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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1914
Page
17
Selee ee Alool continues at the Country Club drawing large crowds each afternoon with keen interest in Jennia ta. Richmond society prepares for summer as many residents plan journeys to Maine, York Harbor, and Newport News shipyard events.
Hyattsville society notes list residents and guests visiting Cape May East Riverdale and Baltimore areas. Members James C Rogers A Mae Rogers and J Harris Rogers travel to Cape May while Elizabeth Chase visits Washington brother Harry Chage in East Riverdale. Several others return from trips to Pittsburgh Tennessee Chesapeake Beach and Indian Head with weddings and birthdays celebrated in Riverdale and nearby towns.
A long social notice chronicles Newport and Chicago society figures. It describes Mrs John Jacob Astor’s daughter in law studying ethics and socialism under Rev Arthur Hunt, outlines upcoming Marble House visits with the Duchess of Marlborough and Mrs Stuyvesant Fish hosting a Chinese themed dinner, notes the Chatfeld Taylor family's return and Rose Farwell Chatfeld Taylor’s enduring grace, and mentions the Drexel and Gould circles planning travel to Europe. It also covers English fashion with feather boas and ruffles, plus a Dublin visit by Franklin MacVeagh and renovations of a Lake Shore Drive castle. A Montclair wedding of Miss William C. Stewart’s stepdaughter and a Rockville ceremony for George Kiessling and Lillian Caslow complete the outline.
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Federal offices brace for reduced work and layoffs as Congress stalls big supply bills. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Blakeslea furloughs 63 clerks from rural mails, supplies, and dead letters with some facing dismissal. Treasury shifts 42 more clerks. Income Tax division reorganizations delayed. Labor Department among hardest hit by funding gaps and hiring freezes.
The Department of Labor warns that stalled appropriation bills will halt planned work and delay moving into the Mills Building. Chief Clerk Robert Watson says the small last year budget is nearly useless, with 145 pension office clerks slated for dismissal but reduced by redeployments. The pension office and other agencies anticipate further staff cuts as pensioner numbers shrink.
Spécial to The Washington Post from New York July 4 Miss Dorothy Exton of San Francisco a 13 year old girl who will enter Stanford this year arrived Friday night from the Argentine on the liner Vauban with a boxing record lasting in memory Her feat on the 6000 mile run from Buenos Aires was knocking out A B Stiles the gym steward who prides himself on ring prowess Exton who has three Pacific coast swimming medals has athletic record since age ten She is sweet 4 inches tall and weighs 155 pounds she said she did meet Ike boing and would never put on gloves again Passengers attest that the fight was warm and the steward fell from a solid swing to the jaw.
Rev Alfred H Burroughs of Bristol Tennessee officiated fifteen weddings in four days, a record for his 28 year tenure, with plans to reach 6,000 marriages soon. Five couples wed today in quadruple ceremony. couples hailed from Virginia and nearby counties, as elopement and sunrise vows marked the event.
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