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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1914
Page
4
Final decree in the Rives divorce is celebrated with a dinner inviting guests. The event highlights a motto on sub poenas and hints at reasons cited for breaking Cupid’s chains.
Mrs Brytlen Hemmant notes neglect as a key factor in divorce. She argues business demands shift priority away from marriage, causing emotional distance. Cupid wanes as work and temptation strain couples, leading to domestic infidelity and dissolution.
The article describes Mrs More and Hoffman hosting a private banquet for intimate friends in Santa Monica. A toast proclaims a brighter future for the couple amid social event details, invitations, and ballrooms, with guests and vehicles mentioned as part of the scene.
Health officers warn raw milk and cream carry serious disease risks such as typhoid and diphtheria. Pasteurization is the only reliable prevention, preserving milk’s nutrition. Home pasteurizing requires heating to near boiling, cooling, and proper storage until use.
Oklahoma women boasting distinguished Indian ancestry shock readers as a rising Native elite amasses fortunes from oil and coal lands. Intermarriage boosts status. half bloods grow wealth while full bloods struggle. Notable figures include Miss Marjorie Davis and Miss Lorena Christens.
Washington Post reports Aug 28 that amputations and doctors’ orders blocked many candidates. Of 205 applicants, only three qualified after four weeks of torturous exercises, while 46 failed due to height, weight or other physical hindrances. The three saved by strict dieting and floor exercises joined 100 others in the exam pool.
The summer of 1914 ushers a new fad with bathers wearing collegiate colored frocks and nude hosiery. Athletic styles rise as robes disappear and promenades shrink. The Bowery district on the wooden way from Missouri to Arkansas avenues faces destruction for fireproof stores and apartments, while the Boardwalk gains flower boxes along its exterior.
A late 1916 era snapshot notes New York buyers warn of a looming toy famine as German toy makers, including firms in Sonneberg and Nuremberg, pause production amid war. American manufacturers urged to shift to domestic toys, with Teddy bears and doll houses spotlighted as likely winners in a disrupted market.
Herbert Bye of English birth faced Judge Sears on a non support charge. The bell worn in bed caused injuries and quarrel with his wife Mrs Rye. The judge ordered Bye to provide for his wife and pay her three dollars weekly while he urged arbitration to settle the row.
At St Aloysius Church North Capitol a Monday service will begin with the office of the dead followed by a solemn requiem high mass at 9 50 a m in memory of Father Francis Xavier Wernz general of the Jesuits who died in Rome Italy on August 20 19 The apostolic delegate Archbishop Giovanni Bonzani will preside with Dominican Fathers serving as officiants.
A New York woman mourns after her pet tortoise is found strangled in her hotel apartment. The incident prompted doctors and staff to respond as authorities investigated, with neighbors recalling the elderly resident’s routines and the hotel’s response in the eerie scene.
Washington society secretary Belle Hagner returns to Warm Springs after a death in Washington. Dr Garnett from Washington travels to Barhurst to visit his sister before returning. Mrs Emerin Keene and mother visit White Sulphur with Mrs Snead in New York. Miss Keene and Miss Carolyn Keene spend summer at Warm Springs. Dr Henning will lecture on Isaac and Rebecca at Christ Church. Sundry School Christmas tree event and gifts distributed for mountain people.
Fragments indicate Iowa dairy and cream manufacturers challenge the 1 percent fat content law, appealing to the United States Supreme Court to rule the measure invalid. Names and specifics are unclear but the issue centers on dairy regulation and interstate commerce.
A garbled OCR entry traces a wedding notice involving Logph M Ga and others with fragmented names and questionable affiliations. Readable bits show a marriage themed notice referencing individuals and a local event context, though key details remain unclear due to text corruption.
Fragmentary obituary list shows multiple individuals linked to Mortimer Hospital and regional facilities. Names include Frank Werser Sud, Delma Thacher, Frances Galore, Lule Burke, Willem Toke, and Frances, with references to hospital wards or rooms and dates around 08 to 46. The text documents death notices and associated hospital data in a terse, damaged form.
Fragmentary OCR lists many given names and surnames in a birth notice. It mentions individuals such as George, Marie Worle, Albers, Carrol, and Jeanette Bolden among others, but the text is garbled with incomplete names and uncertain relations.
In a court room a case centers on a man doubting paternity of a baby born at home. A doctor confirms the baby’s birth and a solemn test is performed. The husband is convinced after the test, and the mother’s claim of fatherhood is settled in court.
The annual report of the board shows 77 graduate nurses approved yesterday after examination. There were 17 actions for twenty to practice nursing and six examinations were completed. Names of schools and officials were listed.
Fragmented item lists offerings such as delivery of flowers and theater tickets. Readable text mentions Shaffers New Flower Store and moderate charges. The rest is garbled, with scattered phrases about attendants, belts, and patrons.
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