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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
10
Almost every man likes a pretty shirt and a new shipment offers Silk Shirts in striped effects to delight. Walk shirts at 86.00, Crepe silk shirts at 8.00 to 10.00, White silk shirts at 5.30, and silk pongee shirts at 5.00. Main fingr-F street.
Midcentury ad touts cool durable house dresses and aprons in volle and lawn fabrics. Describes striped and checked styles with long sleeves collars adjustable belt and a wide price range from 3.75 to 6.75 dollars. Emphasizes laundering savings and staying cool with attractive new designs.
Washington society pages detail a Be lasco Theater box gathering with the President and Mr Wilson and guests including the Belling family and Dr Romulo Naon of Argentina. Luncheon for Pan American Union director John Barrett features Franklin K Lane and other officials. Dinner at Club de Vingt honors Lieut and Mrs Albert Hoffman amid a wide circle of diplomatic and government figures.
The Kiwanis Club of Washington adopts a resolution to silence German lies, sending the plan to 15,009 members nationwide. Members display a yellow card marked with a yellow streak as a banner of the anti German propaganda push. Russell T Edwards of the Nations War Garden Commission described German propaganda failing to sway war gardeners.
The national weather and crop bulletin reports generous timely rains across most localities along the Mississippi River with moderate temperatures. The week ended yesterday saw favorable cotton development and a satisfactory growth in nearly all areas. The bulletin indicates a plentiful U S supply and sufficient for allied needs.
The State Department conveyed through the American Minister at Tegucigalpa its deep satisfaction upon learning Honduras declared war on Germany. The note expresses strong allied support and cooperation between the two nations during wartime.
Washington will dispatch 908 additional men to camp next week under the selective draft system in the District. The 812th machine gun battalion, partly Washington drafted, trained at Camp Meade and has arrived in France after ten months of training. The first District unit to the front, field hospital corps, is now the 117th sanitary train of the Rainbow division and has distinguished itself under fire.
Seventy three Akron Boy Scouts cheered President Wilson in the executive room as he greeted them and offered a brief speech congratulating the group on their inaugural trip to Washington. The troupe passed through Washington on a motor journey from Ohio to Boston and back.
Water consumption in Inatrat Tuesday surged to about 70.882 million gallons, nearly matching Monday’s high of over 72 million gallons. J Garland, water department superintendent, cites hot weather as the cause for two consecutive days of heavy use.
Funeral services were held for Miss Maude Dean who perished in a drowning at Hanedict Ma with two companions. Interment was in Mt Oliver Cemetery. Another service was planned for Miss Catherine Horan whose body was recovered after the triple drowning, with rites in the chapel at Glenwood Cemetery.
A surrogate court probates Lola M Hendersons will giving residuary estate to animal aid. The piece applauds humane acts and argues for stronger protection of animals, noting cruelty like abandoned cats and imprisoned pets. It urges readers to call the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or Ride-a-Wee Home to help.
Mrs Jarr confronts a visitor as Dinkston and Gratch arrive unannounced and the couple debate social circles. Mr Jarr feigns tolerance while plotting to oust the intruders, reflecting on class and propriety amid a roomful of college friends and sharp wit.
Mrs Jarr claimed nationwide prohibition would protect Rosa by ending visits from the Dinkstons and similar intrusions. Copyright 1918 by the Presa Publishing Co.
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