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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1906
Page
14
Ruth Hale sketches a damp afternoon at St Elizabeths, the government asylum for the insane, detailing. The mood and setting emphasize gray buildings. Patients wander the grounds while a melancholic atmosphere and rain shape the scene. A solitary inmate recounts his cousins while another ponders stars and future matrimony.
In a twilit scene by the Capitol, a companion, a famed doctor, proclaims future triumph over sickness in seven years. His grand self belief collapses into a quiet resignation as the evening at St Elizabeths ends with the doctor eager for supper and the narrator returning home from a day of bleak reflections.
At a Savannah Georgia railroad office a crowd blocked a stairwell as Uncle Phil, a longtime porter, celebrated his seventy-first birthday. Charles G. McRoberts presented a $71 fund gift, praising the loyal worker who served the company for fifteen years. Phil offered a humble speech and recited memories and old rhymes, conveying gratitude as officials and clerks applauded.
A period appeal claims the Pyramid Pile Cure relieves piles without surgery. It cites a Bland New Mexico postmaster, Mr. Benjamin Shaw, who allegedly recovered after using the remedy, with letters praising its effects and urging readers to obtain a sample from Pyramid Drug Company in Marshall Michigan. The ad-style note promises a 50 cent price and a painless path to relief.
The piece argues against forcing clerks past seventy from government service, noting age does not determine employable ability. It highlights ambition, circumstance, and loyalty as factors shaping careers, urging careful separation of the fit from the unfit rather than a universal retirement stroke. It laments ruined ambitions and the sorrow of wasted years in public departments.
District leaders back a plan to ask Congress for 39000 a year to create citywide parks for 5000 out of school children and 14000 on half time with sand piles baths and winter gathering spaces. Dr. Kober calls pure air essential. German hygiene congresses inspire the effort to keep outdoor life year round.
The Columbia Hotel Company owners of the Hotel Raleigh filed a deed of trust for 100000 on the new Twelfth street addition. Trustees Martin F. Morris Frederick B. McGuire and Edward J. Stellwagen sign for the hotel company as trustees to secure 20 notes of 1 00 drawn to Charles Hillyer due in six years with 4 12 percent interest semi annually. Pledged property includes parts of original lots 7 square 222 fronting Twelfth street and depth 100 feet and lot WM square 322 measuring 1 23 by 50 feet. Union Trust Company named as trustee under the deed of trust.
Mary V. Horan began proceedings in the District Supreme Court for an admitted divorce from Howard Co. Horan alleging cruelty and intoxication. She seeks custody of three children and an injunction against interference. Attorney Campbell Carrington represents the petitioner. A lecture on the Deity of Christ by Rev. Julian K. Smyth of New York City will be given this evening at New Church at the corner of sixteenth and Corcoran streets. The preacher’s eloquence has earned him distinction from the Thirty-fifth Street Church in New York.
Spring stock showcases modern furniture and metal bed designs with emphasis on quality design and value. The advertiser touts low pricing that undercuts competitors while offering satisfactory grades across the collection.
We offer a specialty of Parlor Furnishings with a large stock of 3 and 5 piece suites in new patterns plus a variety of separate pieces. We also upholster to order in special designs and color effects to suit individual tastes.
Indianapolis Council No 413 of the Knights of Columbus donated $10 to the Catholic Missionary Union. Funds support the Apostolic Mission House and training of diocesan priests as missionaries. The mission houses linked with the Catholic University are led by Rev. F. P. Doyle. The council sent a commendation letter to Dr. Doyle, who thanked them in reply.
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