Labor Day Big Field Day Draws City crowds
City will be deserted as Labor Union plans a big day with athletic meets, motor races, and field sports at Washington Grove and nearby grounds.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1905
Page
7
City will be deserted as Labor Union plans a big day with athletic meets, motor races, and field sports at Washington Grove and nearby grounds.
A detailed Labor Day schedule across multiple venues around Washington includes central events at Benning with baseball between Navy Department and Columbia Athletic Club, bicycle and motor races, foot races, and auto races. Washington Grove hosts amateur meets with a wide list of events, while River View features a joint carpenters and joiners excursion with circus acts, dancing, and a baseball game. The Knights of Labor hold an annual excursion at Marshall Hall with athletic events and a trophy-laden program.
An Atlantic liner captain notes travelers who voyage to Europe. Many aim for Paris or London, while few seek Berlin or Vienna. He recalls cases of travelers overpreparing for Paris only to prefer London or Cherbourg and observes New Yorkers often know Europe better than the United States, yet know little of U. S. business.
The Columbia Golf Club on Brightwood road hosts an eighteen hole contest for a trophy donated by newspaper correspondents. Open to all members, with three quarters handicaps, the field is expected to be large. An all day shoot by Analestan Gun Club offers prizes and a silver Nutting cup for the top score.
A curate narrates his failed attempt to interview a Chinese laundryman about religion in New York. He mispronounces names, uses pigeon English, and imagines tests of faith, finally learning the laundryman identifies with Sunday school slang, revealing the Celestial religion with its own quirks and a goofy misunderstanding.
American playwright Paul Kester bought Augill Castle near Kirkby Stephen Westmorland along with a reputedly haunted ghost after the Regent Street firm Garvey and Cook listed the property. He purchased the ghost and castle by cable without inspecting the place, and recently arrived in England to claim them.
From a Connecticut Avenue store exhibit we offer exposed stock including English and Italian chairs Louis XV and XVI parlor pieces dining room suites and high grade fabrics at half price. Lace curtains tapestries cretonnes sample silks plus many mahogany maple and oak pieces including beds chests dressers and cheval mirrors offered at bargain prices.
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