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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
6
Raventh Street store banner proclaims daily hours 9 AM to 6 PM and Saturdays 9 AM to 9 PM. Ad urges readers to prepare boys for college with a broad wardrobe selection. Emphasizes a new shop for Young Men and a specialized, complete assortment including military style couriers and attire.
A bold claim for a corn cure called New Corn Cure presents itself as a wonder remedy. The ad style notes appear to promote trials and emphasize ease, with a focus on consumer benefit and convenience in a local setting.
The Congress Heights Improvement Association praised the Washington Railway and Electric Company for starting double tracking and through cars to Washington after delays from District commissioners. Residents plan a celebration, form a boulevard committee, and push for a portable school building while criticizing street cleaning practices.
Great Britain France and Germany along with the United States recognize Gen Consinnatus Leconte as Haiti's president. The State Department reports that Leconte expressed friendly sentiment toward the United States and that his policies for rehabilitation are not in conflict with foreign interests.
August reports from school garden officials indicate growing pupil engagement and higher yields. Rosedale Garden averaged 17.8 minutes per engagement from entries. Wallach Garden attendance averaged 16. Three suits for damages filed against Washington Insight Co. by Edward Casson and John Casson allege injuries and property damage from a July incident at 128 and 222 North Wapitg streets, with an explosion wrecking the premises and burning hay. The plaintiffs are represented by Ottomgeggs Barr, Peyser's Taylor, and Alwin 1 Newmeyeer.
Fire losses in the district for August totaled 3308.10 covered by insurance. There were 39 alarms and five false alarms. Several people were injured.
John B. Bottineau petitions the District Supreme Court to compel Marie L. Baldwin to transfer 212 A street northeast. He claims he funded most of the purchase, the property is in her name, and she plans to hold it as her own. He also seeks a restraint on any ownership actions by his daughter.
Reports from the Tinian bureau indicate Navajo squaws, with children, dominate blanket production and sheep work. The Indian bureau gathers data on the tribe’s wool and blanket industry, estimating annual sales between 3400.00 and 500,001 dollars and advocating improved methods.
Washington Chamber of Commerce OKs cooperating with Baltimore and Washington Transit and local lawyers in the universal transfers fight. A $300 appropriation passes after earlier opposition to a larger trip expense for machinists convention efforts in Davenport, Iowa. Also referred: vault tax opposition and Panama Canal celebration plans for 1915, plus a campaign button idea for all members.
The Naval Academy reports a thriving marine engineering program with ten more lieutenants chosen for post graduate courses starting October 1. Names and home states include H Oakley Nebraska EB Oberlin Ohio I P Davis North Carolina A K Atkina Montana TL Shute New Jersey M A Tibber Massachusetts C A Jones West Virginia R EB Gillmor Iowa B A Strait Colorado H W Boynlow Massachusetts. Also noted are wills leaving all to widows: John Quinn to Jane Mary Quinn executrix, dated June 18, 189. Benjamin Day Dowden similarly leaves all to widow Mrs. Margaret To Dowden.
Health department bulletin filed yesterday with the District Commissioners urges physicians to observe greater care on death certificates. The report shows ninety seven deaths and fourteen percent births recorded.
Excursions today include Chevy Chute cars from New York Avenue and Fifteenth Street every few minutes with Marine Band performances each evening. Cosmos feature La Reine Glorieuse and other acts at the Cosmos and Navy lineup, with rapid scene changes. Also ads for Perfection Ginger Ale, Arlington Bottling, and local services and classifieds encourage readers to use The Post classifieds.
Adelaide J. Cavanagh files in the District Supreme Court charging patent attorney Richard B. Cavanagh with excessive drinking since marriage in September 1898, cruel conduct, and neglect of their child. She seeks alimony, counsel fees, and custody, alleging he drank at hotels, ruined finances, and forced her to rely on family for support. Justice Gould set September 15 to show cause, with temporary alimony and custody to the wife.
Ninety one youths and five chaperones from Driver Virginia toured here under the Southern Commercial Congress auspices. They arrived yesterday morning, saw the sights by auto ride, and will visit Mount Vernon today before returning home Friday. All trip funds were raised by the visitors and the effort aims to form Southern city clubs under J S Thomas of the congress education department. Named travelers include Mary Ames Ester Ames Julia Ames Naomi Kendrick and several others.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley chief of the bureau of chemistry has accepted the invitation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to address its convention in Louisville Kentucky in October. He has long held that passage and enforcement of pure food laws would be aided by woman suffrage.
Chief among the attractions at Chevy Chase Lake are evening events by a large section of the Marine Ranch. The programs are held on the Hill stand and in the pavilion. On inclement nights program one is completed around two, allowing those who attended for the ride and music to return home early. The pavilion is spacious and patronized every time, even on Sundays.
Dr M Bates Stephens Maryland school superintendent tells four hundred teachers at Business High School that teachers stay single to better support themselves. He urges stronger home and school cooperation, a five day week, and a statewide attendance law. Meetings will travel counties beginning December second week with sessions on music and teacher influences.
Brent Clarke, son of the late John A. Clarke, will leave tomorrow for Dallas to assume the post of superintendent of mails at the local post office. He began in 1888 as a laborer on the clerical rolls and is praised as a highly efficient postal worker amid the consolidation of registry, delivery, and mailing divisions.
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