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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1904
Page
17
Woodward and Lothrop announces an early closing beginning tomorrow Tuesday the twenty seventh and continuing until further notice. The New York Washington Paris Store will close at 5 30 p m each day during the period.
E WISH extends compliments to the liberal public and generous patrons during the Xmas tide. The holiday season has brought phenomenal business, with records surpassed in delivery and a larger, well trained staff. The store boasts lavish, distinctive merchandise from Europe, the Orient, and the Occident and pledges continued service and expert selection for patrons.
Lord Fairfax a Maryland born Scottish peer arrives in Washington for weeks long stay. The article notes his banking ties in London and his American upbringing, detailing the colonial lineage of the Fairfax title and social life around the White House and Dutch legation circle during the holiday season. It mentions other notable visitors and residents including Baroness Van Tuyll, the Metcalf family, and various social events and marriages connected to Washington society.
Word came from New York of the death by tuberculosis of Rev. James B Spearing a Dominican priest once stationed in Washington. Funeral services were set for 9 30 this morning at the Dominican Church in New York City. He was a New Yorker by birth and education and had served in Washington before returning home. He was twenty seven years old.
Mrs. Margaret Green widow of a prominent Washington businessman and mother of Henry D. Green and Mrs. 4. E. Bateman died suddenly Saturday at 3439 Columbia Road. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow at 4 PM, with remains sent to New York for interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. A Georgia native, she was socially prominent in both cities.
Mary Shepard of this city celebrated her 125th birthday, born in Ireland on December 23, 1800. She rose last night to attend the 6 o'clock Mass at St. Peter's Church and walked several blocks to reach the church.
A Wood ward and Lothrop Christmas rush benefited from an Oldsmobile delivery wagon. The vehicle averaged over seventy miles daily for a week before Christmas, hitting seventy six miles on Christmas Eve despite poor streets and no breakdowns. National Automobile Company now represents Packard Motor Car Company, with a sample car expected at 1711 13 Fourteenth Street later this month.
A collage of editorials and commentary discusses US export trends, the wheat balance, and the impact of tariff policy on manufacturing. It covers Hooley and Wright swindles, sea level canal proposals, Southern labor shortages, firearm suppression, stock market accountability, and American banks abroad.
The article discusses imperial policy in the Philippines, noting a drift toward advancing sovereignty while retaining ultimate control from Washington. It argues the recent move accelerates railroad integration as a government partner in a vital, pervasive enterprise. The piece also critiques a wheat drawback plan and its impact on domestic consumers, and weighs labor unionism versus labor monopolies with a stance against open shop abuses.
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