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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1910
Page
7
A Woodward & Lothrop advertisement touts honesty in fur sales, promising “Perfect Satisfaction or Money Refunded” and free storage until cold weather. It lists new arrivals including Persian Paw, Black Opossum, Black Fox, Pointed Wolf, Sable Squirrel, Isabella Fox, and Blue Wolf Fur Sets, plus monky skin coats and brilliant seal coats with premium pricing and guarantees.
Commodities, diplomacy and social notes fill this Atlantic City run. Mr Lawrence O Murray comptroller of the currency travels from Washington to enjoy the remainder of the month while Northern New York trips and a raft of society events mark the season. The Davis Peck wedding scheduled for September seventh features Miss Rene Preston Davis and Prof. Paul Noble Peck with Miss Florence Davis as maid of honor. Generals and governors, many staying at Magnolia and Newport summer homes, mix with theater casting, heritage trips, and domestic greetings as families chase tours to Virginia, Massachusetts, and beyond.
Washington social leaders condemn public gambling and prize fight screenings following the Narragansett Pier raid. Mrs. Richard H. Coolidge decries degeneracy and stresses modesty and refined conduct, while Mrs. A L Barber calls such displays a decedent state of society and contrasts them with Mexican and Spanish bullfights. Duchess of Aosta travels from Africa to Naples to publish an English account of her tours, aided by medical reasons, and Lady Hamilton recalls perilous hotel stays in San Francisco and New York.
The first North American eucharistic congress opens September 6 in Montreal with Pope Pius X and Cardinal Vannutelli among attendees. Delegations from Washington, including Rev. Alexander Doyle, will attend and host Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore while Cardinal Vannutelli visits President Taft and the Catholic University in Washington.
The piece argues poverty is amplified by mindset. It urges banishing poverty thoughts and adopting a hopeful, purposeful attitude to spur success and self worth. It urges self belief, daily action, and resilience to overcome poverty and improve outlook.
Mr and Mrs D Woolf of Kansas City walk toward New York, passing Ossining on August 4. They travel with a horse and dog pulling a cart, camping near Yonkers and aiming to finish their trek tomorrow. Mrs Woolf claims to have walked farther than any other woman living.
Peking announces no foreign diplomatic adviser for future governance. The foreign governing board will rely on its own people with long diplomatic experience abroad, while educated youths enter torture departments but are unlikely to join the council until they gain mature standing. The post paid $3,000 annually.
Special to The Washington Post Nyack New York August 14 John Leonard Brownell longtime member of the New York Stock Exchange died at his home at age 73 He was elected vice president of the exchange in 1880 and later a partner in the brokerage firm J L Brownell & Co He consistently voted the Republican ticket and supported Lincoln for President.
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