Woodward & Lothrop Closes Early on Memorial Day
In accordance with custom the store will close at 12 o clock noon today Memorial Day and begin Monday June 1 at 330 pm until further notice to the public.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
23
In accordance with custom the store will close at 12 o clock noon today Memorial Day and begin Monday June 1 at 330 pm until further notice to the public.
Complete and attractive stock for the May thirtieth outing includes mens and children outerwear and furnishings, umbrellas, swimwear, hats, belts, and neglige shirts plus travel requisites, bath items, brushes, and cosmetics. Also Shawls, wraps, carriages robes, luncheon baskets, summer toys, croquet, tennis, kodaks, garden sets, and large selection of canned and bottled goods for picnic use.
Mrs Licanor Milner Goodrich is stricken on a voyage to her parents. Funeral arrangements and references to naval figures indicate a formal death notice with familial and military connections.
Social notes from Annapolis describe a Mrs Taft hosted card party at Carvel Hall with guests Miss Carol Newberry Miss Alice Vandergift and Miss Leutze among attendees. The column drifts through weddings engagements and summer travel plans of Washington and Annapolis society, listing guests and movements of naval officers and diplomats.
Social notes reveal renewed peace among Eclectic Club women in New York after a recent quarrel. Plans for a Waldorf Astoria suite membership spark contentious debate about a thousand members paying high rent. The piece touches on society fashion at the Philadelphia horse show, weddings, and a divorce recommendation for Mrs Ireland of Wilkes-Barre amid a flood of names and events.
A municipal building dedication fund remains short with 1661 dollars raised of a larger goal. The finance committee led by C Howe distributed circulars to Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce members, receiving about fifty responses and listing many individual contributions from figures such as C F Dorment, Ward Thoron, A B Ruf, and Henry Brewand among others.
The funeral for Levi Hanford was held at 11 o clock yesterday from 302 Rhorte Island Avenue with interment at Sterling Va. Rev James H Taylor of Central Presbyterian Church led services. A Pension Office quartet sang Nearer My God to Thee and Trace the Way Toe. Local pallbearers included F Lawrence Walker Selden Ely Fenton Gall Dr J Hunt Dr J Sherley and Dr Thomas Featherstonbaugh. Sterling pallbearers were John Ely JW Whaley Benjamin Shreve 1B Tavanner Frank Sexton and Benjamin Keene, all from Loudoun County Va.
Worthington Dorsey, who died last Tuesday, was laid to rest at 1638 Sixteenth Street NW in a service at the family residence led by Rev J Henning Nelm of the Church of the Ascension. Burial followed at Oak Hill Cemetery with pallbearers 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 is survived by five children: Mrs William E Warren, Miss Laura KR Dorsey, Miss Nannie Les Dorsey, William Dorsey, and Walter R Dorsey.
Enthusiastic applause greeted Miss Cora Shreve's operetta Leonora at the National Theater. The program featured a large cast of young performers with belts in staging, song, and dance, awarding medals for excellence to standout pupils and listing many participants by name. The lively performance showcased numerous stunts and ensemble numbers, reflecting a spirited school arts display.
The funeral for Henry Davis Cochran, who died in Rawhide, was held at his sister Mrs J I T Harban’s home on I Street NW. Burial followed at Glenwood Cemetery. A son of the late George Cochran, former Cochran Hotel proprietor, he spent years away from Washington, working in feed business, mining in Beulah mines near Rush, Arkansas, and later relocating to Atlantic City before returning west and eventually to Rawhide where he passed on May 17 after years of ill health.
Escorted by sailors and marines from the navy yard and Washington Barracks a cavalry and an artillery detail from Fort Myer conveyed the body of Rear Admiral Crowninshield at 2 o clock yesterday afternoon to Arlington Cemetery. The funeral from 130 Pennsylvania Avenue featured Chaplain ROH Clark and a Loyal Legion escort committee 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. Brief services were held at Lees Undertaking Establishment with ashes to be placed beside her husband.
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At the Housekeepers Alliance quarterly meeting reports show 100 members and funds to cover summer cooking class expenses. Miss Jacobs resumes household economics for housekeepers while the sanitary laundry nursery at UOTT street opens under alliance supervision.
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