Woodward and Lothrop to close Saturdays at five
During the heated term the Woodward and Lothrop store will close at five o clock on Saturdays as part of the summer schedule.
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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
9
Preserving Requisites and Helps Display
A 19th or early 20th century ad lists canning supplies for housekeepers. It promotes Mason jars in multiple sizes with glass tops and mentions new contrivances for winter preserves. Prices appear per dozen and by volume though OCR garble limits exact figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Jelly Glasses and Accessories for Preserving Jellies
Walts Jelly Glasses ind pint jars priced per dozen. Insurance says per dozen. One-third quart jars per dozen. Regular Size Table Tumblers for jelly packing per dozen. One-pound Cake Paraffin Wax for sealing jellies priced 13c, 2 for.
Fruit Jars and Fittings Bartered Across Brands
A list shows fruit jars with rubber rings and fittings for many brands including ae Doolittle Lightning Gilchrist Atlas Widemouth Mason and E Z Seal. The catalog notes extra rubbers and seal parts to complete setups for home canning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Doolittle
Lightning
Gilchrist
Atlas
Widemouth Mason
E. Z
Preserving Kettles and Ware At Bargain Prices
An assortment of preserving kettles and ware offered with prices ranging from 22 cents to 3.85 dollars. Gray and blue enameled ware includes kettles and spoons, plus jelly strainers, fruit presses, peach parers, and scales. Also listed are jar accessories and specific floor location on Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tetecessve
Stransky
Clearance Sale of Vador Porch Blinds
A sales notice advertises clearance prices on Vador porch blinds in brown green and mottled tones. 8 foot models at 2 75 each 10 foot at 3 85 each and smaller sizes priced to clear with savings shown from original amounts.
Special Value Cross-stripe Madras Curtains Offered
A lot of Sill-effect cross-stripe Madras curtains in pink yellow red and blue. Each pair measures three yards long with standard width and is priced at $1.50 per pair. Value listed at $2.50.
All-silk Damask Offered At Special Price
Five pieces of 50 inch all silk damask in bine pink cream and rose desirable for draperies and parlor furniture. Priced at 3.00 per yard, value listed at 5.00.
Portieres and Tapestry Portieres for Sale in Various Colors
A listing describes items named Portieres and Silk Frou- Prow Portieres in terra cotta and olive green with prices around $13.30 to $16.00 per pair and a two toned tapestry portiere set in rose and other designs priced at $13.50, noted as on the fourth floor.
Social and Personal Notes From Washington Society
Mrs. Kauffman sails today as Miss Sands, daughter of Rear Admiral Sands, stays with Mrs. Newberry in Rhode Island. Baroness von Sternberg to visit Mrs. Cowles. Notables like Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Stary, and many others voyage, visit, or return from destinations such as Whitehall near Armapolis, Newport, and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sands
Admiral Sands
Mrs. Newberry
Rhode Island
Baroness von Sternberg
Mrs. Cowles
John P. Stary, Jr
Whitehall
Armapolis
John P. "Stary
George Howard
Virginia Hot Springs
Beverly Farms
Wiliam Shefield Cowles
Saranac Inn
Saranac Lake
George Beecher Kauffman
Capt
M. Barringer
Q Street
Germany
Social notes from Washington and nearby resorts
Washington and area residents are noted traveling and visiting various locales. The spell includes Upton Fike and Isa dora Pike at Narragansett Pier and Yellowstone Park, Miss Windom and Miss Brahler visiting Atlantic City, Miss McNamara at Spring Lake, Miss Graves at Mountain Lake Park, and Jo Coale visiting her sister at the Pierpont. Huntington Wilson returns from Narragansett Pier to Washington. others settle back after stays at Colonial Beach and Colorado. A Kentucky party arrives via Atlantic City, with Isa Lisle Bird and others lodging at the Ebbitt House, while BE Garnett Clark and daughter Helen are in New York City for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Powell Davis
Washington
New York
Fisher
Lamont Street
Kennebunk Beach
Jo Coale
St. Joseph
Charless Robey
Pierpont
F Street
Huntington Wilson
Narragansett Pier
State Department
W. P. Mansfield
Margaret
City
Westmoreland
Colonial Beach
Florence Gusdorf
