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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
13
Clearance sale offers immediate clearance at special prices on women and misses wash dresses and coat suits. Dresses include lawns, percales, ginghams and chambrays. Coats are linen, reps and trims. Some items cut in half or offered at fractions of value. Three lots created, with withdrawn summer dresses and chambrays, lawns, percales and ginghams.
A newly returned artifact from Avica forms the centerpiece of an extensive display in Washington. The show, part of the Lakeman commission’s official visit, features diverse items from Liberian coins to native jewelry, carved tusks, horns, and photographs of Cape Verde and Modena. The collection includes rare photographic negatives, gourd engravings, and curiosities tied to broader maritime and colonial histories.
Minister William F. Lanes, U S minister to Guatemala, will wed Edith G. Keating at St Thomas Church in Media Pa. The ceremony, attended by immediate family, follows their Washington residence at 477 T Street and comes amid Sands life in the U S diplomatic circle.
Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Lebar returned to Washington yesterday from Beverly. Admiral Eugene HC Leutze and Mrs Leutze left Washington for Stockbridge Mass for the remainder of the season. Miss Marion Lentze left the city for the Thousand Islands to visit Alice Vanderauist. Mrs Porter and Miss Marguerita Barbour sail for the U S after two months in Europe.
A survey of prominent American women and foreign intrigue shows Mrs Roosevelt’s entourage avoiding crowds in Paris while Americans in London and Paris seek advantageous matches. Notable figures include Mrs Leeds of New York, Countess Lanter, Lady Suftelk, and Vera Suftelk at Charlton Towers. Inventive pursuits range from a Washington senator’s wife funding a desk of correspondence to fashionable yet discreet bathing attire. Helen Frick and Esther Eigay reflect elite uses of wealth for philanthropy, travel, and social leverage.
Retired General Edam P Townsend of the U S Army died at Walter Reed Hospital. He will be buried with military honors from his Kalorama Road home at 4 o clock. The ceremony at Arlington or Arlington National Cemetery with Chaplain WOW Brander. Loyal Legion members and four Army aides will participate. Honorary pallbearers include four Loyal Legion members and four Army officers, among them Gen Dr Craigie, Gen Leon A Matile, Col Lehs, Master Fran ce Sands, Maj Julius Venn, Capt JC Haraail.
Funeral services were held at the family residence for Townsend B Southard who died Saturday after an illness of eight weeks. The Rev Clarence Wise officiated with survivors including wife Fannie B Southard and daughter Louise. The body was moved to Long Island for interment. Southard was born in Brooklyn and longtime chief draftsman for Navy Department construction and repair in Washington.
A Baltimore couple wed in Easton last week after arriving for a license. This evening Ida E Conley of Sharpstown and James M Bozeman, son of Rev J S Bozeman of Hoopera Island, obtained a license and were married at the Episco pal church by Rev Frank Balch.
This unusual opportunity offers the most popular refrigerator made at a substantial saving. Complete line of styles and sizes including special small-footprint models. Exclusive D C agents.
Navy officials indicate no change to the midshipmen’s physical training. A recent board’s recommendations for more hours of athletics were rejected by former superintendent Captain Charles J Badger. New superintendent Captain John M Bowyer will continue Badger’s policy.
Rear Admiral BK Moore retired will be relieved from command at Portsmouth New Hampshire on September 1 and ordered home. He is the last rear admiral on active duty to be relieved under President Taft's plan, leaving only officers on active list.
The Atlantic battleship fleet of fifteen ships, except Kansas in Hampton Roads, prepares for record target work to begin Wednesday. Tornado boats Nicholaga and O Brien will be towed out as real targets. Louisiana Minnesota One and Georgia maneuver offshore while wireless crews exchange baseball results from Norfolk.
Capt G Soulnrd Turner Seventh Infantry heads to Philippines with Maj Frederick F Russet medical corps. Lt Jewel retired. Lt LR Janent to Tennessee staff duty. various officers assigned to recruiting, naval staff, and duty stations nationwide. Record notes retirement actions, transfers, and temporary postings across barracks, ships, and depots from August through September.
Special to The Washington Post Petersburg August 16 Mrs Maree Brady widow of Virginia Representative James D Brady died at her home on Adame street yesterday aged 67. She leaves four children Jonenh P Brady of Richmond clerk at the United States district court and Mrs Leroy Garwin of Washington Misses Milgaret Brady, Katherrine McCourt Brady, and Lannia Brady of Petersburg.
The article discusses stomach acidity and irritation from excess hydrochloric acid, noting temperaments and irregular eating as risk factors. It cites Russian chemist Pavlov and suggests a nonirritating diet with rice, cabbage or lettuce mornings, rice twice daily, substantial fresh buttermilk two hours before eating, bran biscuit and oil, and charcoal tablets as treatment.
A World dispatch reports China hopes Theodore Roosevelt will visit China next year. The idea traces to discussions during his presidency with Tang Shao Yi and resurfaced as China and the United States have grown closer. The Dowager Empress’s question to Miss Alice Roosevelt in Peking is noted as part of the historical lead‑in to the current expectation.
Mystic Conn Aug 14 An address on Educational Peace was given by Di Jesse Holmes of Ssarthmare College at the Universal Peace Union opening. Taft and Ambassador Bryce read letters from Wacom letters. Taft accepted the honorary vice presidency, stating willingness to aid the movement if deemed helpful.
Sidney Tove the Chicago-born trader ends a career setback and plans to reopen brokerage offices in a few weeks. The Barnes estate distribution boosts funds for his comeback and his wife Marjorie Barnes becomes custodian of 31000 to her name. Former Judge William H Boore and close friends reportedly back his move.
President Gomez names a government council of ten with a slate including interior minister Tanares and ex interior-general Juan Prerlt. Castes readers Tamon Ayala as president and Nicholas Rolanda with Gen Rebana as second vice presidents, detailing roles across the cabinet.
The Danish crisis ends as parliament fails to back military defense funding and a new cabinet is formed. Under Premier Conn Holstes Ledrebord, JC Chasstensen becomes war minister with Neergard as finance minister and Tunster of public works joining a reshaped team including Feidt Tanti Sorensen and Hoegsbro.
Incoherent OCR text describes a land grant near Spokane with prizes from 980 applications and mentions water rights fruit tracts and a draw of names. It also notes a Ttahan Crater visit from Baltimore to Providence and New York and a note that Straus sails for Turkey aboard the Prince Frederick Wilhelm to start a posting in Constantinople expected in September.
The article discusses how American constitutional ideas were implanted in the Philippines, outlining the limited rights granted under the regime, the push for habeas corpus restoration, jury trials, freedom of the press, and the gradual education of Filipinos in their new rights and duties. It notes the influence of colonial administration and the goal of producing a self governing society through gradual exposure to American legal principles.
Mrs John R Ramsey, recently back from San Francisco, describes a long journey of over 400 miles in bad weather and rough roads. She recalls heavy storms, tire wear, and the overall trip as successful despite challenges.
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