Stocks-tes for cutting wear sold for 75c and 1.25
Cool white gauze undershirts with ribbed skirt sold for 35c. The brief item notes stock prices or sale details for garments, indicating discount pricing and plan to cut wear.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1904
Page
9
Cool white gauze undershirts with ribbed skirt sold for 35c. The brief item notes stock prices or sale details for garments, indicating discount pricing and plan to cut wear.
Rev. M. Ross Fishburn preached at Mount Pleasant Congregational Church on Matthew 26 45 urging rest as essential to life. He cited Napoleon's sleep loss at Waterloo and described three rest periods Sabbath daily and vacation, stressing proper rest and spiritual growth through knowledge of God to influence others.
Rev. George W. King of Baltimore argued at Hamline M E Church that suffering is permitted or ordered yet yields sunshine over shadow. He cited disasters like the General Slocum ring and the Baltimore fire, saying affliction provides life’s background, discipline, and character development.
Rev Dr Bailey from Salt Lake City preached at First Presbyterian while Rev Donald MacLeod was away until August. He spoke on the power of knowledge, citing Daniel xi32, urging knowledge of God and self to discern one’s work and place in the world.
Rev. Dr. Robert M. Moore preached on the parable of the talents at Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church. He urged citizens to fulfill their duty by using personal gifts and opportunities for the common good, warning of loss of chance through inaction. The sermon outlined three points: life’s endowment comes from God, the perils of a humble life, and the loss of the unappreciated. Despite heat, attendance remained strong and services will continue through July.
Brazil and Peru reportedly reached a prospective settlement on the Acre boundary dispute after plenipotentiaries met in Rio de Janeiro and Petropolis. The agreement details are not disclosed, but the case has long strained relations over the rubber rich territory.
An unknown colored man was found unconscious with a deep head wound near the Magrudars Station crossing in Maryland. A Pennsylvania Railroad crew picked him up about 5:30 AM and brought him to Providence Hospital, where he remains in serious, critical condition. No identifying papers were found on him.
Brooker T. Washington, visiting Boston, says Capt Hobson misread a St. Louis Educational Association speech. He did not advocate white and colored attendance at the same schools or churches in the South and says the claim was never in that address.
Ernest Coward a fifteen year old white boy died yesterday at Emergency Hospital after a self inflicted gunshot wound on his parents porch in Hyattsville. An operation lasting two and a half hours failed to save him. Death was due to shock. A separate case reports Harry Saunders a thirty seven year old colored man who died of lockjaw at the same hospital after police brought him in Friday. he had an old ankle wound from which blood poisoning developed. Coroner Nevitt investigated and relatives received the body.
Water Coolers and Filters ad promotes economical ice water methods. Pitchers let ice melt quickly and waste energy from air entering the ice chamber. Coolers priced at $1.50 and combined coolers with filters from $2.00, offered by W. B. Moses G&G Sons on F Street at Cor Uth.
Work to remodel the Miller Building recently bought by Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation has begun under Joseph F. Rodgers. Plans by Wagner Hamilton and Wagner call for a Corinthian style front, granite and terra cotta detailing, a high banking room, dual vaults, and private customer rooms. A grand jury in Corporation Court will hear police and health matters. railroad improvements west of the city are awarded to Reiter, Curtis, and Hill with work slated to start August 1. A boy named Lesthard Simms suffered a crushed foot needing amputation after an incident near St. Asaph. Stewart Bryan resigns from Southern Railway offices to join a New York post, while others, including Dr. Hamilton P. Howard, visit Alexandria. Sunday tunnel and union station work is now authorized, excluding Ivy City and Eckington. Ada Pratt remains missing. police circulate circulars.
The 100th anniversary of Aaron Burr fatally dueling Alexander Hamilton is noted. The editor argues the duel spurred anti dueling sentiment while recalling the combat and Hamilton's sacrifice. The piece places the event at Weehawken across the Hudson and marks the times of engagement and death. It ends with a promotion for God’s Sarsaparilla.
Frances Munroe a colored woman about thirty died at Freedmen's Hospital from head injuries after an assault police say left her with a heavy blow. George F Webb a thirty five year old black man was arrested on suspicion after her mother Mary Munroe reported the attack to physicians. Coroner Nevitt scheduled an inquest for tomorrow as authorities seek witnesses and a fuller account.
Kenneth J. Pratt 17, a Central High School student and High School Cadet, drowned Friday at Center Lovell Me. His body to be brought to Washington today for burial at Rock Creek Cemetery with six cadets as pallbearers.
Mrs Mary Kearney wife of James Kearney Pension Bureau died at 7 03 last night at the family residence Sixth street northwest after an attack of acute cholera morbus She was born in Queens County Ireland sixty six years ago and married in New York City Her husband long connected with the Pension Bureau and a son James F Kearney a Frohman manager Also notes a runaway horse incident and a local amateur press association election details
J D Young at 623 Eleventh Street W W sells pianos and organs to make room for new stock. Culley announces twelve day sale. Upright pianos in cat and mahogany priced 317 to 168, squares from 15 to 36 dollars. Easy terms, all marks fixed, no deviations. All makes include Kimball and others. Sale begins this morning.
The Fredericksburg event featured a July 4 parade led by a Richmond brass band, remarks by Thomas L. Jones and Rev. Willis Robinson, and letters from Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington. Jones lauded white Virginians while Robinson called Fredericksburg the Eldorado of thrifty colored people.
The Electrical World argues that patent overhangs hinder invention as most patents are unused or defensive, blocking improvements. It calls for reform to require real working of inventions and to remove unworked or unsellable patents without waiting for 17 years, to sustain industrial progress.
Public notices and advertisements list plane items such as heat water by gas, printing firms Rufus H Darby and Piedmont Printing Co, ice cream and confections, engraving firms Joyce Engraving and Star Blog, and summer resort information. Also mentions The Post's Resort Information Bureau and various grocery and goods offers including Alaska Salmon and Corn Starch.
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