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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1905
Page
5
Sepia Bromide Post Cards advertise The Paris Salon 1905 with a range of artful images priced at 5.00. Also listed are military brushes at 3.50, brush sets at 1.80, electric hair sets, and assorted beauty and household items with low introductory prices.
Advert shows Lazell's perfumes on sale including Aecuia Perpetua Extract and various sachets. Prices noted with odd formatting indicate discounts on extracts and sachets such as La Treth Tee Axarea and Hudnut's Violet Sachet with miscellaneous cents.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan has built a private chapel at Eighteenth and K streets in Washington, with daily Mass from Jesuit Fathers. The project, begun after Pope Leo XIII authorized private chapels, features a full home church with altars, exquisite furnishings, and a dedicatory altar from Georgestown College. The Ryan family home blends sacred art with living spaces, reflecting Mrs. Ryan’s thirty years of church work which earned her the title marchesa.
Maj. Joseph Kuhn lectured before the National Geographical Society on Russo Japanese War era operations in Manchuria. He described camp life, transport, and Japan’s tactics aided by 127 photographs. About 1,000 attendees viewed sea shell detonations on fortifications.
Insect experts from the Department of Agriculture describe twenty five or more species infesting Christmas trees, mostly harmless and adding decorative value. Spruce gall louse on red spruce forms a brown comb like gall housing nearly four million tiny insects, while cedar apple marks appear as yellow sap flows. Scale insects on Virginia pines look like snowflakes but are destructive to young trees, and other pests include tube builders pitch worms and various needle galls.
Brig Gen Grant approves the sentence for Capt Traber Norman Eighth Infantry after a guilty plea judge finding. Norman faces a mild reprimand for selling coal wood and kerosene to civilians at Fort Jay Inland and misaccounting funds. He is released from arrest and warned to resume official duties.
Capt. Raymond P. Rodgers transferred to shore duty in Washington and Capt. Herbert Winslow, son of Rear Admiral John A. Winslow, assumes command of the battleship Kearsarge now at League Island Navy Yard. The vessel will move to New York next Wednesday.
The Naval Academy will graduate cadets early to meet officer demand. The Navy Department set February 12 as the graduation date for the class of 1908. The class of 1907 date is undecided, with Rear Admiral Sands suggesting June to complete four years, though early graduation may continue if shortages persist.
Leaves of absence granted for Captain Ebner A Deen a surgeon to January 1. Second Lieutenant Winéra M Zell extends one month ten days. First Lieutenant Edward W Terry extends one month. Captain James O Hughey to report for temporary duty in California. Board at New York City to examine officers for fitness. Second Lieutenant Clarence A Enmanhisyc to report after relief from treatment at Washington Barracks. First Lieutenant James W Furlow to Racine.
Maj M R William Grebe of Bonner Springs seeks pension status after decades-long fight over a 1896 act removing his pension eligibility. A Civil War veteran who served in the Fourth Missouri Cavalry and as aid de camp to Gen Howard and Gen McPherson, he was discharged after a duel over an insult to an American woman. He hopes President and Congress will restore pension rights, citing letters from Lincoln, Grant, Logan, Blair, Howard, Sherman and Sheridan.
The piece laments a long delayed appointment denied after a court martial and a court recommendation from Gen Grant. It notes Missouri and Kansas resolutions urging Congress action, and condemns the inaction after years of sacrifice and service. Police stop of a play in Columbus over immoral scenes is reported, with Mayor Jeffries objecting to a road house scene. Arnold Daly is jailed in New York for presenting Mrs Warren's Profession, with manager Samuel Gumpertz also held.
Chicago strikers face no surrender as Typothetae printing shops announce open shop policy after January 1 1906 and assure permanent positions for compliant workers. The memo warns against any propositions from Typographical Union No 16 and states sustained employment for those who perform duties satisfactorily. A separate note from Mobile Alabama notes Charles Rudolph promoted to general passenger agent of Mobile and Ohio effective January 1 with Havana coverage.
In Sharon, three miles from South Royalton, a memorial cottage stands beside a dark granite monument commemorating Joseph Smith founder of the Mormon faith born December 24, 1805. President Joseph F. Smith and Mormon Church officials attended the dedication with Smith family representatives. Miss Abbie Wells unveiled the 50 foot two inch monument said to be the nation’s largest polished granite memorial.
Representative Brownlow of Tennessee leads the current session with 347 bills introduced in thirteen days. The House total stands at 10 001 bills, against 19 200 for all sessions of the last Congress.
Gov Blanchard announces the new State board of health with Dr Clifford Irfon of Boaster Parish named president to inspire confidence. The move shifts leadership from New Orleans to a northern country physician after the yellow fever epidemic prompted resignations and vacant posts.
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