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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1916
Page
10
The notice promotes a clearance of Comfort Weave Men’s Clothes at Stinemets with Beach Suits priced at 6 dollars and Moool Cloth Suits at 7 dollars. It highlights fine texture featherweight feel and shapely designs across multiple models.
Thoroughbred race report notes Yankee Witch ahead in Spinway Handicap at Hamilton Course with multiple horses contending. Includes details on odds, finishes, and notable performances from riders and trainers, highlighting key rivals and betting outcomes.
Dudley Munee of Town and Country Club St Paul medalist in qualifying for the trans Miss golf tournament was defeated in the Mars round of the championship today. Haprs Lege Minakhada Club Minneapolis won 3 up with 2 to go in a brisk match.
A dense list of horse names and numbers outlines entrants for today’s racing program. The fragmentary text includes horse names such as Flash of Stel, Columbine, Vand LOT, Chivaler, Martian Las Lorton, Water Day, and several others with assorted weights and identifiers, suggesting a dense entry sheet across multiple races and distances typical of a track program.
The Albemarle Horse Show opened at Cochran Park with clear weather, nineteen events, five races, and large crowds. Judges included James Maddux and Dr Shirley Carter. victors included Mrs Allan Potts with Bracken Rose and Pretty Maiden, Fair Maiden in saddle horse class, and Nancy Pansy in the four-consecutive-jumps event. Billy Jackson of Vint Hill Farm fell at a hurdle but escaped serious injury. Hedalis won the two-mile steeplechase, with Lady Melba placing second.
Allied forces moved east of Vacherauville and south of Fleury and captured several German trenches with about 600 prisoners and around ten machine guns. A German counterattack near Vacherauville was repulsed, and bombardment continued in the Vauxie Chapitre and Chenois sectors. In the Verdun area German units claimed a hill in the Fort Souville region, while on the Meuse front progress was reported northwest and west of Thaumont work with prisoner tallies and machine guns. British patrols in the Ypres salient faced repeated repulses as fighting persisted.
New York August 2 Democrats endorsed President Wilson’s administration and the party platform. Norman F. Mack proposed Judge Samuel Seabury of the State Court of Appeals as the Democratic and Progressive nominee for New York governor. The announcement came from William F. Schneider after a conference with Judge Seabury.
Berlin reports Germany greets the Deutschland with keen optimism as the submarine merchantman leaves Baltimore for Bremen. Predictions circle about Captain Koenig steering the ship safely into Bremen by month end. The cargo includes nickel rubber gold and other valuables.
London reports naval quarters say orders to British warships aim to arrest the Deutschland if possible while Germany seeks to avoid capture. No firm plan was disclosed. Allies have not defined fate of the Deutschland and no confirmation on the Bremen sinking.
Alexandria officer Capt Fountain Heattie fronts a drive to honor Col John S Mosby by erecting a monument. Fewer than 70 survivors remain from Mosby’s band, scattered across the nation, with plans to gather support from Confederate societies and locate veterans for a popular subscription monument near Warrenton Fauquier county where Mosby is buried. Funeral set for Mrs Margueretta V Claggett at Pohick Church. Odd Fellows confer second degree at Sarepta Lodge. Miss Mary E Johnsons will probate in circuit court. Children’s Home kids return from Haymarket outing.
The House voted unanimously to approve a Senate measure providing 540000 for flood relief in Alabama Mississippi Florida Georgia Tennessee South Carolina and North Carolina. Fund to be used by War Department for food medical supplies highway repair seed and short-term employment for destitute sufferers once signed by President Wilson.
Six members of the District of Columbia ambulance corps captured in Mexico near Naco were sentenced to 30 days hard labor with two thirds pay loss. The sentence was approved by Lieut Col Frank D. Webster of the Twenty Second Infantry and District of Columbia militia. Names listed: Louis Cohenfeld, James E Jeffries, Paul A Sebastian, Henry C Bazatom, Thomas E Henderson, William E Field. They pleaded guilty to crossing the International line.
Editor notes widespread confusion over the New Jersey primary date after erroneous notices. The act of 1916 fixes registry and primary days as the fourth Tuesday in September for small municipalities, with separate dates for larger towns, confirming September 19 is not the primary day.
In New York on August 2 a volley of shrapnel shells exploded aboard the four masted schooner George Wilzey in Erie basin sparking panic among thousands nearby. One fireman was injured by a shell fragment as fourteen crewmen leaped overboard and escaped the bombardment.
A distressed bricklayer recounts severe back pain and failure of doctors and medicines before using Dreco. He reports full relief after two bottles and credits the root and herb medicine for ending the burning sensation and enabling long workdays. Dreco is sold at O Donnell Drug Stores, Bury's Drug Store in Anacostia, and Allens Drug Store in Alexandria.
Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Division Chief Justice Covington Skinger presided on a rule continuance to August 16 in the matter of Bkinner v. Covington. Plaintiffs attorney John Lewis Smith and Glenn Willett Mahoney sought alimony pendente lite of $55 monthly. Numerous defense and intervening counsels appeared as hearings and rulings on various rule actions extended through August with related bankruptcy, probate, and criminal matters listed for court dates and administrative orders.
A scan of deed notes details numerous trust deeds and mortgage assurances. Names such as James Skea, Harry A Rite, and Arthur Carr appear among many lenders and borrowers. Amounts range from modest monthly payments to substantial sums with terms spanning months to years. Several properties and associations in Washington are listed as security, including Home Savings and various building and mortgage companies.
Hizht & Co. to William T Ashby for a 2 and % Pleasant Plebent L17 square S778 totion square 5700 Chichester $10. Petworth Mindaugh & Shannon to senes A Pasemore for 31 square Bt 310 0 Street SOTTHEART leveven Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets Harre Ahie at zt Reymead and Macewret A prague, lot 78, square 1041, $10. etaump
In a brief notice, L. L. Perkins is linked to a bond issue with Staten Fidelity and Guarantyne, dated 2013, connected to the Southers Blas matter and the Newrerarre HiCHIVE archive project.
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