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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1904
Page
19
Advertises linen pillow cases in multiple sizes with prices from 150 to 3.00 per pair, all linen damask cloths and napkins, damask towels, speeds low prices, ready for use sheets and pillow slips from Wamsutta Mills, and a second-floor sale on Eleventh Street with various linen textile items and special prices.
A readable fragment lists a catalog of toilet articles by W and L including Violet Water in multiple sizes, Violet Extract, assorted scents, Eau de Cologne, Rice Powder, Talcum, Tooth Powder, and Almond Meal with prices. Names like Riviera, Renzolin, and Zeta Rice appear among listed items.
The engagement of Miss Annie Judkins Mason daughter of Mrs Lucy Ord Donaldson and Lieut Keith S Sumner Gregory of the Sixth United States Infantry is announced. Miss Mason is the second daughter of Lieut John Sanford Mason Jr who fell in the Sioux war. The wedding is set for September 21 and the couple will reside at Fort Leavenworth Kansas after the ceremony.
A jumble of society notices reports marriages in Baltimore and Washington social life. Miss M Dorothy Dalton wed Mr. Dick in Baltimore by Rev P C Gaven. The Daft names and Lenox tennis players appear amid a Roosevelt family picnic at Sagamore Hill on Long Island with guests from the Roosevelt and Merritt families. President Roosevelt plans more recreation with limited official visitors and strict calling rules at Oyster Bay.
Thousands of former New Hampshire residents gather for Old Home Week. Chester dedicates a monument to local soldier sons with oration by George Co Hazleton of Washington DC. Speakers include Senator Henry W Burnham and Congressman Cyrus W Sulloway. Gov Bachelder speaks at Rindge. Richmond and Monroe notable events noted.
A district Supreme Court appointed commission began testimony at City Hall to appraise square 686 for a new Senate office building. The hearing resumes at 11 o'clock and will run for several weeks with government counsel William Frye White and numerous local attorneys representing property owners. A district Grand Lodge delegation attends the National Grand Lodge session in St Joseph Missouri, then goes to St Louis and back to Washington. Other items note Carmen A Davis will divide estate among children Carmelite Elise Zoe. Naval Militia pay after a year’s delay. Rear Admiral Shepard’s will leaves estate to widow. C J Parks appointed clerk to Tutuila Samoa court. Duvall resumes district duties. and quips from Philadelphia and Chicago papers.
Regular army infantry team leads the two-day national soldiers shooting contest at Fort Riley with 1,987 of 2,400 points as fourteen states, District of Columbia, Navy and Marine teams compete. Maj. Gen Bates inspects scores while Col Dimmick and Gen Harries coordinate coaching and prizes totaling 2,600 dollars.
Army officers receive leaves of absence for two months and twenty days, with names and units listed. Several officers are reassigned for maneuvers, hospital duty, or to attend encampments and district posts, including Fort Sheridan and Manassas. A separate memo notes Gen Bates awaiting Athens homicide facts and civil tribunal handling.
A historical notice details personnel movements to naval recruiting stations in Chicago and other ports in August 1904. Acting Assistant Surgeon A B Wine moves to Portemouth naval hospital with duty aboard. G F Duncan detaches to naval recruiting party No 5. W Dabney assigned to party No 3.
Court martial records detail Private Fred H. Scow of the Twentieth Infantry accused of desertion while in Luzon in July 1900. He later joined insurgents under an alias and was recaptured in 1903. The court recommended death, but actions await the President with potential commutation to life imprisonment.
Assistant Secretary of State Francis B. Loomis spoke at Newport Aug 22 on Some Problems of the Caribbean Sea. He traced U S relations with Santo Domingo, noted naval diplomacy in the West Indies, praised officers’ legal knowledge, and paid tribute to the late Admiral H C Taylor.
The battleships New York and Marblehead and the gunboat Bennington arrived today from Bremerton. They reached wireless contact with the Boston near Folsom street wharf after signaling from Point Reyes while seventy miles offshore. The fleet will stay for the Knight Templar conclave, then cruise southern waters, with New York continuing to the Atlantic coast.
Simon W. Gans died Friday at his home on Fifth Street NW and was privately buried yesterday in the Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. The prominent Legion of Honor member and oldest in the congregation attracted only family, relatives from Baltimore Norfolk and Richmond, and a few friends. Rabbi Louis Stern conducted services at the home and grave at 10 o'clock. Pallbearers were Samuel Bieber Samuel Gans Isadore Small William Michalis Simeon Lyon and Max Bergheimer.
Review of Artiss drama based on Bret Harte with Nellie McHenry as the waif heroine. George B Miller as Yuba Bill and Howard Sidney as Juan Waiters praised for performances. Stage design noted, including burning schoolhouse scene and murder tableau. Audience applauded. second feature Trans Atlantic Burlesquers at Lyceum with Pirates of Panama praised for songs and dancing.
Rev James F X Mulvahey Jr departs Holy Trinity Georgetown for a new parish in Bowie Maryland. Rev Thomas Holland succeeds him as pastor at Holy Trinity Church corner Thirty sixth and O streets. Assistant pastors Rev Samuel Cahill and Rev Edward Roach remain. Mulvaney helped start a 360000 parish fund and raised about 22000. He previously taught at Georgetown University and is noted for Jesuit ties. His farewell sermon was last Sunday as health concerns prompted the move.
A compact survey of European royal origins tracing dynasties from Servia to Greece, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Germany. It notes Karageorgevic, Bernadotte, Ferdinand, Leopold, and Hohenzollern rise through conquest, marriage, and political upheaval, highlighting modern origins of many thrones.
A fragmented Chicago News item shows a humorous exchange with a pompon city chap claiming to work with his head over hands, contrasting with a country farmer's sharp retort. The piece hints at social class humor and rustic wit without clear context or outcome.
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