Seventh Street Northwest
Dorothy Garner
Newport News
Garner
Miss Gusdorf
Kentucky
Atlantic City
Isa Lisle Bird
Sarah Sooling
Frances Maddox
Lorella Minor
William Hanna
Philemon Bird
J. Huber Maddox White
Ebbitt House
BE. Garnett Clark
Helen
New York City
Eagles In Convention Opens In Milwaukee
The eighth annual convention of the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles opens in Milwaukee with about 1500 delegates. For grand worthy president the candidates include Edward Krouse and Wood A. Car, while Theodora Bell opposes for grand worthy vice president. Grand secretary candidate is A B Partridge with Robert Minnehan as opponent. Treasurer Frank E Hering is opposed by C A Stephens. Meeting site may shift to Norfolk or Omaha. Partridge reports growth, with 222,671 members, 362 new aeries since June 1995 and local receipts of 2,985,212 with 592,000 spent on dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Aerie of the
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Edward Krouse
Wilmington
Del
Wood A. Car
Uniontown
Theodora Bell
California
Lee
Interior Department Claims Oklahoma Land Save Claimed
Secretary Hitchcock and advisers credit defeating the Warren mineral leases amendment, saying Oklahoma narrowly escaped losing school lands and minerals valued between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000. The statement asserts brokers of speculators aimed to insert the amendment into the Statehood bill and that the claims were void and designed to raid the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Hitchcock
Oklahoma
Walren
Wyoming
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Senate
Treasury
New Commonwealth
Union of States
Oslerizing Erie Road Age Limits Enforced
Special to The Washington Post Wilkesbarre Pa Aug 14 The Erie Railroad has issued orders Oslerizing men along the Susquehanna division and plans similar measures across the line Future entrants to train engine station signal or switching work must meet age ranges covering telegraph operators clerks stenographers outdoor laborers freight handlers apprentices mechanics car truck repairers and stationary engineers with varying limits from 13 to 85 years and 14 to 45 years for certain trades
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Erie Railroad
Susquehanna
Extermination Fate of Pulajane Rebels in Leyte
Manila reports Gov Gen Ide and Maj Gen Wood plan a commission to visit Leyte disaffected districts and rally native support to exterminate the Pulajanes. Outbreaks trace to Spanish era disarming of municipal police. local violence followed a night battle that killed several U S personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leyte
Manila
Ide
Tacloban
Wood
Lee
Deveyra
Presidente
Cal. Vaylor
Lieut. James
Calvin D. Snyder
William J. Glitick
Mathies Zeck
Col. Taylor
Wister Visits Roosevelt at Sagamore Hall
Oyster Bay August 14 Owen Wister author of the Virginian arrived to spend the night with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hall. The two began college friendship and share fond memories of hunting and riding. The President is an admirer of Wister's Western tales and expects campfire yarns on old adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Owen Wister
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hall
Wister
Baron Kruopensky Arrives as New Russian Envoy
Baron Kruopensky, recently named councilor of the Russian Embassy in Washington, arrived today from Europe aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm. The post, not previously established, ranks just below ambassador, signaling a new high in Russian diplomatic hierarchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baron Krupensky
Washington
Europe
Baron Kruopensky
Labrador Boundary Issue Moves to Boundary Modus Vivendi
The Newfoundland and Canadian governments are negotiating a modus vivendi over the Labrador boundary to let lumbering on Hamilton Inlet continue while a settlement delimiting the disputed territory is sought. Recent steps have alarmed investors eyeing mining and other activities in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Aug
Labrador
Hamilton Inlet
Mexican War Veteran James B Cruse Dies in Kentucky
James B Cruse aged seventy nine, veteran of the Mexican war and head of the army family, died at his Kentucky home this morning. He was father to Major Thomas Cruse of the U S Army and grandfather to Jed B Cruse, a West Point cadet, and James B Cruse, a midshipman at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Cruse
