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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1907
Page
10
The Wilmington Florists Club holds its first annual fall exhibit at National Pittes Hall between Winthrop and Tenth Streets. Exhibitors present a variety of roses and floral arrangements with new rose varieties and reproductions of top floral designs. Proceeds benefit local charities and Winters' Work.
A historical summary notes a September congress on tuberculosis research featuring figures from Utrecht and The Netherlands. Key speakers include Dr. Shilieuto and Dr. Fakery from Pasteur Institute, with sessions in Washington and New York. The program spans seven sections and addresses diagnostics, containment, and public health impacts.
A fragmentary report describes the sale of property including seven building lots and a house described as a brick structure with steam heat. The parcel details mention a Pot house and a Pow house nearby, with multiple names and figures, including a weighty sale price and a five room dwelling described as five rooms, dated in a past year.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt becomes a life member of the New York Assembly of Mothers after accepting the invitation at a Washington event. A recent Oneida convention report arrived at the White House with a note and a $325 check from Mrs Roosevelt, reflecting her honorary vice presidency and active role on the federation’s advisers board.
The piece portrays a long serving government clerk voicing outrage over a low pension after a career spanning decades. He notes loyalty, hard work, and sacrifices during wartime and peacetime, urging Congress and the Pension Bureau to honor earned rights and provide full compensation.
The board and Capt Oyster reach a halt in the dispute with Building Inspector Ashford as communications will go through the Commissioners. Repairs on two buildings are completed, with officials noting earlier delays and praising prompt action by principals Bly and Clark. A separate incident reports a fire at a Washington barn ignited by a roach of flames, with Gen. Barncks noting lack of immediate troops.
Jesse Newton Seale, longtime railroad executive and manager of the Northern and Eastern districts of the Southern Railway System, died at Washington Georgetown University Hospital at 3 p m from paralysis after returning from a officers’ meeting. Born September 1 1902 in Chickasaw County Mississippi he rose from messenger boy to high railroad official. He was en route from Norfolk to Washington when struck by paralysis. despite medical care his condition worsened and he died with wife and son at his bedside yesterday.
In this social column, Highland Falls ties to Thea, the Cesston Kennels risked by owner Morgan, and bleached by lavish gossip. The piece notes prize dogs, mounting tensions with residents, and plans to run kennels on a business basis while detailing wedding fashions and society arrivals in New York and Paris.
The funeral for Catalina Barbarin will be held at St John’s Episcopal Church on Botemac Avenue Northwest after services at Georgetown Talverais Hospital. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. Miss Barbarin was the sister of Francis S. Garbarn, curator of the Corcoran AV. Kalle and Loeb are noted as relatives.
Dr Henry S Curtis reports a diploma and gold medal awarded to a model playground at Jamestown. The miniature display, about 1x1 feet, features dolls and inexpensive apparatus. Mrs Elizabeth Rafter replaces Miss Maria Hawthorne Erskine as a local representative for the Playground Association of America and will continue daily educational lectures and stereo entertainments started by Miss Erskine.
The Young Men’s Christian Association and the Brotherhood of St Andrew plan noon services today in the Church of the Epiphany and First Presbyterian Church with parallel evening gatherings at the Association building. The Bible study department at the Post In the Paper hosts the event.
A letter from Mrs. Oriene of Lawrence Mann shows the medicine cuts family medical costs. She notes her oldest daughter suffered tonsillitis yearly and a sore throat, but this winter no doctor was needed after using Father John’s Medicine. The remedy is praised for building up the body, warding off disease, curing coughs and throat troubles, aiding constipation, and preventing pneumonia, with the family keeping it on hand to save doctors’ bills.
A new Beauregard Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, formed with sixty members, supports historical education benevolence and social duties. It will host a reception at Rauschers on November 19 from 1 to 12 for Southern poor and invites Daughters of the Confederacy Confederate Veterans United Sons of Confederate Veterans Southern Relief Society and state groups to attend.
Rey John Van Schatck pastor of the Universalist Church of Our Father speaks this afternoon at 420 during the Tresme class weekly meeting in the Associated Charities rooms at 81 G Street. The subject is Practical Methods of Developing Church Cooperation in Various Care. All interested are invited. Meeting ends around 2 6 4 pm.
Fragmentary OCR lists numerous names, places, and entities across the United States with scattered references to hotels, cities, and officials. The text reads like a chaotic catalog of people and locales, including references to Albany, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington on a broad tapestry of places, events, and affiliations.
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