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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1904
Page
11
A local store announces a shortened weekend schedule with closing time at 5 PM this Saturday and an earlier 1 PM start for the day. The notice emphasizes limited weekend hours and logistics for customers planning Saturday shopping.
A large lot of domestic rugs remains unsold this fall with several patterns and lines discontinued. Bigelow Wilton 9x12 rugs priced at 35 dollars, down from 40, Bigelow Axminster 9x12 at 25, Smyrna 9x12 at 17.50, Brussels 9x32 at 13.50, Wilton 1¼x10 12 at 30, Imperial Smyrna 3x1 ¼ at 12, Imperial Smyrna 2x12 at 7.30, all offered at about one third off regular prices. Third Moor Street location.
Continuation of August Sale features enamelled and brass bedsteads at about one third off regular prices. Highlighted items include a 4 ft solid brass bed with heavy fillers and vases priced at 15.00, enameled Gothic and Grecian styles from 8.50 to 21.50, and Napolean style bed at 21.50. Second floor F St.
Up-to-date traveler needs, three lots of suit cases offered at special prices. Light-weight linen cases with steel frame and brass lock, $1.35 each. Leatherette cases, steel frame, $2.95 each. 24-Inch cowhide leather suit cases, sewn frame, leather corners, brass lock, $5.00 each. Basement Equitable Building.
Guaranteed sewing machines offering reliable service and uniform efficiency. Sold for years with success, manufactured for us by top makers and of quality material. Five year manufacture guarantee and similar repair period. New Victor models and prices listed, including drop-head and automatic types from WW & L and Eldredge lines. Hand machines priced from ten fifty to twelve fifty. Second floor goods.
Social and personal notices recount engagements and marriages including Katharine Franzisks Summerhayes to Robert Buchanan Beale and Lucia Lee Newcomb to John Edward Bates. Guests of President Roosevelt include Dr. and Mrs. Alexander Lambert. Various military families, travelers, and a Wyandotte set attend weddings, visits, and socials across New York, Maryland, and Virginia with OA officials and local notable entities mentioned.
A list of attendees including Gibson and Misses Atkinson and Purcell sails for a twenty seven day pilgrimage to San Francisco for the Knights Templary triennial conclave. Another group heads to Atlantic City for a week. Beatrice Walker wed J G Cowles in Brantford Ontario. Cowles linked to John D Rockefeller interests in Cleveland.
The Mount Bethel Baptist Association met at First Baptist Church Washington for its twenty eighth session. Rev. W H Hickerson of Camora Va served as moderator and R B Page of Oak Grove Va as secretary. Five new churches were reported and officers elected including Hickerson moderator Wattkins vice moderator Page secretary Murray secretary Burnway treasurer. The concluding session featured Rev Wyne of Baltimore delivering the missionary sermon.
The Potomac District Conference of the Baltimore annual A M E Church convened at Brown Memorial Church Washington with opening prayers by Daniel P. Seaton Jr Rev J W Wing delivered devotionals and P J Jordani gave the welcome. Papers examined include Afro American future church women in work intemperance worldly amusements and Christian education.
Mrs Fannie Devlin Berry dies at Sixth and A Streets southeast after a two week illness. Long time property owner on Capitol Hill she kept strict business control. will cases and heirs mentioned. Funeral today at 2 from Zurhorst’s. burial Congressional Cemetery. Also notes on Chesapeake Beach excursion resumption and 2 cent Saturday rate this summer.
The monitor Florida with about sixty midshipmen aboard arrived off the Seventh Street wharf about 3 36 yesterday and anchored beside the Arkansas which came in on Tuesday The Nevada was reported off Indian Head and expected to reach the city early next morning Both Florida Arkansas and Nevada ship midshipmen are first class and the navy plans to bring Worden Whipple and Hartford to form a fleet of six or seven war vessels at the wharf by week’s end Naval officers complain of a too shallow channel limiting heavy ships and the Arkansas narrowly avoided a collision with the tug Unity Annapolis Md The torpedo boat Truxtun and the converted yacht Hornet arrived at the Naval Academy and will depart for Norfolk to join the fleet. An examination for a sub inspector in engineering will be held September 8 open to all qualified applicants.
War Department issues circular to replace old 1862 and 1888 medals with new designs. Holders must send medals and bows by registered mail to the military secretary for identity verified replacement rosettes. Navy notes report Rear Admiral Sigsbee en route from Puerto Plata to Monte Christi, then Carthagena, amid oils and asphalt dispute context. Secretary Morton expected to return to Washington today. Movements of naval vessels Newark and Montgomery noted.
Telegraphic dispatch from Athens Ohio dated August 22 reports a clash between regular soldiers and militia on provost guard duty. One militiaman killed, three wounded. corpses recovered. five Battery Fourteenth Artillery men handed to civil authorities. Grant and McClernand oversee inquiry with early department report to follow.
In Newport Rhode Island on Monday, the torpedo-boat Shark sank to a depth of about one hundred feet during a submerged run near Brentons Reef lightship. Lieut Nelson led the crew of eight with Lieut Shepley aboard. After forty minutes the crew pumped the boat to the surface, without evident damage.
Rear Admiral Jonn'G. Watson was placed on the retired list at age sixty two after a long career beginning in 1856. He served in the Civil War and the Spanish War, commanded the Eastern Squadron, and planned a Atlantic cruise that never sailed as the war ended. He is a Kentucky native currently touring Europe for pleasure and researching naval moral methods for foreign sailors, with a full report to the Secretary of the Navy upon return.
Military notices report maneuvers to be held near Annandass in Virginia with Capt Samuel E Smiley of the Fifteenth Infantry relieved. Navy Dept announces cruiser Tacoma accepted from Union Iron Works San Francisco under Commander R F Nicholson. President accepts resignation of Second Lieutenant Lucian S Breckinridge Artillery Corps.
From the London Lancet, an appeal for a regular ice supply in England. The piece argues domestic ice is scarce and often obtained only from fishmongers, whose offerings are unreliable and unhealthy. It urges a dedicated ice service to preserve meat and perishables, prevent waste, and keep foods safe and palatable in heat.
Rutherford Corbin recalls meeting Taft in Cincinnati during 1900. A hotel clerk explains Taft's routine and the "Hello" greeting that would become iconic alongside his distinctive laugh, signaling the energy and humanity of the future president.
The Chase's theater plans a bright seventh season with strong advance sales for the daily matinees starting next Monday. Featured acts include Jewell's Automatic Electric Manikin Theater, Frank Bush, Lew Bloom and Jane Cooper, Keno Welch and Melrose, Mlle. Agoust with Charles Weston, Maton and Elliott, Miss Vera King, and a maritime film program. Next, Kernan's Lyceum hosts Whallen Brothers Kentucky Belles and Murphy's Masquerade with Foresto and Abertino, Reid and Gilbert, Terry and Elmer, Alleene and Hamilton, and the Reliance Quartet. The Marine Band concert follows at the Barracks at 5 pm with a program of marches, overtures, songs, and selections from Rigoletto.
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