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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
11
The Washington store highlights an extensive annual furniture sale with hundreds of pieces in mahogany oak and maple. Includes bureaus chairs rockers chests tables libraries and buffets with substantial value discounts and varied finishes.
RS Clark and her daughter Miss Genevieve Clark will close their Sixteenth Street apartment and travel to Pittsburgh where they will join the Speaker to Bowling Green Missouri. Mrs Clark and Miss Clark will visit Colorado Springs while the Speaker tours the West. Other notes cover various diplomatic and social movements, including arrivals and departures of ambassadors, naval attaches, and seasonal guests across Washington, New York, Narragansett Pier and Newport society circles.
The piece extols daily gymnastics of stretching rolling and yawning as simple exercises for balance youthfulness and stress relief. It recommends morning and evening routines including bed time rolling and deep breaths to energize the body and promote rest without a doctor’s prescription.
The article argues for safety margins in the human body akin to bridges and boilers. By reducing weight, simplifying diet, avoiding worry, and keeping skin healthy, vitality is conserved and resistance strengthened to prevent apoplexy heart failure and nervous breakdown during illness. It emphasizes saving energy in digestion elimination and kidney readiness for pneumonia.
Reuben Haines age 71 died suddenly this morning in Elkton Maryland. He was the Cecil county bar's oldest member and formerly served as State's attorney for Cecil county. Haines also held three years as a director of the National Bank of Elkton and was a director of the National Bank of Rising Sun.
Lenox Mass society notes report 78 gypsy moth nests found on Sloane and Parsons estates as superintendents and farmers search the area. Numerous guests arrive or depart, including Mrs Burden, Miss Furniss, and families visiting or traveling between New York Chicago Washington and Pittsfield. Italian garden plans for Brookside property near Great Barrington projected at $60,000 over two years.
Luncheon and tea in Edgecomb gardens at 5 pm hosted by Mrs. Samuel Frothingham and Miss Heloise Meyer. Guests include New York-bound Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ives Cobb and guests of Mr. and Mrs. David T. Dana. Newport events feature Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea produced by amateurs, with Miss Simes Nowell directing. A large debutante procession and dances led by Mrs. George Grenville Merri cap the weekend, amid committee plans to improve Newport’s welfare and beauty. Monday evening a Bellevue avenue dance hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings closed with lanterns lighting the grounds.
The Rev Dr John B Gunn pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart in Atlanta was consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Natchez today. Archbishop Blenk of New Orleans served as consecrator.
The article details Queen Mary’s routine from morning letters to afternoon gallery visits and evening reading, noting her insistence on capable staff and avoidance of pauperizing charity. It then shifts to Miss Antoinette Gazzam Galvin’s civic and sentimental drama, from her pursuit of a mystic to a high profile marriage and inheritance, ending with a brief ad for Golden & Co. milk fed chickens.
A fictional Candia Girl discusses publishing playful tracts for the sick, with topics such as Voice Walk and Conversation. She mocks visitors and urges tailoring visits to each patient’s mood, noting crankiness and the need for considerate, truthful, or humorous messages. The piece satirizes how to comfort and entertain a sick person.
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