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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1905

Page

11

Record-Breaking Sea Girt Rifle Team Prepares for NJ Meet

The District National Guard Brigade Rifle Team departs for Sea Girt New Jersey for the annual tournament running from August to September 9. General orders cover the meet with officers listed as team members and accompanying personnel. The event features national team and individual matches, with prizes including the National Trophy and Wimbledon Cup, and extensive participation from U S Army Navy Marine Corps and National Guard units.

District National Guard Gen Girt Sptember Goi Luther H Reichelderfer Flint Regiment James E Bell Alfred P Robbins Alex. Summers Frank Skinner William W Cookwon I RP Frank W Holt George G Dennison Frederick Heldenfeiel Halph Alderman I Rfp Marshall Magruder W Milton Harry Bean William B. Sullivan Samuel B Weatherard National Board For the Promotion of National Board For the Promotion of Rifle Practice The United States National Rifle Association of America New Jersey State Rifle Association Army Navy Marine Corps, &c National Rifle Associations Sda Natonal Rifle Association George E. Cook Washington Naval Reserve National Guard Dr Cook Membrs National Rifle Association Seabury West Point Annapolis

Fragmentary Notice on Inspection Procedures Remains Unclear

The readable text outlines practicable inspection steps and headquarters roles with Friday September 15 as a key date. It references a Field artillery unit and an Inspector General, but many phrases are garbled, leaving essential details ambiguous.

Eers Bettany Artilerry

West Point rifle team to compete at Sea Girt

West Point cadet rifle team sails from New York for Sea Girt New Jersey to take part in the national rifle competition on August 21. Capt. Charles W. Exxton commands the team with Capt. Arthur Thayer as coach and Lieut. Herman Grade as shooter. The group includes cadets Campbell Blodgett Gatewood Hartel Lewis Macmillan Minick Tomey Westover Wikhierick Cotton Dixon Pettison Heard and others across classes. A five day practice march will precede maneuvers simulating wartime conditions with 230 cadets 75 to 100 enlisted men and 14 officers plus five artillery pieces.

Marine Cars New Jersey State Rifle Association District of Columbia New Jersey National Guard Ohio Ideal Company Peters’ Cartridge Company Ideal Manufacturing Company Columbia District of Columbia National Guard National Guard of New Jersey National Guard Naval Reserve of New Jersey Scheutzen Charles F. Roe George H Harnes Lawrason Riggs P. F Wanser J. A. Haskell George Gould National Rifle Association of America Biad W. Spencer George H. Harries Lawrason Baggs J .A. Haskell Reginald H. Sayer New York Albert @. Jones New Jersey State Association Gev Edward C. Stokes P. Permer- Wanser George E. Howard William Hayes Bird W. Spencer Cavalry War Department Harry H. Pattison Third Cavalry Benjamin A Anderson U 8 Alfred G Horn Twelfth Cavalry John A. Pearson Eleventh Cavalry Charles A Bomeyn Thirteenth Cavalry Alexander HI Davidson Clifton R Norton Fifteenth Cavalry Aldea M Graham First Cavalry Sherwood A Cheney Corps of Engineers William H Hay Tenth Cavalry Arthur Williams Corps of Engineera Michael Kelly Cora of Engineera Robert Johnson Jena E Stedie Fourth Cavalry Herman PC Exworff Fifth Cavalry Peter St. Bomus Sixth Cavalry Augustus C George C. Shaw Twenty-seventh Infantry Francisco Agostir Charles E. Reese Fifteenth Infantry Arthur L. Bump Eighth Infantry Richard Lunsford Theodore A. Ballwin Twenty-fourth Infantry William N Puckett USA John Dittmer William Tate Twenty-fifth Infantry Charles Rie Majera W Torrey Townsend Wheles Thirtieth Infantry Robert S Knox Sea Girt West Point N. J Charles W. Exxton Twentieth Infantry Arthur Thayer Herman Grade Sixth Infantry Campbell Blodgett Gatewood Hartel Lewis Macmillan

Dawes Commission Work In Final Stages With Ryan

Bixby of Minnesota and Acting Secretary Ryan confer on Dawes Commission matters as the body nears completion after ten years of allotting land in severalty to the Five Civilized Tribes. Creeks Seminoles Choctaws Chickasaws and Cherokees formed the group. If Congress assigns no more tasks the commission may end next year though post commission work will continue for the Interior Department.

