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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
11
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Washington society notes record the Magnolia ball closing tennis week at Magnolia Massachusetts with guests like Miss Foraker and Miss Colton. Many Washingtonians, including Mr and Mrs Barber, Senator Foraker’s daughter, and Rep Leonidas Livingston, plan fall stays in Mag Point. Troubled by long travel, attendees report trips to Nantasket Beach and White Mountains before resuming city life.
The engagement of Harry Wolford Chesley of Washington DC to Miss Mary Gunsaulus of Chicago is announced with a wedding date to be set later. Chesley, linked to Chesley & Spence stock brokers in the Colorado Building, has notable Maryland family roots. Gunsaulus, daughter of Dr Frank Gunsauline, head of the Armour Institute in Chicago and former Plymouth Church pastor, arrives in Washington next week to visit the Holtzman family.
Charles P Neill, Washington Commissioner of Labor, was chosen unanimously Thursday as president of the Association of Officials of Bureaus of Labor Statistics of America. A Chicago-born scholar, he has held key posts from the District of Columbia Board of Charities to the Catholic University of America, and was appointed Commissioner of Labor by President Roosevelt in January. The San Francisco convention closed yesterday, with his return due late this week.
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The Y M C A tennis tournament at Thirteenth Street and Columbia Road NW resumes today at 5 p m. Singles feature Harris versus Gould Hatch versus Wiley and Doyle versus Pomeroy with Bagby facing Heisman. Doubles draw completed. first matches staged this afternoon with byes in both halves for several pairs.
Rev Dr Alexander Kent pastor of People s Church at Pythian Temple returns from Atlantic City trip. Board to meet at his residence to decide if opening should be delayed to first Sunday in October. Kent expresses optimism about church progress. Miles registered voter in Boston. election commissioners approve. Frank H Burns elected manager of Mutuel Fire Insurance Company to fill term.
Special from New York Sept 11 The National Dressmakers Association staged a corset demonstration at the Masonic Temple with masks to hide blushes. Mme Linder Wade announced she will show proper corset wearing and will on occasion dress a varied cast including a small thin woman and a tall broad one. Foreign gowns were shown in a separate room while American designs competed for prizes. Military and naval personnel movements and assignments were also listed in the same issue.
St Patrick's Academy begins its second year under St Patrick's Catholic Church supervision with about 250 scholars and an expected 100 more within the week. Seven Sisters of the Holy Cross and Prof James Harrnett staff the school as new buildings provide ample room. Yesterday focused on grading and organizing departments and dress. Morning and afternoon sessions start next Monday after storming sessions this week.
Dr G L Magruder and son Lieut Magruder, U S A, arrived in New York after touring Europe and the Holy See. They met with Pope Pius X in Rome after visits to Gibraltar Naples and other sites. The voyage exposed them to European paternal state control while planning a return to Fort Totten for Lieut Magruder’s submarine defense schooling.
Lieutenant McCathran and several officers are away on leave or ill as police headquarters show a skeleton staff. Detectives and precinct officers return from vacations, new acting assignments arise, and a musical program for winter114 weeks takes shape while the cruiser Minneapolis departs Genoa for home.
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