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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
25
A promotional notice announces a July sale on men's summer wear including hats and accessories. The ad highlights reduced prices on outing hats, straw hats, and quality fabrics with a focus on season’s styles and new stock, targeting men preparing summer trips.
Tua Ke of Men’s Madras Neglige Shirts offers. Lot 1 includes Madras shirts with cuffs and without, light and dark patterns, at 95 cents each, value 1.50. Lot 2 features Fine Madras Weghee Shorts with cuffs, coat style, rich patterns, plus a small lot of White Loisette Shorts with turn-back vaits, at 1.35 each, values up to 2.50.
An advertisement lists a large inventory of men’s pajamas in summer and weight fabrics. Featured are striped and patterned designs in fine materials, with sizes from small to large. Special price set at $1.65 per suit, while original values range from $2.00 to $2.56.
Miss Elsie Lindenkohl wed De Charles A. Howland at the bride’s home on Ro Street with Rev. Paul A. Menzel officiating. Attendants included her sister Martha Lindenkohl, bridesmaid roses, and Henry Lindenkohl as best man. After a reception, the couple departed for a home in North Adams, Mass, spending the summer in the Northeast before settling there. Numerous out of town guests attended including Edith Ederbeck of New York and others from Schenectady and New Jersey.
From the Newport society column comes word that Mr and Mrs James Laurens Van Alen escaped a possible accident on July 4 during a country trip. A man waved them to stop as a giant firecracker exploded before the car, narrowly avoiding the gasoline tank. The incident sparked a brief quarrel before fading from active pursuit.
White and Belmont have not met recently amid formal mourning. Belmont left last week from the Ritz on a fortnightly automo bile tour after a brief stay in Paris following a Loire district trip. Ambassador White stayed in London visiting friends and attended memorial services for W. B. Leeds. The two avoid hostility with the American embassy. Nearby, living brook trout once entertained guests at the Plaza Hotel fountain in New York but have been moved after women guests wept at the sight of the speckled fish. A dip net once allowed guests to capture trout, a feature that proved popular before emotional reactions led to its end.
Ambassador and Mrs Reid entertained at Dorchester House in London with a dinner tonight. Attending were the French and Spanish ambassadors, Lord and Lady Lansdowne, Senator and Miss Wetmore of Rhode Island, and J. P. Morgan.
Justice Wright of the Supreme Court of the District ordered Secretary Garfield to file a personal bond of 830,000 with surety to prosecute an appeal from a writ of mandamus directing restoration of disbarred attorneys Milos Stevens & Co, Edwin K Spalding, James H Spalding, and Edgar T Gaddis. The bond amounts are 50,000 for Milos Stevens, 15,000 for Edwin K Spalding, 10,000 for James H Spalding, and 7,000 for Edgar T Gaddis.
New York appellate division unanimously affirmed the report and opinion of former Justice Stover denying removal of Justice Joseph M. Duel of the senate sessions court. Petitioners had alleged Duel’s connections to Topics owner Col Mann and others in 19% and 106, but the court found no evidence of blackmail or extortion. The action against Duel was dismissed.
John Barrett III of Washington, director of the bureau of American republics, is ill at John W. Springer’s home in Denver. Rumors of typhoid were denied. he is said to be suffering from a cold and expected to be met within days while in Denver for the Democratic national convention.
Special to The Washington Post reports Bishop Curtis, former vicar general of the Maryland archdiocese, remains at St. Agnes' Sanitarium in Baltimore since last Saturday. Today his condition is described as somewhat worse, with poor rest overnight and noted weakness.
Acting Chief Clerk William Imlay oversees Treasury operations in W W Budlow's absence as many officials across departments take extended leave. Generals and staff rotate duties while naval, post office, and district court offices report vacations and transfers with dozens of workers scheduled for time off through July and August.
Reports from a city department show Francis will continue as building inspector during Snowden Ashford’s suspension after the Pickford apartment collapse. Webster replaces him as superintendent of construction at 150 dollars yearly, with Niedemanski named assistant inspector at 1 dollar. Several promotions follow in the building section and related offices, including a new inspector, a chairman, and salary adjustments. Consular positions filled reflect a broad set of posts from Boma to Zanzibar and Aden, with assistants named for multiple stations.
Second Lieutenant Sep Burn of the Apache and Second Lieutenant John T Carr succeed officers in new roles. Charlies M Calrnes heads to Wilmington to command the new revenue cutter service tug Davey. The Dexter arrives near Baltimore for refit plans as Androscoggin is slated to succeed it on the New England coast. Captain Wild of the Apache receives two months leave to spend in the North.
Special to The Washington Pest Tappahannock Virginia July. Harry Trimble, a Confederate veteran, died at his home near Howertons aged old. He had just cut his third set of teeth. He was a native of Ireland and, with David Scott, operated the first saw mill in Essex County.
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