Bixby Ryan Tams Bixby Minnesota Dawes’ Commission Actiing Dawes Commission Severalty Ides Aoulatant Interior Department

Florists Reach Baltimore for National Convention Delegation Trip

Five hundred delegates of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists traveled by special B&O train to Baltimore. They toured city sights, enjoyed a luncheon, a moonlight Chesapeake Bay excursion, and a silver service presented to retiring president J. C. Vaughan. Washington visit featured Treasury steps photo, engineer drill, and Knight Templar charm gift to George H. Cooke. An allied group formed the American Nurserymen and Seed Trade associations to coordinate mutual interests.

Monumental City Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists Baltimore Baltimore Gardeners’ Club Baltimore and Ohio Chesapeake Bay National Society J. C. Vaughan Washington Washington Florists’ Club Treasury Steps White Washington Barracks Edward Burr George H. Cooke JT Cooke American Association of Nurserymen American Seed ‘Trade Association Society of American Florists F. R. Pierson

SONS OF JONADAB MEET IN TEMPERANCE SESSION

Washington Council No 1 Fraternal Sons of Jonadab meets at 902 Pennsylvania avenue NW with a social program. Speeches reference Roosevelt's Wilkes-Barre abstinence speech and urge temperance advocacy. Officers and members from Fairfax Court House and local groups speak on the order’s work. Next meeting announced. Also notes withdrawals and international congress postponements.

Washington Council Fraternal Sons of United States al Advocatea Temperance Thomas J. Clark John C Browner Fairfax Court House John R. Davis F. J. le Barnes John J. O'Brien William A. Rickey Wiliam

Soldier Poet Joyce Awarded Fifty Dollar Pension

Col John A Joyce veteran of Kenesaw Mountain and younger Civil War battles is granted a $50 monthly pension for wounds received in the line of duty. The Twenty fourth Kentucky officer, famed as a soldier poet and biographer, served as adjutant and earned multiple promotions including gallantry at Shiloh. He survived a severe thigh wound and long convalescence before continuing his postwar writings.

Kenesaw Mountain Home Guard John A. Joyce Fort Sumter Circuit Bath County Home Guards Joyce Leutenant Buckner Bull Run Lyon Wilson Creek Missouri Kentucky Gov Magoffin Frankfort Twenty-fourth Kentucky Olympian Springs Young Joyce Lexington Davidson Nashville Shiloh Breckenridge van Dorn Twenty-fourth Beauregard Corinth Brage Alabama Tennessee Terryville Knoxville Tenn Armstrong Heights Holston River Fort Sanders Rocky River Heights McLaw Burnside Darling M. D. Mens Cer Resacce

Veteran Col Joyce Endures Wounds and Varied Career

On November 4 1964 a War Department order mustered out Col Joyce from U S service due to disability from war wounds. Since then he has been a schoolteacher political candidate lawyer clerk speaker revenue agent and Wall Street figure. Despite a life of activity his thigh wound still causes him pain as he nears sixty three and he has completed four volumes of his unpublished poems after decades of work.

War Department United States Service Joyce Iowa Allison Dubuque Treasury Department Wall Street Cal Foyce Col. Joyce

Advertising Is Important News To readers of The Post

The Post promotes advertising as vital news for readers and merchants in Washington. Joyce Engraving Company, a leading firm in the Star Building annex, offers near perfect work and punctual service with broad reach in the East and South. Miss Louise A Adams of Norfolk visits friends on Quince Street.

The Post Washington the Post Eder United States Joyce Company Star Buiding Ith Paave Jovce Engraving Company Louise A Adams Norfolk Quince Street Marian Turner Balthmore George W. Ashworth Washington Street Miss Turner Kensington

Best Laundry Offers 20 Percent Off High Grade Work

The advertisement promotes Manhattan Laundry at 134 Florida Avenue offering smooth, low wear garments and 2 cent collars and cuffs. It claims superior finish and reasonable rates versus typical 21⁄2 cent workmanship. Notices Miss Gertrude Adams of Piney Branch road traveling to New York City to visit friends.

Manhattan Florida Avenue Gertrude Adams Piney Branch Road New York City

Old Established Firm Promotes Growth in Northwest District

Twenty years in West End real estate and insurance, Martin Bros. promote growth with property sales, loans, rents, and rent collection. Columbian Iron and Wire Works offers elevator enclosures, screens, rails, doors, and custom iron work. Brooks Company supplies gas and electric fixtures to contractors. Mrs. Shepard and Mr. Shelton are mentioned in social notes.

West End Northwest Martin Bros Pennsylvania Avenue Amt Columbian Iron and Wire Works Bealer & Schmid Robert Shepard West Virginia Washington E. F. Brooks Company 16Th St. Aw Homn Brooks

Ducker Gets A Dose Of His Own Medicine

Special Correspondent of The Washington Port, New York, Aug 19 reports a strong New York man who ducked girls at a bathing beach is grabbed by water polo star Joseph A. Ruddy. Ruddy drags him under, restrains him, and uses resuscitation, leaving onlookers convinced the bully learned his lesson.

