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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1907
Page
7
A reader notes The Post offers free For Sale and Exchange columns. Advertisers can place ads by postal mail or phone, with the ad appearing the next day. Contact phone 4205 for posting details.
European visitors to the Himalayan region increasingly travel from Darjeeling to see Everest. To improve comfort the government builds six to ten room bungalows with limited stays and fixed prices. Cook houses replace open fires, with forest guards maintaining wood supplies and enforcing fire extinguishment to prevent forest fires.
Mrs Oldberg presented a morning musicale in buffalo honoring Miss Crump with soloists Miss Conover of Philadelphia Miss Sebring pupil of Mrs Oldberg who sang The Sweetest Flower that Grows Sunset The Slave Song and A Blood Red Ring Miss Mary Leefe sang soprano numbers and Mrs Oldberg accompanied Among out of town guests were Miss McCormick of New York and Miss Conover of Philadelphia
A current Navy article argues that Oregon Massachusetts Indiana Iowa Kentucky and Kearsarge suffer soft ends unarmored bow and stern areas and large unprotected gun ports inviting shell damage. It cites Rurik and Sevastopol as contrasts and notes waterline armor flaws endangering crew and ships under battle conditions.
George Bailey led a Tuesday evening supper in the church parlors for the Western Presbyterian Sunday school class. The event supported by the rosing side noted attendance and membership contest ongoing through the months.
An aged Confederate cavalryman at Richmond recounts Jeb Stuart's final fight during the Wilderness campaign. He describes Sheridan's pursuit, a brutal hand to hand clash, Stuart's wounding, and a dramatic last ride as Custer's men charged the left wing.
A bachelor returns a ruined shirt from Whitewater Laundry with a torn sleeve and punched cuff. He protests the damage and claims the shirt, now mangled, was not fit for ironing yet is charged. The clerk insists on a charge, prompting the man to recount the frustrating incident and the failed claim.
Garfield administration designates George W. Woodruff acting secretary of the Interior during secretary’s absence rather than appointing the second assistant secretary, prompting questions about authority and precedent within the department and the legal status of Woodruff’s acting role. Woodruff says he has no more power than the second assistant and that two acting secretaries exist in practice.
Two brothers, non professionals in barbering, own nearly a dozen New York shops employing about sixty barbers. A central manager oversees all shops, weekly receipts are reconciled at the head shop, and profits come from bulk supply purchasing and diversified locations. The venture allows transfers between shops to balance busy periods, with rents high but wages for barbers and shop managers growing the chain. They also widen portfolio with drug store additions. Painting Loaned to Public Library and marine scene by Lucien Powell hung, courtesy of Mrs. John B. Hendon.
About twenty institutions universities and museums named, and any other reputable institution or association in the United States beginning with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, have general permission to conduct archaeological researches contemplated by the act of Congress of June 8 1906 for the preservation of American antiquities subject to regulations by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture This order supersedes prior rules under this act due to objections.
A women’s auxiliary to United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local No 132 was instituted at Typographical Temple Thursday night. Officers elected include Mrs W B Rohl as state counselor, Mrs John Piland as sister vice counselor, Mrs E H B Byrne as secretary-treasurer, and Mrs Jepes as sergeant at arms. Local 13218 affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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