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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
25
Special Sale of Women's Shirt Waists offers new lots at lower prices. The ad touts variety including tailored styles with lace and embroidery, muslin and mull fabrics, and complete lines of waists, mantles, and accessories. Prices range from modest to over ten dollars, with emphasis on styles and finishes for women.
Muslin Sheets and Pillow Slips offered in several lots with discounts. Prices list various sizes from 4 to 23 inches with per unit costs ranging from 19c to 83c. Special: 1200 Pillow Slips, 223434 inches at 1c each, on second floor TP.
A long social column details weddings and engagements among Washington families. Mary Ellen Lute and William F Lemon wed at the Lute residence with a Bristol rite, followed by a breakfast. Florence Peterson becomes Mrs John A Petty in a ceremony at the residence of Theod Ar Metcalf. Others include Mrs Hubbard and Mrs Jayne traveling for summer visits, Miss Crosthwaite at Cole Brook, and many guests from prominent families. The report lists venues, outfits, and postnuptial plans, with multiple trips and summer homes noted across Jamestown RI, Kennebunk Beach ME, Newport, Charlottesville, and Washington society circles.
Government boarding of private yachts increases as inspectors check safety gear on vessels from small catboats to the Corsair. Deputy Surveyor Coneys leads visits to Katherine and Helen Rock, finding minor violations and ordering repairs as owners protest intrusion and vow compliance. The crackdown extends to excursion steamers, while social notes recount Manchester and Belmont family intrigues and society motor tours.
The President announced through the Department of Justice the recess appointment of Milton I Purdy as United States district judge for the district of Minnesota to succeed William Lochren. Purdy, a national figure as an anti trust official, will serve without Senate confirmation while awaiting next session action.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has been informed that Southeastern lines will raise rates on fresh meats from Ohio and Mississippi river crossings to all Southeastern points. The change adds 3 cents per hundred on Class B, 2 cents on Classes GC and D, and 4 cents per barrel on Class Wilt. The present fresh meat rate is 10 cents over Class B, and an overall rise in fresh meats is likely.
Federal officers at Del Rio struggle to gather sufficient evidence to convict alleged revolutionaries in the raid into northern Mexico. Dispatch notes cooperation among officers and border patrols, yet results are elusive. Mexican ambassador Creel is expected to visit Washington later in the week.
A joint British American commission, created by a treaty ratified in the Senate, will meet in Eastport Maine tomorrow to study inland fisheries statutes and propose a uniform code. British representative T Basted and American member David Starr Jordan will be joined by experts BW Evermann and A B Alexander from the U S bureau.
Government clerks in the Printing Office and related bureaus resume duties after vacations and leaves. Col Thomas Cook of the canal zone revenue service is in the U S on leave visiting colleagues. others including Schafer von Wimpffen Mills Willis Hopkins Barney Noetzel Murray Haden Maguire Hughes Lonergan Snyder and several post office and treasury staff are on leave with varying return dates through August and July.
In Washington DC division city postoffice duties resume after a brief absence. Staff moves include Miss Alice L Crane promoted in the census bureau from $209 to $1000 annually, Thomas J Greeley reinstated, and several clerks placed on or off leave. Multiple employees travel to Philadelphia or Atlantic City for vacations, with transfers to the main office and temporary drops in the rolling. DuPont de Nemours wins dynamite contract with Isthmian Canal Commission for 7,090,000 pounds to Colon by Sept. 1.
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