August Rug Clearance Offers Deep Discounts
Large lot of domestic and various patterned rugs offered at about a third off regular prices. 12-ft Bigelow Witten, 335.00 each, formerly 40.00. 7-ft Piscina Axminster 2500 each, formerly 28.50. Smyrna and Brussels patterns priced from 12.50 to 17.50. Wilton and Imperial Smyrna pieces offered at 3.60 to 12.00 each, formerly higher. Odd rolls and large remnants of Chinese and Japanese plattings also discounted at 1% off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigelow Witten
Col- Dean
Theerts
Continuation of August Sale on Nutty Wool Bed Blankets
Continuation of August sale highlights Nutty Wool blankets offered with strong savings. Emphasizes strict quality control by manufacturers, noting that even minor imperfections lead to second quality. Lists bed sizes and price ranges from crib to full sets, with stock at eleventh street location.
Social and Personal Aboard Dolphin to Newport
Secretary Morton and party sail from Washington on Thursday morning aboard the Dolphin and expected to reach Newport by Saturday for social functions. Miss Alice Roosevelt remains a centerpiece of Bar Harbor society with daily luncheons and dinners hosted by Damrosch family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Washington
Rhode Island Resort
Alice Roosevelt
Bar Harbor
Walter Damrosch
Blaine Cottage
Ward Thoron
B. H. Warder
Miss Roosevelt
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Phil
Wetmore
Newport
Chateau-sur-Mer
Corbin
William Grosvenor
Richard Townsend
Har Harbor
Robert R. Hitt
Baroness von Hengelmalier
Franklin Ells
J. B. Henderson
Christian Fflause
Botroff
Swinderen
Netherlands
Baron Munchent
Xe. Brau
Countess Sini
Ernesto G. Fabbri
Townsend
Edgar Scott
J. J’ Emery
Gutowski
Celebrated Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Glick
Mr and Mrs John Glick of 218 G street NW celebrated their golden wedding after fifty years of marriage begun in Washington in the early 1850s. German born they married in 184_. A reception followed with many relatives and friends and tributes from the community. The bride’s sister presented an old family Bible, rebound with a gold clasp, as a notable keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boljeter
Schroeder
Lutheran Church
Fourth and
Marie Anschutz
Edward L. Barrett
George Leiferlein
M Strocel
Frederic Anschutz
Saginaw, Mich
Arnold Hoisio
John Holston
J. Waldecker
Hirt
George Holston
E. H. Boelter
Albert ®Agelmann
Russell Headed to Bogota as Diplomatic Ties Expect Restoration
Ww Russell, appointed to Colombia, met with Secretary Hay about reviving the American Legation in Bogota. Colombia is without Washington representation since Dr Herran left, and Panama Canal tensions color the talks. Hay indicated Russell may depart for Bogota soon, despite unresolved Reyes election. No confirmation of canal-stone or cable interruption exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Colombia
Hay
Snyder
State Department
Wagoola
Washington
Dr. Herran
Panama Canal
Reyes
Bogota
Panama
SLOCUM COMMISSION MEETS IN NEW YORK
The informal meeting of the commission investigating the General Slocum disaster was held at the Department of Commerce and Labor. Most members attended except Commander Winslow. The panel has heard about 340000 words of testimony and expects to obtain more exhibits from the passenger steamboat reinspection in New York before finalizing findings and recommendations. Executive meetings will likely follow in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Winslow
Postal clerks bonds may be personal or surety issued
Assistant Postmaster General Shallenberger announces that bonds for about ten thousand railway postal clerks may be either personal or surety company bonds. No preference between bond types or issuing companies. Any qualified surety company will be accepted, with guidance to clerks on available firms and rates. Low rates expected due to the large number of affected workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shallenberger
Post Offce
America Leads in Beer Production Decline in Germany
Frank Mason, Berlin consul general, reports to the Department of Commerce and Labor that Germany yielded first place in beer production to the United States. German Brewers' Association data show last year’s output 132,085,230 gallons less than American breweries due to cold wet weather, temperance spread, middle class thrift, and removal of the beer pause in many shops. Navy officers reassigned and Milly Building in Washington listed among duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Frank Mason
Berlin
Department of Commerce and Labor
German Brewers’ Association
Plan for maneuvers review by President in Virginia
Army maneuvers prepared with 25 000 soldiers to take place September between Bull Run and Haymarket. Camps near Lewis Crossing and Thoroughfare to supply water via artesian wells and reservoirs. Southern Railway spends 25 000 laying tracks. government ready to spend up to 1 000 000. Reuters-style coverage expected from 40 50 journalists invited to stay in tents and telegraph copy direct to camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
R. R
Anyl
Washington
Virginia
Bull Run
Haymarket
Lewis Crossing
Prince Wiliam County
Hse
Thoroughfare
Thoroughfare Gap
Southern Railway Company
United States
Corbin
Roosevelt
Department of the East
Outing by Knights of Columbus at River View
Knights of Columbus annual excursion to River View raised funds to ease the debt on their 68 HE Street NW home. A large crowd attended despite threatening weather, with orphans hosted, clergy and sisters present, and a lively athletic program including a Marquette League baseball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
