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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
5
Dense OCR of mid century classifieds listing female help wanted across ages, with numerous entries for nurses waitresses and domestic helpers, plus extensive rooms for rent entries in Washington DC areas including furnished and unfurnished rooms, board options, and summer rates. dense entities include street addresses, neighborhoods, and contact cues for employment and lodging.
A scan of classified notices shows multiple requests for furnished and unfurnished rooms with or without board in private families. Individuals seek single or shared spaces, near transit points, with features like steam heat, pet friendly options, and reasonable rates, some offering or requiring board and proximity to downtown or railway stations. Many entries specify preferred dates, locations in northwest or Georgetown areas, and include contact instructions via Box numbers and office lines.
Paris scientist argues solar energy could power industry and transport if taming practicalities improve. He recalls Herschel hot box experiments and Lab work by Lavern and Abbot, Langley, noting sun energy sustains weather, vegetation, and life while offering vast future potential for heat and power.
Hongkong reports widespread flooding in Kwangsi and Kwantung as the West River swells 70 feet above banks. Thousands refuge on house roots then flee to hills. Wuchow parade ground is submerged. customs staff use boats. A Kweilin houseboat sinks with a Chinese official and family aboard. Telegraph lines down, communications hampered.
Mrs Katherine Lombardo aged 60 was found murdered in her East Eighteenth Street apartment with the throat marked by three finger prints. Police suspect robbery as the motive after finding clothes closet items in a heap. Neighbor Mrs Annie Gallop, who discovered the body, aided investigators who photographed fingerprints.
Schenectady police chief W. Rynex says the portion of a female torso recovered from the Mohawk River Friday night remains unidentified. Two women reported missing have been found. a third report concerning a girl named Meader is considered groundless.
Edward J. Boughton, attorney for the Colorado National Guard and Gov. Ammons’ representative, met with the President in Washington to discuss the strike crisis at Trinidad. He defended the guard’s actions at Ludlow as a patriotic clash against strikebreakers, denying massacres, and rebutting claims of miners’ abuses in a controversial exchange with Judge Ben Lindsey and visiting protesters.
North Reading Massachusetts June 2 a farmer James Harriss shot his brother Charles Samuel Harriss during a long running timber dispute. James claimed self defense after Charles attacked with an ax. Charles a8 years old James 40 years apart in feud over land.
Ottawa June 2 a total of 171 indictments have been returned against John E Hartenbower of Chicago president of the defunct Tonlea Exchange Bank George D Hillabrand cashier Ben F Hillabrand and W J Ebner assistant cashiers Hartenbower and both Hillabrands face embezzlement operating a confidence game and receiving deposits after knowledge of insolvency Ebner is charged with receiving deposits after insolvency
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