Make the Newspapers Leak You says convention speaker
A speaker at a recent religious movement convention urged publicity as the sole path to visibility. Alec Are and other figures were named in remarks attributed to Arthur N. Cotton and AJ. Brown.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
6
A speaker at a recent religious movement convention urged publicity as the sole path to visibility. Alec Are and other figures were named in remarks attributed to Arthur N. Cotton and AJ. Brown.
Reports from Washington describe a church convention held across multiple venues including the First Congregational and Bethel churches. Dr Arthur J Smith and others addressed delegates on church reform, media use, and civic engagement, urging ministers to press Washingtonians for self government and active public outreach.
A boy from a northwest Washington school was released after claims of taking schoolbooks and selling them. He confessed to captors that he took many books from the school and hid them for 3i conta etch, implicating no other pupils. Authorities learned Harmon had been selling books and questioned him at the school yesterday.
In the District Supreme Court yesterday, Mason on Suchardson as administrator of Evelyn Reynolds estate filed a $10,000 damages suit against the Washington Gas pany and the Washington Asphalt Block and Tile Company as joint defendants. The plaintiff claims Mrs Rayn olda died at 1289 Carrollberg street southwest on June 28, 1811 from gas escaping a leaking main improperly laid by Washington Gas Lights Co and broken by Washington Asphalt during road work. Guy W Finney granted absolute divorce from Pauline B Furlon in Equity Court. couple wed in Wilmington.
Hospital staff selections announced after commissioners meeting list Dra John D. Thomas Thomas A. Clayior D H Retch Alderfer Charles W Richardson and Reginald Walker. Includes note on flowers for Valentines praising Gade home grown blooms as appropriate and acceptable.
Waltham era bankers led by Wade H Cooper, new president of United States Saving Bank at Fourteenth and U streets NW, gather in Washington for a family banquet. Cooper brothers from Wilmington to Mullins plan attendance as the Cooper banking clan signals future Southern expansion.
The Library of Congress receives a Austro Hungarian gift of 1200 volumes and pamphlets relating to Central America from the Mexican Embassy, plus 200 periodicals. The widow of Maj. Edward Witte Karow donates Napoleon materials. Dr. H. H. Carrington Bolton’s widow adds books, pamphlets and engravings. A large globe donated by Samuel Hill, built in Germany to 1918, features international date lines and geographic details, reflecting extensive cataloging and scientific additions.
Mrs. One SO Healy seeks a divorce from Frederick M Healy alleging failure to meet alimony payments and repeated vehicle purchases. A rule was issued to show cause why a sequestrator should not be appointed to take over the husband’s finances and why he should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with payments and associated expenditures including rides in a purchased automobile and entertainment costs.
An advertisement touts Holmes Bakery bread as superior to ordinary brands. It invites readers to send a card with their address for a daily doorstep call. Mentions theater listings and liquor deliveries, with various local names and venues noted.
Washington chamber and Board of Trade weigh in against the Board of Charities plan to sever public and private medical charities and risk congressional annual appropriations. Col umbia Hospital for Women and an Emergency Hospital seek continued federal support, with local groups urging a unified hospital system and new facilities.
A young pianist, Frank Norris Jones, performed at the Columbia Theatre yesterday afternoon earning warm audience appreciation. His program included Liszt and Debussy pieces. while praised for tone, some passages showed overemphasis. Encores of Butterworth and MacDowell left listeners hopeful about his future.
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