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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1904
Page
19
The Woodward and Lothrop department stores will close at 5 o clock on Saturday and at 1 o clock for the New York Washington Paris locations during the heated term.
Three discount shirt waist groups featured with white Persian lawn and India silk styles, white French lawn with Valenciennes details, and ratine options. Prices from 1.90 to 5.00, reflecting significant reductions from higher original prices.
Wholesale reductions in the Boys Clothing Department highlight half price items. Russian blouse suits and Sailor outfits in linen fabric drop from 2.50 to 3.75 to about 1.95, with washable blouses and assorted sailor styles also reduced. Remaining stock prices listed, floor space emphasized.
Dressing Lacquer garments for women offered in white and colored fabrics with lace and ribbon trims. August sale clears summer stock with sets including sacques and guics, priced from one to two dollars. Third floor Pennsylvanian Seventh Street store location.
A special sale offers a small lot of ten dozen Royal Worcester Dorsets. Good quality nets with straight front dip hip and low bust. Sizes 18 to 30 in pairs. Regular price 75 cents. Third floor Eleventh Street.
White India Dimity and related fabrics offered at low sale prices. Suftinges in natural color at 124 cents a yard. Striped Etamine in green shades at a yard. English Long Cloth and Nainsook sold in 12 yard lengths at $1.30 to $1.75 per piece. Second floor Eleventh Street East.
After a Cabinet meeting Secretary Morton will study the advisability of a government owned network connecting all departments. The inquiry follows a rate schedule from the Chesapeake and Potomac Company and a Treasury opinion on law limits. If Morton backs the plan, Congress may be asked for funds to install lines. This item remains in abeyance pending his report and legal guidance.
Postmaster General Paine amends regulations to remove weight limits on first class mail from foreign countries except Canada Mexico and Cuba effective immediately. Banking interests urged taking securities abroad enabling parity with domestic privileges. Second class mail already free of weight limits. Also notes Santo Domingo treaty readiness and Venezuela agreement basis. Extradition treaty signed with Haiti. Consular promotion, rain prayers in Michigan, Cornell chairs nominations, and a wedding gifts listing.
Secretary Loeb issued a formal denial accusing reports of a White House refusal to meet the National Association of Stationary Engineers in Richmond. He asserted no statements were made by the President or himself, and explained Roosevelt follows McKinley’s custom of accepting delegations only on public business.
Haitian Minister Leger told the State Department that reports of broad anti foreign sentiment in Haiti are exaggerated. He noted some locals object to foreigners involved in the Haitian National Bank scandal, while Syrians were singled out as particularly disliked.
Gen Greer reports the first telegraphic message sent directly from Nome Alaska marks the start of the government wireless line to St Michaels 107 miles away. The signal traveled 3500 miles via Yukon Dawson and Seattle. The cable ship Burnsife reports 227 miles laid Sitka to Seattle and is expected to finish by tomorrow. Also military personnel moves and leaves of absence announced. American ships salute King Edward in Gibraltar on Coronation Day with Rear Admiral Chichester welcoming the squadron.
President Roosevelt appoints a committee to inspect Great Lakes sites for a naval training station. Members include Capt. W.H. Reeder A W M Bradley and M Walte. Other items: San Francisco ordered home to Norfolk for overhaul. Pensacola building contract awarded to Bates De Lean at 116000 dollars. Admiral Taylor memorial salute at Charlestown Navy Yard. Damsgaard drowned in Shanghai harbor. Various naval officer orders and vessel movements noted. Porto Rican teachers to Harvard and Cornell summer programs travel by Kilpatrick and Suitt ships.
Washington social notes report a motor party from Illinois visiting Great Falls with Mr. and Mrs. Gratz W. Helm hosting. Guests include O W Cannon, Mrs Cannon, and several diplomats and society figures. Dorothy Whitney sails for England. Baron von Sternburg dines at the White House. Miss Roosevelt attends a fête with Countess Cassini.
Gen Heyes and Colombis lauded as winter heroes. Mrs Thomas Bayant and Mrs W B Clymer stay at Efigehill Na hant for a fortnight. Mrs Clymer sails for abroad midmonth. Mrs Walter Hirsthal sails to Southampton. Miss Estelle Nichols returns from Pittsfield to Berkshires. Miss BE B Clappari and Miss 4M L Font sail for Europe. Brig Gen Meade A S M C and Rope visit the city. Winslow returns to Washington from Newport. Misses Anna Baker and Amy Reger visit Indiana and plan a World’s Fair trip. Mr and Mrs Charles C Long shave arrive Bretton Woods N H. Mrs J F Durbin staying with sister J Altheus Johnson. Miss Alice Johnson spends August at Ocean J with Philadelphia friends. Mr and Mrs Philip Gladstone Afleck return from Western trip to Chicago Mackinaw Island and Toledo.
New York reports a detective agency statement says the jewels valued at $200,000 owned by Mrs. Ogden Goelet were found today in her New York safe. Mrs. Goelet had left for Newport on June 21 with the jewels, searched for them in Newport, notified police, and after investigation it was believed no robbery occurred. She came to New York Monday, opened the safe, and recovered the gems.
Cardinal Satolli sails from New York aboard the Sardegna to Rome tomorrow after an eight week American tour. He visited nearly all major cities, praised the U S reception, and lauded the church here. He lunched at the Franciscan monastery on Thompson Street with numerous callers.
A idle rumor sparked a run on the Wilkesbarre Deposit and Savings Bank with about 300 foreign deposits. Two policemen stood outside as a foreigner claimed a robbery, causing a panic the bank refused payouts due to a sixty day notice law. Most customers soon left after temporary pacification.
The article profiles Foster the Weather Prophet who rejects sun spot forecasts and argues that long-range weather predictions must rely on preserved weather records. He cites magnetic theory linking celestial bodies to Earth's weather, and recounts his clashes with Prof. Moore and access to official records.
In December 1902 Chief Moore blocked access to records after a lengthy dispute. The author, who travelled 1000 miles and spent months copying data, refused to reveal methods or surrender the system. He warned of aggressive criticism and predicted major weather events this August to October 1904. Funeral and official notices accompany a roster of personnel and a secretary’s visit to Deadwood.
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