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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
15
Woodward and Lothrop states it will close at noon today for Memorial Day and will reopen Monday through the week at 3:30 PM until further notice. The adjustment follows their customary observance and affects regular business hours.
Complete and attractive stocks of garments WX and articles for the occasion. Men's, women's, and children's light weight outer and under clothing and furnishings. Umbrellas raincoats bathing suits thin hosiery belts neglige shirts wash ties hats and caps. Traveling requisites hand bags telescope cases carvas carryalls suit cases drinking cups shawl straps. Hair cloth and bath brushes bath and cup sponges extracts toilet waters colognes soaps rubber toilet articles. Shawls wraps steamer rugs cushions carriage robes lunch baskets for automobiling with seating for two four and other persons. Summer toys outdoor games hammocks swings baseball croquet tennis Kodaks cameras garden sets. Japanese lanterns for lawn parties archery sets flags standard brands of canned bottled and packaged goods for picnic use.
The obituary notice reports the death of Mrs Licanor Milner Goodrich from illness related to an influenza or similar disease. It notes her connections to Rear Admiral and military circles and mentions surviving relatives Mrs Weo and Mrs Md si. Other fragments reference visits to parents and church or naval ties.
Mrs Taft attends a card party at Carvel Hall with Miss Newberry Vandergrift and Leutze as guests while Navy officer trains and family members celebrate upcoming weddings. The column lists dinners, engagements, arrivals, and summer plans of Washington and Annapolis society, including debuts, travels to Europe, and nuptial schedules for various families.
Peace returns among New York society women at the Eclectic Club though whispers persist of a renewed rift. The Waldorf Astoria suite plan draws debate as Mrs Dore Lyon advocates a thousand members paying $25 000 annual rent while the club would source meals from the hotel. A Philadelphia horse show brings cheers as Mrs Bain wins praise. Philadelphia society ladies appear in elaborate gowns and hats. Miss Grace Chapin's wedding to Beverley Rogers is announced with a long list of ushers. a divorce recommendation for Mrs John De Courcey Ireland shocks Wilkes-Barre society after a rapid marriage to coal heiress Arline Davis.
The financial committee in charge of dedicating the Municipal Building reports only 1661 raised so far. Circulars went to Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce members and about fifty replies arrived with varied contributions. Names and amounts listed include C F Dorment 100, Ward Thoron 10, A H Browne 10, National Publishing Co 6, Washington Herald 100, Washington Post 100, and others in the community assisting the fund drive.
Funeral services for Levi Hanford were held at 11 AM from 302 Rhorte Island Avenue with interment in Sterling Virginia. Rev James H Taylor of Central Presbyterian Church led the rites. A Pension Office quartet performed Nearer My God to Thee and Trace the Way To. Local pallbearers included F Lawrence Walker and others, with Sterling pallbearers listed from Loudoun County Virginia.
Worthington Dorsey died last Tuesday. Funeral services were held at his residence, 1638 Sixteenth Street Northwest, with Rev J Henning Nelm officiating. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Capt Lewis Merram, James W Green, Charles A Schaeffer, Charles Fisher, Brigg Poole, and William F Mattingly. He was descended from an old Maryland family and survived by five children, Mrs William E Warren, Miss Laura K R Dorsey, Miss Nannie Les Dorsey, William Dorsey, and Walter R Dorsey.
Young pupils of Miss Cora Shreve presented the operetta Leona with zest and many stunts, earning medals for excellence after the performance. The cast featured Mamia Shreve, Ruby Raymond, Maurice Master Irwin Cosgrove, Leona Callan, Alma Nelson, Margaret Poole, and a large ensemble of nearly two dozen performers with numerous solo and group numbers.
The funeral of Henry Davis Cochran who died May 17 at Rawhide was held at his sister Mrs J I T Harban’s residence in Washington. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery. He was a son of the late George Cochran, former Cochran Hotel proprietor, and had lived with his sister since leaving Washington in 1896 for Goldfield Nevada. He later went to California, returned to Washington, then to Atlantic City, and last summer to Rush Arkansas to oversee the Beulah mines before moving to Rawhide May 1, where ill health persisted until death.
Escorted by sailors and marines from the navy yard and Washington Barracks a cavalry and an artillery delay from Fort Myer the body of Rear Admiral Crowninshield was conveyed at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon to Arlington Cemetery. The funeral from 130 Pennsylvania avenue featured military honors befitting his rank. Chaplain ROH Clark officiated at the grave as a large crowd of military and civil leaders gathered, with an escort committee from the Loyal Legion including Rear Admiral George C Remey Surg Gen WK Van Reypen Gen Ellis Spear and Frank W Hackett.
The body of Mrs M E Hinton who died by inhaling gas at 222 East Capitol Street was cremated yesterday afternoon. Her ashes will be placed beside her husband. Brief funeral services were held at Lees undertaking establishment yesterday afternoon.
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At the quarterly Housekeepers Alliance meeting reports show 100 members and sufficient funds to run a summer cooking class. Miss Jacobs closes her household economics course. A sanitary laundry nursery at UT Street opens under alliance supervision, with aims to promote household economics, create a domestic training school and maintain a reference system for employees, plus an honor roll for long service and improved housing through associated charities.
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