Will Practice Her Precept Wins Post Contest
Successful competitor says she will spend prize money at Oncé for Christmas. Puzzle judges in making award presented many other clever answers in prose and verse.
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Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
29
Early partnership with Santa Claus acrostic guide
Miss Lily A. Mapes presents an acrostic guiding holiday shopping. It spells COMFORT HAPPINESS REWARD INTEREST TIME SELECTION MIME MONEY ATTENTION STRENGTH. Advice urges avoiding crowds, shopping early for bargains, and inspecting goods promptly to save time and money.
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Sante Claus
First honors awarded in Post essay contest to Miss Lily A Mapes
Miss Lily A Mapes of 134 Columbia Road wins The Washington Post essay contest with a clever kerostic on early Christmas shopping. She receives a $25 prize for originality and thoroughness in answering the prompt. Mapes expresses delight at winning, noting she entered for interest, not to win, and plans to use the prize money practically.
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Washington Post
Lily A. Mapes
Columbia Road
Post
Mayes
Tory
Ain
Christae
Toelle
Andy
Early shopping urged in festive guide from Charlottesville
Articles praise Mary Duncan and Edward K De Bay for holiday essays and urge readers to shop early. The column laments last minute shopping, warns of economic strain and nerve wrecking crowds, and extols considerate shoppers and store staff amid Christmas preparations.
Invasion of the North Dinner Sparks Southern Unity
Secretary of War Dickinson and Mayor elect William J. Gaynor spoke at the Southern Society of New York dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Dickinson framed the North-South clash as a peaceful, historical exchange and praised mixed Northern and Southern bloodlines in leaders. Gaynor attacked corrupt city bosses and warned of moral decline amid political entrenchment.
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New York
Warkingon
William J. Gaynor
Greater
New-York
Southern Society of New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Judge Gaynor
Dickinson
North
South
Taft
Columbus
Miss
Thetr
Rigerts
Great Britain
Peides
Lincoln
Thomas
Farragut
Iunitations
Son ti diplomat to wed Mrs Haig in London
Secretary Phillips confirms engagement between William Phillips new American embassy secretary and Mrs Haig formerly of New York. Marriage planned soon with venue unsettled. The London social scene and Washington contacts are affected as preparations and house hunting proceed amid ongoing holiday notices and society events.
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Secretary Phillips
London
Washington Post
William Phillips
Haig
Brook Street
Grosvenor Square
J. Coleman Drayton
New York
Helg
Washington
Philips
Watt
Mr. Phillips
Frank C. .Lowden
New Willard
Lowden
MISS HARRISON A BRIDE AT PETERSBURG WEDDING
Miss Helen West Harrison, daughter of the late William H. Harrison, wed Nathaniel Walter Hubard of Richmond at the Grace Hotel focal Church. Bridesmaids and ushers included Milas Egerton, Mary Bichelburger, Marion Simmons, Leenie Stevens, Lilly West, Dorothy Harwood, and George West Harrison. The ceremony was by Rev. John A. Lloyd with Rev. C Braxton Bryan assisting. The couple will reside in Richmond after a honeymoon to Bermuda.
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Omma Burruss
Grant Bruce
W. BE. Henry
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church South
Fairfax
East Capitol Street
Th.axomgran
Petersburg
Milas Alverda Egerton
Albert Alsop
Richmond
Mary Bichelburger
Chester
Thomas Leay
Marion Simmons
Norfolk
Joseph E. Venable
Leenie Stevens
Cabell Fitzgerald
Lilly Montgomery West
Trevers Eppes
Dorothy
Pleasants Harwood
Henry Carrington
George ‘West’ Harrison
George Fitzgerald
John A. Lloyd
Big Stone Gap
C. Braxton Bryan
Bermuda
SIMS JENKINS NUPTIALS IN BALTIMORE CITY
Miss Martha Lea Jenkins of Baltimore married Clifford S. Sims of Albany sole vice president of the Delaware and Hudson Bell-Toad and former Baltimore and Ohio general manager. The ceremony was held in a local hotel's parlors with Rev Louis O Donnlan officiating and Cardinal Gibbons giving a blessing. Only the brides and grooms mothers attended.
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Baltimore
Martha Lea Jenkins
Clifford Ss
Sims
Albany
Delaware and Hudson Bell- Toad
Oho
Louis O'Donnlan
Cardinal Gibbons
Weddings of Carolina de Billier and Ernest Victor Gibson
Lord Ashbourne's son and Caroline de Billier of New York wed at St Peter's Church in London. The bride, given away by her brother W E B De Biller, was joined by Ernest Victor Gibson, third son of Lord Ashbourne, in a society event witnessed by many. Also reported, Richard Beverley Raney, Raleigh diarist and former hotel proprietor, died at his home in Raleigh from paralysis.
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Carolina de Billier
New York
London
Dée
Caroline
Mia
Frederick de Billier
Ernest Victor Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
St. Peter's Church
Haton Square
W. E B. de Biller
Richard B. Raney
Raleigh
Washington Post
N.C
Richard Beverly Raney
Ftor North Carolus
Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co
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Edward K. Defay
Ana
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Graeme Harrison
England
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Misa Dorothy Williams
John Br." Williams
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Joseph Lester
Lestey
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Chevy Chase Club
Mics
Evelyn Chew
G. W. Atkinson
Trinity Episcopal Church
Atkinson
Thirteenth Street
Justice Atkinson
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Charles W. Russell
Burlington
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