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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1904
Page
7
The fragment notes a closed day in July affecting a store with an exception at St roach. No other readable details clarify the event or entities involved.
A splendid opportunity to supply your own or your children's needs in these lines for summer use at home or while on your vacation. Details of sale will appear in today's Star and Tuesday's Post.
Summer Shopping by Mail urges customers to include full name and city address on each order to aid bookkeepers and prevent delays. Communications should be directed to Woodward & Lothrop Mail Order Department Washington DC.
Social notices report Miss Valinda Henderson and Lieut James K. Parsons to wed July 23 in Columbus Ohio. Capt and Mrs Clapp close Vermont Avenue home for summer in Lakewood New York. Miss Henderson sails for extended trip abroad with friends to perfect languages and enjoy time on the other side. Several society families travel and visit in Washington, Richmond, Oakland and Narragansett during the season.
President London of Southeastern Council presided at the Zionists Young People's Union installation in Zion. Officers sworn in included Charles Stem as president and Jennie Miller as vice president. A report from the American Federation's president Gottheil and letters from Dr Vertal of Vienna outlined progress abroad and in the United States. Trustees named were M Agron, A Berman, and P Carash.
President Roosevelt rested at Sagamore Hill with two or three friends including Coaley and Gifford Pinchot. The Roosevelts attended church and received a cordial parish welcome. He has begun work on his Chicago acceptance letter outlining administration events and platform views.
Philadelphia July 3 The new armored cruiser Colorado docked at Cramps shipyard after a successful builders trial off Delaware Breakwater. Officials expect the contract speed of 22 knots to be exceeded on the offshore trial. The ship will be readied for official trials in about ninety days. Colorado, first of a six ship class, features armor for both battery and machinery and carries four 4 inch breech loaders and fourteen 6 inch rifles. Other ships in class include West Virginia Maryland and South Dakota California built at Newport News and San Francisco. Cramps is also building Pennsylvania and Tennerace in joint effort with New York Shipbuilding at Camden.
Navy details a rescue mission as cruiser Tacoma under Commander Reginald Nicholson sails from New York to Acapulco for coal before continuing toward the Atlantic route to search for the missing liner Connemaugh. The Maritime Exchange of New York requested the search effort.
Lieut Guilford Garber of the United States Artillery Corps committed suicide in Honolulu by shooting himself after a drinking struggle. A note stated I cannot stop drinking and he left $130 to First Lieut Alden Trotter and $50 for company funds. Garber, from Indiana, served in the Spanish war era and joined the regular establishment later. Cruiser Brooklyn arrives Genoa met by local authorities and Rear Admiral Chadwick.
Mrs Persis Proudst Mason wife of Wilam M. Mason Washington correspondent for the Army and Navy Journal died Saturday at West Springfield New Hampshire after visiting for health. Her passing caused deep regret among friends who recall her beauty and character and her Washington ties.
Travel piece describes the Toxaway estate area near Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County near Hendersonville with four hotels, scenic mountains at 6000 feet, blue lakes and forests. It promotes tourism and urges readers to write Toxaway Company Hotels for information and illustrated booklet.
Fragmentary OCR text references a court ruling about estate taxes and the status of a person who may have died before law enactment. It mentions a late senator and various names, but details are obscured. The readable portion centers on whether the law applies to estates and tax assessments posthumously.
Vacation days near with booklets on summer resort hotels and railroad travel. The Post's Resort Information Bureau offers full information about resorts and routes for summer trips at the business office counter.
A fragment from The Voyager presents a dramatic dialogue between a sailor and a spectral figure as a storm rages. The master and his wife appear in peril while a knock on the cabin door signals a final farewell.
Eleven Washington area school teachers, plus Miss Margaret L. Brosnahan, prepare to depart for St Louis on July 17 funded by The Washington Post free tickets and travel expenses. Winners include Miss Brosnahan, Miss May Welday, and Miss E Louise Smith, all awaiting hotel and travel plans as they join a Mothers of Hibernians delegation for the exposition.
The funeral for Joseph Newton McDonald veteran newspaperman was held at his home 1650 Street NW. Interment will be at Arlington tomorrow under Lincoln Post G A R. Col L D Bumpus gave a eulogy. Capitol and Metropolitan police pallbearers served. McDonald leaves widow and two children. He served in 29 Civil War battles and edited multiple Kansas and Chicago papers before becoming Washington correspondent for Burlingame Kans Enterprise.
A humorous essay critiques vacation anxiety and the pull of medical worries. It argues people seek imagined pains from vacation pills and doctors while neglecting real leisure. It notes Russell Sage on vacation folly and urges embracing recreation over fear of imagined illness.
The St John Telegraph remarks on American prosperity toward Canada as New England shifts from resisting freer trade to wanting to share in Canada’s rising wealth. The piece notes a change in attitudes as economic relations evolve and Canada seeks better terms while the US economy tightens.
A scene unfolds on a crowded beach where pleasure seekers throng as the sea rises. A youth pleads with Gladys asking if she encouraged his advances and hints at a past invitation. He repeats questions about timing and arrival as she resists and declares she would never marry a hired man.
A caustic verse mocks publishers and authors by name, depicting financial allure and excess. It parodies Lew Wallace, Seton, Garland, Heinz, and others, placing them in exotic locales or comfortable wealth while accusing three boyish figures in envy of the royalties.
The Wabash Railroad formally opened through traffic between St Louis and Pittsburg with President Joseph Ramsey Jr leading over 20 officials and citizens on the inaugural train. A parallel return run started from Pittsburg featuring Pullmans and two engines, a likely heavyweight service, covering the trip in about twenty four hours with a dinner break at Minzo Junction Ohio where Sam Sey spoke. The Pittsburg party toasted Col Fred H Fusham with a loving cup from the city press contingent.
Santiago de Cuna July 3 municipal government discharged forty street sweepers and fifteen cartmen for lack of funds. Remaining workers halted duties until May and June wages are paid. Flooded streets feared to cause pestilence as families flee to the country. Two partners died Friday and were buried without wrappings or coffins amid harsh criticism of the Eravani government for neglected sanitary measures.
New tin plate process introduced with a double mill system in Monessen Ba as Superintendent Finneat T West opens the new department. He says opening steel on double mills was considered impractical due to rolling care and opening difficulties. Open-heart steel tin plate previously produced by angle mills. Opensberyth works to stay in full operation through the low hummar months. Detective guilty of murder Chicago July 4 Kinley found guilty of murdering Joseph Wapidins with self defense claim Arlington Hopkins linked to a notorious crime.
Pittsburg July 3 A wave of price reductions hits meat markets as Chicago beef interests cut prices by one to three cents per pound. Small deniers pressured into reopening after shutdowns amid pressure. Auburn July 2 A man named Hean died when a car crushed him as he worked on repairs after a fall of a supporting jack. He was forty three and part of the Healy Brothers firm of this place.
In Warren yesterday an express cars struck a encoglage. occupants Joseph Little and Michael Zifele, both of Brookville, Pa, were killed. The piece also cites editorial remarks on corporate power and economic regulation, mentioning public votes and protectionism.
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