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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1914
Page
11
A Philadelphia woman who initially urged death for incurables recants after recovery. The piece notes New York papers advocated euthanasia, urging putting the ill to death, while detailing the shift in her views and the broader debate.
A Philadelphia woman recants support for euthanasia after years of suffering from incurable paralysis. She outlines her former despair, the relief she found in hopes, and her family’s burden, insisting the fight against death was worth pursuing for others despite her changed stance.
Miss Mary Marply, an aged recluse in Faason Md, was found dead in her home after neighbors reported a foul odor. Two guard dogs died and a third was crippled when police forced entry. No clear cause of death. she was reportedly very wealthy.
May 18. Delegates to the general assembly of the Reformed Church in the United States voted to raise the budget by 101 dollars over last year. Critics attacked tobacco spending during debates as a hindrance to fundraising. Nordica’s body shipped today to the steamship Van Cloon for transport to the United States.
Rooms offered with parquet floor cottage style, private showers and lavatories, telephones, writing desks, metal lockers, and clean white bedding. Sanitary daily rate listed at $1.00 and weekly rate at $150. Look them over before renting.
Report from Washington shows National American Woman Suffrage Association workers pressing for the constitutional amendment while House rules chair Robert Lo Henry resists, saying only a Democratic caucus authorization could change course. Baltimore figures push voters to bear responsibility. Meanwhile social notes report Astor and bride sailing aboard the Noma for Chesapeake Bay, with plans to offer the yacht for government service if needed and details on Newport summer society.
In Rome on May 18 American women delegates to the International Council of Women attended a garden party hosted by Queen Mother Margherita. She presented a card with roses and a silver medal. Mrs. May Wright Sewall, honorary president, presided at a Universal Brotherhood meeting where women from different nations spoke and Sewall predicted a future reign of peace through women’s efforts.
Mrs Henry Backus aged 77 and her sister Mrs Marietta Wright age 13 were found dead in their locked bedroom Sunday in a historic west side Chicago residence. Relative Frank Cros ton of Rochester New York reported he had just arranged a Rochester property deal and was to deliver $10 000 to the sisters. The home housed valuable paintings and relics.
JB Leavey, government philatelist, sorts a $100,000 collection at the National Museum under T T Belote. The 1849 to later issues, stored in Post Office archives, will be open to the public in about a year. Highlights include a $209 one cent stamp and a $100 Franklin carrier from the forties.
The Witham Pean High School for Girls of Philadelphia will spend three days in Washington to meet the President and tour public buildings. Arrangements include a handshake with the President and a Potomac excursion, with Prof William P. D. Lewis supervising the party.
The Marine Band performed a rich program at the barracks yesterday afternoon with prominent Washington figures in attendance. Edwin L Turnbull conducted works by Baltomore composer Turnbull and Treut Holf Santelmann. featured piece A Melody From Sidney Lanter's Flute, written by a Civil War prisoner, evoked longing for home and freedom. The program also included Tschaikowsky Pathetique, Die Walkure extracts, Santelmann March Spirited, Tennhauser overture, and a descriptive Hunting Scene with lively horn effects, drawing the largest crowd in weeks.
Invitations issued for a week of events at the Bristol School located at Nineteenth street and Mintwood place. The ceremonies begin Thursday and run through next Wednesday, with elaborate arrangements for the graduating class headed by Eloise Porter Anderson, Jean Campbell, Margaret Louise Coffman, Thelar Dargan, Marie Louise Galway, Gladys Armstrong Graham, Dorothy Elizabeth Hompe, Evelyn Kellett Knote, Frances Rebecca Miles, Laura Talbott Neal, Mary Ellis Walker, and Louise Elizabeth Willtars.
Boston woman Amelia Fowler Conservator of government flags leads the preservation of the Star Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian. Fowler and assistants back the Fort McHenry banner with durable linen silk thread work aiming to preserve its colors and designs for centuries, taking weeks of careful stitching and scientific restoration.
Gov Martin L Glynn of New York will deliver the principal address at Georgetown University joint commencement for its two departments on campus June 16 at 4 o'clock. The event marks the 12th anniversary of Georgetown College with over 40 diplomas awarded in arts laws medicine and dentistry. More than 1400 alumni intend to attend as commencement week runs from June 12.
A shopper warns against dealers who push imitation goods and exaggerated profits. The piece urges customers to demand the exact item named, insisting on value and genuine merit over substitutes. It promotes the Get What You Ask For League as a motto for buying with confidence.
The text lists multiple Army and Navy personnel assignments and movements including Captain Harry K Rutherford, First Lieutenant J H Hickok, First Lieutenant Edward P R Ryan, Major James McAndrew, and others. It notes travels to Seattle, Fort William H Seawaed Alaska, Vera Cruz Mexico, and duties assigned by the United States forces.
Special to The Washington Post New York May 38 great joy today in Central Park zoo at arrival of two lion cubs. Father Dewey roared in delight as the enclosure welcomed the litter. Keeper Bil Snyder plans a double christening soon. the new house is closed to the public. The cubs mother Mrs Fulton is proud, named for Hudson Fulton day. Leo and Helen are the cubs’ grandparents.
In Rome on May 18 the Rev Anna Howard Shaw addressed a large crowd at the American Methodist Church urging equal rights and responsibilities for women alongside men. The Rev B M Tipple introduced her, labeling her a leader in the movement to end intemperance and advance suffrage with moral and economic arguments. A parliamentary group supporting woman suffrage includes socialist leader Deputy Enrico Ferri. Maryland Lutherans Hold Session in Baltimore with multiple clergy presenting papers and devotions at Sparrows Point’s St John’s Church.
Movements of naval vessels and personnel listed with detachments to various stations and ships. Mentions Maine, California, Monocacy, and vessels including Hull and China operations. Dates include May 11 1914 and May 12 1914 with places such as Vera Cruz Mazatlan Hankow and Manzanillo.
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