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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1912
Page
10
President Taft and Mrs Taft depart Washington for Beverly Farms continuing bachelor life at the White House until Congress adjourns. Cabinet members and other officials also head to summer homes and away from official circles for a brief holiday.
The secretary to the President and Mrs. Hilles depart Washington by car with children for a Long Island summer home and will return Monday. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Winthrop plan a brief Long Island sojourn. The Uruguayan Minister and Mme de Pena take a cottage in Magnolia, Mass., for the season, returning in September. Miss Mary Wilcox returns home from Chevy Chase, where Gordon Crawford has recovered from typhoid. Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Wilson depart to York Beach for the summer, and Col. and Mrs. Charles I. McCowley will head Sunday to Bar Harbor for the season.
Gen and Mrs David Stuart Gordon closed their Massachusetts avenue house and traveled to Atlantic City. Mr and Mrs Franklin Lane depart Washington for Badlick Missouri to spend the summer. A P Gordon Cumming leaves Washington for Bay Head New Jersey for the season. Commander Cleland Davis UGN, recovering, spends early sum at Chevy Chase. Mrs S Lawrence Heap travels to Atlantic City to visit son in law and daughter Ward Philadelphia. Anne Page Lomax leaves to join Lomax at Gettysburg Pa. Waddy Wood family to join Lomax before North Shore. Lieut C P Jackson departs to spend summer at Winter Harbor Maine with return to Washington for visits North. Ruth Parker and brother M M Parker Jr motor trip to Warrenton.
Notables including Hamilton Fish and Drelincourt M. Martin ride the Mauretania to Europe. Lady Marjorie Manners betrothed to the Marquis of Anglesey attracts gossip while William C. Stewart’s son welcomes home his mother Mrs William B. Leeds after Europe. A Hartford court grants divorce to Mia Hutchinson over desertion and theft of securities amid colorful society reports.
Dr Forbes Rosas of London argues cancer stems from potassium salt exhaustion in the body due to refined flour and polished rice. He says cure follows from restoring potassium, via whole wheat bread or bran. the writer notes disagreement but acknowledges shifting views on diet as a cancer factor.
In 1912, women declare the causes for demanding citizenship and equal rights. They argue women deserve life liberty and the pursuit of happiness with a voice in government. They note wage gaps legal biases and male dominated laws must be reformed to secure full equality. Banbere Nexo!
A fragmented patriotic verse recalls the flag as a symbol of liberty and unity. It invokes historic battles and the spread of American ideals from Bunker Hill to distant shores, praising bravery and the duty to guard freedom for all citizens.
A New Oregon policy trusts convicts as citizens with Governor West arranging a test of a released prisoner 3815 from Salem's jail. The man tours the capitol and Portland shoe shops, orders modern machinery for Oregon prisons, and returns to work honestly, becoming a paroled, trusted worker. The program aims to place half of the state's convicts outside guard supervision.
Senor Oliveira Lima Brazilian Minister to Belgium will visit the United States this fall delivering lectures at Harvard Yale Vassar University of Chicago Cornell Columbia and Leland Stanford universities during a northern tour.
In a Cairo suburb the National Museum of Egyptian Antiquities houses a plant collection from sepulchral sites showing little change over 50 centuries. Wheat, figs, dates, and other crops appear in tomb contexts, with details on preservation and myths of germination. The page also describes edible sandwiches and fashionable jabots, plus a discussion on motherliness and women’s future in society, urging continuity of motherhood with women’s suffrage.
The Columbia will present a four act drama by J Hartley Manners and Henry Miller titled Zira based on The New Magdalen. The show follows a nurse in the Boer war who uses papers to enter an aristocratic English household. Other acts include James Forbes comedy The Commuters at Poll’s and the Texas Tommy Dancers. Belasco-Kinemacolor pictures open a summer program with Tulip Cultivation and Reptiles of Asia. Glen Echo Park announces a full day with fireworks and rides starting at 2 pm.
Miss Ruth Sanders of Cincinnati defeated Miss Rhea Fairbairn former Canadian champion in straight sets 6 then 6 2 at the Cincinnati Tennis Club tournament played on July 3 in lively fashion. Other results include Lois Moyes defeating Woodmansee 6 2 and 6 4 Gus Touchard with R D Little and John Schaaf among doubles finalists and W S McElroy beating E M Wirthlin 6 2 and 6 3 Roland Hoerr defeating T O Dunlap 6 3 and 6 3 Miss Helen Ratterman beating Mrs Gustav Touchard 6 4 and 6 2.
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