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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1905
Page
7
Our buyers have scoured America England France Germany Switzerland Belgium for goods forming January sale. The collection includes practical everyday items offered at special prices lower than usual thanks to our purchasing facilities. White garments and white textiles supply the principal merchandise.
Washington society notes list Mr and Mrs Brooks Adams sailing for Europe for the winter, Mrs Andrews not occupying her Massachusetts Avenue home, and the marriage of Miss Adam Anderson to Capt Joseph Hodson. Other items include visits, receptions, and engagements of Mrs Deering, Mr Jarves, Mrs Furrows, Miss Reese Richardson, and various social hosts at homes on Massachusetts Avenue and in local hotels.
Harris Shafer Company touts long experience in watches and offers AL and SS watch models for ladies and men. It promotes reliable timekeepers at reasonable prices, calling their product the best value offered.
Special correspondence from London recalls a tense episode between Lord Curzon and his aide the Earl of Suffolk during a bear hunting trip in India. Curzon berated Suffolk for calling him a coward, the argument ending with Suffolk staying on staff due to Lady Curzon’s influence, while gossip in clubs suggested Curzon had no role in arranging a match with Miss Daisy Lester.
Paris dispatch reports Miss Elsie Porter daughter of the American Ambassador engaged to Dr Meade of Zurich son of a renowned physician who treated Mrs Porter during illness. The couple, both prominent social figures, plan New York practice after Meade becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen. Respective embassy reception marked the engagement amid mourning updates.
at the repumer meeting of Wilson Wo Ancient Order of Hibernians held at Brohlmans Hall Georgetown the following officers were installed for 195 dur ing 195 President Hugh F Harvey vice president Arthur Small recording secretary Thomas F Cook financial secretary James P Greeley treasurer P uf Carr sergeant at arms John Quigley sentinel John Gavin standing committee Matthew Walsh Jerry Donavan John Mc Gowalth John F Pigott William Donohue and others.
The twenty fifth annual meeting elected F H Knowlton as president with T S Palmer W F Hay L Greene and others as vice presidents and councilors. D K Watson former Ohio attorney general will speak at Bethel Literary and Historical Association on Abraham Lincoln cold remedies and hay fever relief claims at Metropolitan AM Church tonight.
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 1561 Harvard Street for Mrs Elizabeth West mother of District Commissioner West. Private ceremony attended by few longtime acquaintances and commissioners Macfarland and Riddle. Rev M Ross Fishburn led the service with music by a quartet. burial at Oak Hill Cemetery in the family plot witnessed by the family.
James B Scully, veteran Vermont Civil War sergeant and long time Doorkeeper at the House of Representatives, died early yesterday after a brief illness. He lived at 152 A Street NE and leaves widowed status with several children. His son in Burlington will come to Washington to arrange the remains.
Honolulu dec 26 via san francisco jan 2 word reached the cruiser new orleans now en route from the philippines will leave most of her guns at guam and midway island to protect those places. the vessel purchased in england during the spanish war with sister ship albany will be refitted at bremer ton to remove non american guns. Newport r i jan 2 the official navy record from the steamslip chattanooga shows four hours at sea averaging 167 knots. after machinery repairs the gunboat will undergo a twenty four hour trial for efficiency. Pasadena’s day of roses los angeles jan 2 under ideal weather 60,000 people attended pasadena’s seventeenth annual new year’s feast of flowers. the city was splendidly decorated for the tournament of roses parade with arches and canopies along main streets.
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