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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1905
Page
11
The store lists heavy winter coats with deep discounts. Prices range from $7.50 for $1000 coats to $33.50 for $4000 overcoats, with various models including conservative cuts and tour ist styles. The sale emphasizes substantial savings on each size category.
Bishops Satterlee and Mackay Smith addressed the Washington diocese annual Prisoners' Aid Department gathering at St John’s Episcopal Church. They urged crime prevention, reform, and wider support, noting crime rising and praising law focus, with plans to extend aid to discharged youth and rehabilitated men.
Prof Henry Oldys of the Agriculture Department addressed the Secular League on trusts. He urged cooperation over competition and argued wealth concentration harms independence and manhood, endorsing taxes on income and inheritance and the abolition of stock exchanges as curb measures.
Rev Dr George Wilmums Smith, former Trinity College president, spoke at the Pro Cathedral Church of the Ascension on St Pauls conversion as a change of understanding and affections. He outlined three conversions—will, understanding, and affections—favoring heart and love guided change. Hoods Sarsaparilla praised as both preventive and curative medicine.
Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts preached at the Church of the Epiphany on the significance of quiet moments in urban life. He urged preserving home privacy, sustaining youth friendships, and avoiding life drowned by noise, noting the upper room of the Last Supper as a source of spiritual force beyond Athens or Rome.
Dedicatory services held for the Fifteenth Street Christian Church at Fifteenth and D streets southeast. The church, built by Christian Endeavor Unions, cost about 6 000 and sits on a lot bought for 1 550. Dedication featured sermon by General Secretary George W. Muckley and appeals for an offering to help cover construction costs.
William J. Kline, forty five, was found dead on the floor of his Central Hotel room at Tenth and streets NW last night around 6:15. Coroner Nevitt ruled heart disease. The deceased had lived in Washington for years and worked during holidays at Kessel's on Tenth Street. A half brother Theodore Smith resided at the Henrietta flats and his mother in Georgetown. The report also notes a Connecticut Republican Association meeting Saturday at Grand Army Hall with officers elected and a new constitution adopted. A Vanila Wax advertisement appears at the end.
A woman was slightly burned when a oil can toppled during a start of a fire at 344 M street southwest. The room suffered about 60 dollars in damage. At 915 P street northwest a fire started by children playing with matches caused no damages. An overheated ibis ignited a fire at 24 OP street Georgetown causing about 5 dollars in damage.
The Afro American Industrial Exposition Company filed articles of incorporation in the District of Columbia to stage a Negro world’s fair in New York in spring 1904 or soon after. The plan calls for an international exhibit of arts industries and products with a focus on African American progress in handicrafts domestic science and farming through southern school training. Capital stock is $1,000,000 split into 1,000,000 shares. principal office will be in New York.
A group of subscribers contest the Manning case settlement against the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co claiming they were ignored in the variance of rates under the act of June 30 1898. They plan to hire counsel and pursue legal steps if amicable adjustment fails, asking recipients to mail back signed cards.
St Thomas Episcopal parish Men s Club will complete its organization with a meeting tomorrow at 8 at Mr Melvilte Church home 1608 Twentieth Street NW Brig Gen George A Woodard will read a paper about Lincoln assassination night Gen John A Johnston is club president Dr L W Glazebrook secretary of Havemner s Cream Biscuits advertises crackers as top choice in homes hotels and cafes with pure crisp quality plus wide use in oysters soups and salads also notes Williams may quit Democratic leadership and other ads for hotel and heaters.
A baby was found abandoned on a doorstep near 1917 Second Street Northwest after midnight. Police notified, infant placed in care with nurse Lottie Payne at 344 Elm Street Northwest to receive care and possible survival efforts.
The Washington Saengerbund amateur troupe staged two German one act plays at the Saengerbund Clubhouse with Prof Donch's orchestra providing music between acts. Cast included A Levy, M Thole, F Carl, R Weber, W Schultz, W Hannemann, and others. the program featured Koninski Weiss farce Secretly Betrothed and Kotzebue vaudeville The Country Home on the Highway. Veerhoff funeral arrangements are announced for the late William H. Veerhoff with services at 1:30 at the family residence and 2 at Concordia Church, burial at Rock Creek.
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