull gown with a Valenciennes lace yoke and trimming. Details include a novel yoke cut in a square pattern, elbow sleeves with roll cuffs, a circular skirt with banded trim, and options in silk and muslin fabrics. May Manton patterns No. 5100 and No. 4606 offered by mail for 10 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Hds
Senate Building To Be Renodeled To Cut Costs
The Senate construction commission debated materials limestone granite or white marble and adjourned to October 6. With a $2,250,000 appropriation in mind, plans to close the east side and add cheaper stone could lower costs. Senators Cullom Gallinger attended. Teller was absent. Architects Hastings Carrera and Capitol Superintendent Elliott Woods were tasked to modify plans to stay within budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cullom
Gallinger
Teller
Elliott Woods
Capitol
Hastings and
Carrera
Woods
Printed by Filipinos Volume sent to the President
Gov Wright requests transmission of Volume 11 of the annotated acts of the Philippine Commission covering 1903 to 1904. Gen Chaffee notes the bureau’s staff were predominantly Filipino and that binding and marginal indexes were prepared by native workers at the Bureau of Public Printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen Wright
Philippine Islands
Chaffee
Philippine Commission
Gen. Chaffee
Bureau of Public Printing
Demand for Uhler removal and memorial notices
World's Fair Navigation Company seeks the removal of George Uhler, citing a remark praising rival City of Providence. St Louis attorney Forest P. Tralles in Washington presents charges to Roosevelt. Also Blackmar Memorial Exercises for Wilmon W. Blackmar and funeral details for Col. Bri A Keeler and Mr. Smith of Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World's Fair Navigation Company
Forest P. Tralles
St. Louis
World's Fair Navgation Company
Washington
George Uhler
Steamboat Inspection Service
Uhler
City of Providence
Columbia Excursion Company
Roosevelt
Merger of Colleges Near Cumberland Gap Coveted Union
In New York a special meeting of Lincoln Memorial University board approved the Tennessee Medical College proposal to form a substantial union and appointed a committee to work out details. Gen Miles and son Lieut Sherman Miles are in Berlin without official calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Tennessee Medical College
Lincoln University
Miles
Berlin
Nelson A. Miles
Lieut
Sherman Miles
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August Sale
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Heroes of
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Caroline Briggs
Lady Durand
Josephine Durand
Lenox
Murray Bay
The
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Mr. Justice
Mrs. McKenna
Mrs. White
New Wood
Boston Neck
Narragansett Pier
Cecile McLaurine
G. Wy. MecLaurine
Paul Franklin Mackey
Oklahoma
U Street
Perry Belmont
Saratoga
James L. Kernochan
Hempstead
John L. Newbold
Long Iisland
Asaph Dodge
Winchester
New Germantown
WNJ
Ninth Street
Margaret Hulbus
George J. Hilbus
Howard EH. Langston
Rhode Island Avenue
Carl G. Doney
Hamline Moe
Edna Langston
Clarence Kelsey
Minnis Langston
Langston
Wilam Gerry Morgan
New Hampshire Avenue
White Mountains
Franconia
Morgan
H. H Galt
Alexander Bolling Galt
Deerhurst
Muskoka
Ontario
Maggie J. Millhouse
Greencastle
Capt. Moorehead
Eewin Pentz
Queen Anne County
Galt & Bro
Penna. Ave
Haines
Pa. Ave
Eighth St
Brussela
Madran
Penne’ & Fyatg
BL Rice
Max Cohen
NW. Street
Sapphire Mountains
Fairtiela
Sapphire
Henry A. Polkinhorn
Ocean Grove
N. J
Irs
Walter Wellman
Gray’s Inn
Jackson
Mr. Wellman
Wentworth
Newcastle
4. A. Emery
Miss Emery
Fourteenth and
Harvard Streets
West
Antlers
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Denver
Pueblo
Fort Worth
McArdie
T S. McArdle
Longport
J. Ford Thompson
Lillian Rozell Messenger
Niagara Falls
Cape May
West Virginia
A. M. Bell
St. Paul M. HL Church
Street
Hanna
Hood
Mrs. MacKay
Millionaire
Baguedino
BR. I
Bronson
Fort Sheridan
Ills
Fort Thomas
Enterprise
Queenstown
Dolphin
N. Y
Moy
Ilinois
R. L
Nantucket Shoals
North Atlantic
Finois
Gen. Wood
Design BY
May Manton
ST & Pa Ave
Panica
Gov. Wright
War Department
Canton Smith
Aivision
Smitholm
Conduit Road
Smith
Vermont
Middlebury
Lincoln Memorial and
Tennessee Medical
United
Breas
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Vulcan
Steve Polish
Atlantic & Pacific Teas
7Th & E
Knabe
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Mlzeeeed
Christian Xander
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