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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1914
Page
2
Lightweight mohair fabric sold by the yard in black navy brown gray garnet and cream. Units measured as 39 regular price and 69e per yard with a sale price offered.
Mrs James Speyer a noted society woman and philanthropist has opened her Fifth Avenue mansion to a club of young working girls. They will meet there one night a week while seeking permanent headquarters.
London society embraces aerial tours as a chic pastime predicting cheap travel and widespread appeal. Notable figures from the aristocracy and gentry are cited among pilots and supporters, with a favorable safety and cost outlook for early air travel.
The Public Health Service issued guidance on breaking the malaria transmission chain. It notes malaria spreads when an infected person passes germs to a mosquito which then bites another person. Mosquitoes mainly bite at dusk or night. screening homes and bed nets are advised.
State Department receives appeal from the Famine Relief Society of Hachi nohei Aomeri-ken Japan urging publicity on the critical famine in northeastern Japan. The society cites unseasonable weather causing rice crop failure leaving many without food or means to live. The Red Cross has already sent $10,000 to famine and earthquake victims in Japan.
Commissioner Claxton proposes home gardening directed by schools to engage 13 million U S children ages 6 to 20. Vacant lots and backyards would yield vegetables and fruit with a year round teacher guiding elementary science and after school garden work. Plan aims to keep children from factories, improve health, and uplift idle colored areas by turning overgrown spaces into productive, beautiful spaces.
The Sisters of St Rene's Industrial School will start a night school for employed girls tomorrow in Washington. Tuition is free. a monthly material fee applies. Courses include stenography typewriting penmanship and domestic science. Saint Clare's Guild formed in memory of Sister Clare who founded St Rose's School.
The Interior Department received first payments for power rentals from two water power permits issued by Secretary Lane. The checks from Nevada and Montana water power companies total more than 400 dollars, illustrating a West wide policy to develop water power for public and local community benefit.
Kaiser Wilhelm telegrammed the German embassy in Washington to send a personal representative to the funeral of Putnam Griswold the Metropolitan Opera bass who died after an operation for appendicitis A floral crown was ordered for the bier as a tribute to the singer who was personally known to the German emperor.
The Civil Service Commission announced that exams for over 5,000 fourth class postmasters will be held in April to fill offices now under civil service rules. Regions include Rhode Island, Idaho, Massachusetts, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania.
An advertising pitch urges readers to stop internal dosing for rheumatism and use St Jacobs Oil topically. It promises rapid relief from pain, stiffness, sciatica, lumbago, backache, and neuralgia with a harmless, nonburning formula, recommending a trial bottle from any drug store.
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