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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1914
Page
6
A clipped quotation notes that stores offer no substitutions and rely on the community’s confidence in their buyers. The remark underscores strict policies and consumer trust as key assets, reflecting how retailers insist on exact requests despite parental or child-centered shopping.
Cardinal Gibbons will preside at St Peter's Church to raise Rev William O'Brien to the diaconate and confer monsignor status after a papal decree. O'Brien, longtime pastor, has overseen rapid parish growth, schools, and rising attendance. Also noted are bishops health updates and multiple church activities across DC, Virginia, and nearby locales.
The National New Thought Center will hold a meeting Wednesday evening at 8 oclock in its quarters at the Washington Loan and Trust Building. New and interesting work is planned and the public is welcome. Members gather daily at 12 oclock for 30 minutes of interchange and a short silence.
Clinton N. Howard of Rochester led a prohibition service at Calvary Baptist Church opposing liquor traffic as a train of social evils. Eugene W. Chap cautioned a single moral standard and dry states. Mrs. Willa A. Boole honored Frances Willard and spoke on the W C T U. Closing meetings set for this afternoon with Tank Hanly Tra Landrith and Oliver W. Stewart slated to speak.
Ten year anniversary services marked the occupancy of pastor Th. Simon Drew at Cosmopolitan Church. Dr Drew praised Washington police and recalled the church’s history since December 13, 1944. Dr James N. Lee preached. a mass meeting will follow with national figures including Speaker Clark and senators present.
The Protestant Episcopal pastors urged congregations to recruit more clergy at Bishop Alfred Harding’s request during ember week. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith of St. Margaret’s Church preached on the call to ministry, stressing urgent need for entrants and outlining sacrifices and rewards.
Dr Charles Everest Granger rector of Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian argues in a sermon that there are too many Protestant church buildings. He condemns costly church structures and urges communities to unite in a single congregation to sustain denominations. Cheap buildings would curb the problem as populations move.
A concert at the barracks starts at 2 00 pm with conductor Santelmann leading the Lomted Ristos Marius Band. The program includes marches overtures and operatic selections such as Oberon Jocelyn tropes and scenes from Il Trovatore plus dances and a suite.
Virgil O. Strickler, Christian Science lecturer in Boston, tells a Pell’s Theater audience that Christian Science heals and emancipates mankind by replacing error with spiritual truth. He cites healing of physical and mental ailments, sorrow, fear, and addiction, stressing that disease stems from belief rather than matter and that Jesus’ truth can free humanity from sin and death.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Washington Homeopathic Medical Society was held at the Hotel Bellevue on Saturday night. Dr. Carl Alsberg of the Department of Agriculture and Iver Sean T. Ashcraft of Hahnemann Medical College spoke. Members present included Les L. T. Wilsen, HC King, L. Baker, and many others, with additional attendees from Washington and other cities.
The Fedora foot-and-mouth disease quarantine was modified on Monday to permit shipment of livestock into Maryland for any purpose except Washington Frederick Carroll Baltimore Harford Cecil Montgomery Howard Kent Queen Anne Talbot Caroline counties. Outside those counties livestock may be shipped out for immediate slaughter where federal meat inspection is maintained.
Deaths reported for Mary Mitlett aged 70 at 1211 Orren Street Northeast Randolph Reb aged 58 at Washington Asylum Hospital Eugene Winslow Watson 72 at 1407 2nd Street Northwest Elizabeth GQ Garst 59 at 194 Columbia Road Southeast Frederick Nesbitt 45 years at Freedmen's Hospital John Anderson 28 at Freedmen's Hospital.
George T. and Pauline Webster born a son. Waltlam H. and Maude Rackey welcome a boy. John J. and Elizabeth Moore have a son. Howard P. and Lulu Jenkins announce a girl. Walter I. and Georgia Furbeshaw report a birth of a son. Warren Ferguson and Ellen Ferguson welcome a boy. William E. and Sallie Robinson have a son. Robert Hewitt and Corrine Hewitt record a son.
In Prince George s county Maryland a tighter curb on grocery and drug store sales under the blue laws went into earnest effect last Sunday. Sheriff George W Mardy said drug stores sold near beer and soda fountain drinks but free newspaper sales continued. The public reaction was quiet with no mass protest and towns including Hyattsville College Park Mount Rainier Riverdale accepted the change calmly.
A scattered list of grocery prices and specials including butter potatoes onions apples coffee lard evaporated peaches apricots raisins currants corn tomatoes peas asparagus Van Camp milk Norway mackerel grapefruit oranges lemons cheese and other items. Also mentions store ads Pew: 926 Pa. Ave and J. T. D. Pyles Stores offer delivery from California wine and various services. Includes plumbing ads and lunch spots with prices and contact numbers.
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