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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
14
Unmistakable evidence of leadership is shown by the serge suits offered at fifteen dollars. Despite woolen advances, these suits use the same serge grade and thorough workmanship that guarantees service and appearance. Single and double breasted two or three piece models cover extreme to conservative tastes.
Yale professor Irving Fisher reports experiments on mastication and appetite showing vigorous chewing lowers overall food intake and liquids consumed. The five month study found calories and protein drop notably, yet strength holds while endurance nearly doubles, especially among meat abstainers.
Chief Justice Clabaugh signed a decree Wednesday dismissing Charles E Tribby s divorce suit filed July 46 1806 against wife Katherine formerly Miss Katherine Davis Charges of infidelity were not proven The decree requires Tribby to pay 50 for witness expenses and 200 for Mrs Tribby s counsel fees The Tribbys married July 17 1885 in Erie by Rev W J McKenna They have two children Charles and Herbert D Tribby ages twenty and thirteen
The annual convention of the Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway at the New Willard closed with H T A Lemon of Washington named president. Dr C H Starkel and Dr T J Happel became first and second vice presidents, Dr George Ross as historian, Dr F R Gobbels to the executive committee, and Dr J W U Ray re elected secretary treasurer. Next meeting location undecided. Birmingham, Alabama will host. Delegates then headed to Morfolk for the Jamestown Exposition before returning home.
Walter M Redd a colored man appeared in Police Court yesterday on charges of threatening to kill his wife Julia at their home. Judge Mullowny bound him over on personal bonds for six months. The wife testified that Redd returned home Tuesday night and threatened to cut her throat with a razor while declaring he didn’t care if he was hung as high as the Capitol dome.
Police arrest Motorman John Farr after his car collided with the Second precinct patrol wagon on Seventh Street Northwest injuring Patrolmen Harbin and Gibson. Farr faces a Police Court hearing on June 4 with the injured officers as prosecuting witnesses.
Mrs Eugenia Cuthbert died at home 1718 Corcoran Street NW at 130 Wednesday morning. Born August 29 184 in New York City she was a daughter of Charles Gardner Jones and a longtime educator including over twenty years as principal of the Young Ladies Seminary in St Louis. Survived by three children Charles M Cuthbert Mrs John T Rothwell and Miss Bugenia J Cuthbert all in different cities. Pneumonia caused death after a short illness. Funeral at her late residence tomorrow at 3 with Rev Albert Parker Fitch of Mount Vernon Congregational Church Boston assisting Rev Charles Alvin Smith.
By order of the board of education Sphich is sent to supervising principals to organize a school collection Tuesday across the city. Each child gets an envelope stating purpose. return may be empty or contain a contribution. The goal is to fund several new playgrounds and keep them open after school and on Saturdays with a teacher in charge. In some cities parents and children already support such efforts. The first year collection totaled $1350.
Henry Bailey, 1206 U Street NW, claimed intent to drape a flag on the grave of General Miles at Arlington on Decoration Day. Police stopped him crossing the Aqueduct Bridge with the flag, noting Miles is reportedly alive. Bailey says a winter gentleman gave him the flag months ago and asked him to place it on Miles’s grave. He is held for investigation at Seventh precinct.
D J Kaufman chairman of the committee on retail trade of the Washington Chamber of Commerce has appointed a long list of names to a subcommittee on retail trade. The roster includes BR Breggett Samuel Bensinger W H Belgiaco Charles Berry NH Burchell Z D Blackistone J Cornwell Karl Drepp EH H Etx Henry Evans FP Foster I Goldenberg Sultus Garrikte Norman Galt William Hahn J P Herrmann RW Henderson William Hil Joseph Jacoby IJ Jerrell Harry King Fred Elen Kann A Lisner Tred Lincoln G Nordiinger W B Moses A Mayer I H Magruder A D Prince Max M Rich J S Raeburn C Reizenstein Sidney Reizenstein Joseph I Saks Joseph Strasburger S J Steinberger George Schaffer AJ Taylor W OP War Wickle Sidney West Alexander Wolf Charles F Wallraff F R Weaver J C Weeden
James O Holmes of 333 Virginia avenue southwest was arraigned in Police Court on a violent excise charge for selling Mayor on a Sunday. He requested a jury trial and posted 100 collateral. Police say 718 guests were registered at the hotel and the building reportedly has twenty rooms. Authorities state hundreds frequent the hotel weekly for drinks without meals. Sergeant Dunnigan and Patrolman Pierson secured the warrant.
Plans for the second annual excursion of the Business High School Alumni Association to Marshall Hall on June 2 are set. The event aims to unite alumni across high schools as an interhigh reunion with committee chair Arthur C Houghton and others coordinating. A poster contest offered $250 prizes for the top five designs, posters exhibited at the school.
Capt. J. F. Oyster's decision in the Plum bers' controversy establishes an open shop in the trade. Nonunion workers on the new municipal building, Metropolitan Club, and Park road houses will return to work as unions and employers reach a agreement pending final arbitrators' ruling. The Open shop principle and arbitration articles are upheld, stressing workers' right to employment without union exclusion. A final note mentions a promotional line about ice cream.
Frank Bear was arraigned in Police Court on a house breaking charge following his Tuesday night arrest by Detective Cornwell on a complaint by Mrs Sarah Watkins of Majestic Apartments. The case was postponed to mid next week as police continue to investigate the jewelry theft, valued at about 50 dollars, from Mrs Watkins’s flat.
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