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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
7
A column of furniture descriptions lists sofas head couches and a Davenport with various frames coverings including green Candora velour red Can doza velour and brown velour. Prices range from 11.50 to 75.00 with values noted for each piece.
M de Lobel and Mme de Lobel with two daughters guests of the ambassador and baroness. Taft and Roosevelt plan dinners for the archbishop of Canterbury at the White House on Sept 24 with the British ambassador and Lady Durand hosting. Italian ambassador and baroness return from Atlantic City to attend the Geographic Congress. Austrian ambassador and baroness van Hengelmulier to Lenox for fall visits. J R de Marees van Swinderen to Juenox for fall. Secretary Taft and Mrs Taft will move to 1603 K Street this fall, the late Dr Johnston’s former home. Miss Alice Grace Clark marries David Edgar Stephan at Grace Lutheran Church. reception at 1747 A Street. Stephan to Stoneleigh Court in October. The match unites two old Pennsylvania families. Stephan, a banker and manager of Stoneleigh Court, receives many costly gifts.
Ses Minster violinist wed Miss Aline Auerbach daughter of Carl and Mrs Auerbach in a family surrounded ceremony. Bride wore white lace over satin with sister Edith as maid of honor and Max Minster as best man. Grandfather Louis Rosenberg gave the bride away. Ushers included Stanley Auerbach Malcolm Auerbach Samuel Minster and others from Philadelphia and New York. After a trip to Boston the couple will reside on Highteenth Street Washington.
Maj. Peter R. Egan surgeon seeks an injunction to remove from War Department records an endorsement by Col. James M. J. Sanno disapproving a portion of a general court martial finding that acquitted Egan of neglect of duty at Fort Douglas Utah. Egan argues the endorsement is unlawful libelous and harmful to his reputation. The case, filed in Seattle, lists Egan’s service since 1882 and current posting in Cebu, Philippines.
The text notes designs for armored cruisers authorized by the last Congress and awaiting approval by Secretary Morton. It states the ships’ interior arrangements differ, but exterior lines follow the Tennessee class, with New Hampshire resembling the Louisiane class.
The Bureau of Navigation received a request from Representative Bell of California for enlistment in the navy and assignment to the battleship Ohio for Theodore Rosevelt Parker. Parker, born in San Francisco, previously enlisted in the Marine Corps in Seattle on July 12, 1901, and bears the family name linked to an old Pennsylvania Rosevelts line. Bell’s request will be granted. Also, Lieut Newton A. McCully, U S naval attaché, arrived at Vladivostok from Mukden.
The funeral for Charles H Trunnel who died last Sunday was held yesterday afternoon from his home at 1520 Thirty fourth Street Northwest. Rev Father Cahill of Holy Trinity Georgetown officiated. Interment followed at Oak Hill cemetery. Honorary pallbearers from the Association of the Oldest Inhabitants included B Waddy P Berry O A Offutt Jr M Offutt Henry Offutt and Harry Howe. Trunnel born January 12 1825 was a master builder and authority on Georgetown land titles noted for charity and education of orphans. He was a devout Holy Trinity member and left a library he cherished until it went blind ten years ago. He was a bachelor with two sisters Mrs Ida Wetterick and Mrs William A Clarke surviving.
Chicago announces a new course for public schools in cooking and sewing. Under supervisor R E Smith the yearlong program covers cooking physiology house sanitation fabric care garment making and shopping skills. Students will learn patching buttonholes darning hemming and garment construction with lessons on material selection and quantity calculations.
Ex-Gov Robert J. Taylor of Tennessee wed Miss Mamie St. John of Chilhowie Virginia at her Bristol home at 4 30 in the afternoon The ceremony drew many relatives and marks Taylor's third marriage after a recent divorce from his second wife in Knoxville They will reside in Bristol Virginia.
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