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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
6
Fragmentary ad item shows 50c neckwear, shirts with cuffs, and undergarments marked down. Mentions stiff bosom coats, colored coats, and ribbed derby hats, with several price reductions including values around 50c to 1.50. Details are incomplete but indicate a clearance sale on coats shirts and underwear.
Legs priced at 125 and 150 dollars feature felt hats built on college men's models sized for boys 7 to 15. Available in black brown gray and pearl, the sale highlights proper proportioning and broad color options.
District forces mobilize 500 men to clear street crossings as a major cold wave grips the eastern United States. Street cleaning chief Superintendent Wood plans extra crews if the storm ends, noting snow removal funds are limited while plows arrive within days. Temperatures dip to 44 below zero near Lake Superior with frost forecast for northern Florida and Georgia.
Local ad listing various shops and items including ice cream prices, oysters, grocer items, and services. Mentions Jon Rosenfelds 812 Ga Btne Suse ete 1d Lynn Haven Bays Phita Oyster Ghop House 613 Lith nw Cholee Potatoe 2e Ph Hom a De Plenics Thee iter Ste Eggs 30c Fe on Corperated Alples and other ads. Includes Fairfax Dairy 1%7 Pa ave and Coldenstroth's dining rooms and cabman service with monthly office contracts.
The Freedmans Hospital seeks 356,700 for a new wing to house 100 more patients. Trustees say existing building is too small and government supervised care for colored patients is expanding. two-story addition to the west would include two wards each for 50 patients. Dr W A Warfield notes demand requires the expansion.
Following a caveat to the will of Howard W Silsby filed by guardian Conrad H Syme for children Charles F and Nowana W Silsby, the petition seeks a collector to seize and manage estate assets including insurance policies and personal property valued at 1700. The case alleges the testator was of unsound mind due to drug use and notes prior suicide attempts. The guardianship dispute centers on whether the grandmother Mrs Forbes should be appointed guardian rather than Howard Moran and Fred Beall.
Supt White reports that about 100 patients and 12 nurses at the Government Hospital for the Insane were stricken by a suspected ptomaine poisoning after Tuesday dinner. One nurse collapsed immediately, then more, while doctors rushed care. Investigation continues with hopes of a quick recovery for all. origin of the malady remains uncertain.
A temperance rally at Luther Memorial Church featured speeches by Rev Dr D C MacLeod and Rev A W Spear condemning gambling and liquor. The Women's Interdenominational Missionary Union led a week of prayer with calls for unity among city temperance groups. Baptismal rally day followed with themes on the family and school.
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