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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
4
A stenographic record from the diary of a deceased narrator describes entering a spiritual realm through mediumship. The account recounts heavenly music, a radiant afterlife, a welcoming mansion, and a return possibility, with reflections on the transition and the power to rejoin the living.
Washington markets saw widespread discontent as turkey prices remained high amid scarce supply. Dealers and shoppers debated Congressional action while crowds eyed holiday greens, with women selling wreaths and children earning extra cash selling festive decor. Local color included humorous tales of possum substitutes and lively curbside banter about price and appetite.
Police urge detectives to scrutinize every vehicle after a car struck Hilaa Tully nine in front of 4723 Wisconsin Avenue. She suffered a fractured arm and was hospitalized at Georgetown University Hospital. police have only a vague description and no license number. Clarence Tully, the girl's father, said she was shopping when she stepped from a trolley. The incident led to a hospital transfer and a widening search for the offending auto. The Centre Labor Union plans to attend a sermon at Hamme Methodist Church tomorrow night where Dr Guthrie will urge wives and daughters accompany members.
A long, mixed compilation outlines beliefs in omens across animals, dreams, and daily rituals. It cites Napoleon as a believer, links weather with candle and frog signs, frogs, snake handling, and dream meanings to luck, health, and events. The piece references owl calls, cats sneezing, and dogs howling as portents, with regional variations across Dalmatia Wales and India. It presents a kaleidoscope of superstitions as relics of popular lore and daily life.
Fragmentary notes describe beliefs about death and punishment tied to pigs and frogs, a superstition among Southern blacks about meeting a frog predicting trouble, and old English lore claiming bacon killed under lunar phases cures or decays. Also mentions a trial custom with river judgment by floating.
Waltham watches top global sales among timepieces, aimed at professional jewelers only. A regular jeweler knows how to retail these premium watches, underscoring the brand's market strategy and distribution plan.
The notice urges buyers to purchase Waltham Watches only from a jeweler or watchmaker. It warns to request watches adjusted for temperature and position to ensure proper timekeeping.
Special 2 pm Christmas vesper at the Y M C A features St Pauls English Lutheran quartet and motet choir with soprano Deyo and Brylawski, tenor Scanting, bass Meyers. A twenty minute intermission precedes an address by Henning Nelms on The Spirit of the Christmas Tide. service for strangers and men away from home.
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, condemns District Supreme Court action and President Taft's recommended notice and hearing before injunction writs. He argues the President seeks no actual legal improvement and would legalize judge made law, urging support for writ of certiorari review of Gompers sentence.
A 56 year oldPrinting Office worker wiredt B Pinkston of K Street NE shot himself yesterday after noon, after losing government printing job months earlier. He told neighbors he was tired of living, then died instantly at Casualty Hospital. He had been in poor health, left a wife and four children, and had previously faced a firearms charge.
Captain Charles William Sherwood, a 65 year resident of the District, died of pneumonia at his son's home after a two week illness. He served 38 years in government service, starting as a Treasury cabinetmaker and later a clerk in the Interior Department. Born in the city on July 5, 1833, he joined the First District volunteers in the Civil War and rose to captain. He belonged to Grants Post GA.R Camp 168 Union Veterans Union and Harmony Lodge F A A M. He is survived by his wife Virginia Riordan Sherwood, a brother Vernon of Philadelphia, and a sister Katharine Brown of New York. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
A Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company steamer named Charles Macalester will run Sunday December 36 for residents of Alexandria Fort Washington and Marshall Hall with landings both ways, departing dock at 2:30 pm. Also notes Christmas orders from Whitney's and Pure Cider Maize delivery, plus a Birmingham Alabama railroad appointment and a New York Christmas trip by Attorney General Wickersham.
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