Kentucky
Spérier
Washington Post
Owensboro
Mr. Cruse
Thomas Cruse
Jed B. Cruse
West Point
Annapolis
Free Trade in Livestock Under Discussion at Convention
George H. Shafer, president of the United Master Butchers Association of America, said the tariff on live stock will be a topic at the Milwaukee convention August 21 24. He noted an invitation to a representative of the Cattle and Sheep Growers Association of America to take part in the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butchers’ Convention
New York
George H. Shafer
United Master Butchers’ Association of America
Milwaukee
Cattle and Sheep Growers’ Association of America
Porto Rico Bond Sale Sailed To New York for Negotiations
Auditor George Cabot Ward departed San Juan aboard the steamship Coamo to negotiate a government bond sale of 1 904 90 dollars for Porto Rico. He sails August 14 and aims to secure funding for the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
George Cabot Ward
Coamo
New York
Gove Lrnment
President to Rule on Naval Surgeons Brown and Pease Case
The President considers findings in a court martial of U. S. N. surgeons Brown and Pease sent by Secretary Baptiste Bonaparte. It is unusual to forward findings before a sentence, and officials expect a dismissal stance though no official word exists. Defense lawyers withdrew their brief alleging illegal rulings after the trial for cribbing during examination for promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadinga
Brown and
Pease
Bonaparte
Department
Surgeone Brown and
Post Office for Army Camp Established at Dale Creek Wyoming
Temporary post office set up at Dale Creek on the Union Pacific to serve the War Department camp of instruction ten miles away. The camp will last sixty days with about 3000 officers and men as patrons. Nelson C. Pockett named postmaster and camp will appoint mail carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Hitchcock
Daie Creek
Union Pacific Railway
War Department
Nelson C.pockett
Dale Creek
Government gets cruiser St Louis in Philadelphia
The protected cruiser St Louis, built by Neafie and Levy in Philadelphia, was transferred to the government without formal ceremonies. It was towed to League Island Navy Yard and receipted for by Admiral Craig. Commissioning awaits naval board inspection to verify contract compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Loui
Neafie and Levy Shipbuilding Company
Goverrnment
League Island Navy Yard
Admiral Craig
St. Louis
Duildara
Taft refuses clemency for former lieutenant Shiney Burbank
Information from Fort Leavenworth reports Secretary of War Taft will not grant clemency to Shiney B. Burbank a former U S Army first lieutenant now serving fifteen months in the Federal prison at Leavenworth for embezzlement and mistreatment of his Filipino wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth, Kans
Fort Leavenworth
Taft
Shiney 8
Burbank
Leutenant
United States Army
Train Runs Down Trooper at Rutherford Station
Private Harold Bing of Minnesota from Troop H Fifteenth United States Cavalry was struck by a passenger train on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway at Rutherford station near Harrisburg today. He was seriously injured while on ten days’ leave from Camp Roosevelt Mount Gretna and Station location noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bing
Rutherford
Harrisburg
Minnesota
Fifteenth
United States Cavalry
Reading
Troops to Leave Mount Gretna for Sea Girt Training
The First Battalion of the Fifth Infantry and the Second Battalion of the Twenty third Infantry will depart Mount Gretna next week for Sea Girt New Jersey under Lieut Col C L Hodges. They will report to Col F S Bomus who leads the national competitions. The First Battalion of the Twelfth Infantry at Port Niagara will arrive to replace them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Girt
Twelfth Infantry
Port Niagara
ARMY OFFICER MOVEMENTS AND DESERTER REPORTS
Army orders detail acting quartermaster assignments and artillery transfers across forts and districts including New York Fort Washington Pensacola and Key West. Leaves and new postings listed for Captains Majors Lieutenants and contract surgeons. A deserter from the infantry was sentenced to two years at Fort Leavenworth and his guard fled to Alexandria before being recaptured.
