Parishioners Outing Highlights Local Event
Parishioners attended a community outing with leaders guiding travel and participation. The event drew residents from An Toby and surrounding areas, showcasing local fellowship and shared activities.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
4
Parishioners attended a community outing with leaders guiding travel and participation. The event drew residents from An Toby and surrounding areas, showcasing local fellowship and shared activities.
The report details a school or community fair with entries by athletes and participants named Flea, Denis Murphy, Robert Weaver, Isabelle Metre, and others. It notes first and second placements in various events such as the broad jump, tug of war, and yard dash. An apparent committee and officers are listed, including a manager and vice president, with scattered actions and duties.
The treasurer of the Newport News Carpenters union was found guilty of embezzlement and faces a three year term. A motion for a new trial has been filed and will be heard next.
The German American Building Association will begin work on a three story stone and brick headquarters at Third and B streets southeast. The project, costing about 200000, features red brick exterior, copper trimmed windows, and white marble banking rooms. Architect is Tonner. builders Getz & Sons.
Woman sues for divorce custody alleging husband, a chicken dealer, threatened her while intoxicated and refused entry to their home. They married November 1, 1909, and have two children Anna and Helen. Center Market will close today at L.
Denver townsfolk woke to a dazzling overnight transformation as flags banners and multicolored lights festoon main streets. The city planned a uniform decorative scheme across Sev enteenth and Sixteenth streets with no private displays allowed. State headquarters and candidate offices were identified on banners and buildings.
Jury verdict finds vehicle lacked a fender. Damages awarded to the plant for the death of a child. Court notes appeal and strikes over faults in the evidence. Family mourns as proceedings unfold with several attorneys present. Funeral arrangements announced for Mrs Mary A Petty.
The Garrick Club plans a morning program of music and speeches for the national holiday. It will open to friends of the National Press Club University Club Metropolitan and Army and Navy clubs. Col Edward W Newman will read the Declaration of Independence.
The Virginian Editors Association will be guests of the Washington Chamber of Commerce next Thursday evening in Chamber of Commerce Hall. About 30 newspaper men from the Old Dominion are expected. Robert B. Harper will give an address of welcome with several other talks planned. Music will be provided and supper served. The reception is organized by H C C Stiles. Alexandria Board of Trade will escort the editors to Great Falls the afternoon before, and a Potomac river trip on the Jamestown steamer follows courtesy of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company.
A lively birthday banquet at Rauscher's celebrated Public Printer John S Leech turning forty. Speakers including Roe Fulkerson and JF Khennedy praised the guest’s friendship, humor, and willingness to help others. The event featured toasts, songs, and a grand display of flyers as part of the Washington Temple gathering.
Camp meeting services open for the thirty fourth year at Washington Grove Md Tuesday evening. Evangelist the Tux William Spurgeon will tell of the Great Revival and the Daily Quest singing. Meetings continue nightly until closing service with Rev George E Maydwell delivering the sermon. Spurgeon preaches Sunday at 11 am and 8 pm, with Stey J WR Sumwalt of the Washington District ME Church at 3 pm. Percy Toster leads chorus and Mies Grace Beelman. cornetist with Classidis accompanies the chorus. Hugh FP Harvey sails from New York today to attend the grand lodge session at Saljas Tex later this month.
Special to The Washington Post reports Culpeper and Warrenton guests attend the Fourth of July racing meet under Jones Rixey and Charlie W Smith. Forget-Me-Not, a bay mare once of Culpeper, leads in hunters while T. L. Evans’ Arion wins the steeplechase with Clover Croft second. Warrenton claims 13 race wins across hunters and other divisions with multiple horses named, including Forget-Me-Not and Royal Chesterfield, amid a crowded Monta Vista track and associated exhibitions.
Rumors from political circles say Judge J Pritchard of the United States circuit court may be named to a Supreme Court vacancy this fall. It is noted three associates or perhaps Chief Justice Fuller could retire, with President Roosevelt aiming to appoint Pritchard before his March 4 departure to honor the southern bench.
The executive committee of the North Carolina Republican State committee met in Greensboro 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 among towns seeking the convention. Taft has been invited to advise the Charlotte gathering.
Announcement that the Rev C Moriart accepts a call to the Church in Cleveland Ohio after fifteen years at Christ English Ev uingali. He will preach a farewell sermon tomorrow at Christ Church as Rev Mr Marhart departs. Trustees search a successor and will continue services with visiting clergy until a new pastor takes charge.
The Supreme Court of the District will admit to the bar next Monday morning those who passed 12 recent examinations. Chief Justice Clabiugh will attend from his Tanneytown summer home and Justice Gould will forego Maryland country leisure for the session. Justice Wright will form the quorum to admit the candidates.
Debated trial at Independence center hears a woman testify she found the 10 year old boy chained in a stable stall begging for food while his mother feared disclosing the matter to him. Defense argues insanity. jury to resume testimony amid court-ordered witness changes and exhumation inquiry.
Mrs Annie Taduca underwent a caesarean at St Josephs Hospital to save her unborn baby after a butcher knife accident. Dr George Perry performed the operation successfully. The mother, widow of alleged Black Hand leader Vito Taluca, remains in care with the child in an incubator and both faces recovery together. Taluca, once linked to mob activity, was reportedly killed in Naples years ago.
Obituaries of Cornelia E Langley widow of John H Langley who died at her Winchester home after a long illness, aged 61, survived by a son and three daughters. Jacob Grinstead 180, a Lexington attorney and veteran, member of Grand Lodge and Masons, Knights of Pythias, and other orders, served as Confederate Army member. Additional notices report the deaths of Mrs JW Mant of Forsom, Gina, and William Mays aged 44, with brief surviving relatives and funeral details unspecified.
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