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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1914
Page
12
A catalog describes an expansive selection of styles in finest pure wool fabrics with high quality details. It notes a dozen to fifteen models with patterns and collars or necklines in prices from two to six dollars, plus a large assortment of Terry Cloth bathrobes and blankets.
Justice M'Reynolds guests of Mr and Mrs Marshall at dinner in the Shoreham rose room. Guests included Mr Judith McReynolds, Miss Lucy Burleson, and Mr and Mrs Elder Bowman of Indianapolis. Many out of town couples attend wedding events and rehearsals, with rehearsals at St Johns Church and dinners across Washington venues.
Mrs Stimson Brown remains at 1704 Street for the winter. Mrs William D. Morgan of Hartford will spend several days at Hotel Powhatan before returning home. Gen Willam M Van Horne retired U S A and Mrs Van Horne are visiting Maj and Mrs L L E Durfee at 1364 Park Road. Mrs M E Olmstead widow of former Representative Olmstead of Pennsylvania has arrived in Washington and stays at the Shoreham with Mrs J C Howard and Miss Howard of Evans ton Illinois.
A celebrated Washington insider turns a fiction styled memoir to reveal inner workings of high society and diplomacy. The forthcoming Sunday Post serial promises a frank, unvarnished portrait of officials, their frailties, and the smart world they inhabit as readers anticipate the author’s identity.
Engaged are Miss Violet Ridgeway of Philadelphia and Theo dore Jaeckel United States consul at Stravanger Norway announced in Philadelphia. Also noted are birth of Elihu Root 3d, grandson of Senator Root and President W M Stryker, and several social visits and events including DAR card party for Red Cross and a Daughters of Isabella anniversary dance.
In Scranton Pennsylvania today Chaplain Thomas Sherman son of the late General William T. Sherman suffered serious injuries when a horse he was riding slipped and fell on him. He was taken to a local hospital after the incident at Tobyhanna artillery camp where he had been stationed. The report notes President Biden may visit Pass Christian Mississippi this winter with Representative Harrison inviting him and the President signaling consideration of another visit.
Mrs Albert Le Breton of Washington announces the engagement of her daughter Marguerite Stockton Le Breton to Ralph Stuart Rainsford of New York. Rainsford, Harvard 1902, is a mining engineer. he is son of Rev. Dr W. B. Rainsford, longtime rector of St George's Church in New York. The wedding will be in early November at Lieut. McDougal Le Breton's Washington home with a small family gathering due to mourning.
Chicago reports the state supreme court ruled women cannot vote for country commissioners in Cook County. The ruling defeats County Judge Owens’s earlier decision. The court also declined to force election commissioners to print A A McCormick’s name as a candidate for president of the county board on both Republican and Progressive ballots.
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