Parishioners Outing At Local Event
Parishioners attended a local outing described in fragmented OCR text. Names and precise details are unclear, but it references a group gathering and associated activity in a church or community setting.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
22
Parishioners attended a local outing described in fragmented OCR text. Names and precise details are unclear, but it references a group gathering and associated activity in a church or community setting.
Fragmentary report lists multiple events and names such as Robert Weaver and Isabelle Metre for track and field outcomes. Mentions races, broad jump, tug of war, and a few individuals with roles like manager and vice president, but many details are garbled and unclear.
The treasurer of the Newport News Carpenters Union faces a three year term after being convicted of embezzlement. A motion for a new trial has been filed and will be heard next.
The German-American Building Association will start a three story stone and brick headquarters at Third and B Streets Southeast. Construction costs are about 200,000 dollars with a 36 foot frontage on B Street. Thire Street Slummelstown brownstone will be used to the second sill, red brick exteriors, copper trim, white marble banking rooms, and ornate windows. Architect is Tonner, builder Getz & Sons. project aims for December occupancy.
Mrs El alleges her husband John T Trost, a chicken dealer, threatened her while intoxicated and refused entry to the home. The couple married November 1, 1909, with two children Anna and Helen. The Supreme Court of the District hears the custody dispute and separation suit. Center Market will close today at L.
Denver transforms into a sea of red white and blue bunting with uniform lighting and banners across main streets. City officials ban political banners from streets but state headquarters and candidate offices appear on hotel walls. Night displays promise to rival day’s brilliance as delegates and residents anticipate the convention opening.
Jury verdict found Washington Southern Railway Company liable for damages in a case tied to the death of a child. The trial showed the vehicle lacked a fender, with ruling pending on appeal as legal representatives argued over a motion for arrest of judgment. The incident coincided with broader local disruptions and a strike by workers at the Alexandria Electric Lights Company. In other news, Mrs Mary A Petty of Alexandria died at age 74, leaving a large family. her funeral is set for Monday.
The Garrick Club marks a national holiday with a music and speeches program. It opens its doors to friends from the National Press Club University Club Metropolitan and Army and Navy clubs for a morning event. Col Edward W Newton will recite the Declaration of Independence.
The Virginian Elaters Association will be entertained by the Washington Chamber of Commerce next Thursday evening in Chamber of Commerce Hall. About 30 newspaper men from the Old Dominion are expected to attend. Robert B. Harper will deliver an address of welcome, with music and supper to follow. H C C Stiles chairs the conventions committee. The Alexandria Board of Trade will host a pre reception visit to Great Falls the afternoon before, and the Virginians will voyage down the Potomac on the Jamestown steamboat Saturday courtesy of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company.
A jovial banquet at Rauscher's honored Public Printer John S Leech on his fortieth birthday. Speakers praised friendship and Leech's character, with toast after toast from notable attendees of the Almas Temple Mystic Shrine and related groups. The festive evening ended with songs as a large turnout offered cheers and appreciation.
Camp meeting services will be open for the thirty fourth year at Washington Grove Md Tuesday evening. English evangelist Spurgeon will tell of the Croac Mell Revival and the Daley Quar eet will be sung. Meetings continue until by 17 Dr Spurgeon will preach nightly until the closing service when Rev George E Maydwell will deliver the sermon. Sundays July 12 Spurgeon will preach at 11 am and 8 pm and Stey J WR Sumwalt will preach at 3 pm. Sirging will be led by a large chorus conducted by Percy Toster and Grace Beelman cornetist. Ellis' Grand Lodge session is in Saljas Tex on the 13th through the 19th. Four injured in Whitacre scaffold collapse at the new Methodist Church.
Special to The Washington Poet Culpeper July 3 under Jones Rixey and Charlie W Smith the annual Fourth of July race meet at Monta Vista Park opens. Forget Me Not clinches hunters class while Arion wins the steeplechase for Warrenton with Clover Croft second, other divisions list many Culpeper Warrenton and Cobham entries led by Forget Me Not and Arion.
Special to The Washington Star reports political circles speculate Justice J Pritchard of the United States circuit court may be named to the Supreme Court this fall. The talk suggests three current associate justices or perhaps Chief Justice Fuller will retire this autumn. It is said President Roosevelt plans to appoint Pritchard before leaving office March 4 to honor the southern bench.
The executive committee of the North Carolina Republican State committee met in Greensboro on July 3 and issued a call for the State Convention to nominate candidates for governor and other state officers. The convention will be held in Charlotte on August 26. Asheboro and Greensboro were named towns seeking the gathering. Taft has been invited to advise the Charlotte convention.
The Rev C Moriart announces his acceptance of a call to the Church of Cleveland Ohio. He has served fifteen years at Christ Church, where his farewell sermon will be preached tomorrow. Christ Church, founded in part by him, will continue services with visiting clergymen until a permanent pastor is chosen.
The Supreme Court of the District will hear the bar admits next Monday morning. Those successful in 12 recent examinations may be admitted to practice. Chief Justice Clabiugh will arrive from Tanneytown, and Justice Gould will forego Maryland country duties for the forenoon. They, with Justice Wright sitting, will form the quorum to admit the candidates.
Witnesses testified that Lews Wingate appeared sane after examination by Southwestern State Hospital doctors during his murder trial. The defense had argued insanity. A state coroner examined the exhumed body as testimony proceeded, and a key witness described seeing the chained boy begging for food in a stall, prompting emotional questioning of the defendant’s family.
In Baltimore Maryland on July 1 Dr George Perry performed a Caesarian to save the life of an unborn child after Mrs Annie Taduca thrust a knife into her abdomen while cutting meat. The operation at St Josephs Hospital was successful and surgeons hope to save both mother and baby. The mother is widowed by Vito Taluca, leader of the Black Hand, who was reportedly killed in Naples and once arrested in Brooklyn on kidnapping charges.
Winchester Virginia obituary notices report the death of Mrs Cornelia E Langley widow of John H Langley at her home after a long illness aged 66. Other items note the deaths of Jacob Grinstead 180 Lexington bar member, and mentions of grand lodge and fraternal affiliations, with brief survivor details. Additional briefs list Mrs JW Mant and William MN Mays among local deaths with survivor notes and causes.
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