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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
7
The readable fragments indicate a local item involving May and Wadd with a fall event. Details are unclear, but the note treats a fall or accident connected to a person named Wadd and a place or event labeled May vane. Further text needed for full clarity.
Ambassadors and baronesses host and attend receptions and dinners at the embassy and Willard, with Lord and Lady Northcote departing for New York. Mme Jusstrand leads a tea at the French embassy while Mme Candee hosts a luncheon and Mrs Wright attends events. Various diplomats, ministers, and their spouses socialize through the week at Washington venues.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt and Miss Tracsevelt move through a packed debutante week in New York with social duties and daily correspondence. A gala opera matinee in Philadelphia features Miss Stockton Hales and a glittering guest list including Miss Taft. The social whirl extends to London with Mrs Cornelia Vanderbilt and Miss Nora Langhorne, while high society auctions shed light on collecting excesses and travel plans.
The Woor1as Home Missionary Sacrnts of Foundry AL BE will hold a meeting at 102 o'clock to narrow morning. Mrs J E Gbert, District president, will give an idea on the Value vet City Missions. A bank offering will be collected for the Rasedalg Settlement. Tuesday will be busy for all women of the Woundry congregation with Young Woman's Home Missionary city and Woman's Foreign Missionary Society gatherings.
Henry C. Smith editor of the Cleveland Gazette writes to the Interstate Commerce Commission defending sleeping car porters. He argues porters receive insufficient monthly salaries to cover living costs while away from home and that tips should not mask the pay gap. He compares porters’ earnings with those of chair car conductors and notes guests of luxury services subsidize porter wages. The letter urges inclusion of porter salaries in the commission’s upcoming Pullman investigation and promises further details.
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