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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1924
Page
2
Summer travel reminds readers of accident protection offered by The Washington Post. A $2,600 accident policy and a $1,500 life policy are available to subscribers in good health with regular Post subscriptions. Payment can be monthly. details and enrollment are at The Post insurance department on the first floor.
C H Hites, Sunday editor of The Washington Post, explained the cost of publishing a newspaper versus reader price in a Cosmopolitan club address at the Franklin Square hotel. A brief life sketch opened the talk as Paul Branstedt announced upcoming speakers on why the club is a business asset. Boosters’ prizes were donated by John McInerney and Dave Myers, with Raymond Rocca and P M Bailey winning yesterday’s prizes. Michael Schaeffer closed with several stories.
The Herald Harbor beauty contest will hold eliminations on August 31 with final awards on Labor Day. Prizes include a bungalow and two lots, an automobile, and a fully paid trip to Atlantic City. Last week, regional Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer director H. S. Angely, Mrs. Ansely, and actress Miss Frances Tolley served as judges.
McKinley Council No 992 of the National Union Hospital Service Association plans an outing to Chesapeake Beach tomorrow with more than 1909 persons expected. Jesse J K Lee of Takoma Park chairs the outing committee. The program includes bathing fishing and crabbing.
A dense list of birth announcements names numerous couples and newborns including Roxdee J, Mary C Dixon, Wai Fo, Elizabeth Ti, several girls and boys. Several pairs include parents with surname details such as Gaghan, McVarroi, Drechsler, Ward, Snider, Jacobs, Myers, Cochran, Coffren, Tugel, Malone, Melattrey, Barce, Puney, Srygier, Hedgeman, Gaskins, Brown, Walker, Gibson, Acott, Reed, Monroe, Alles, Sewell, Thom. The item reads like a compiled vital statistics page with many entries.
A compiled licenses list shows multiple marriages by ministers across several towns. Entries include ages and locations such as Roanoke Lynchburg Westminster Philadelphia Highland Springs Baltimore and Greenville with details of brides and grooms and officiating pastors. The document presents a broad set of pairings and associated clergy names.
A list of deaths including ages and partial addresses. Notable entries include Mary C Jones aged 80 at 484 L St NW, Jenne Aweeney age 0 at unnamed location, and Olivia Bumeon aged 18 at Freedmen's Hospital. Other names: A J Dean 23 en route to Univ hospital, George Univ hospital patients Bowen 51, Galloway 42 at 108 14th St, Rath Bond 22 at 1198 Hell Ave, Hugh A Stutts 31 at 712 Ky Ave, David Carter ¢ age ? at Children's Hospital, and W Herrington 73 at 3120 1th St PW.
The Procter and Gamble Company was ordered by the FTC to discontinue using the word Naphtha in ads for soaps with less than 1 percent naphtha. It had marketed as P and G the White Naphtha Soap Star Naptha Washing Powder and P and G the White Naphtha Soap Chips though the products contained no naphtha or only kerosene. The commission said the word was an unfair method of competition.
The Washington Weather Bureau reports a fall and moderate temperatures for the District of Columbia and Maryland with increasing clouds and warmer by Saturday. Virginia is fair then increasing cloudiness and warmth with northeast winds shifting to southeast. Local reports show temperatures near normal with highs around mid 70s to 80s and a trace rain. Forecasts include clear to partly cloudy skies for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with showers possible by Saturday and variable winds up to 5,000 feet.
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