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Oscar S. Lusk
Twelfth Cavalry
New York
Forcuty
John 4. Lamdeon
Fort Washington
Foromne
Artillery
John Wenklin, Jr
Eighth Battery
Feud Artillery
Willam Kenly
Field Artillery
Field Arillery
Benjamin Mf. Koehler
Twentieth
John R. Progtor
105Th
Coast Artillery
Ninetieth
Mas
Wiliam If
Coffin
Bled Artilery
Joseph L. McGree
Frippine Ecouts
George F. Downey
Walter Howe
Fort. Adams
R. 1
Narraganzatt
Tieut
Charles Ti. Parkhurst
John Hapna
Ineantry
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Myer
Alexandria
Battle over Capt P H Coney's Civil War record at encampment
Minneapolis August 14 The Grand Army of the Republic encampment sees heated debate over a circular attacking Captain P H Coney Kansas veteran. Coney denounces the charges as baseless and points to his service with the 1st New York Dragoons. Reunions and camp fires draw veterans while two more members die. A plan to buy the McLean House at Appomattox for a national museum is proposed. The Woman's Relief Union opens its twentieth annual convention with large attendance and executive sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herzia
Googe Island
Irving
Ohio
Pulletville
Appomattox
National Museum
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
P. H. Coney
Kansas
Coney
New York
Ladies of
Grand Army
Woman's Relief Corns
Gove
Georgé H. Smith
First New York Dragoons
Smith
Grand ‘Army
McClean House
Woman's Relief Union
St. Paul, Minn
Union-Veterans” Woman's Relief Union
House of Representatives
Old Capitol
Marlon W. Rose
Villa Geer
Ella Kraft
Stillings Eyes Higher Wages and Office Reorganization
Government Printing Office reorganization moves ahead with divisions consolidated and chiefs named to head type setting, press, and binding. Public Printer Stillings backs paying good wages but says pay is Congress fixed. no changes while current work completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillings
Omlce
Allision
Congress
Garfield to Get Busy After Trust Buster Returns
Government trust busting activity resumes with Commissioner Garfield of the Bureau of Corporations returning from Mentor Ohio on September 1. The Western New York grand jury reconvenes August 24 to consider further railroad indictments and more testimony, with Bureau interest expected to be high during Garfield’s absence under Deputy Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as a tonic to combat heat fatigue and restore energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Bureau of Corporations
Mentor
Ohio
Western District
New York
Bureau of Conpurations
Bureau
Herbert Knox Smith
Bonaparte and Anarchism Sparks Mixed Replies
Secretary Bonaparte's address on An archism and Its Remedy delivered near Cumberland Maryland last Sunday drew over a hundred comments from across the country. Correspondents ranged from satire urging extermination to praise, with one Boston reader condemning the notion and urging clear thinking. Bonaparte said he read the letters for half an hour and was unfazed by the red Sindoo mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonaparte
Allegany
Chautauqua
Cumberland
Harrington
Mass
Brooklyn
Brooklyn, Rapid Transit Company
Bennie Bernstein
N. Y
United States
Paul Morton
Siddoo
God
Boston
Harvard
New York City
Pythians' Outing Planned at Marshall Hall Today
Decatur Lodge Knights of Pythias hosts annual outing at Marshall Hall today. Committee finalized attractions and prize drawings for holders of lucky numbers. Medal arrangements call for boats to stop at Alexandria both ways. Children ride at reduced rates with 10 percent and 2:40 fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Marshall Hall
Alexandria
Apitezo cereal promises breakfast vitality and growth
Tomorrow starts with the right breakfast. Apitero and Apitezo cereal are promoted as scientifically balanced, nourishing foods with vegetable iron to enrich blood and energize the system. Available as Apitezo Biscuit and Apitezo Grainy at grocery stores.
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