Washington Port New York Orre Ducker Joseph A. Ruddy New York Athletic Club Wd Ruddy Buddy Ruddy Ducker Gome Ufe

Dream of Robbery Ends in Seizure of Throats and Theft

An elderly Paris shopkeeper Mme Ella Boivine awoke from a nightmare to find burglars had entered her fishing tackle shop, tied her throat, and stolen gold scrip and jewels. Three men were arrested within a day and given long sentences in the Seine Assizes case. Separately a Lugano conference urged Polish arms against Russian oppression, promising a terrible struggle but hope to frighten tyrants.

Boivine Washington Post Paris Seine Assizes Mme Ella Boivine Bt Denis Ons Mme. Bolvine Strahsag Selhe Rabizes Theington-Pr Rome Fust Lugano Pecalla Manchuria

Center Market urged for wholesome food and cleanliness

Center Market merchants invite public support for a sanitary, clean, and economical food market. They emphasize strict market inspections, low prices, and weekly visits. Also notes on local engraving firms, tobacco and heat stove ads, and a bank advert promoting women’s savings.

Keat-Equippe Center Market Galeara B. H. White Philadelphia Eighth Streets New Terminal Tunnel

Princess Clementine's Cup Becomes Farm Memento Tale

A Brussels report tells of Princess Clementine stopping at a rural house on a country walk. The farmer, recognizing her, served refreshment in a cup later claimed as a keepsake, asking the princess to drink from it again. She complied, delighting the farmer with a royal memento story. The tale is used to illustrate hospitality and fortify spirits in heat.

Broves A. Muddiman & Co Hisabeth Spaulding Hamilton Road Colonial Beach W. Burchell F Street uSton Brusséliz Clementine Princeas Farimevita

England's society voices grow louder in drawing rooms

Washington Post special correspondent reports London society speakers, especially in West End drawing rooms, now shout and laugh loudly. Observers note dainty women with refined dress emit strident tones, influenced by American habits, with talk punctuated by loud exclamations and noisy bursts. The piece frames fashion and manners as the cause of heightened volume.

Washington Post London England West End Que Lady Engilehworan

Local Ticket Dealer Receives Presidential Honor

Mr J Spiedt, owner of a ticket brokerage at 80¢ Pennsylvania avenue for twenty years, was notified by the Guarantee Ticket Brokers Association that he has been elected president. He is also a passenger agent for the Mallory Steamship Line and the Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company.

J. Spiedt Pennsylvania Avenue Guarantee Ticket Brokers’ Association A Fisher Pliedt Mallory Steamship Line Baltimore and Philadelphia Steamboat Company

Keeble Childrens Health Tonic and Chapel Point Excursion

Keeble Children HORSFORDS ACID PHOSPHATE promoted for weak digestion among children. Chapel Point Maryland described as a pleasant resort on the Potomac with 25 cent round trips on the Pocahontas steamer. Trip times and ferry schedule listed, with saltwater activities and historical sights advertised. Balloon ascent at River View, with parachute drop by Hutchison expected Sunday, altitude target around 8,000 feet. River View Orchestra concerts planned after noon and evening. Steamer departures at 11 am 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm with regular fares. Police report says numerous washouts across precincts.

Horsford Chapel Point Potomac Maryland Pocahontas Chapal Point Hutchison River View

The Newest Automobile and Local Auto Showings

The Wayne Automobile Company displays a new 16 horsepower two cylinder car priced at 800 dollars, claiming it matches 2000 dollar models in performance and hill climbing. Ford agency Miller Bros markets a ten horsepower car noted for speed and endurance, demonstrated on Mount Pleasant. A Junior Daughters group hosts a lawn party by Esther Memorial Chapel at Randle Park. The Alhambra Summer Garden at 410 E Street NE runs nightly as Washington’s popular cooling family venue under Gus W Brahler, while A Butterfield of Birmingham visits in Randle Park.

Wayne Automobile Company 18Th Street Ifa Esther Randle Park E Street Ford Miller Bros Mount Pleasant W North

Queen of the Milan Markets Sues Over Dress Expenses

Maria Nulli, dubbed the Queen of the Milan Markets, sues the Milan fete committee for 1.20 dollars spent on dresses data and carriages. The case, linked to exchanges with Paris market queens, awaits court judgment with notable interest. A stolen bust of Schiller during Goethe fetes in Goettingen sparks further excitement.

Maria Nulli Milan Maria’ Nulli Paris Turin Schiller Fal Corret Dener Washington Serlin Goettingen Fichiiheen

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