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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
39
Men's outing hats feature comfortable mountain and seashore wear. Priced at 100 dollars each, with importled styles including white duck and natural colors khaki 200 dollars each. Sold for Men’s Outing Hats with neat, midtone finishes.
The page lists men's bathing suits in cotton and wool with trim options in white or red. Sleeveless sweaters priced around 3.10 to 3.50, with all wool bathings at 4 to 5 dollars. Noted are trimmed suits with red tan and grey variants, highlighting quality and price points.
Clearance sale off ers immediate deals on summer furniture stock including rattan rockers small serving tables and veranda sets. Prices range from 1.95 to 10.95 with values cited up to 16.00 for select pieces. Limited stock on natural finish and cane seat veranda furniture.
Baroness Takahira departs Washington for Seattle and sails August 10 to Japan with their young daughter. The Vice President left Washington yesterday for his summer home in Utica. Secretary Knox heads to Valley Forge for the weekend. Overton Dickinson recovers at home in Tennessee. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs Winthrop depart for Boston to visit family and navy yards. Representative Dwight and Mrs Dwight leave for western New York and planned motor trips in the fall.
Guests and residents in the Washington area reflect a summer schedule with diplomats, lawmakers, and social leaders. Highlights include the British ambassador’s summer at Northeast Harbor, Luncheon hosted by Columbia’s president Nicholas Muras, and postponement of Henri Martin’s return to Washington. Several representatives and their spouses plan travels to Chicago, Natick Mass, and Atlantic City, while others depart for Maine, Seattle, and the Cape region.
Miss Anny Sands received a red covered book that concealed a toy pistol cap causing a lewd report when opened. The prank stirred laughter during a Newport gathering with guests including Stuyvesant Fish and Henry S. Lahr, while others suspected a New York Yacht Club member of sending more books to friends.
Philadelphia attorney Seeiang reveals a certificate to verify a ceremony involving Miss Cunningham. He argues the mock marriage claim does not alter a cent’s status, and the case hinges on whether the union was genuine.
A Washington cashier Nettie Hall left the New Willard shop with Cornelius Lee and quietly married in Alexandria after a brief romance. Lee, connected to stock Creek pumping, and Hall planned secrecy but public details emerged as Mrs Lee spoke of their union. The couple, once lovers, now begin life together while their friends were unaware of the ceremony.
Theodora Roosevelt with sister Miss Carow and her youngest son departed Milan Aug 6 en route to Paris. Municipal officials attended farewell at the railway station. Archie and Mrs Roosevelt will rejoin their mother in Paris after a trip with Baron Mayer des Planches. They plan to stay at Miss Caron's Porto Maurizio villa awaiting Mr Roosevelt's return from Attica.
London reports reveal mounting religious and financial objections to the Braganza Stewart alliance. Braganza faces money ties, gambling debts disputes, and questions over royal status and religious conversion. Vienna circles say Braganza’s friends doubt gambling claims while Miss Stewart’s Catholic conversion hurdles loom.
Fraternal Day drew a large crowd to Mountain Lake Park as the annual chautauqua continued. The afternoon program included an Od Fells buron and a drama reading Dawn of a Tomorrow by Miss War Barrett Stahl.
1902 article argues thought and matter are vibration and all food is one. It contrasts eating certain foods with dangerous options like arsenic and stresses consistency in eating and thinking.
Miss Flora McGill contralto who sang recently at Covenant tent Sixteenth and Monroe streets will give a religious song recital tomorrow evening at the musical service from 7 to 8 o'clock. Miss Lydia Hughes will accompany on piano. The Rev Tyler Dennett will preside at the evening service. The children will be addressed on Walking Standing and Biting. The sermon subject is The Paradox of Love.
Miss Cunningham testified she and Mr Lauterbach planned a wedding in New York and met at Pompton Lake. She said he placed a wedding ring on her finger but later claimed haste and took it to a jeweler to erase. she returned the ring and he gave it back engraved. A witness to the ceremony was located.
Postmaster General Hitchcock together with Representative Mann of Wilmington and Vice President Moses of the Playgrounds Association attended a field day for boys at Southeast Park. Spectators watched winners in contests across multiple age groups.
A dramatic field day event at Fifth and to streets ended when a horse ridden by Rev Father Mok James Fo West collapsed near the finish. The rider fell, the Rev Father Chong Xion was severely injured, and the horse died shortly after. Doctors said the victim could live only a short time. The priest received the last rites as bystanders and officials watched in shock.
The page fragment lists players and actions across a volleyball or basketball match with scattered names and scores. It mentions stand counts, coaches, and a few event notes, but most lines are garbled, making the core game outcome unclear.
A fragment from a Capitol scene describes a telephone exchange about who leads the Department of Commerce and Labor. The Western representative and the pirate secretary claim Magewa heads the department, a tale told with humor and misdirection.
Excursion details list trips offered by the Washington Railway and electric line to Gettysburg and seaside resorts. Special trains depart Friday and Monday from White House station with steamer transfers at Chesapeake Bay points, including a one day sea shore outing with bathing and attractions. Kentucky minister Rev J L Blackburn to preach at New York Avenue Presbyterian as others preach during pastor’s summer absence.
The imperial German government monopoly in Southwest Africa sets first import prices for diamonds showing a rise from 217 marks to 29 marks per carat wholesale. The increase attributed to better stones and rising American wealth, with plans to exploit higher willingness to pay. Also reports yacht race winners in Newport and notices for gospel wagon service in Washington, with newspaper stand locations noted.
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