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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
21
Advertises men s outing hats in styles for mountain and seashore wear. Offers two colors white duck and natural khaki at 100 dollars and 200 dollars respectively. Indicates they are import items and emphasizes comfortable fit.
Bathing suits for men offered in cotton and wool with trims in white or red. Sleeveless sweaters and fine all wool suits priced at 3.50 to 5.00 dollars, including wool halflayer trimmed options. Some grey patterned sets listed at 1.00 to 5.00 dollars per item.
Clearance sale offers immediate reductions on summer furniture items including rattan rockers glass tops veranda and porch tables wooden and wicker settees and chairs. Prices range from 1.95 to 10.95 with values up to 16.00 and display a variety of finishes and sizes.
Baroness Takahira departed Washington for Seattle and will sail to Japan on August 10 accompanied by their young daughter. The Vice President left Washington yesterday and will stay with Mrs Sherman in Utica. Knox and family head to Valley Forge for the weekend. Secretary Overton Dickinson recuperates in Tennessee. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Winthrop head to Boston then Hamilton, Mass. Representative and Mrs Dwight left Wellington for western New York with an autumn motor trip planned. Mrs Dwight to return to Washington in November.
Social notes list include the British ambassador guesting at Northeast Harbor, Gen Horace Porter, Mr Nicholas Mur as Butler president of Columbia University, Henri Martin delaying return to Washington until October, Senator Frazier and Mr Pragler set for Lookout Mountain, Mr and Mrs Kinney leaving for Atlantic City, and many others from Washington and Chicago attending events and travels.
Miss Anny Sands received a red covered book at Newport social events. Opening it caused a toy pistol cap to explode with a lewd report, followed by laughter. The incident drew attention from Stuyvesant Fish and other society figures at gatherings including the New York Yacht Club.
Philadelphia attorney Seeiang reveals a marriage certificate and questions whether a ceremony was genuine or a mock union involving Miss Cunningham. The lawyer asserts the legal status of the cent remains unchanged regardless of the ceremony doubt.
Articles recount a Washington case of a 0 year old cashier Nettie Hall leaving the Willard shop after resigning, secretly eloping with Cornelius Lee, and marrying in Alexandria. The couple, long acquainted, faced public disclosure as Mrs Lee prepared a stated account of their union. The Post was used to confirm their plans and public acknowledgment.
Mrs Roosevelt accompanied by her sister Miss Carow and her youngest son left Milan for Paris Aug 6 after a formal farewell at the railway station. They will join Mrs Roosevelt in Paris after a visit with Baron Mayer de Planches the Italian ambassador. The party plans to await Mr Roosevelt’s return from Athens at Miss Caron's Porto Maurizio villa in autumn.
London reports reveal strains over Braganza's engagement to Miss Anita Stewart of Tulloch Castle Scotland. Debates center on Braganza settling gambling debts, religious conversion issues, and the Emperor’s refusal to grant royal status to Stewart. Braganza and Stewart pursue a union amid Protestant Catholic tensions and possible morganatic implications.
A large crowd attended Fraternal Day during the Mountain Lake Park chautauqua assembly. Highlights included a 1 to 3 oclock program by the Od Fells, a reading of The Dawn of a Tomorrow by Miss War Baret Stahl, and a talk by Joseph Griffis about Haunted Wanderer Things I Saw and Did. The Fairmont High School Band performed with guest soloists, including Colleen Glollaist and Grace Hall.
An old column discusses nutrition and thought, arguing matter and thought are vibrational, and that what we eat matters like what we think. It warns against eating harmful substances and notes differences between wholesome foods and toxins, urging consistency in dietary beliefs.
Miss Flora McGill who sang weeks ago at Covenant tent Sixteenth and Monroe streets will give a recital of religious songs tomorrow evening from 7 to 8. Miss Lydia Hughes will accompany on piano. Reverend Tyler Dennett will preach on The Paradox of Love and address children on Walking Standing and Biting.
Mise Cunningham testified that 42 invited her to the apartments of Mr Lauterbach in West Thirty eighth street New York and that a wedding ring was placed on her finger during a ceremony but later erased by a jeweler She alleges the ring was returned engraved AL to S Sduly 271968 and that she was introduced by a mutual friend at Pompton Lake where she was a pupil of a local school Attorney Raymond noted one witness to the ceremony had been found and that Lauterbach and Cunningham had midde initials not on the wedding certificate
Postmaster General Hitchcock Representative Mann of Wilmington and Vice President Moses of the Playgrounds Association watched a field day at Southeast Park as boys over 16 years competed in various contests. Spectators cheered winners in multiple events.
A dramatic Bay Day field day event near Fifth and Streets turned deadly when Rev Father Mok and James Fo West led a dangerous chase. The Reverend was gravely injured after a horse race, with Nelson Ro and Greg Aimee among onlookers. Doctors say the rider died minutes after the sacrament was administered. The race time was just over 1 hour and 12 minutes.
The readable text outlines a volley ball or similar match with mentions of players and stands. It lists scores and events in a garbled sequence with many unreadable words and names, noting attendance and supervisor references, but lacks a clear single outcome or coherent team names.
A fragmented transcript recalls a skit or prank involving the secretary of commerce and labor, Mr Nagel, and a Western representative. The exchange hints that Magewa leads the department, with humor about Constantinople and a joking misdirection, as Mr Stevers reports to his chief.
The notice details Sunday and Monday excursions by the Washington or all, and other trains offering steamer rides and seaside amusements. Special trains to Gettysburg and Chesapeake Bay trips with varied departure points are advertised, promising bathing and leisure, plus a Kentucky minister preaching at Covington.
The imperial government's diamond monopoly in Southwest Africa shows higher wholesale prices per carat, with a 217 marks increase as Americans’ wealth grows. The report notes better stones and increased willingness to pay, amid broader market prosperity.
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