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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
12
Four Seasonable and Practical items are advertised at Very Special Prices. Fullsize antirust ash or trash cans are described as strong heavy well made with side handles and an extra deep cover. Large quantities allow a special price of 63 cents each with emphasis on quality and value.
News notes from Washington society detail anniversaries at the White House, entertainments for the German ambassador, and upcoming weddings including Annie Mavon Potts to Charles Keith Carlin. Delegations and homecomings span from Niagara Falls to Alexandria with numerous social visits at Powhatan and Cordova apartments.
A Washington society note lists well known figures and marriages. Mrs. T DeWitt Talmage and Miss Mer plan to New York then Paris in July, with other society members traveling to Carlsbad and Oregon. several relatives and friends join journeys to Bar Harbor, Jamestown, and Pontchartrain areas as summer plans unfold.
Mr. World and Mrs. Andéive Kauffmann depart Washington for several weeks then spend the summer at Camp Percy in northern New Hampshire. Gildys Eiflect of Liverpool travels with Miss Nina Mitchell of Kingston, N N, and they stay at Hotel Powhatan. The marriage of Miss Franziska Bausch of the Iy and Mr. of Pittsburgh Pa occurred in the afternoon at the home of the bride's parents.
The children's parade for Petworth's Independence Day celebration forms at 9 15 a m at Eighth and Randolph streets and travels north on Eighth to Varnum west to Ninth south to Taylor east to Highth before disbanding. Parents and older siblings help decorate vehicles as prizes are awarded by the parade committee led by Robert E Adams with members Binney Hixson Bell Atkinson Fo Wind-
The Prince of Wales, serving with Oxford University cadets, joined the Aldershot birthday parade amid dust and heat. He spoke and joked with cadets while wearing a briar pipe, as wives and babies watched from nearby inclosures.
Mrs George Westinghouse widow of the electrical inventor died after a paralytic stroke at Erskine Park Lenox Mass. Survived by son George Westinghouse Jr of Pittsburgh sisters Mrs Paul Wadsworth Albany and Mrs Garrison Holmes Pittsburgh. She helped lead Lenox society and was active in hospitals including Children’s Hospital Washington and Homeopathic Hospital Pittsburgh. Her son married Evelyn Brocklebank and they had two grandchildren George Thomas and Aubrey Harold Westinghouse. The Westinghouse family also maintained a winter home at Dupont Circle Washington.
Edith W Long 23 of Brooklyn chose Rev James H Cloud to wed Elwood A Stevenson 23 in a District Supreme Court clerk’s office with the ceremony conducted in sign language. Both bride and groom are connected to deaf families. the minister required court authority to perform the nuptials in silence.
St Louis June 3 petitions for submitting a constitutional amendment enfranchising women will be filed with the secretary of state next Saturday. Equal Suffrage headquarters announced the petitions have been signed by 3,000 persons.
Lawn fete planned at Camp Pleasant by the Washington Navy Yard workers. A committee named the Camp Pleasant Outings Committee with John R. Giles as secretary and James H. Ballard as treasurer. The event aims to extend summer camp enjoyment to Camp Pleasant and involves the yard’s colored employees.
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