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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1909
Page
27
Heavyweight and medium weight trousers in desirable fabrics and patterns. Quak clearance offers profit potential with cheviots cassimeres worsteds and neat effects. Prices range from $2.35 to $5.45 with bulk figures and a closing discount.
Washington awakens to a labor intensive street cleaning effort as 375 workers, 21 machines, and 37 carts comb the northwest city area and other sections. Supt Wood oversees operations, with funds drawn from the street cleaning account amid criticism of prior snow removal funding.
The tenth annual banquet of the Steel Plate Transferrers Association was held last night at Eagles Hall in Washington. It honored past and present officers and bid farewell to Orville H Herlocker who leaves for Chicago to join a Western firm. Attendees included President Benjamin Goldsworthy and many officials from the association and Steel Plate Manufacturers' Association of New York.
Commissioner John G. Capers, confined at home with bronchitis and a colo threat, shows improvement and may address the McKinley Association in Cambridge, Conn, Friday January 29. Kentuckian Col George W Bain will lecture February 6 at the Church of the Ascension in Washington DC in the church fundraiser series.
News of H B Ailes father of Milton E Ailes of this city arrives from Sidney Ohio as a telegram saying he died yesterday at his home. Milton E Ailes had been summoned to Ohio and was at his father’s bedside when he passed away.
J A Dushane of Washington criticizes the McCall plan to place the Lincoln Memorial near the station. He argues against sole expert authority from architects and landscape designers, favors the Union Station visibility, and cites historical street design and aesthetic lines as reasons to reconsider placement and scale for the monument.
Detectives led by Inspector Boardman vow intensified patrols amid a surge of robberies tied to the approaching inauguration. Homes on Eleventh and Thirteenth streets northwest were ransacked, goods seized include jewelry clothing and a gold watch. A downtown store on Fourteenth Street was robbed of about $40 after a forced break in, while other petty thefts are under investigation.
The funeral for Dr Preston Miller was held yesterday at 2:30 PM from the residence at 2621 Fourteenth Street Northwest. The body was shipped to Clarkeburg, West Virginia, for burial. Dr Miller was 58 years old and had practiced in this city for over a decade. He died Saturday after a long illness from Brights disease. He is survived by his wife and one child.
The shop announces three latest designs for today and tomorrow with a large assortment of hair ornaments. Each piece promises customer satisfaction with a refund if any item can be duplicated at double the price, urging an early impression to secure the best pieces.
J F McCarthy who led the bartenders union plans to organize cooks waiters and other restaurant workers and private household servants in the District. He believes many laborers face unreasonable wages and hours and estimates about 5000 potential members. A meeting is expected to be called soon.
The First Methodist Protestant Church marks its eightieth anniversary with nightly services this week except Tuesday. Rev J M Sheridan of Baltimore preached the anniversary sermon, and the church mortgage will be liquidated. The congregation’s history traces to before 1844 with relocations and a 1897 storm damage, now at its Virginia Avenue site.
City bulletins announce the retirement of Major Jorgensen of the Engineer Corps Band at his own request from the War Department after three years in the post. He is described as tall and a prominent parade leader with a storied history in military ceremonies.
The Rev R W Wright at McKeodree Methodist Church argues disbelief in future punishment causes crime. He states no act is truly irresponsible except in insanity, warns corporations have souls but individuals bear responsibility, and condemns the spread of deactivation of conscience through centuries of sin.
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