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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1909
Page
21
A September Furniture Sale presents an extensive range of high grade oak and mahogany desks and office chairs. Prices list quartered oak flat-top, roll-top and bankers desks, typewriter desks, and solid mahogany options with substantial value comparisons. Also includes sanitary styles, nickel mechanisms, and leather seated high back chairs.
A party of Japanese business and professional visitors left Tacoma today aboard a special train for a tour on the Tatomi Eastern Railroad to Mount Rainier National Park. They will visit the lower Elektron power plant and extend a stage trip from Ashford to Nisqually glacier, with meetings and a reception planned in Tacoma.
In Madison county near Skyland resort on Blue Ridge Summit a couple, Edward Parka and Miss He Stakving, wed with about 160 guests from Washington. The ceremony was followed by vaudeville, music, dancing, and rifle shooting. Guests donated funds totaling about $5. cents to the bride.
Alfred Vanderbilt dominated the Newport Horse Show at the Newport Casino. His Oakland stables entries swept major prizes including five firsts two seconds and three thirds. New English pair Queen Favour and Mala aided by Vanderbilt’s earlier summer investments helped secure top placements.
Swedish star Berthed to visit, said to be the nation’s greatest act, arrives today at Minnehaha station. The shipment, part of a traveling troupe, is beginning a second tour and will shed light on foreign customs as it performs in early October.
A Washington social gathering at Hawthorne Ton, featuring Mr. Barrett and Mr. Pomponio Guzman, hosted with members of the Sloane family and other notable guests. Attendees included Mme. Toledo de Herrarte and Senor Don Balbinos Davales, with ministerial and embassy figures traveling between Woodbury and Washington as diplomatic postings shift.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough appear estranged as he spends September in Venice with the Wilsons and she tours Scotland to meet Mrs. Jack Astor and attend visits. The duchess plans no reconciliation, while Russian court gossip centers on the czarina's melancholia and health issues. The czar remains outwardly hopeful as the monarchy faces public scrutiny and a pending trip to Crimea.
The text outlines the gravest eating mistakes harming health and energy in the young and vigorous. It ranks overeating first, then overindulgence in fried and sugary foods, rushed meals, indiscriminate mixing, excessive coffee, ice, condiments, starches, and meat. It warns against thinking too little about meals and other unsafe practices.
The Post reports Pope Pius X will not move the holy sepulcher from Jerusalem to Rome nor consent to any such transfer. Mer. Falconio, papal delegate to the United States, asserts the pope will resist efforts by well-meaning Catholics and even German mediation to relocate the sacred relic. The rumor arose after a trip related to the Turkish Sultan’s ascent and is dismissed as gravely inappropriate. The Pope’s stance emphasizes enduring Jerusalem tradition and Christian history.
The International Esperanto Congress opened in Barcelona and will run through September 10. Among the American delegates are Herbert Harris of Portland Maine, who represents the government, and Arthur Becker of Chicago, editor of the American Magazine.
James Bellows McGregor of North Newport New Hampshire observed his 108th birthday at his home The Maples. He has been a Freemason since 1a, and locals note his long service and steady presence in the community.
The remains of Captain Inno A Dougherty of the U S Navy and Rainbow were moved from Bubbling Well Cemetery to the Manaturia for transshipment to the United States. A large ceremonial cortege with troopers sailors and officials, flags at half mast, and a gun salute accompanied the coffin to the Bund and onto a tender. Messages of condolence from Japanese and American officials followed, with further formal visits to Tokyo to thank authorities.
The Italian cruiser Eun with about a hundred aboard anchors near Annapolis. The party will tour the academy and dine with Capt Bowter, superintendent, while Capt Du Carne and officers are hosted aboard.
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