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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1912
Page
2
This 10 inch double disc offers Columbia Male Quartet performing Kentucky Babe on one side and a talking machine owners note on the other. The vendor touts the superior tone and wear of Columbia Records, claiming real value and pleasure for disc machine owners, with one side priced at 60 cents if sold separately.
A musical instrument priced at a quarter of a $200 machine offers tonal qualities and a convincing listening experience. Visit to hear the Grafonola and its featured model the Favorite, designed to persuade shoppers to test and invest.
The stars are read to favor profits for those in lowly positions with unexpected benefits for the humble. Uranus brings ingenuity and quick grasp of abstract facts, aiding study and exam prep. Venus and Uranus bless love, commerce, and new ventures while arbritations may guide commercial disputes over recourse to law.
Lindsay S Perkins argues for an immediate move to establish a permanent world fair in Washington. He outlines a 1000 acre park, a national committee, and a tariff framework under Congressional and diplomatic guidance. He cites Panama Canal completion and the National Chamber of Commerce as reasons, urging Congress to donate ground and begin housing exhibits now. Baltimore, Md.
Clarence J. Owen, managing director of the Southern Commercial Congress, explains that the congress initiated a plan to establish a permanent exhibit of sixteen states in Washington and that Mobile Alabama will host the next annual congress in fall 1913. Exhibits by U S Department of Agriculture, Southern Railway, and several states already planned or installed with more from South Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky forthcoming. Latin American exports will be partially shown with support from embassies and officials in Washington.
Lester Goddard a one year old boy of Hillbrook D C who was shot and seriously wounded by Robert Jones a negro marketman on Benning road early Saturday morning is recovering physicians at Casualty Hospital report he rests comfortably though still too precarious for probing the bullet believed lodged in the alveolar lung Goddard is indignant at police surveillance while Jones faces an investigation into his claim that Goddard attempted to rob him at pistol point Jones hoped to intercept Frank Dougherty wanted for murder of John Spencer by a group of young white men thought to be hidden in Jones wagon
Daily steamer times from Seventh Street wharf to Marshall Hall and to Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. Trains to Reade Beach and Chesapeake Bay routes listed with frequent departures. Civil service courses and products offered by J. T. Crowley with summer rates mentioned.
Mrs. Katz seeks truth about a bank check found after Max H. Katz vanished two weeks ago. Investigators pursue whether Katz negotiated a paycheck for a young man named Whitland, with ties to his employer and a bank, as her brother-in-law in Atlanta aids the search.
District railway commission begins a thorough probe into a Ninth and U street NW street car crash that killed John M. Casper and injured Herbert Williams among others. Chairman John H. Marble cites possible need for a starter at curve as Williams recovers. coroner inquest evidence will be considered.
U S public health service issues a warning on rats and plague control with the motto No rats No plague disease. Three bubonic plague deaths reported in San Juan Porto Rico with 37 cases and six deaths overall in the territory. Plague at Carolina and Dorado has been controlled.
The funeral of Maj. L. J. Hawley who died Saturday at 609 Sixth Street NW was held after services at Lee's chapel last night. He was taken to Richmond for burial with feeble Confederate veterans and Union soldiers in attendance. Hawley was one of the oldest Civil War survivors at age 92.
The U S Marine Band under leader William H Bantelmann performs March second Connecticut Overture Fra Diavolo Gavotte Fern and Chic Watts Gypsy Love selection Migmon Meanett and Gavotte Grand march Huldigung The Star Spangled Banner Leoncavallo Wagner March The Iron King Overture Phedre Waltz Pretty Eyes Clarinet solo Le Sanambula The Crack Regiment Mosaic Popular Range Descriptive A Hunting Scene Bucal The Star Spangled Banner Principal musician Segnhore patrol The Crack Regiment
Dr William B Hudson, superintendent, says no rule blocks women from swimming with stockings or bare feet at the municipal beach, but shows concern over how socks would stay on. Beginning today ten lockers for women will be provided at the baths to improve comfort, with private-use options on non ladies days. Cooler weather reduces attendance, 600 men visited the beach on Sunday.
Mortimer Gartrell, living at 1810 Union Street Southwest, was bitten on the left leg by a dog in the yard at 4661-2 Hunteon Place Southwest and treated at the Washington Barracks dispensary. James Morgan, a 6-year-old, was bitten in front of 314 G Street Southwest by a dog believed owned by Licinda Cartwright of 733 Delaware Avenue Southwest and treated at a local drug store.
Weston Ballinger, 12, from 2129 F street NW, telegraphed postmaster M. Brown in Hedgesville WV that he was seen near that area on Saturday. Father pleads for word as searchers comb Hedgesville and Combo. he would wire transport for the boy from North Mountain railroad point to home.
The Mount Bethel Baptist Association unanimously approved a resolution urging all member churches to declare belief in hell and to have ministers preach on the subject. Dr Drew, Cosmopolitan Baptist Church pastor, preached morning and night as congregations discussed eternal punishment and the Book of Life.
Captain David C Balentine aged 71 and a U S internal revenue service employee died at his home 21 Kalorama road after a brief illness. He served in the Seventy second Ohio during the Civil War and later edited papers in Ohio and Atlanta before joining the Treasury Department over sixteen years ago. Survivors include two daughters Miss Sue Balentine and Mrs G R Dean and a son Arthur T Balentine. Interment will be in Springfield Ohio after funeral arrangements are completed.
Arrangements for an afternoon of merriment at Camp Good Will with an expected graphophone concert featuring visiting mothers and city children from congested districts. The Associated Charities summer outings committee reports $1,328 subscribed toward the $3,500 needed to sustain the camps through the summer.
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