River View
Order
HE Street
Randall
J. W. Collins
Peoria
W. J. Carroll
St. Patrick’s Church
Thomas
Adams
Mitchell
Francis
Immaculate Conception School
St. Joseph's
St. Vincent's
Holy Cross Academy of Alexandria
St. Anthony’s
St. Paul's
Marquette
St. Paul
Stanley
Murphey
Sullivan
Thayer
Messrs
Harney
W. W. Robertson
Prise
Cuck
Paul Moore
Severn Baumer
Fountain Pen
R. Ross
G. Howard
Wnuyves
C. Wembers
Joseph P. Feely
C. Cuff
J. C. Collings
Mize
W. L. Fleishell
J. H. Pellen
H.A. Begarty
George W. Cook
W. ©. Pairo
H. E. Brooks
H. A. Hegarty
Thomas K. Gallaher
Ladies’ Auxilary
P. A. Taltavull
Charles &E. Welsh
K. C. Maley
L. Hunt
E. H. Ryan
W. H. Callahan
Mise Nell
Sponsors Sought for Dubuque Gunboat Christening
Iowa City lacks volunteers to christen the gunboat Dubuque in New York. Dubuque mayor Berg says many women are at the St. Louis Exposition, leaving the Navy Department to select a sponsor. Louisiana’s Miss Juanita Lalande will christen the battleship Louisiana at Newport News on August 27. Milwaukee’s mayor will choose a sponsor for its cruiser to be launched September 1 in San Francisco. Training ships Minneapolis Prairie and Columbia sailed from Bar Harbor to Gloucester after five weeks at Lamoine coaling station for practice and drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Starke
Anna Starke
Newport
St. Louis Exposition
Joseph Herzog
Atlantic City
Moses Herzog
Thomas W. Howard
Florence E. Howard
Virginia
Iowa City
Morton
Berg
Dubuque
Iowa
New York
Norris Heights
Navy Department
Gas Engine and Power Company
New York City
Louisiana
Juanita Lalande
New Orleans
Newport News
Milwaukee
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Bar Harbor
United States
Minneapolis
Prairie
Columbia
Admiral Wise
Gloucester
Lamoine
Navy Board invites Converse to join as extra member
Secretary Morton reports a letter from Rear Admiral Rae proposing Admiral Converse serve as an additional member of the board of construction. The bid notes Converse need not attend routine meetings but his presence on meetings about ship types would aid the boards and bureaus. Converse eyed for possible acceptance amid transfer to chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Charles Rae
Navy
Converse
Board of Construction
Bureau of Navigation
Admiral Converse
Navy moves ships to Monte Cristi and Caribbean waters
Pendleton and Tressler, enlisted, are dangerously ill while Hudgins, King, and Foley convalesce. Bancroft sails from San Juan for Monte Cristi and Puerto Plata per Minister Dawson’s request. Newark and Newport head toward Culebra, then New London ships cruise eastward with Texas Massachusetts Florida Arkansas Nevada Hartford and Chesapeake. Government contracts fund house buildings in Grand Forks and Hutchinson. Gen Wade denies massacre of fifty Filipinos at ad Bang May 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Monte Cristi
Navy Department
San Juan
Puerto Plata
Minster Dawson
Santo Domingo
Sigsbee
Caribbean
Newark
Newport
Culebra
Fajardo
Venezuelan
New London
Conn
Texas
Massachusetts
Florida
Arkansas
Nevada
Hartford
Chesapeake
Wade
Philippine Division
War Department
Ad Bang
Perry
Mare Island
Peoria
O'Brien
Pawnee
New York
Kearsarge
Alabama
Trinda
Iowa
Maine
Missouri
Gibraltar
Salley
Dixie
Camden
Gloucester
Brooklyn
Atlanta
Marietta
Castine
Luanda
Cape Town
Shinneapolis
Prairie
Columbia
Frenchman Bay
Olympia
Baltimore
Orders to Army Officers and Navy Movements
Orders grant leave and assignments for officers at the Army Department with generals switching commands. Regimental promotions include Elis Otta Smith Jennings, Westmoreland Culver. Naval vessel movements list arrivals, sailings, and ships ordered out of commission with a correction to Dixie movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Henry Q. Stahl
Eixile
Frederick Funston
Department of the Columbia
Constant Williams
Chicago
Department of the Lakes
Frederick D. Grant
Governors Island
Rowland B. Elis
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fourteenth Cavalry
Frank I. Otta
Eighth Cavalry
Leutenant
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodward
Lothrop, New York
Faris
Piscinw
Axminster
Manufacturers
Insi
Dolphin
Levi P. Morton
Miss Morton
Ellerslie
Hudson
Lena Morton
Paris
Charles G. Dulin
Albert Dulin
Jaquith
Boston
Mrs. W. Robins
R. G. Rutherford
Lieut
R. G. Rutherford, Jr
Fourth Infantry
Fort Assinnibone
Mont
Rossa FP
Downing
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Harry L. I. S. A
Gillystrong
Tvent
K Street
A. G. Wilkinson
Mount Pocono
Avon
Lucille Wilkinson
Wiss Barrett
Asbury Park
George L. Winson
Evelyn Kemp
W. W. Skiles
Shelby
Ohio
Arthur E. Stevens
Tennessee Avenue
Charles Beydhelm
Alexandria
Max Fischer
William Stranahan
Theo Hausmann
Lilly Dale
N. Y
Wiliam W. Evans
Edwin Dallas Tucker
Spruce Street
le Droit Park
Gratz W. Heim
Adams Mill Road
O. W. Cannan
Danville
George Criver
Mr. Cannon
Helm
Joe
O. W Cannon
Second National Bank of
Street Railroad Company
Erly
Slocum Commission
Penna. Ave
Stinemetz
Ioe and Furriers
America
R. M. Doste
Philadelphia
R. C. Dean
Naval Retiring Board
Milly Building
Washington, D. C
Design BY
May Manton
Army of Workmen
Will
Seaman
Trieste
Gleaves
Pendleton
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaum Company
Murray Street
CITT
Tressler
Hudgins
King and
Foley
Secretary of the Treasury
Grand Forks
N. D
Butler Brothers
Minn
Hutchinson, Tans
George B. Hopper
Arkansas City
Kans
Knabe
Price
Lindsay Rubber Tone
Mfg. Co. (Inc
Chris
Xander
D. Rosen
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